Education: Catalogue: 1886 HOLLIDAYSBURG SEMINARY For Young Ladies [Alumnae 1869-1886]: Blair Co, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright February 2001. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ ______________________________________________ CATALOGUE of the Officers and Students of HOLLIDAYSBURG SEMINARY For Young Ladies Hollidaysburg, Penn'a. 1885-6. Chartered 1866. ~~~>|<~~~ Pittsburgh, Pa. Printed by Jas. McMillin, 111 Third Avenue. 1886. Officers and Directors. Rev. R. S. Hitchcock, D. D., President. Maj. Wm. Williams. Hon. Samuel S. Blair. Hon. Aug. S. Landis, Secretary. Faculty. Rev. R. S. Hitchcock, D.D., Principal. Mrs. R. S. Hitchcock, Lady Principal. Rev. R. S. Hitchcock, D.D., Mental and Moral Science and Ancient Languages. Mrs. R. S. Hitchcock, History and Literature. Miss Anne E. Bush, Natural Science and Rhetoric. Miss A. I. LaMonte, Mathematics. Miss Sarah B. King, Piano and Harmony. Miss Helen B. Griswold, Vocal Music. Miss Blanche Hurlbut, Drawing, Painting, French and German. Miss M. T. Caldwell, Gymnastics. ___ Miss Mary Vance, Matron. ___ Assistant teachers will be employed as shall be found necessary. Graduates. 1869. Sarah Creswell, Pennsylvania. Ruth Irwin (Mrs. Leet), Pennsylvania. A. J. Shrom, Ohio. 1870. Mary Bohn (Mrs. Nicholson),* Pennsylvania. Hannah L. Holliday, Pennsylvania. Margaret S. Lemon (Mrs. Drake), Missouri. 1871. Alice H. Bennett (Mrs. Milliken), Pennsylvania. Mary Boone, Ohio. Anna M. Mack (Mrs. Knight), Missouri. Mary E. Russ (Mrs. Pinkerton), Pennsylvania. Lizzie D. Todd, Pennsylvania. Mary Waterworth, Ohio. 1872. Catharine W. Caldwell (Mrs. Farrar), New York. Mary E. Findley, Pennsylvania. Ellie Wishart, Pennsylvania. 1873. S. Ada Clarke (Mrs. Smith), Ohio. Maggie M. Gallaher, Pennsylvania. Laura McConaughey, Pennsylvania. 1874. Margaret F. Armitage, Pennsylvania. Sarah P. Brown, Iowa. Margaret Hutcheson (Mrs. Alexander), Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Johnston (Mrs. Patterson), Pennsylvania, Mary Keller, Pennsylvania. Emma Kemble (Mrs. - ), Pennsylvania. Jane M. Lemon (Mrs. Brotherline), Pennsylvania. Harriet Miller (Mrs. Glenn), Pennsylvania. Catharine Z. Montgomery, Pennsylvania. Lydia Paulson, Pennsylvania. Lilian Purcell, Pennsylvania. Nina Vanvoorhis, Colorado. Georgiana Wilson, West Virginia. Mary Zahnizer (Mrs. - ), Pennsylvania. 1875. Mary Freelove Barker (Mrs. Hanna), Pennsylvania. Eleanor Baird Caldwell, California. Mary Elizabeth Davidson, Pennsylvania. Roxana Matilda Gallaher, Pennsylvania. Mary Warren Iddings (Mrs. Racer), Ohio. Mary Belle Virginia Marquis, Pennsylvania. 1876. Anna E. Barr, Pennsylvania. Olive Cunningham, Pennsylvania. Eva T. Eaton, Pennsylvania. Eleanor J. Irwin, Pennsylvania. Lacy Irwin, Pennsylvania. Lizzie W. McEwen (Mrs. Marquis), Pennsylvania. Carrie H. Stephenson (Mrs. Cully), Ohio. 1877. Jane B. Armstrong, Pennsylvania. Margaret A. Barclay, Pennsylvania. Mary D. Bennett (Mrs. Miller), Pennsylvania. Martha H. Butler (Mrs. - ), Indiana. Helen J. Coates, Illinois. Delia C. Condron, D.C. Anna M. Foster (Mrs. Greer), Pennsylvania. Harriet M. McIntosh (Mrs. - ), New York. A. Almedia Owens, Pennsylvania. Martha J. Wallace, Pennsylvania. M. Ella Warden,* Illinois. Maria S. Wilson, Pennsylvania. 1878. Ida Campbell, Pennsylvania. Martha A. Clark (Mrs. - ), Ohio. Ella M. Ferguson, Pennsylvania. M. Minerva George, Pennsylvania. Eliza Irwin, Pennsylvania. Alice M. Kinkead, Pennsylvania. Minnie E. Stewart, Pennsylvania. Anna B. Warden, Illinois. N. Lida Wilson, Pennsylvania. 1879. Isabella J. Barclay (Mrs. Crawford), Pennsylvania. Sarah E. Eaton, Pennsylvania. Lilian E. Mateer, China. Hattie H. McDonald, Siam. Annie L. Morrow (Mrs. Smith), China. 1880. Anna M. Bailey, Pennsylvania. Anna M. Zuck, Pennsylvania. 