First 75 Years
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| 38 | A struggle for existence, 1876-1890 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Normal School established with only minimal legislative support and without other support such as land grants; 1876 biennial appropriation was $14,500 followed by very slow growth to $30,200 for 1888 biennium. |
| 48 | Academic ranks Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Faculty ranks established early. |
| 3 | Attempts to implement the Normal School idea in Iowa Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Description of efforts to train teachers in Iowa prior to the founding of the Normal School in 1876. |
| 41 | Budgetary procedure, 1876-1925 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
College continuing appropriation increases over the years. |
| 17 | Change of name from Normal School to College Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Students and faculty petition President Seerley for a name change; Board acts favorably. |
| 68 | Changes of salary policy Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Music faculty move from fees to salary; radical change for retirees. |
| 74 | Compulsory retirement (1934) Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Policy requires faculty to retire at end of year at which they reach 70; meets strenuous protests. |
| 130 | Consultative Service Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Began in 1916; continued with faculty members spending one or two quarters in field. |
| 39 | Continuing appropriations, 1890-1925 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
1890 biennium includes "annually hereafter" provision; beginning of more generous appropriations. |
| 128 | Correspondence study service Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
History of correspondence study. |
| 101 | Curricular revision in 1914 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
List of majors revised and expanded, minors required, credit system changed from term to hours. |
| 103 | Curricular revision in 1949 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Results of revision include required general education, reorganization of education courses, and an increase in the graduation requirement from 186 to 196 hours. |
| 102 | Curricular trends, 1917-1949 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Professional education requirements decrease. |
| 118 | Department of Rural Education, 1915 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
The College established a department devoted to rural education and sets up demonstration schools; the Iowa Club carries out studies relating to rural education. |
| 72 | Detached service (1916-1930) Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Older faculty members carried on salary with only nominal duties. |
| 70 | Early tenure policies Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Early practices were nominally annual appointments, but, in practice, were permanent. |
| 6 | Establishment of the Iowa State Normal School at Cedar Falls, 1876 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
History of the political process behind the founding of the Normal School. |
| 44 | Executive freedom and efficiency Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Survey of relations of the governing boards with Principal Gilchrist and President Seerley. |
| 65 | Executive salaries, 1876-1928 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Survey of president's salaries over the years. |
| 128 | Extension class work Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Extension Service offers courses for college credit. |
| 146 | Extracurricular activities Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Broad survey of the history of literary societies, campus publications, music and athletics, Greek organizations, and religious groups on campus. |
| 48 | Faculty participation under Gilchrist Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Early participation in governance was broadly spread, but limited in scope. |
| 53 | Faculty participation under Latham Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
President Latham establishes new administrative and governance structures. |
| 55 | Faculty participation under Price Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Establishment of EPC. |
| 49 | Faculty participation under Seerley Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
President Seerley expands consultation with faculty; departments authorized in 1908 to take January 1, 1909; establishment of office of Registrar; Codification Committee brings together rules and regulations of College in 1920. |
| 8 | First Board of Directors Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Governor Kirkwood appoints the Board, which then meets to accept the Normal School property. |
| 0 | Foreword Aitchison--Alison E. [Class of 1903; Geography Faculty] |
Professor Aitchison introduces Professor Hart's history. |
| 8 | Formal beginning of the Iowa State Normal School Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Board elects faculty and decides salary; adopts admission rules and length of terms. |
| 120 | Four-Quarter rural program, 1943 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
President Price puts renewed emphasis on elementary education; four quarter curriculum seen as move toward increasing standards in rural teaching. |
| 100 | General and professional education in the curricula, 1886-1914 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Development of the curriculum under President Seerley. |
| 12 | Gilchrist and Seerley on additional normal schools Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Both President Seerley and Principal Gilchrist state that they support additional normal schools once the first school is adequately provided for. |
| 68 | Growth of the administrative staff Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Administrative staff grows to 253. |
| 114 | Housing of the Model School and its successors Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Brief description of buildings in which the school was housed. |
| 41 | Income from student fees Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Survey of revenues from student fees over the years. |
| 92 | Influence of the system of unified control Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Survey of ways in which the College has limited itself and is limited by outside influences to its role as a teacher training institution. |
| 117 | Influential factors before 1913 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
President Seerley responds to critics of the College by establishing the Rural Education Department and the Extension Service. |
| 34 | Institutional surveys | Brief summaries of the important surveys undertaken by the College. |
| 0 | Introduction Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Professor Hart explains the organization of his history; presents the ideas that he chooses to treat. |
| 15 | Introduction of high school graduate courses, 1887 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
President Seerley establishes a separate curriculum for those students who enter the Normal School as high school graduates. |
| 12 | Major in rural school supervision Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
College establishes new major in 1949. |
| 14 | Normal School standards, 1876-1886 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Difficulties of relating Normal School degrees to those offered by colleges and universities. |
| 125 | Organization of Extension Service, 1913 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
President Seerley announces organization of extension work at a meeting of teachers and superintendents in October 1913; Study Centers arranged; Professor Colegrove organizes the effort. |
| 124 | Origins of Extension Service at the Iowa State Teachers College Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
President Seerley considers increasing call for assistance and advice from the College. |
