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At the Conference in 1853, the Trustees reported an attendance of about one hundred. The assets and receipts that year amounted to $10,432; the disburse- ments to $9,183.25. They also reported their intention, as soon as the money could be obtained, to erect " a grand college edifice-a center shaft-at a cost of not less than $10,000, $4,000 of which was already subscribed at or in the vicinity of Mount Pleasant," conditioned on raising the whole amount.
The Trustees' report of 1854, shows a cheering progress. The school had been put upon a college basis. A total of 218 students had been enrolled. The new building was under contract to Alexander Lee, for $15,000. Per- mission was asked for the issuance of scholarships-then the usual way of rais- ing money for such purposes-to the amount of $200,000, and the Trustees also asked for an University charter. The name of "Olin University" was suggested, in honor of Dr. Stephen Olin, one of the pioneer educators of the church, and a man of distinguished acquirements and abilities.
This period was the one most noted in the annals of Iowa, for the great influx of settlers. Speculation was rife in every quarter. Fortunes (in the mind's eye) were made on paper and all the country was wild at the prospects of vast wealth. The report of the Visitors to the Institute shows traces of the general excitement. The condition of the college was reported upon in glow- ing terms. It is not surprising, therefore, that the Conference yielded to the pressure brought to bear upon it. That body approved of all that had been
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done, and the Legislature was formally petitioned to grant a university char- ter to the "Methodist University of Iowa." The Conference pledged itself for an endowment and authorized the sale of scholarships. Rev. Dr. T. E. Corkhill was appointed agent.
The official roster of the original institute is given in the foregoing sketch, as fully as can be obtained. Since 1855, with the founding of the University, however, the printed records furnish full details. The list of Presidents is as follows : Hon. James Harlan, first President; Rev. Lucien W. Berry, D. D., President, and Professor of Mental and Moral Science in the Faculty, 1855-57 ; Rev. Charles Elliott, D. D., who added to the above the chair of Biblical' Literature and Theology, 1857-61; Rev. George B. Jocelyn, A. M., who was also Professor of Mental and Moral Science, and English Language and Literature, 1861-62; after the resignation of President Jocelyn, Rev. W. J. Spaulding became acting President, by virtue of his office of Vice President, and stood at the head of the Faculty during the college years 1862-64; Rev. Charles Elliott, D. D., LL. D., again became President, and Professor of Sacred Literature and Theology, in 1864- 66; Rev. Charles A. Holmes, D. D., also Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy, 1866-69; James Harlan, LL. D., 1869-70; John Wheeler, D. D., also Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy, 1870-75; W. J. Spauld- ing, Ph. D., also Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy, 1875, Acting President in 1876, and now fills the office of President.
The first Faculty of the University, consisted of James Harlan, A. M., President, and Professor of Mental and Moral Science; George C. Whitlock, A. M., Professor of Mathematics and Natural Science; E. W. Gray, A. B., Professor of Ancient Languages and Literature; Mrs. M. J. A. Kelly, Pre- ceptress; James Hayes and Miss C. Gibson, tutors; Louis Bechtold, music.
The University dates its existence from the year 1855.
The Financial Agents have been R. H. Harrison, I. I. Stewart, T. E. Corkhill, under whose control the sale of scholarships to the amount of nearly $45,000 was effected, which realized about $30,000 to the institution ; Joseph Brooks, W. F. Coles, D. Worthington, John Darrah, A. J. Kirkpatrick, J. Q. Hammond, I. I. Bradrick, who was chiefly instrumental in securing the per- manent endowment, and J. R. Reasoner.
The Official Board has consisted of the following persons: 1855-Rev. David Worthington, President; Rev. Thomas E. Corkhill, Secretary; C. N. McDowell, Treasurer. 1856-A. Lee, Treasurer; the other officers remained. 1857-T. Whiting, Treasurer; the only change. 1862-W. Bird, Treasurer; the only change. 1867-Rev. M. H. Hare, President; Rev. T. E. Corkhill, Secretary ; Rev. E. L. Briggs, Financial Secretary; Charles Snider, Treas- urer. 1869-Rev. J. H. Power, D. D., President; the only change. 1872 -Rev. W. F. Cowlcs, President; Rev. E. H. Waring, Secretary ; the only changes. 1876, Mr. Briggs was elected to fill both Secretaryships. 1877-Hon. James Harlan, President; Rev. E. L. Briggs, Secretary ; W. I. Babb, Treasurer. The following is an exhibit of various funds of the institution :
Endowment of President's Chair. .$20,749 50
Alumnal Chair
6,187 09
Library Fund. 100 00
Chair of Natural Science 373 00
General Endowment 33,073 00
Contingent Fund. 3,594 94
Total
$64,077 53
Of the above sum, about one-half is secured hy mortgage on real estate. Amount bearing interest, and regularly paid in, $43,027.47.
