The History of Poweshiek County, Iowa : containing a history of the County, its cities, towns, &c.,., Part 22

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tutes the support of the public schools, and is sufficient to enable every sub- district in the State to afford from six to nine months school each year.


While Iowa is fostering and building up many excellent institutions of a higher order, the glory of her educational work consists in her admirable system of common schools-her peoples' colleges. The superintendent of public instruction is the highest school officer of the State, and exercises a general supervision over its educational interests, so far as relates to the pub- lic schools. Each county has a county superintendent, who examines appli- cants for teachers' certificates, visits the schools, reports annually to the State Superintendent, and exercises a general charge over the schools of the county. Each civil township constitutes what is called a district township, which is divided into sub-districts, and each sub-district elects a sub-director. The several sub-directors in the district township constitute a board of directors. In towns and cities there are independent districts, which elect officers to manage their affairs independently of the district townships.


The common school system has recently been greatly improved by the in- auguration of normal institutes, under the auspices of the superintendent of public instruction, and also by the establishment of a permanent State normal school at Cedar Falls. The total permanent school fund, November 1, 1877, was $3,460,348.76. This is being augmented from different sources, and the interest only is applied toward the support of the common schools.


STATE UNIVERSITY.


By an act of Congress of July 20, 1840, the secretary of the treasury was authorized to set apart and reserve from sale not exceeding two entire town- ships of land in Iowa, for the use and support of a university. The consti- tution under which Iowa was admitted into the Union contained a provision requiring the General Assembly to take measures for the protection, im- provement, or other disposition of the land granted by Congress for tlie university, and to create from the proceeds of the same a permanent fund for the use of a university. A bill was passed by the first General Assembly, establishing at Iowa City an institution to be called the "State University," with such branches as, in the opinion of the General Assembly, the public convenience might thereafter require. The same act also granted for the use of the university the public building, with ten acres of ground, at Iowa City, the same to be used, however, for the purposes of the State government until the removal of the capital. By acts of January 15, 1849, and January 16, 1849, two branches of the university, located respectively at Fairfield and Dubuque, were established, and placed upon equal footing, "in respect to funds and other matters," with the university established at Iowa City by the act of 1847. The branch at Fairfield was organized May 6, 1849. A site of twenty acres of ground was purchased and a building erected, upon which twenty-five hundred dollars had been expended. The building was almost destroyed by a hurricane in 1851. No aid from the State or the University fund was ever given in support of the branches. The board at Fairfield requested the termination of its relation to the State, and, in ac- cordance with this request, an act was passed January 24, 1853, severing the connection. The branch at Dubuque was never organized. The new con- stitution, which took effect September 3, 1857, provided that "the State University shall be established at one place, without branches at any other place, and the university fund shall be applied to that institution and no other."


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At a special meeting of the board, February 21, 1850, it recognized the "College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Upper Mississippi," an institu- tion at Davenport established under the laws of the State as the "College of Physicians and Surgeons of the State University of Iowa," but with the express stipulation that such recognition should not render the university liable for any pecuniary aid, nor was the board to acquire any control over the property or management of the medical association. Soon after this the medical college removed to Keokuk. This arrangement was terminated by the operation of the new constitution.


In March, 1835, the University was partially opened for a term of sixteen weeks, and there was an attendance of from seventy-five to one hundred students during the term. The first regular catalogue was published for the year 1856-7. At a meeting of the board, August 4, 1853, the degree of Bachelor of Science was conferred upon Dexter Edson Smith, being the first degree conferred upon a student of the University.


From 1860 to 1877, inclusive, the total number of ladies in the collegiate department was 2,994, and gentlemen 3,941; total number of ladies in the law department since its organization, 6, and gentlemen, 632; total number of ladies in the medical department since its organization 48, and gentlemen 469.


The presidents since its organization have been:


Amos Dean, of Albany, N. Y., elected July 16, 1855.


Silas Totten, D. D., LL.D., elected Oct. 25, 1859.