| 74 | Part-time Service (1934) Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Retired faculty can accept appointment to perform some sort of service for one-third salary. |
| 105 | Practice teaching in the Iowa State Normal School before 1883 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Initial practices in student teaching. |
| 87 | Preparation for all fields of public school work Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Survey of ways in which the College curriculum changed to meet changing needs; description of degree, diploma, and certificate programs. |
| 81 | Preparation for all levels of public school work Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Initial curriculum recognizes need for preparation for all levels of teaching; surveys of effects of the College on Iowa; description of ways in which the College met Iowa needs. |
| 62 | Procedures in appointment and promotion Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Survey of practices involving faculty appointment and promotion. |
| 18 | Proposals for the unified control of the state educational institutions Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Description of the political atmosphere which led to establishment of a board which controls all state institutions of higher education; influence of Senator Whipple. |
| 72 | Proposed annuity system, 1931 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Attorney General rules against proposal. |
| 133 | Radio education Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Brief history of the use of radio in the educational program of the College. |
| 122 | Redefinition of the term rural education Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
College has been occupied with rural education for many years; philosophical differences center around the idea of whether or not rural education is different from other education; decrease in numbers of rural schools may make question moot. |
| 120 | Rural education in the doldrums Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
During the 1930s, rural education is absorbed into the general mainstream of education after the loss of its proponents. |
| 116 | Rural education under Gilchrist Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Principal Gilchrist reports that 92% of Normal School students taught school after leaving; only 10% of these students were graduates. |
| 117 | Sabin's report on rural schools, 1897 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Report outlines recommendations for improvement of rural education; the Normal School opens a summer session to help meet needs of rural teachers. |
| 65 | Salaries of men and women Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Survey of differences in salaries between men and women; differences remain despite protests of President Seerley. |
| 68 | Salary schedules Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Schedules, reflecting experience, longevity, and scholastic preparation, put into effect in 1948. |
| 67 | Salary trends under Latham Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Some ground lost during Depression; gradually made up again. |
| 65 | Salary trends, 1876-1931 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Quick survey of faculty and administrative salaries. |
| 98 | Scholastic and professional curricular content, 1876-1886 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Survey of the combined professional and general nature of Principal Gilchrist's curriculum. |
| 59 | Standards under Gilchrist Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Principal Gilchrist preferred successful experience in normal school or college in selecting his faculty. |
| 60 | Standards under Latham Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
President Latham attempts to meet accreditation standards by improving faculty credentials. |
| 59 | Standards under Seerley Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
President Seerley preferred public school experience in selecting his faculty. |
| 139 | Student government and social education, 1876-1886 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Description of rules and regulations relating to students in the early days of the Normal School. |
| 144 | Student government since 1931 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
History of student self-government units. |
| 141 | Student government, 1886-1931 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Rules and regulations relating to students under President Seerley; establishment of offices of Dean of Women and Dean of Men; beginnings of student self-government. |
| 126 | Study Centers, 1913-1931 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Study Centers organized to emphasize methods of teaching subjects; taught by College faculty on Saturdays; well-received. |
| 131 | Survey of Extension Service, 1938 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Faculty committee studies Extension; aims and objectives outlined; name changed from Extension Division to Bureau of Extension Service. |
| 70 | Tenure trends Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Survey of years of experience of faculty. |
| 75 | The annuity system of 1944 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Contract with TIAA adopted; participation of current faculty is voluntary, but mandatory for new faculty. |
| 27 | The Board of Directors, 1876-1897; the Board of Trustees, 1897-1909 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Board members who had particular influence on the Normal School; duties of the Boards; difficulties involving selection of faculty. |
| 19 | The Co-ordination Controversy, 1912-1913 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Report recommends limiting College to two-year curriculum; after difficult struggle, the measure is put aside. |
| 9 | The critical years, 1876-1890 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Early enrollments; financial constraints. |
| 16 | The four-year college curriculum, 1904 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Normal School curriculum officially includes a four-year bachelor's degree. |
| 9 | The future assured | Legislature establishes policy of appropriations payable "annually hereafter"; millage tax of one-tenth of mill goes to Normal School beginning in 1902. |
| 48 | The governing faculty Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Rights of early faculty. |
| 101 | The Inside Survey of 1917 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Results of survey published in bulletin. |
| 113 | The Laboratory School Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
History of name changes from Training School to Campus School to Campus Laboratory School as well as a description of the changing philosophy of the school. |
| 40 | The millage levy policy, 1902-1915 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Over $870,000 results from millage; leads to construction of Women's Gym, Physics, Library, Sabin, Wright, President's House, Home Management House, and first unit of Bartlett. |
| 106 | The Model School, 1883-1886 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Difficulties in establishing and running the Model School. |
| 31 | The State Board of Control, 1898-1909 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
State Board of Control exerts authority over Normal School governing boards. |
| 33 | The State Board of Education (since 1909) Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
New governing board assumes duties; performance over the years. |
| 111 | The student-teacher controversy with Cedar Falls, 1918-1919 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Objections of some Cedar Falls citizens lead to withdrawal of College students from student teaching assignments. |
| 108 | The Training School, 1892-1928 Hart--Irving Harlow [Extension Faculty and Archivist] |
Normal School re-establishes training school; efforts assisted by increased population on College Hill. |
| 134 | Values of Extension Service | Professor Hart's summary of the achievements of Extension. |