1881. Bell Patterson, Ohio. Lizzie Hartswick, Pennsylvania. Alma M. Nute, New Jersey. Lizzie M. Wall, Ohio. 1882. Carrie M. Bailey, Pennsylvania. Lizzie J. Boyd, West Virginia. Lizzie J. Cooper, West Virginia. Fannie E. Wallace, Pennsylvania. 1883. Belle Boyd, Pennsylvania. Jennie L. Coolbroth, Pennsylvania. Jennie L. Irwin, Pennsylvania. Viola P. Keller, Pennsylvania. Maggie M. McGaughey, Pennsylvania. Jessie H. Moore, Pennsylvania. Martha N. Nielson, Pennsylvania. Nellie G. Over, Pennsylvania. Annie Stehley, Pennsylvania. Maud E. Willis, Connecticut. 1884. Lyde McKinney, Wooster, Ohio. Helen L. Montgomery, McEwansville, Pa. Minnie Howard Myers, Allegheny, Pa. Rachel Neel, Mt. Pleasant, Pa. Mildred H. Wheatley, Duncansville, Pa. 1885. Belle Ankeny, Clinton, Iowa. Annis B. Coffey, Peoria, Ills. Lida Fleming, Xenia, O. Jennie D. Frisbee, Connellsville, Pa. Bessie M. George, Wellsburg, W. Va. Elizabeth K. Hammond, Hollidaysburg, Pa. Mabel Hemphill, Hollidaysburg, Pa. Grace L. Jordan, Mt. Pleasant, Pa. Maria P. Landis, Hollidaysburg, Pa. Annie R. Wallace, Lewistown, Pa. GRADUATES IN MUSIC 1873. Sadie P. Brown, Iowa. S. Ada Clark, Ohio. Susan M. Moore, West Virginia. 1875. Helen Jean Coates, Illinois. Georgiana Wilson, West Virginia. 1876. A. Maggie Smith, Pennsylvania. Carrie H. Stephenson (Mrs. Cully), Ohio. 1880. Mary Stehley (Mrs. Tucker), Illinois. Anna B. Warden, Illinois. * deceased SENIOR CLASS Carrie C. Askew. Milly M. Beale. Lila M. Chenault. Martha B. Criley. Katherine B. Curry. Ella S. Hench. Annie R. Johnston. Sallie V. Sprankle. Margie Tearney. Nannie M. Wilson. STUDENTS Carrie C. Askew, Altoona, Pa. Harriet Axtell, Xenia, O. Lidie M. Barron, Hollidaysburg, Pa. Milly M. Beale, Johnstown, Pa. Margaret Bell, Sabbath Rest. Lillie Brua, Frankstown, Pa. Emma Brumbaugh, Baker's Summit. Mildred Bunker, Hollidaysburg, Pa. Lavinia Burchinell, Hollidaysburg, Pa. Mattie T. Caldwell, Washington, Pa. Ada Campbell, Hollidaysburg, Pa. Lila M. Chenault, Richmond, Ky. Gussie Coolbroth, Hollidaysburg, Pa. Isabel Cooper, Allegheny, Pa. Martha Criley, Altoona, Pa. Katherine B. Curry, Altoona, Pa. Maud Day, Xenia, O. Carrie Davidge, Berkshire, N.Y. Helen Davis, Watkins, N.Y. Mattie Denniston, Hollidaysburg, Pa. Eliza Dean, Hollidaysburg, Pa. Rae A. Ellerbe, St. Paul, Minn. Mary H. Elliot, Hollidaysburg, Pa. Margaret Gibson, Duncansville, Pa. Elizabeth Gilson, Gallitzin, Pa. Helen Goldman, Hollidaysburg, Pa. Mabel Green, St. Paul, Minn. Marietta Griffith, Duncansville, Pa. Bessie Hays, Hollidaysburg, Pa. S. Ella Hench, Alum Bank, Pa. Mary Ingold, Hollidaysburg, Pa. Annie R. Johnston, Connellsville, Pa. Jessie Johnston, Hollidaysburg, Pa. Madge Johnston, Hollidaysburg, Pa. Irene Knight, Brownsville, Pa. Maria P. Landis, Hollidaysburg, Pa. Ollie Lemon, Hollidaysburg, Pa. Julia McCord, Sewickley, Pa. Pearl McClung, Xenia, O. Henrietta Miller, Brownsville, Pa. Sarah Blair McMurtrie, Hollidaysburg, Pa. June Rose, Johnstown, Pa. Mary Roberts, Ebensburg, Pa. Ethel Russell, Columbus, O. Sallie Sampson, Xenia, O. Mary Sherrick, Lock Haven, Pa. Lisle Smith, Hollidaysburg, Pa. Nannie Smith, Hollidaysburg, Pa. Sallie Sprankle, Altoona, Pa. Fannie Stewart, Hollidaysburg, Pa. Ida Stewart, Hollidaysburg, Pa. Maggie Stewart, Hollidaysburg, Pa. Margaret Tearney, Hollidaysburg, Pa. H. Wheatley, Duncansville, Pa. Mary Wheatley, Duncansville, Pa. Nannie Wilson, - Bessie Wishart, Pittsburgh, Pa. Nannie Zeigler, Hollidaysburg, Pa. THE OBJECT. This Institution aims to give young ladies a liberal and practical Christian education, to implant correct moral principles, and to give mental power: in short, to develop the whole being - physical, mental, and moral - by careful and judicious physical training, by thorough mental discipline, by imparting solid substantial