Professor Oliver M. Spencer, elected August 19, 1862.


Professor Nathan R. Leonard, elected June 26, 1866, as president pro tem., during absence of President Spencer in Europe fifteen months by leave of the board.


James Black, D.D., elected March 4, 1868.


Rev. George Thacher, elected March 1, 1871.


C W. Slagle, of Fairfield, elected president pro tem., June, 1877.


J. L. Pickard, elected in 1878.


The faculty of the University consists of the president, nine professors in the collegiate department, one professor and six instructors in military sci- ence; chancellor, three professors and four lecturers in the law department; eight professor demonstrators of anatomy; professor of surgery and two lecturers in the medical department, and two professors in the homeopathic medical department.


The law department was established in June, 1868; the medical depart- ment in 1869; the chair of miltary instruction in June, 1874, and the depart- ment of homeopathy in 1876.


From 1858 to 1876, inclusive, the General Assembly has made appropria- tions for buildings, and for the support of the University, sums aggregating $264,757. The Seventeenth General Assembly, by an act approved March 22, 1878, made an appropriation, as an endowment fund, of $20,000 annually, and an additional appropriation of $10,000 for repairs of buildings, fences, walks and other purposes. On the 30th of September, the University held interest bearing mortgage notes amounting to $195,423.13; contract notes amounting to $10,357.74, and a fund known as the Saline fund, amounting to $4,106.85. These amounts, aggregating $209,887.72, constitute a per- manent fund, the interest of which goes to the support of the University. There were also, September 30, 1877, remaining unsold, 2,059.70 acres of University lands, and 3887.10 acres of Saline lands, making a total of 5,946.86


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acres, the proceeds of which when sold, will go to increase the permanent University fund. At five dollars per acre these lands will add to the perma- nent fund $29,734, which amount added to the above will give to the Uni- versity a permanent endowment fund of $239,621.72.


AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.


By an act of Congress passed in 1862, a grant of 240,000 acres of land was made to the State for the endowment of schools of agriculture and the mechanical arts. Under this act 240,000.96 acres were appropriated to the State; but as 35,691.66 acres were located within railroad limits, which were computed at the rate of two acres for one, the actual number of acres in the grant was 204,309.30. In addition to this grant Congress also gave its assent to the State to use for the same purpose the five sections of land in Jasper county, which had been selected for the seat of government of the State. There were also donated in Story and Boone counties for the use of the institution 921 acres, making a grand total of 208,430.30 acres. This last donation of 921 acres was made by citizens of Story and Boone counties.


The General Assembly passed an act which was approved March 22, 1858, establishing the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm. Under this act a board of trustees was appointed, which at a meeting in June, 1859, received propositions for the location, and in July the offer of the present location in Story county, was accepted. In 1864 the General Assembly ap- propriated $20,000 for the erection of a College building, and in 1866 an additional appropriation of $91,000 was made. The building was com- pleted in 186S. An office was opened in Fort Dodge for the sale of the Col- lege lands, and IIon. George W. Bassett was appointed agent for their sale. From the establishment of this agency in August, 1865, to November 1, 1867, the amount received on sales of lands was $68,782.81, and the amount of interest collected on leases for the same time was $338,931.78, making a total of $406,714.65, which is a permanent endowment fund.


The courses of study in the College, as revised in 1877, are as follows: 1-The Course in Science as related to Agriculture. 2-The Course in Mechanical Engineering. 3-The Course in Civil Engineering. 4-The Ladies' Course in Science. 5-Course for Juniors and Seniors in Special Industrial Sciences. 6-Post-graduate Courses of Study. 7-The Prepar- atory Course.


Manual labor is required of students, but no student can pay more than one-half his expenses in work. This labor is divided into two classes; one for which wages are paid, which applies only to students whose sole purpose is the acquisition of skill and practice. The unpaid labor applies to work which accrues solely to the benefit of the College.


