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principal and teacher of languages; the Rev. S. Bur-
ton, A. M., instructor in mathematics; Mrs. C. A. Bur-
ton, intermediate department; Miss Mollie Mantonya,
primary department; Miss Lizzie Clark, instrumental
music.
The work of the seminary went on for several years,
and the effects were quite manifest in the community,
in the way of creating a desire for learning, and an
ambition to attain to a larger manhood and woman-
hood. But as in all the other cases, the public high
school came in and offered excellent educational ad-
vantages, and the tuition was free.
Crown Point Institute. The following is found in
the minutes of the Northern Association, for 1868:
"The committee to whom was referred the interests
of the Crown Point Institute, reported the following
communication and recommendation: It is a corporate
school, under the simplest form of incorporation ac-
cording to the general law of Indiana, proposing to
pass the second grade of corporation in order to con-
fer degrees, proposes to the religious body known as
the Northern Baptist Association, to assume its pat-
ronage, that a statement be filed with the Secretary of
State in accordance with the Act for incorporation of
academies, high schools and colleges, approved Feb-
ruary 28th, 1855, amended March 9th, 1867, The In-
stitute, its property remaining in the hands of the
stockholders; in consideration of such patronage will
give to the Association the appointment of one half the
number of trustees to be elected according to the pro-
visions of the law, and through these trustees exerting
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their power as the law directs, the Association can
exert its share of control over the school."
Now whatever this all means it was submitted to
the Association and was adopted. Crown Point In-
stitute has done an important work for the north.
western part of Indiana as the following facts will
show: In 1865 the Rev. T. H. Ball, A. M., was active
in organizing the Crown Point Institute Educational
Company. The school which was founded and fos-
tered by this Company was intended for both young
men and young women. The first teachers were the
Rev. T. H. Ball, principal; Miss Mary J. Ball, Miss
N. A. Cornell, Mrs. Mann, Mrs. Martha C. C. Ball,
Miss Martha Baldwin and Miss N. Rees; Besides earn-
est literary work in the Institute there was also a deep
religious spirit; seventeen students professed conver-
sion in one year. In its best years there were sixty
boarding pupils. And when the public high school dis-
placed the Institute it found an excellent literary spirit,
and a general desire among the families of the place
for liberal learning for their children.
Rome School. These are the main facts accessible
as to this enterprise: At the annual meeting of the
Perry County Association in 1866, Robert Tobin,
James H. L. Winchell and Thomas H. Thomas were
chosen a board of trustees of an education society, the
main duty of which was to establish a high school or
seminary at Rome, Indiana. Stock was solicited at
twenty dollars per share. The incorporation was ef-
fected in December, 1866, and the former court house
was secured for a place of meeting. The first session