knowledge, and by securing the highest development of character, as well as external polish and finish of manner. It is eminently a home school, in which pupils have ready access to their teachers at all times, sit with them at the same tables, pursue their studies under their personal supervision, and seek recreation together. There is a constant endeavor to make study as attractive as possible, consistent with a high standard and thorough drill. SITUATION. Hollidaysburg, Pa., a town of five thousand inhabitants, is situated at the head of the Juniata Valley, near the foot of the Allegheny Mountains, in a region noted for its healthful atmosphere, and the beauty and grandeur of its scenery. The statistical atlas of the United States (1870) shows that no part of the Northern States is more free from consumption and pulmonary complaints than this region of Pennsylvania. Malaria is here unknown. Pupils coming from the West and South find almost compete relief from chills and fever. No death has ever taken place in the school. Pure air, spring water, and delightful surroundings, make this school one of the most desirable summer resorts in the State, while cheerful rooms, proximity to churches, and the shelter afforded by the Allegheny Mountains on the North and West, make it a delightful place for winter study. There are opportunities for rambling and recreation in the vicinity; the scenery attracts pupils to constant exercise, and affords means of aesthetic culture as well as enjoyment. The town is accessible by the Pennsylvania Central Railroad, one of the finest thoroughfares in the world. BUILDING AND APPOINTMENTS. The Seminary grounds, embracing about four acres, overlook the town, and command in all directions some of the grandest scenery of the Allegheny Mountains. Kittanning Point, the vicinity of Allegrippus, Chimney Rocks, Wopsononock, all familiar to artists and travelers, are seen from the Seminary windows. Churches of all denominations are in the immediate vicinity, so that attendance is easy and accompanied with little exposure. The grounds are handsomely ornamented with shrubbery and shade trees, and are large enough for lawn games and many forms of open air exercises. The building is comparatively new, and cost, exclusive of furniture, $75,000. It is finished and furnished throughout, lighted by gas, and supplied with mountain spring water, conducted by pipes to every floor. The structure is of stone, three stories in height above basement; 150 feet in length by 160 in depth, and contains 40 rooms for the accommodation of pupils, besides guest chambers, and apartments for the principals and teachers; nursery, office, and reception rooms; chapel and dining rooms, each 40 x 48; reading room, music instruction rooms, recitation rooms, laboratory, gymnasium, lavatories, bath room, etc. Every window sash is weighted, each door has a transom, and each chimney two ventilating flues; the halls are wide and unobstructed, so that every room can be thoroughly ventilated. The halls and rooms are heated, the latter mostly by fire in the rooms themselves. In the reorganization of the school the old furniture has been all removed from the bed rooms, and they have been entirely furnished with new and better appointments. The Reading Room contains leading religious papers, the principal magazines, reviews, and quarterlies. The Gymnasium affords opportunity for exercise in bad weather. It contains a bowling alley, and is supplied with wands, rings, and dumb bells. Dio Lewis' system of light gymnastics is taught. COURSE OF STUDY. FIRST YEAR. Arithmetic, Mental and Written - Robinson. Eng. Grammar - Kellogg's Higher English. Physical Geography - Warren. How Plants Grow - Gray. Algebra begun. History United States - Barnes. SECOND YEAR. Algebra