Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-08
WHERE HOOSIER
GREATNESS HAD
IT'S BEGINNING
Indiana Pioneers Hardy.
Courageous, Industrious
and SOciable.
BELIEVED IN EDUCATION

When streams of pioneer caravans,
fOrerunners of torrents to come came out
Of the New England States and the Viz
gtnia settlements after the Revolutionary
war certain thrifty agriculturalists
looked upon the territory of Indiana and
found it good
Adventurous vOyageurs pressed on,
some without pause aud others after a
year or two. Fabulous resources to the
west lured them as the pots of gold
lure rainbow chasers. Those who later
returned found wilderness in course of
being positively subdued. for the first
settlers of Indiana were men who meant
businessmen who expected nothing
from life except what they. earned and
who did not doubt that determined la
Dor would produce the comfort and Sc
curity they sought.
Here in the fertile PARTIES of Indiana
began the real development Of a dis
tinct race of Americans. Healthy, hardy
and courageous workers with a rich
strain of humOr and pardonable con
tempt for any sort of culture which
embodied luxurious modes Of living. The
folk whose eccentricities and quaint
costumes were later 10 be immortalized
by such men rs Eggleston Of "Hoosier
Schoolmaster' fame. aud James Whit
comb Riley. began early to forget the
land of their birth liz the more absorb
ing business of creating customs and
traditions for their new homeland.
FAMOUS FOR
HOSPITALITY.
Hospitality aud neighborlness were
highly esteemed qualities among the
struggling, but cheerful early Hoosiers
Newcomers were given hearty welcome
to the settlements. log rolling parties as
sisted with the building of their homes
The corn husking bee. singing societies,
community hunting ahd shooting matches
helped to create the Indiana idea of So
ciability. In passing 1t should be noted
that each of these forms of entertainment
beside amusing the young and the old
were well calculated to improve their gen
eral capabilities.
In sense Indiana is "A State made
to order. The best human material for
community building in sound. perman-
ent and honest way was caught from the
westward bound hordes from the sea
board colonies. That they built Il an or
derby. progressive fashion. which has been
followed by their progeny ever since, is
attested by the well cultivated farm
lands and beautiful centers of industry
that comprise the Indiana Of today.
PUBLIC SCHOOL
SYSTEM.
Naturally enough education was con-
sdered of prime Importance by settlers
Of such character. The result is seen to-
day in the schools of the capital city
with it's attendance of 4S,1G9 out of a
population of $4,000
The public school system of Indianar-
oils consists Of seventy three grade
schools, three great high schools and a
teachers Normal College. Thirty three
Of the grade schools have modern equip
ment for manual training and domestic
science teaching. very ambitious
building program. which will provide
new schools of the most modern type
vet Elected In this country, is now IN
der way.
Arsenal Technical High school is an
institution Of unique value with it's
practical workshops extensive campus
and stadium Students from all parts
of the country are attracted by the
Technical school of engraving and cleo
trotyping and the school Of printing Of
the United Typothetae of America
MANUAL TRAING
HIGH SCHOOL.
The Emmerich Manual Training High
School was one Of the first institutions
Of the sort in America. It's graduates
have gone everywhere to spread the
teaching e manual skill ShOrtridge
High School Is one Of the most famous
preparatory institutions along general
literary snd scientific lines In the Mid
die w Isl.
Higher Institutions OF learning in In
dianaroH inclIle: Butler College. Cen
trail University. indiana University School
of Medicine Itdiana Law School, In
diana Eental CoAege, Indiana Veterinary
ColIePe and the Indianapolis College of
Pharmacy. The city Is also quite q
center or art and music instruction.
GROWTH IN
ARTISTIC CULTURE.
The sohn Heron Art Institute has
done Nuch to maintain artistic cultI .e
IN this 1T,adly growing and industriai.g
thriving city. Its art school and numer-
Gus art exhibits bring the highest Sul-
ture influences to the service Of In
dianapolis In the matter Of an the
city has always been conscious Of beatty
and magnificence thanks to the Soldiers
and Sailors Monument, the greatest
memorial tribute ever paid to soldiers.
Standing IN the center of the city, set
off by a circular plaza it easily claims