# Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Mooresville High School, for the Academical Year, 1861-1862

Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Mooresville High School, for the Academical Year, 1861–1862.
Indianapolis: Indianapolis Journal Company, Printers
1862.
* Alexander Clark,
* William Beeson,
* Evan Hadley,
* Joseph Pool,
* Perry T. Macy,
* Aaron Mills,
* Tristram Coggleshall.
Evan Hadley.
Perry T. Macy.
* Jehu H. Stuart, A. B., Principal
* Eunice E. Coffin, Assistant.
* Jehu H. Stuart, A. B.
* Samuel A. Hadley, A. B.
This Institution, established by the liberality of all classes who felt the great needs of such a school, is under the care of a Board of Trustees, (members of the Religious Society of Friends,) called the "Mooresville High School Association." While all sectarian and party proclivities are strictly excluded from the School, care will be taken to promote the cultivation and practical use of sound morals based upon the New Testament.
It is of a grade intermediate between the common schools and colleges, designed to offer extended opportunities both to such as wish to prepare for college, and to such as do not wish to incur the expense and spend the time of a regular college course, yet wish to qualify themselves for teaching in the common schools, or for the common business of life. To meet the wants of such, the School as well adapted.
The School has been in operation but one year; and although it opened late, under manifold disadvantages, it has more than filled the expectations of its most sanguine friends.
The teachers have spared no labor or pains to make it all that its friends could wish, and its present character attests their success.
Under a grateful sense of the favor of Providence, the Board cannot but express their thanks and obligations to the friends and patrons of the School for their practical co-operation.
In consequence of the ⟨success⟩ of the past, and the encouraging prospect for the coming year, the Board have employed in addition to the former Principal, Samuel A. Hadley, A. H. as equal associate with him in the teachers' department, which arrangement, it is believed, will place the Institute on a ⟨standing⟩ equal to any school of similar character in the country.
There is no primary department connected with the Institution, and it will be required of applicants for admission to understand spelling, reading and writing, so as to be able to progress with the studies they may enter upon without being retarded by a lack of knowledge in these branches. They will be required to understand the tables and elementary principles of arithmetic; and it is desired that they have a knowledge of the general outlines of geography, and be able to name the parts of speech and give the definitions in English Grammar.
​It is very desirable that students enter the School at the beginning of the sessions, but they may enter at any time, and they will be charged according to the prescribed rates from that time till the close of the session, unless a shorter time be specified.
Applications for admission should be made early either to the teachers or to any one of the Board of Managers.
The scholastic year consists of forty weeks, divided into two sessions. The Fall session will open on the 30th of 9th ⟨mo.,⟩ 1862, and close the 3d of 3d mo., 1863—time, 22 weeks. The Spring session will open the 13th of 3d mo., after a vacation of one week, and will close on the ⟨10th⟩ or 11th of 7th mo.—time, 18 weeks.
Tuition for the Fall session will be $11.00; for the Spring session, $9.00, payable invariably in advance: and no deduction except by reason of sickness of students themselves, and then not for less time than one week of continued inability, in which case an order will be made by the Board of Managers to the Treasurer to make said deduction when the student shall have satisfied them of the reasonableness of his claims.
The discipline of the School is intended to be mild and liberal, but firm: as far as possible, students are made to feel that they are the rightful guardians of their own character, and that upon them rests the responsibility of the influence which they may exert upon the School.
When from any cause whatever, the influence of a student becomes hurtful to the School, he may be expelled, by order of the Board of Managers.
Scriptural instruction will be imparted in the School, and students will be expected to attend the meetings for worship of the different religious societies of which they may be members, as often as practicable.
The School possesses some valuable chemical and philosophical apparatus as a nucleus for further acquisition. It is also desirable to make a cabinet collection from the various branches of natural science nations⟨; donations⟩ to either will be gratefully received.
In the building is a library of over 400 volumes, accessible to the pupils, for a small fee.
The "Addisonian" has been in successful operation from the opening of the School, and has proved to be a valuable auxiliary. Its exercises are discussions, essays and declamations. It has a nucleus for a library.
Lectures on the various subjects of natural science, illustrated by experiments, and also on other subjects will be delivered during the year.
The scope of instruction can be made as comprehensive as that of many colleges and universities, but thoroughness is one of the leading features of the School, and the instruction will have special reference to preparing students for practical life. A public examination of all the classes will be held at the close of each session.
The institution is rated in a healthy region, on a beautiful lot of ground, surrounded by a grove of native forest trees and adjoining the town of Mooresville, 18 miles southwest of Indianapolis, and 7 miles south of Plainfield.
Boarding can readily be obtained to good families at rates from $1,50 to $2,00 per week. Students can board themselves much cheaper by procuring rooms and furnishing their own accommodations.
* Evan Hadley, Monrovia, Ind.
* Alexander Clark, Center Valley, Ind.
* Tristram ⟨Coggleshall⟩, West Newton, Ind.
* Perry T. Macy, Mooresville, Ind.
* William Beeson, Mooresville, Ind.
* Aaron Mills, Mooresville, Ind.
* Manley Hadley, Center Valley, Ind.
* Jehu H. Stuart, A. B., Mooresville, Ind.
* Samuel A. Hadley, A. B., Mooresville, Ind.
By order of the Board of Trustees,
Alex. Clark, Pres't. pro tem.
Manley Hadley, See'y.
7th ⟨Mo.,⟩ 25th, 1862.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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