CHAPTER VI.-THE IOWA STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE-Continued. A preliminary term, 1868-'69 President A. S. Welch's administration, 1869–83. The work of the college broadens The presidency of W. I. Chamberlin, LL. D., 1886–'90. The college atmosphere, industrial The courses of study The college campus and farm.. Students.. Acting President E. W. Stanton to President W. M. Beardshear, 1890-91.. CHAPTER VII.-THE STATE UNIVERSITY: Its lands...... The location of the university. Its government Its organization.. The chancellorship of Dr. Amos Dean, 1855–258. The normal element a primal idea in the university plan. The normal department, 1858-59. President Totten's administration, 1860-'62 Dr. Oliver M. Spencer's presidency, 1862–’67. The presidency of Charles Ashmead Schaeffer, 1887 - Degrees.... The preparatory problem in 1890-'91 State university extension.... CHAPTER VIII.-PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS: Demand for them..... Iowa City Academy....... Denmark Academy. Decorah Institute Cedar Valley Seminary Hull Educational Institute.. Other endowed academies and secondary schools.. CHAPTER IX.-DENOMINATIONAL COLLEGES: The number of them ... General facts concerning Iowa colleges Burlington University Central University of Iowa. Des Moines College Drake University Oskaloosa College.. Iowa College Tabor College Griswold College. Penn College... Whittier College... LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF EDUCATION, Washington, D. C., March 1, 1893. SIR: I have the honor to forward for publication as a Circular of Information the manuscript of a History of Higher Education in Iowa, by Prof. Leonard F. Parker of the chair of History in Iowa College, located at Grinnell in that State. This document constitutes No. 17 of the series of contributions to American Educational History, prepared under the editorial supervision of Pofessor Herbert B. Adams, of Johns Hopkins University, a series to which I have heretofore called your attention as a notable monument of the administration of my predecessor in this office, the Honorable N. H. R. Dawson. Besides the local interest to which such a work appeals, there is much in the educational history of Iowa which is instructive to all students and observers of educational progress, since within her limits there has appeared from the time of the earliest settlements a noteworthy zeal in founding institutions of learning and in providing instruction for all classes of the people. In behalf of the author I beg leave to state that his work was com. pleted and delivered to this Bureau early in 1891, which date should be understood as the concluding period of the various sketches. has been able, however, in some instances, to incorporate later information in the process of revising the proof. I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, Hon. JOHN W. NOBLE, Secretary of the Interior. WM. T. HARRIS, Commissioner. 7 |