continued - Olney. Physiology - Steele. History of England - Greene. Mythology - Seamann. Science of Government - Alden. Natural Philosophy - Cooley. THIRD YEAR. Geometry - Loomis. Chemistry - Cooley. History of Rome - Merivale. Geology - Dana. Rhetoric - Kellogg. History of Greece - Smith. FOURTH YEAR. Trigonometry - Loomis. Mental Science - Haven. Moral Science - Peabody. English Literature - Shaw. Shakespeare. Evidences of Christianity - Alexander. Astronomy - Steele. Botany - Gray. General History - Thalheimer. GENERAL REVIEW. OPTIONAL STUDIES. LATIN. Caesar's Commentaries. Prose Composition - Jones. Virgil - Aeneid, Six Books. Cicero - Select Orations. Horace - Odes and Satires. Tacitus - Germania, Agricola. GREEK. Greek Lessons - White. Zenophon's Anabasis. New Testament. Homer's Iliad. Demosthenes - Olynthiacs. FRENCH. Sauveur Method. Hennequin's New Treatise on French Verbs. Keetels' Grammar. Readings from Best French Authors. GERMAN. Natural Method. Grammar - Otto's & Whitney's. Selections in Prose and Poetry from Best Authors - Including Goethe, Schiller, Lessing, Uhland, Heine, etc., etc. ART. Modeling in Clay. Modeling in Terra Cotta. Repousse Brass. Artistic Etching. Painting in Oil. Painting in Water Colors. Decorative Painting. Pastel Drawing. MUSIC. This Institution offers superior advantages for the study of Music, both Vocal and Instrumental. This department will be under the control of instructors of high culture and long experience. Special attention is given to tone production and technique, as laying the foundation for an intelligent appreciation and artistic interpretation of the best compositions, both of the Old Masters and of the Modern School. Lessons are given individually, and class instruction in Harmony once a week is free to all. After instruction in the rudiments of Music and notation, with easy studies for the formation of correct touch and technique, recreations by Muller, Reinecke, etc., sonatinas by Clementi and Kuhlau, the pupil will enter upon the following course of study: DEGREE I. Czerny op., 299 Bk. 1st. Bertini op., 29. Heller op., 47. DEGREE II. Czerny op., 299 Bk. 2d. Bertini op., 32. Bach J. S., 12 Little Preludes. DEGREE III. Heller op., 45. Cramer J. B., Etudes, VonBulow edition. Bach, J. S., Inventions for two Voices. DEGREE IV. Czerny op., 699. Bach J.S., Inventions for three Voices. Kullak's Octave Studies. DEGREE V. Moscheles' op, 70. Clementi-Tausig, Gradus ad Parnassum. Bach, Preludes and Fugues from well-tempered Clavichord. DEGREE VI. Bach, Preludes and Fugues continued. Selections from Chopin op., 10, and op., 25. It is not necessary that the pupil should play all the studies comprised in a degree, but it is indispensable that the requisite proficiency should be acquired from one degree before passing to the next. In connection with the studies, Sonatas, Songs without Words, and compositions by the best composers will be given. Pupils completing the course and passing a satisfactory examination will receive a diploma. VOCAL. Exercises by Concone and Garcia, G. Nava's Solfeggios, Ballads, Concert Pieces, Operatic and Oratorio Solfeggios, Duets and Trios, etc. ART. In the department of Art, a course of study modeled upon the best methods in use in Paris and in some of the higher Art schools of this country, has been successfully inaugurated. In too many of our educational institutions superficial teaching sends the pupil back to her home with a few copies of chromos as the result of years of study. Such waste of time and money is now condemned by common sense: and instead of setting before the pupil a printed copy of nature for her laborious imitation, she is led to reproduce direct the interest and charm of nature itself; she is taught to model in clay, that she may acquire