The four courses are divided into twelve schools, each embracing a prom- inent science, to-wit: 1-School of Agriculture. 2-School of Horticulture. 3-School of Veterinary Science. 4-School of Domestic Economy. 5 .- School of Military Science. 6-School of Literature and Language. 7-School of Mathematics and Physics. 8-School of Chemistry. 9- School of Biology. 10-School of Philosophy. 11-School of Mechanical Engineering and Architecture. 12-School of Civil Engineering.


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By the terms of the law, tuition in the Agricultural College is made forever free to pupils from the State, over sixteen years of age, who have resided in the State six months prior to their admission. Each county in the State has a prior right of tuition for three pupils, and additional pupils to the extent of the capacity of the College are distributed by the board of trustees among the counties in proportion to the population.


STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.


The State Normal School was established by the General Assembly, at Iowa Falls, in 1876, and under the law the property of the Orphans' Home, at that place, was transferred for the use of the Normal School. The first Board of Directors organized June 7th, of that year. H. C. Hemenway was chosen President; J. J. Tolerton, Secretary, and E. Townsend, Treasurer. At the same meeting, Prof. J. C. Gilchrist, A. M., was elected Principal of the school.


The course of study consists of two classes, scholastic and professional: The first embraces English Literature, Mathematics, Science, History and Art. The second embraces Practice-Teaching Classes, The Theory of Education, School Management, Instruction, School Economy, How to Teach, School Laws of Iowa, General Laws and Decisions, Classification of Knowledge, Genesis of Knowledge; Educational- Character of, Branches of Study, Methods of Advanced Classes, History of Education, Philosophy of Education, Lives of Great Educators, Graded Schools, Institute Work.


Students completing the Elementary or Didactic Course receive certifi- cates showing the course completed by the student, and those graduating in the Scientific Course receive diplomas, with the degree " Bachelor of Didac- tics."


A student must be eighteen years of age and have attended this school one year, before he will be entitled to receive either a certificate or diploma. Before receiving certificate of examination in the Elementary Didactic Course, the applicant must have had at least two terms of successful experi- ence in teaching, and before graduating in the Scientific Course he must have had at least one year of such experience.


COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.


COUNTY.


LOCATION.


TITLE.


Des Moines


Burlington


Burlington University .


Fayette


Fayette


Upper lowa University.


Fremont.


Tabor.


Tabor College.


Henry


Mount Pleasant


Iowa Wesleyan University.


Henry .


Salem.


Whittier College.


Humboldt


Humboldt


Humboldt College


Jefferson


Fairfield.


Parson's College.


Linn


Mount Vernon.


Cornell College.


Linn .


Western


Western College.


Mahaska


Oskaloosa


Oskaloosa College


Mahaska


Oskaloosa


Penn College.


Marion


Pella .


Central University of Iowa.


Mills


Malvern


Baptist College.


Page


College Springs


Amity College.


Polk


Des Moines


University of Des Moines


Poweshiek


Grinnell


Iowa College.


Scott. .


Davenport


Griswold College.


Warren.


Indianola.


Simpson Centenary College.


Winneshiek.


Decorah


Luther College


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ACADEMIES AND OTHER PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS.


COUNTY.


LOCATION.


TITLE.


Allamakee


Waukon


Waukon Seminary.


Allamakee


Lansing


Sisters' School.


Allamakec.


Lansing .


Mrs. Houghton's School.


Appanoose


Moulton.


Moulton Normal School.


Appanoose


Centerville.


Centerville Academy


Benton.


Vinton.


Tilford Academy


Benton.


West Irving


Irving Institute


Benton


Blairstown


Blairstown Academy.


Benton .


Vinton


Eclectic Institute.


Black Hawk.


Waterloo


Conservatory of Music


Black Hawk .. . .


Waterloo


Cedar Valley Institute.


Black Hawk


Waterloo


Prairie Home Seminary.


Black Hawk


Waterloo


Our Lady of Victory.


Buchanan


.


Independence


Notre Dame .


Chickasaw


Bradford


Bradford Academy


Chickasaw


Fredericksburg. Murray


Graded School.