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The Faculty of the University has included several men of note. The life- work of the first President, Hon. James Harlan, is known throughout the nation. His successor, Dr. Berry, was one of the foremost preachers in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was associated with educational institutions in a prominent manner; Dr. Elliot became eminent as an educator, a thinker and a writer; Dr. Jocelyn died while filling the office of President of the Albion (Michigan) College; Dr. Holmes held high rank in his profession; and Dr. Wheeler is esteemed one of the ablest educators of the West, and has made a permanent record of honor in connection with Methodist German institutions of learning. Profs. Beatty, Mansfield, Hopkins and Burns have achieved rep- utations in their several departments of thought and study.
The aim of the University has been, from the first, to sustain as high an order of instruction as the times and newness of the region would permit. It was designed to adapt the course of study to the requirements of the locality, at the beginning, and thereby secure the co-operation of resident students, but always to keep in view a thorough system of education which would command the respect and attention of all classes. As the University grew out of its infant existence, into the broader state of usefulness, the tone of purpose and and the quality of its methods widened in proportion. It is yet a youth in years, as compared with the older institutions of the East; but the society in which it exists is also young. The community is conscious of grave needs, which have not been supplied, in many directions, and educational institutions are among the matters to which profound thought is now given. This general tendency to cultivate the mind results in the sustenance of local colleges, and it is eminently proper that such devotion to them should be manifested. The University, for example, having grown up with the people, is better qualified to determine what is needed by the people than are many of the institutions that have far outgrown the influence of early days. In other words, the University reflects the sentiment and spirit of the people with whom it was developed. It began with a standard of excellence in advance of the prevailing educational tone of the country at the time, and has maintained that character of leadership in the ratio of general improvement. Its claim upon the public is such as results from association, and its ability to decide upon the necessities of the situation are such as can result only from practical observation.
The University merits the support of Western men, because it has main- tained a character for progression in educational methods commensurate with the improvement of the region in which it labors.
The general design of the University is: First, to provide facilities to stu- dents, without distinction of sex, for obtaining a thorough general education by means of the collegiate courses in the department of the liberal arts; and sec- ondly, by means of other departments, to provide a thorough scientific basis for the professions, and also for the general industrial pursuits of the country.
The department of the liberal arts is devoted to general instruction and disci- pline, and comprises several courses of study, as follows: The classical course of four years, corresponding mainly with the undergraduate course in the best American colleges, the preparatory course of two years, and the scientific course of four years. Besides the department of the liberal arts, are the departments of theology, English and German, law, pharmacy and anatomy, and technology.
The government of the institution is parental-mild, but firm. Proper firmness is the more necessary, as students of both sexes are received on equal terms, may pursue the same studies, and receive the same collegiate honors. The rules apply alike to students who reside in the city, and those who are from
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a distance. All who enter the University are expected to observe its regula- tions, as follows :
1. Strict observance of study hours, and prompt attendance upon required services.
2. Abstinence from all immoral conduct and all deportment unbecoming a lady or gentleman.
Some of the students are obliged to teach or otherwise employ themselves a part of the year, to gain means for the expenses of the remainder. When necessary, permission is given to prosecute studies of the course during absence, to pass by examination on return. About one-third more work is required to reach the same grade as by recitation.
The plan of non-resident study with examinations-adopted by the renowned University of London-is designed and tends largely to encourage devotion to study, scholarship and general intelligence. A university may thus perform a double office, not only (1) as an instructing, but also (2) as an examining, organ- ization.
