Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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MW! mdmilria JWIIQH' Eleven years to the day after passage of the bill in the s , - House establishing the college, the institution opened its L doors to the first class of 173 students enrolled from 55 counties. The first graduating class, 24 men and 2 women , Tl' pictured here, received diplomas in the spring of 1872. Forerunner of todays widespread ex- tension program was the first farm institute conducted by President VVelch in 1870. TD . . IOIIICSEIC economy 15 offered for college credit i- Domestic economy, taught by the wife of the president, was offered in 1872 as Iowa State became the flrst land-grant college in the nation to offer college credit for this work. The importance of correlat- ing technical Class work and practical application was felt more strongly when the college adopted the motto hSCience with Practice?

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Feiy buildings dotted the prairie campus in the early decade. This photo taken in 1870 shows left to right, the original fac'ulty residence, now Music Hall; Chemistry Hall; presidenVs resulence, later called South Hall; and Main Building. C 1861-1865 War between the States in the United States. 1863 Lincoln issues the Emancipa- tion Proclamation. 1864 The International Red Cross is founded through the influence of Henri Dunant. 1866 Atlantic cable is laid. 1867 The first volume of Karl Marxis Das Kapital is published. 1869 Driving of a golden spike in the plains of Utah marks completion of the first transcontinental railroad linking the coasts of the United States. Suez Canal is opened. 1876 Alexander Graham 1361le telephone is Operated successfully.

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I. C. Sororsis, organized in 1877, was the first . . national social sorority on campus. The group L, 1882 The Trlple Alllance between 1879 Edison invents the incan- descent electric lamp. Ibsents play 8A Dolls House gives impetus to the feminist movement. 1880 William Booth organizes the Salvation Army in England. adopted the Greek letters Pi Beta Phi in 1888. ' Germany and Austria-Hun0ry 3', n b ' 1s completed. 1884 Rayon is invented. 1886 Hertz demonstrates existence of electromagnetic waves. Higher education was generally appeal- ing and from the beginning capacity enrollment of boarding students was met. Although tuition and rooms were free, books and board were at cost, and rail- road fares were reduced, early students were workers. Rising at 5:30 a.m., the students worked in the fields, tended the grounds, prepared meals and built new buildings as well as attended Classes. Money for the next term was earned dur- ing the winter vacation when students turned to school teaching. As the college expanded to include more physical structures, telephones were installed between Offices in 1878. The same year the Ladies Military Company was organized, a voluntary group headed by Carrie Chapman Catt. 1879 marked a significant first in educa- tion with the organization of the School of Veterinary Science, hrst in the United States and presently one of the five college foeducation? Classes like, this bOtanY ecture sectlon, were typlcal at Iowa diViSionS- State, the flrst land-grant college to be coeducational from the beginning. Large classes Were common, even in the 189015.