Clarke.


Osceola.


Osceola Private School


Clayton


Elkader.


Sisters' School.


Clayton


Guttenburg


Sisters' School.


Clayton


McGregor ..


Sisters' School


Clayton


Clayton Center


German School.


Clinton


Lyons.


Riverside Institute.


Clinton


Lyons


Seminary of Our Lady of Angels.


Clinto


Lyons


Latin School ..


Clinton


Clinton


Business College


Clinton


De Witt.


Sisters' School.


Clinton


Olive Township


Norwegian.


Davis


Bloomfield


Southern Iowa Normal and Scientific Institute. Troy Normal and Classical Institute.


Davis


Troy.


Hopkinton.


Lenox Collegiate Institute.


Delaware


Petersburg.


Petersburg Catholic School.


Des Moines


Burlington


Mr. Gordon's School for both sexes.


Des Moines.


Kossuth.


Kossuth Academy


Des Moines


Burlington.


Graff's School ..


Des Moines.


.


Des Moines


Burlington


German Evangelical Zion School.


Des Moines.


Burlington


St. John's Convent


Des Moines


Burlington


St. Paul's School.


Des Moines


Burlington


St. Patrick's School.


Dubuque


Dubuque.


German Theological Seminary.


Dubuque


Dubuque


St. Joseph's College.


Dubuque


.


Dubuque


St. Joseph's Academy


Dubuque


Dubuque.


St. Mary's School.


Dubuque


Dubuque


St. Patrick's School.


Dubuque


Dubuque


Academy of Visitation


Dubuque


Dubuque


St. Maria, (German).


Dnbuque


Dubuque


Private Primary.


Dubuque


Dubuque.


Private Boarding School.


Dubuque


Dyersville


St. Francis


Dubuque


New Vienna.


St. Boniface


Dubuque


Cascade.


Church School


Dubuque


Table Mound.


Church School


Dubuque


Dubuque . .


Church School


Dubuque


Sherrill's Mount.


St. Peters'


Dubuque


.


Epworth. Farley


Church School.


Greene.


Jefferson.


Jefferson Academy


Grundy.


Grundy Center


Grundy Center Academy ..


Guthrie.


Panora.


Guthrie County High School.


Hamilton


Webster City.


Webster City Academy.


Hardin


Ackley


Catholic School.


Des Moines


Burlington


Young Ladies' School.


Burlington


German-American School ..


Des Moines


Burlington


First German Evangelical School


Epworth Seminary


Dubuque


.


Delaware


Select School.


Clarke.


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ACADEMIES AND OTHER PRIVATE INSTIUTIONS-Continued.


COUNTY.


LOCATION.


TITLE.


Hardin


Alden


Private School ...


Hardin


New Providence.


New Providence Academy.


Hardin.


Eldora.


Eldora Academy ... ..


Henry


Mt. Pleasant.


Female Seminary, and Howe's Academy.


Henry


Mt. Pleasant.


German College.


Henry


Mt. Pleasant.


German Primary


Henry


New London.


Academy ..


Howard.


Cresco.


Private School.


Iowa


Marengo


Root's Winter School


Iowa


Lytle City


Catholic School


Jasper


Lynnville .


Lynnville Seminary.


Jasper Jasper


Prairie City


South Side Academy


Jefferson.


Pleasant Plaine


Pleasant Plaine Academy.


Jefferson


Fairfield.


Fairfield Academy, and Private School.


Jefferson


Fairfield.


High School.


Johnson.


Iowa City


McClain's Academy, and St. Joseph's Institute. St. Agatha's Seminary.


Jones


Anamosa.


Anamosa Academy.


Jones.


Olin.


Olin High School.


Keokuk.


Baden ..


Baden Select School.


Keokuk.


Coal Creek.


Friends' Select School.


Keokuk.


German Township.


German Lutheran School


Kossuth


Algona.


Algona College.


Lee


Denmark .


Denmark Academy.


Linn


Cedar Rapids


Collegiate Institute.