The University, as the name implies, includes the widest range of studies in its curriculum. The departments are named the classical, scientific, select English, normal, theological, law, pharmacy and medicine, and also the fine arts. The department of music is not directly connected with the Univer- sity, but is under the charge of Prof. A. Rommel, Director of the Mount Pleasant Conservatory. Painting and drawing are also extra branches. The Art Studio is in charge of Prof. and Mrs. Johannes Scheiwe, late of Berlin, Prus- sia. An academical department is also maintained.
The University has a fine selection of apparatus. In the section of indus- trial art, among the lately added conveniences-apparatus and material- important in the illustration of general and analytical chemistry ; among them, Mohr's volumetric, fine scales and weights and other gravimetric apparatus, Bunsen's burners and gas furnaces, for the application to laboratory purposes of coal gas lately introduced into the laboratory from the city gas works. Tables and table apparatus are provided in two laboratories for a large class in practical chemistry and pharmacy. Few institutions in the West are probably as well furnished.
For physics and astronomy, are mechanical powers, air-pump, electrical and galvanic apparatus, a Ruhmkorff coil and set of Geisler's tubes, a Smithsonian barometer and a superior telescope-Clark's manufacture.
For illustration in different studies in natural science, there is a superior educational stereopticon, spectroscope and magnesium lamp, with a good range of stereopticon and microscopic objects-besides general classes, a set each, to illustrate botany, physiology, microscopic anatomy, spectrum analysis and astronomy.
Among other means of illustration we may mention additionally " Hens- low's Botanical Charts "-six in number-exhibiting microscopic enlargements of the different organs of the plant, and Johnson's Indestructible Charts-ten in number-with near 600 figures, in golden-yellow, upon a black ground, illus- trating the different principles of physical science.
The laboratory has been enriched by means of (1) " Watts' Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences "-six large volumes-a rich and valuable mine of information in this fundamental branch of natural science, and valued at some $60.
2. A full set of instruments for practical railroad engineering, consisting of transit, level, rod, chain, etc.
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3. For illustration in the Course of Architecture and other industrial as well as general courses, there have been provided, in trust, some 650 models from the United States Patent Office, illustrating some twenty-five classes, with numerous subdivisions-curious and valuable as explaining mechanical princi- ples, furnishing models for mechanical drawing, and encouraging invention. The Smithsonian Institution contributed a set of building-stones (in number twenty-two), one set of minerals (about seventy-five), one set of rocks (about seventy) ; William Middleton, Esq., of Washington, D. C., a set (thirty spec- imens) of polished, assorted marbles.
4. The general museum is provided with a fine range of minerals and curiosities, continually increased by private contributions. A late, very valua- ble addition is one of Prof. Ward's cabinets of " Casts of Remarkable Fos- sils," geologically and zoologically arranged-the first cabinet of the kind, prob- ably, that has crossed the Mississippi westward.
During the past year, three laboratories have been added-one each in physics, physiology and botany.
The students in each have been taught to make cheap apparatus, preparing them for original investigation, and increasing the apparatus of the University. As means of assistance and illustration, there are in the section of Fine Art :
1. In instrumental music-pianos and cabinet organs.
2 In drawing-Smith's series of manuals and drawing-books, and a supe- rior collection of flat examples in free-hand drawing-200 large plates, nearly 600 examples-selected from the course in art schools in Europe, including (1) ornamental outlines, from modern design and the antique, (2) foliage and flow- ers, (3) Greek and Roman vase and pottery forms, (4) model drawings, (5) con- ventionalized foliage from nature and geometric arrangement, (6) animal forms, (7) the human figure. The Patent Office models furnish some superior apparatus for drawing.
3. Both in drawing and in painting, the art gallery is beginning to afford assistance and encouragement. Although in its incipiency and but lately opened, it already, through the taste and liberality of friends, contains a few fine specimens of art-superior chromos, a few oil-paintings, photographs of celebrated paintings, statuettes, busts, superior engravings, among them some heliotype copies of the Gray collection of engravings, of Harvard College; a marble medallion, of rare beauty, the work and liberal contribution of Mr. Dun- bar, a young sculptor of Chicago; a sculptured ram's head, from the capital of a column from an old temple of Apollo on the island of Delos.
In the Junior Class in college, art criticism receives attention.
To the library have been added, besides other works, the Smithsonian Insti- tution's " Contributions to Knowledge " and " Miscellaneous Collections." To the apparatus-already including one of the best telescopes in the State- there have been added a considerable range, illustrating different branches of the regular college courses and those of the department of technology.
