The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-10
The indianapolis Seminary.


This is in no sense a new school, but results
from the consolidation of tine Hadley & Roberts
academy with the Kappes school, and is the
joint property of Messrs. Junius B.. Roberts and
Eli F. Brown, who have lowing to the continued
ill-healUh of Mr.. Kappes, which compelled the
family to leave the city for a more congenial
cl1mate,) assumed its management, and on
Wednesday, Sept. IL, will open the seventh ear
of the school.
This school is opening under the most favora-
BILE auspices. It's responsible heads, Messrs,
Roberts and Brown, are both high-school and
college teachers, tried and true. Professor
Roberts was principal of the high-schoOl of this
city during nine of its most prosperous and use
full years. Ell Brown is so well known as high
school, State normal, and Purdue University
teacher, as we'll as institute lecturer, that he
needs no introduction to the people of this city
or State interested in education. These gentlemen
are surrounding themselves with a faculty com
petent for the ends of the school. There are
departments of ART, music, both vocal and in
strumental, elocutlon and kindergarten. each
with its special teacher. Miss Alice Chaplin has
here her training school for kindeTgarteners,
which has graduated fourteen women within
the last eight years, and has now "a dozen young
women devoting their time to the learning OF
this most difficult ana most important branch OF
the teachers art. Miss Chaplin has just returned
from the Concord school in better health ana
strength than for years she is eminent IN her
field, or garten, rather, ana is never so happy as
when teaching the tOddling wee ones or DIS
coursing 10 her young ladies on the mysteries
and development of the child mind.
Ell f. Brown will devote his time to the nat
ural sciences, and use his magic power in get
ting young ladies as enthusiastic about atoms,
machines, plants, birds, stones ana stars as tney
usually are over piano humping and PLAGUE
painting. In connection with the science work
Mr.. Brown will take charge of IA full course in
nhTEIanl nrIl f11r PnnnrIE1nn rho fnll GaPIQl nT
gymnastic movements suitable to young ladies'.
MI. Brown Taught these subjects in the Rich
mOnd gymnasium, is a graduated physician, APP
preciates their necessity, and will do the teach
ing himself. 1t ia needless to say that he Will be
successful. The school buildings on
the corner of Walnut and Pennsylvania
could not have been more convenient
If built for the use to which they are put. The
first and second floors afford recitation and as
srmbly rooms; the third floor, theatre, musical
and art rooms; the basement serves the purposes
OF culinary and dining halls. The entire build
ing is ample, well lighted ana ventilated.
Accommodations for fourteen lady hOarders,
under the care OF Prof. and Mrs. Roberts, are al
ready taken. Three of these are from Craw-
louisville, daughters of Wabash professors. The
outlook is "a good one. The school, except in its
lower grades, is for girls and Young women. The
government is to be That of a Christian family.
This school viii be a place where girls may be
sent with assurance that every point of moral,
mental ana physical Importance Will receive due
attention.
Miss Aice L. S~hattuck will teach drawing.
Mary +. MatheTs instrumental music, Ora Pear
son vocal music, and Hattie Punk elocutlOn.
MISS Flora i. Meadows, Miss Mabel Eddy and
Mrs. Katherine Ballard and AmO p.
Brown are among the seminary assist
ants. The ann of the school Is
70 fit young ladies not only for the various COL
leges which admit women, but to give them a
good general education, intending the common
branches. a liberal supply of science studies,
courses IN literature ana language, and in fact
To qualify them for the home circle, or further
professional or disciplinary study. 1t conflicts IN
no way with either the Classical or high-sch0ol
Each of these three schools have distinctive
ends in view, each of them is well managed ana
tiourishing; each is anxious for the greatest sue
cess of the others, which means also its own
success; each has its shere, it's patrons, its pc
culiar udvantages-all are schools of first quail
ity, free from the suspicion of sham or lying cat
aloguas. AT their heads are Christian gentle
men and women. Theytare teachers of wide cul-
ture, skilled in the art, apt to teach, and know
ing the needs of their patrons aud of the times
AS well. They are a credit to the city and to the
State, and IT is not necessary to go without the
city to prepare for college or attain the elements
OF IA substantial education.