Louisa


Grand View


Eastern Iowa Normal School.


Lucas ..


Chariton.


Chariton Academy


Mahaska


Hopewell


Hopewell Academy.


Mahaska


Oskaloosa.


Select School.


Mahaska


Rose Hill.


Select School.


Marion.


Knoxville.


Knoxville Academy.


Marshall.


Albion


Albion Seminary


Marshall.


Le Grand.


Le Grand Christian Institute ...


Marshall.


Le Grand


Le Grand Institute.


Marshall


Stanford.


Stanford Institute.


Mills


Glenwood


Private School.


Mitchell


Osage


Cedar Valley Seminary


Muscatine


Wilton


Wilton Seminary, and Collegiate Institute.


Muscatine


Muscatine


Sisters' School, and German School.


Muscatine


Muscatine


Business College.


Pocahontas


Fonda.


Teachers' Normal.


Polk.


Des Moines


St. Ambrose School.


Polk.


Des Moines.


St. Mary's School, (German).


Polk


Des Moines


Business College.


Polk.


Mitchellville


Mitchell Seminary


Pottawattamie


Council Bluffs


St. Francis' Boys' School.


Pottawattamie .


Council Bluffs


St. Francis' Girls' School.


Pottawattamie .. Scott


Davenport


St. Margaret's, and Sisters' Academy.


Scott


Davenport


St. Cunigundus'


Scott .


Davenport


St. Anthony's, and Business College.


Wapello


Ottumwa


Wapello


Ottumwa


Warren.


Ackworth.


Washington Academy


Webster.


Fort Dodge.


Convent of Our Lady of Lourdes.


Webster.


Fort Dodge.


German School ...


Winneshiek.


Decorah .


Decorah Institute, and Business College.


Winneshiek


Spillville.


Catholic School.


Woodbury


Sioux City.


German School.


Birmingham Academy.


Van Buren.


Farmington


Select School.


Van Buren.


Birmingham


Convent of St. Joseph, and Commercial College. Female Seminary, and Pecks' Normal. Ackworth Seminary.


Washington


Washington


German School.


Council Bluffs


Hazel Dell Academy.


Newton. .


Johnson.


Iowa City


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STATE INSTITUTIONS.


Hospitals for the Insane-College for the Blind-Institutions for the Deaf and Dumb-Or- phans' Homes-Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children-The Penitentiary-The Additional Penitentiary-State Reform School-State Historical Society.


HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE, MT. PLEASANT, HENRY COUNTY.


THE General Assembly, by an act approved January 24, 1855, appropri- ated $4,425 to purchase a site for a Hospital for the Insane, and $50,000 for the erection of a building. Edward Johnston, of Lee county; Charles S. Clarke, of IIenry county, and the Governor (Grimes), were appointed to se- lect the location and superintend the erection of a building. They made the location at Mt. Pleasant, Henry county, and adopted a plan with suffi- cient capacity to accommodate three hundred patients. Henry Winslow was appointed to superintend the erection of the building. The building was not ready for occupancy until March, 1861. Within the first three months about one hundred patients were admitted. Richard J. Patterson, M. D., of Ohio, was appinted Superintendent, and in 1865 he was succeeded by Dr. Mark Ranney. From the opening of the Hospital to the 1st of No- vember, 1877, there had been admitted 3,584 patients, of whom 1,141 had been discharged recovered, 505 improved, 589 unimproved, and one died. The total number discharged was 2,976, leaving 608 under treatment.


HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE, INDEPENDENCE, BUCHANAN COUNTY.


In 1868 a bill passed the General Assembly making an appropriation of $125,000 for the erection of an additional Hospital for the Insane, at Inde- pendence, Buchanan county. A board of commissioners was appointed, who commenced their duties June 8, 1868. They made the location about a mile from Independence, on the west side of the Wapsipinicon river, and about one mile from the river. The building was ready for occupancy April 21, 1873. On the 1st of October, 1877, the Superintendent, Albert Reynolds, M. D., reported 322 patients in the hospital.


