The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-19
Miss Elsie Marshall Graphical
N Relates How Education
Has Progressed in Old /
Wayne County.
CENTENNIAL OF THE
FOUNDING OBSERVED
Besides Miss MarshaII's Pa
per interesting Addresses
Were Delivered by Mott,
Nusbaum and Nicholson.

~SNUUs 0ssO svUOutOuSUuue
The centennial celebration OF the
founding of schools In this county
were fittingly observed yesterday. at.
the organization meeting OF the Rich.
mond public school teachers. Garfield.
building. The celebration Wa of "A,
informal nature and consisted oe short
talks by Timothy Nicholson, Lee n
Nusbaum. secretary Of the school
board. T. A. Mott. superintendent. and
. paper read BY Miss Elsie Marsha1l.
The meeting yesterday afternoon
was primarily for the instruction Of the
public school teachers In their duties.
Schools open Monday and Il 10 an an.
nual custom for the teachers to meet
prior to the opening. to receive m
structions.
In her paper ON the Schools OF
Wayne County. Miss Marshall deals ex-
hanstively with the subject, Including
everything Of interest which has arisen
during the development Of the sduca-
tional system Of the city and county.
With much Of the later history Of tho
schools citisens Of Richmond are famil-
lar. Space prevents the complete
publication Of Miss MarohalI's paper.
Her paper. which deals with the early
history Of the schools, II in part, -
follows:
Mise Marshal's papee.
To the Friends IL to be orUdited the
first organized educational effort I'm
Richmond and vicinity. Elementary
schools were established BY them quite
early under the direction OF the White-
water Monthly Meeting The first rec.
ord OF attention to educational mat
ters In found In the minutes Of the
meeting held ON the 18th Of 0th mo.
1910. a. follows: When . COMMITTEES
was appointed TO dispose Of Q number
of school books which had been receiv.
ed from the Quarterly Meeting. On
the I'd. 10th mo. 1911. Ephram Over
man. Andrew Hoover. Cornelius Rat.
liff, Jesse Bond, John Smith, Ralph
Wright, John Morris, jonathan Hol.
lingsworth. John Townsend and John
Clark were appointed q standing COM
mittee to have care Of schools.
The old log meeting house which
stood on the site of the present brick
meeting house on the corner Of North
Tenth and @ streets, was used - .
school house in these early days The
committee appointed BY the Monthly
Meeting managed the schols. they 90
licited for pupils, collected the pay and
hired the teachers. The schools were
open to all children in the community
whether OF Friends families or not.
Robert Brattian. . Quaker. who was
a native Of Ireland. II said to have
taught the first school in the winter Of
1S11-12. One OF his pupils said Of him
He was . good teacher but strict.
Dr. John Plummer says In his history
Of Richmond us60. Il hold in distinct
remembrance the old log meeting
house with its leaky roof: its slab
benches with NO backs; its charcoal
fire kept In sugar kettles"
| In 1898 . brick school house Of two
rooms was built by Friends In the lot
south of the old meeting house. The
first teacher was Isaac Hiatt, who cob
Quoted High school (the first in Rich
mond.) giving instruction in the high
er branches. including chemistry and
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surveying
Barnabas C. Hobbs taught in t1io
building In 1913. He was aftefwardb .
teacher In Earlham Boarding School.
and still later the first president oe
Earlham College. william Haushtoa
assisted by Or. VIM. MaFmon, taught
in 1915. Other early teachers were
Jesse Stanley and Daniel Clark
Hiram Hadley began teaching IN
1856. and conducted High school Or
academy for seven years. His aDo3Dt-
ant was Wilhelmina Bell.
| Then schools were taught by Erastus
! Test, Matthew and E1i1a Charles. Mary
Burson, assisted by Wilhelmins Ben
Jones.
Lydia and Jemima Burson taught the
last Friends' school in this building.
| In 1873 the board Of school trustees
rented It for the use Of public schools.
In 1873 the board purchase1 TIE prop
erty from Whitewater 1bnth1y 1eees
ing. In 1888 lGAther Bros. bought tho
building for offices. and IN 1900 Il was
burned
| Hiejcsite Friends oelsosla
Shortly after the separation q
Friends into the two> branches. OEtAo-
dox and H1G1E1t1b II 1873. the 1nttsg
branch hailt . neeting houss a the
lot wheFe the Warner school noW
Stands. at tAs intsrssc41oa q N1gtA
seventh strsst anA ~ Wayne syunnes
About fIve years 1aese thsy bu1lt .
yearly meeting ha anl toth q
these bu1Idines vere - 1ug Gehooo