The German College furnishes instruction in a course of preparatory English- German, two years, and also in pure German studies, where the books, recita- tions and conversations are German alone. These facilities are superior and are to be found in their fullness only in German colleges. The advantages for acquisition of the language are like those of a residence in Germany.
French is also taught, by means of grammatical study, reading, writing and conversation.
A college paper, called the Iowa Classic, was published by Dr. Wheeler from 1870 to 1875. Mrs. Clara S. Wheeler and Miss Penelope E. Ambler
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were assistant editors, and during most of the time class editors were chosen. The little paper was well managed and served a double purpose. It gave prominence to the University as an advertising medium of high order, and also stimulated the students to better work, by offering a channel for public recogni- tion of real merit. Such a journal should be issued in connection with the University to-day, and a wealthy gentleman might do a good deed by endowing a college journal. This suggestion comes from the writer, and not in any remote degree even from the college authorities.
The social life of the University is fostered by the maintenance of literary societies and by proper observance of regulations concerning the re-union of the several classes.
The attendance for 1877-78 is summarized thus :
Seniors
8
Juniors
15
Sophomores
20
Freshmen 39
Academic. 93
5
Law
4
Painting and Drawing
24
Music
38
Total 246
Counted twice
39
Total 207
Appended is the entire Alumni list of the University to the present time:
1856-W. S. Mayne, A. M., Red Oak, Iowa.
1857-John Ballard, A. M., Burlington, Iowa; Wray Beattie, A. M., Colorado Springs, Colo .; George W. Byrkit, A. M., Danville, Iowa ; Erasmus T. Coiner, A. M. (died June 18, 1862) ; Amos S. Prather, A. M. (died April 1, 1873).
1858-George W. Gray, A. M., Lincoln, III .; J. W. Heisey, A. M., Bur- lington, Iowa ; J. Wilbur McDonald, A. M., Muscatine, Iowa; E. H. Winans, A. M., Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
1859-George B. Corkhill, A. M., Mount Pleasant, Iowa; Mason Bayles, A. M., Glenwood, Iowa; Lucy W. Killpatrick, A. M. (Mrs. George W. Byr- kit), Danville, Iowa.
1860-John C. Brown, A. M. (died April 6, 1870) ; Asbury B. Conaway, A. M., Green River City, W. T .; J. T. Hackworth, A. M., Ottumwa, Iowa; John A. Hartzell, A. M., Chicago, Ill .; L. M. Vernon, A. M., Rome, Italy ; B. F. Vanorsdal, A. M., Silver Lake, Kansas ; John S .. Woolson, A. M., Mount Pleasant, Iowa ; Sarah E. Killpatrick, A. M. (Mrs. J. T. Woods), Mount Pleasant, Iowa; Peter R. Keck, M. S., Bentonsport, Iowa; Leander McDonald, M. S., Burlington, Iowa ; Will J. Simmons, M. S. (died - -> 1873); Charles F. Marsh, M. S., Mount Pleasant, Iowa; Pheba L. Elliott, M. S., Mount Pleasant, Iowa; Mary Kibben, M. S. (Mrs. P. P. Ingalls), Iowa City, Iowa ; Bettie Pennington, M. S. (Mrs. W. H. Umstot), Mount Pleasant, Iowa ; Roxana Strawn, M. S. (Mrs. T. J. Pugh), Red Oak, Iowa.
1861-Daniel T. Truitt, A. M., Lancaster, Mo .; Henry B. Heacock, A. M., Stockton, Cal .; Ortus C. Shelton, A. M. (died -, 1865); Sallie Boys, A. M. (Mrs. George W. Gray), Lincoln, Ill .; Mary E. Shelton, A. M. (Mrs. E. S. Huston), Burlington, Iowa.