COLLEGE FOR THE BLIND, VINTON, BENTON COUNTY.


In August, 1852, Prof. Samuel Bacon, himself blind, established an in- stitution at Keokuk for the instruction of the blind. In January, 1853, the General Assembly passed an act by which the State adopted the institution at Keokuk, and on the 4th of April, of the same year, it was opened for the reception of pupils, at Iowa City. A board of trustees was appointed, with authority to receive propositions and make a permanent location. Liberal donations were made by citizens of Vinton, Benton county, and that place was selected. In October, 1862, the institution was opened at Vinton with twenty-four pupils. Up to 1878 about $285,000 have been expended in buildings and improvements connected with this institution. During the period of two years, ending November 6, 1877, about 135 pupils were in attendance. The faculty is presided over by Rev. Robert Carothers, A. M., as Principal.


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INSTITUTION FOR TIIE : DEAF AND DUMB, COUNCIL BLUFFS, POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY.


This institution was established first at Iowa City, by an act of the Gen-' eral Assembly, approved January 24, 1855. W. E. Ijams was the first Principal. He resigned in 1862, and the board of trustees appointed Ben- jamin Talbot his successor. In 1868 commissioners were appointed to re- locate the institution and superintend the erection of a building, and the sum of $125,000 was appropriated to commence the work. It was located about two miles south of Council Bluffs, and connected with it is a tract of about ninety acres of ground. The main building and one wing were com- pleted October 1, 1870, and immediately occupied. On the 25th of Feb- ruary, 1877, the main building and east wing were destroyed by fire, and and on the 6th of August, of the same year, the roof of the new west wing was blown off and the walls partially injured by a tornado. About 150 pupils were in attendance at the time of the fire. About half of the classes were dismissed, reducing the number to about seventy. The institution re- mains in charge of Benjamin Talbot as Superintendent. By an act of the General Assembly, approved March 25, 1878, the sum of $40,000 was ap. propriated for the purpose of rebuilding and completing in a plain and sub- stantial manner the main building.


SOLDIERS' ORPHANS' HOMES, DAVENPORT, CEDAR FALLS, GLENWOOD.


In 1866 the General Assembly passed an act establishing three Homes for the soldiers' orphans, as follows: located at Davenport, Cedar Falls, and Glenwood. This was the result of a movement inaugurated by Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer, during the civil war. In October, 1863, she called a convention at Davenport, to devise measures for the support and education of the orphan children of Iowa soldiers who had fallen in the na- tional defense. An association was formed, and provision made for raising funds. A sufficient amount of funds was raised to open the Home, and at a meeting of the Trustees in March, 1864, they decided to commence op- erations at once. A large brick building in Van Buren county was secured, and on the 13th of July, of the same year, the executive committee re- ported that they were ready to receive pupils. In little more than six months seventy pupils were in attendance. The Home continued to be sus- tained by voluntary subscriptions until 1866, when it was assumed by the State and the three Homes established as above stated. In 1876 the Homes at Cedar Falls and Glenwood were discontinued, and the pupils remaining in them removed to the Home at Davenport. The buildings at Cedar Falls were appropriated to the use of the State Normal School, and those at Glen- wood to the use of the Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children. September 30, 1877, there were in attendance at the Home in Davenport 139 sol- diers' orphans, and forty-one indigent children, the Sixteentli General As- sembly having passed an act opening the IIome for the admission of in- digent children.


ASYLUM FOR FEEBLE-MINDED CHILDREN, GLENWOOD, MILLS COUNTY.


By an act approved March 17, 1876, an Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children was established at Glenwood, Mills county. The buildings and grounds for the Soldiers' Orphans' Home were by the same act transferred


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to the use of the new institution, which was placed under the management of three trustees, who held their first meeting at Glenwood, April 26, 1876. The property having been repaired, the Asylum was opened September 1, 1876, and the school organized on the 6th with only five pupils. In Novem- ber, 1877, the number had increased to eighty-seven.




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