a correct idea of form; and her eye is educated to the value of both form and color through painting. Classes in portrait study from the life, both in clay and in paint, accompany the course; also those for the study of artistic decoration. The degree of earnest application manifested by the pupil, as well as her ability to grasp the principles of Art, will determine her advancement to higher classes, according to the judgment of the teacher. Pupils in this department receive lessons every day, instead of twice a week, as is the custom in many schools. REMARKS ON THE COURSE OF STUDY. The Bible is read daily in the school. A general Bible class is held every Sabbath; the evidences and doctrines of Evangelical Christianity are taught. Prominence is given to the study of Latin and modern languages. A student who has finished the studies in some departments, but not in all, may receive a certificate to that effect. Those who fairly complete the entire course are entitled to a diploma. Those who wish to pursue collegiate studies can do so here under competent professors. Students are usually able to take one of the languages, and music or art, in addition to their regular course. Marked proficiency in these, will, with the approval of the Faculty, be accepted as an equivalent for some of the studies of the course; but in such a case the general standing of the student for scholarship must be good. In general, mental discipline is aimed at rather than a mere accumulation of facts. To meet the growing interest in art, a highly competent teacher has been secured. The studio is ample, well lighted, pleasant and in every respect well adapted for its purpose. Special attention will be given to household decoration, and whatever tends to cultivate and refine the taste. REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS Attendance at the opening of the session is expected, and a prompt return after the Christmas holidays. No one but an experienced teacher can realize how much injury is caused, not only to the pupil herself but also to her classmates and teachers, by any absence whatever. All such absences are evils so contagious that they can be permitted only when there is an absolute necessity. Pupils are not received, nor are bills rendered for less than the semi-annual current term, except in case of protracted sickness, when five dollars per week for the time thus absent will be deducted. Rooms may be selected in order of application; without special agreement, however, they will not be reserved later than beginning of term. Members of the school furnish their own toilet articles, towels, etc., also table napkins and rings. All articles sent to the laundry must be plainly marked with owner's name. Every pupil should have spoon, knife, and fork for use in her own room in case of sickness. Members of the school are required to attend church services Sunday morning, (with Principal, unless parents designate other churches,) and Bible class in the afternoon. All accompany the Principal to evening service. Parents of pupils are welcome at all times. Pupils are not at liberty to invite their friends to visit the school, without first ascertaining if convenient to receive them. Persons are not expected to enter the building without being properly announced and received as in any private establishment, and none except parents are admitted to private rooms without special permission from the Principal. Calls on pupils should be limited to Saturday afternoons. Parents are requested to furnish the Principals with lists of the persons with whom they wish their daughters to correspond. It is hoped that the lists will be short. Experience compels us to announce that boxes of eatables sent to pupils will not be delivered. We trust parents will