University of Northern Iowa - Old Gold Yearbook (Cedar Falls, IA)

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Teachers were chosen as follows: M. XV. Bartlett, A. M., Professor of Ancient Languages and Natural Sciences, David Sands YVri0'ht A. M. Professor of Mathematics and W . - ' D 7 7 English Literature, Miss Frances L. WVebster, t.eacher of Geography and His- tory. An arranfreunent was afterwards made with E. lV. Burn- D welcoming the students and coniplinienting the State of Iowa on beginning this work. It was then announced by the prin- cipal that there would be some recitations in the afternoon, and our Professor lVrigh't had the honor of giving the first lesson. At this time, the Old Go-ld staif desires permission to pay a tribute to the kind and sympathetic professor who, for thirty- three years, has devoted his energy and his talents in the great cause of education. Only the kind words of his students, and ham, engaging him to give instruction in vocal and instrumental music. The buildings and grounds turned over W .,..g,,., ii V hip, H11 41-:ff -N ,L,.,.n:- . . 1 1 - NA, . ', si, .: .jp the consciousness ' of a life spent in serving his fellow-men, has e n a b l e cl Professor lVright to stay by the ship as long as he for the use of r the ,.,, V- 521.531, ,3gg--4gg-5' has. The first lesson . . . 'M --:thyzftf .--1-5: ,WN mf' - p ,1-x s -. A Sy- V-,iq R. , school were fitted up . , :gif -:Q that Professor Wright and repaired in the '-+-eff'-- Q , ,, ,'s-3Ag,,,,,,n:.f.x ' -- ., gave was one in Eng- - . if is L 'fif'qT'1'i'?f1 ' ' . na- ' ' 'N A - 5 best Jossible manner. 11?-g.5f.-HN , , gf' . .,n.,,:1'E5Q1-l,l.,f.3 P 1 '-.- . N, 1 lish Grannnar and . lf'27Q?iZZii: , 5123 i . .-all '-5312.9 -..,'. :fi 3, . e ' J . ' . 7 . At that if-11116 Normal -'ff gp . ,fr 11- 51.11- i..i.i,.'.-537-' ----- Still the entire n1embe1'Sl113 . H . .5112 - .2622-E.-5' . - A-cf...-.-. 1 A. ..,. ,I 5 mir: . Hill was a howling of the school, includ- - 1 ' '+f Wei.i,:-. ,nz 'ff its films- . Eff? - wildernessv as far as mg the faculty: Pal the l'l1 l1'l'S of civiliza- tici Dated. Imagine 6 X C l C tion were concerned, as there were practi- cally no houses on the IOWA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL 1891 SHOWING SOUTH HALL, NORTH HALL, SUPT'S HOUSE AND PRESIDENT'S COTTAGE such a procedure to- day! Professor Bart- lett then presented a hill, and all around were fields of corn, while the road to the little village of Cedar Falls had no houses wha.tever bordering on it. The beginning of the work of the school occurred Tuesday, September 6, 1876. The irst faculty was on duty that morn- ing to receive the students. After singing a song, and devo- tional exercises, the enrollment began. The first student to enroll was L. VV. Pierce, of Cedar Falls. Then there was some speech-making by the diiferent members of the Faculty, lesson on Arithmetic The next day the stu- dents were exainined in various elementary studies. 7 and Miss Webster one on Geography. More st.udents presented themselves from day to day, and at the end of the term eight-eight students were pursuing studies. The second term' s enrollment was eighty-six students, the third, one hundred and six students. The average attend- ance for the year had been about- eighty students and their average age about twenty years.

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The Board of the Soldiers' Orphans' Home met in Cedar matron, under the direction of the steward, shall control the Falls on J une 7, 187 6, for the purpose of turning over to- the dormitories, and ohserve that the rooms are kept clean and in Normal Bo-ard the property as required hy law. The Board good order, shall care for the sick, superintend the Work of then elected Professor J. CL Gilchrist as principal of the the kitchen, bakery, dining-room and laundry, and in these school. A steward and a matron Were also elected. A clipping respects take that general care and supervision which belongs from the old records of the school- reads as follows: 's'The to the nlistress of a household. ' p 9

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During the year 1879-SO, the attendance had reached the limit that the single building, inherited from the Soldiers' Orphansl Home, eonld accommodate. fThe school was located on the prairie outside of the corpora- tion limits, two miles from the business quarter of Cedar Falls, and nearly a mile , floors of Old North Building in large rooms, capable of con- taining about eight persons. The beds and dressers were placed in one end of the room, while the study tables, chairs, etc., were placed a.t the other end. The men of the school Qthey were in the minority then, always have been, and always will from the nearest i residence portion of the city. Hence, to lodge elsewhere t h a n o n th e grounds was al- most impossible, considering the V 9 lack of transpo-rtaf ' A I , f 1715? tion and the finan- cial status of the averaget student. Advertising by the school was stopped, students were declined, no attention was giv- en to secure pat- ronage, and every- thing was in stayin quot-like a mon- astery, Ushut in from all the world .QQT.' . ' 5' without. I The girls of the school were housed on the sec- L- - ond and third . a