The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-01-23

Hoyt, met at Bloomsburg Tor the pur.
pose OF inspecting the buildings
grounds, &c, preparatory to recon-
mending it to recognition as a Normal
School. The report was unanimously
favorable, and the announcement
was heard with lively satisfaction.
Speeches were made by Judge Rupert
Hon. Thomas Chalfant, Gen. Ent, and
others.
On the ssnd February, 1860, the
proclamation of the Department, re.
cognizing it as a State Normal School,
was published, and our legal existence
dates from that famous day, the birth
day of Washington.
The following is the full report OF
the State Superintendent of common
schools on the official recognition of
State Normal School of the sixth dis
trict:
"a communication, was received at
this department, dated February Sth,
1860, and signed by /. B. Rupert,
President, and John G.. Freeze, Secre-
tary, of the Board of Trustees, of the
Bloomsbury Literary Institute, stating
that said board had obtained grounds,
erected buildings, and opened school,
which they desired to have inspected
by committee appointed according to
the provisions of the act of Assembly
approved May goth, 1857, with the
design of having the institution recog-
nized as the State Normal School of
the Sixth District.
Accordingly, with the consent of
the Governor, the following named
gentlemen were appointed the COM
mittee: Hon. Wilmer Worthington,
Hon. Jas. Z. Brown, Hon. Geo. D..
Jackson and Henry M. Hoyt; the
several County Superintendents in the
counties composing the district were
notified, and Friday, the 10Th day of
February, was agreed upon as the day
for the examination.
All the members of the committee
were present on the day appointed,
and they, in connection with the State
Superintendent of Common Schools,
and the County Superintendents Of
the counties of Columbia, Mon
tour and Union, proceeded, at 9
o'clock A. NJ, to discharge the duties
of their appointment. They first at
tended the opening exercises Of the
school in the Chapel Of the institu-
ton, and then spent some time in
visiting the several class-rooms and
listening to recitations in the vari-
GUS branches. After this, they were
conducted by members of the Board
of Trustees and delegations of citizens
over the grounds and through the
buildings. All the official papers ap-
pertaining to the institution were duly
examined, its deeds, charter, bylaws,
rules and regulations. Full explana-
tions were elected in reference to the
organization of the school. the consti.
tuition Of its faculty, its plan of study,
&c, &c.
The committee retiring for consulta-
ton, then organized by electing Will
mer Worthington, President and J. p.
Wickersham, Secretary, and, after due
dellberation, adopted the following
preamble and resolutions, and thereto
appended their proper signatures
Bloomsburg, Columbia County,
Feb. I9, 1869.
WHEREAS, The "Bloomsburg Liter
ary Institute having made formal
application to the Department of Com
mon Schools for the appointment of
committee to examine its claims to be
recognized as the State Normal School
of the Sixth District, according to the
provisions Of SAN Act to provide for
the due training of teachers for the
Common Schools of the State" ap-
proved the 2oth day of May, 1857;
and
WHEREAS, The undersigned, being
duly appointed and authorized under
said act, and having personally, and at
the same time, on Friday, the 10Th
day of February, 1869, visited and in
spected said Institute, and made
careful examination thereof of its by
laws, rules and regulations, and its
general arrangements and facilities for
instructing, and having found them to
be substantially such as the law re-
quires; E
Resolved, That the "Bloomsburg
Literary Institute" is, in our opinion,
entitled.to recognition as a State Nor
NAL School, with all the privileges and
immunities enjoyed by other institu-
tions of like character in this Com
monwealth.
This report was signed by the COM
mittee.