co-operate with us in this matter, as only regard for the health of their daughters prompts us to make this regulation. The school appropriates to rest, recreation or study, the pupil's entire time. The privilege of spending a portion of it in some other way, as visiting, calling, etc., is granted only when it does not compromise the highest interest of the school and pupil. To one feature of this school special attention is solicited. Once a week teachers and pupils meet together for reading, compositions, and music. Special attention is given in these readings to current literature and events, often accompanied by lectures from the Principal. On these evenings questions of manners and minor morals are sometimes discussed, and a familiar talk given by the lady Principal. EXPENSES Board, furnished room, lights, and attendance, for school year, $200 Tuition in all English branches and Latin, including Elocution and Penmanship, History and Geography, English Language and Literature, Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Mental and Moral Sciences, etc., for school year, 50 ADDITIONAL CHARGES Modern Languages, each, 25 Music, Vocal or Instrumental, 60 Lessons in Oil or Water Colors, 50 Lessons in Drawing, 25 Pew in Church, 3 Diploma, 5 Reading Room, 1 Art Materials, Stationery, Music and Books, are furnished at stationers' prices. A charge of 25 cents per week is made for use of piano one hour daily. Laundry, 60 cents per dozen; dresses and white skirts extra, for both teachers and pupils. Bills are payable, $100 in advance, $100 January 15th, and balance at close of school year. A liberal deduction will be made from charges for Boarding and for Tuition in the Regular Course, for daughters of ministers. THE SCHOOL YEAR The Seminary Exercises will begin for the next year on September 15th, 1886, and close the middle of June, 1887. A vacation will be given at the Christmas holidays. Boarding during vacation, to those who remain in the Institution, $5.00 per week. REFERENCES Rev. D. H. Barron, D.D., Hollidaysburg, Pa. Justice S. F. Miller, Washington, D.C. Rev. D. W. Poor, D. D., Philadelphia, Pa. Ormond Beatty, LL.D., Danville, Ky. J. B. Temple, Esq., Louisville, Ky. Rev. Joseph Waugh, Ph.D., Dover, Del. A. G. Morris, Tyrone, Pa. Dr. Wm. I. Heddens, St. Joseph, Mo. Mr. Wm. Letcher, Richmond, Ky. Rev. James G. Mitchell, D.D., Lancaster, Pa. Rev. Wm. S. Roberts, D.D., New York. Hon. Wm. P. Ballinger, Galveston, Texas. Mr. Thomas Chenault, Richmond, Ky. Hon. Rob't. Breckinridge, Louisville, Ky. Rev. Jno. S. Hays, Quincy, Ills. Hon. Henry Stockbridge, Baltimore, Md. Wm. Ballinger, Keokuk, Iowa. Dr. John W. Scott, Lexington, Ky. Rev. Jonathan Edwards, D.D., Plymouth, Pa. Rev. Joshua Russell, Altoona, Pa. Dr. H. I. Coffey, Peoria, Ills. H. W. Adams, Esq., Eliabeth, N.J. Dr. A. O. Loughridge, Peoria, Ills. Rev. A. G. Wallace, Sewickley, Pa. W. L. Gross, Springfield, Ills. Rev. W. W. Criley, Altoona, Pa. Rev. W. McKinney, Wooster, O. And all Patrons. J. M'MILLIN, PRINT., PITTSBURGH. ~~~>|<~~~ The following is transcribed from a commencement program found inside the book. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Compliments of the Class of 1886 Hollidaysburg Seminary 20th Annual Commencement June 13th-16th Senior Class. Carrie C. Askew, Milly M. Beale, Lila M. Chenault, Martha B. Criley, Katherine B. Curry, Ella S. Hench, Annie R. Johnston, Sallie Sprankle, Marjie M. Tearney, Nannie M. Wilson. Commencement Exercises. - Sunday, June 13th. Baccalaureate Sermon, Rev. David J. Beale. Monday, June 14th, 8 P.M. Concert, School Hall. Tuesday, June 15th, 9:30 A.M. Class Day, School Hall. Wednesday, June 16th, 10:30 A.M. Commencement. Literary Address by Rev. John Gillespie, D.D. Presentation of Diplomas by the Principal. ~~~>|<~~~