CHAPTER II.—THE BEGINNINGS OF HIGHER EDUCATION: VINCENNES Uni-

CHAPTER III.-THE COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM OF INDIANA.

I. The Old Constitution and the Common Schools:

Early Inhabitants of Indiana Territory..

St. Clair and Gibault...

Other Testimony..

Delay in Devising a School System..

Obstacles and Impediments

Early Home-Hunters in Indiana.

Growth of Institutions....

Origin of the Free School System in the Minds of Territorial Legislators.
Educational Provisions of the First Constitution, 1816 ...

-Early Legislation for Schools under this Constitution

I. The Old Constitution and the Common Schools-Continued.

Election for Free Schools

Another Message from "One of the People"

Act of 1849...

Pagy

State Treasurer and the School Superintendency.

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CHAPTER IV.-THE COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM (Continued).

Mr. E. P. Cole on the "Educational Conditions of Indiana,” 1857..

The Township Trustee...

Union of Common Schools with the Higher Institutions

All Functions of Education Assumed by the State..

CHAPTER V.-THE INDIANA SEMINARY.

Population

Act of Admission....

Constitution of 1816

Provision for University

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Boundary.....

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CHAPTER VIII.-THE INDIANA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.

Location and Organization .....

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CHAPTER X.-THE DENOMINATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: DE PAUW, WABASH,

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Influence of Wesley, Francis Asbury, and Matthew Simpson...

Governor Wallace at President Simpson's Installation, 1840.

Sectarianism in Indiana....

CHAPTER XI.-THE DENOMINATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (continued).