Special
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1862-Mira T. Bird, A. M. (Mrs. John S. Woolson), Mount Pleasant, Iowa ; Maria A. Brown, A. M. (Mrs. H. B. Heacock), Stockton, Cal .; Samuel M. Feghtly, A. M. (died - 1867); Will C. Ghost, A. M, Fremont, Neb. ; Edward Hemenway, A. M. (died -, 1866); Emma Coleman, M. S., Bur- lington, Iowa ; Maria Hemenway, M. S. (died -); Hattie Kelley, M. S. (Mrs. L. M. Vernon), Pittsburgh, Penn .; Mary A. Popham, M. S. (Mrs. George Burnham), Philadelphia, Penn .; Mary R. Robinson, M. S. (Mrs. J. W. Mc- Donald), Muscatine, Iowa ; R. Amanda Shelton, M. S. (Mrs. S. F. Stewart), Chariton, Iowa; L. Francis Woolson, M. S. (Mrs. R. J. Borgholthaus), Law- rence, Kansas.
1863-Penelope E. Ambler, A. M., Mount Pleasant, Iowa ; Nellie M. Blake, A. M., Berlin, Prussia; F. H. Burris, A. M., Abilene, Kansas ; Charlotte H. Darrah, M. S. (Mrs. J. W. Robb, died Dec. 20, 1874); Jennette Miller, M. S., Mount Pleasant, Iowa ; Tillie M. White, M. S. (Mrs. J. A. Broadhead, died October 12, 1867).
1864-Alice F. Corkhill, A. M. (Mrs. M. A. Weaver), Keithsburg, Ill. ; F. M. Davenport, A. M., Oskaloosa, Iowa; J. M. Mansfield, A. M., Mount Pleasant, Iowa; Delia C. Hemenway, A. M., -, Cal .; A. M. Antrobus, A. M., Burlington, Iowa ; George W. Field, A. M., Omaha, Neb .; Arpie C. Ross, F. M. (Mrs. A. M. Antrobus), Burlington, Iowa ; R. J. Borgholthaus, M. S., Lawrence, Kansas.
1865-J. B. Gregg, A. M., Red Oak, Iowa; Minerva P. McDonald, A. M., Burlington, Iowa ; Mary J. McDivit, A. M. (Mrs. F. H. Ketcham), Mount Pleasant, Iowa; Winfield S. Miller, A. M., Prospect Grove, Mo .; Ruth E. Gregg, M. S. (Mrs. Perry, died - ).
1866-W. I. Babb, A. M., Mount Pleasant, Iowa ; Belle A. Babb, A. M. (Mrs. J. M. Mansfield), Mount Pleasant, Iowa; Eli H. Coddington, A. M., Mount Pleasant, Iowa (died 1867) ; Josie Mills, M. S. (Mrs. J. B. Gregg), Red Oak, Iowa.
1867-Emma Ballard, A. M. (Mrs. E. M. Bell), Denver, Colo .; T. C. George, A. M., Gilroy, Cal .; A. M. Ghost, A. M., Lincoln, Neb. ; W. E. Hamilton, A. M., Woodbine, Iowa ; W. A. Work, A. M., Keosauqua, Iowa; Orson F. Van Cise, A. M., Mount Pleasant, Iowa; S. M. Vernon, A. M., Pittsburgh, Penn. ; Susan Miller, M. S. (Mrs. H. F. Douthart), Prospect Grove, Mo. ; Rachel Miller, M. S., Warsaw, Ill.
1868-E. C. Allen, A. M. (Mrs. W. W. Fink), Des Moines, Iowa ; J. W. Boyers, A. M., Redfield, Iowa; C. S. Collins, A. M., Knoxville, Iowa ; S. S. Murphy, A. M., Keokuk, Iowa ; W. R. Pearson, A. M., Cleveland, Ohio ; J. A. Schreiner, A. M., Mount Pleasant, Iowa ; H. F. Douthart, M. S., -; W. Hall, M. S.,
1869-Mary J. Allen, A. M. (Mrs. C. L. Stafford), Oskaloosa, Iowa ; M. Allie Bird, A. M. (Mrs. W. I. Babb), Mount Pleasant, Iowa ; Robert A. Bur- ton, A .- M .. Washington, D. C .; Hattie E. Clark, A. M. (Mrs. Orr Willits), New Boston, Ill. ; Jerusha Donnell, A. M. (Mrs. S. O. Thomas), Danville, Iowa; John D. De Tar, A. M., - -; Mary Force, A. M., Tekamah, Neb .; George S. Gassner, A. M., Ludlow, Ill. ; Hudson B. Gillis, A. M., Yreka, Cal. ; Justus C. Gregg, A. M., Denver, Colo. ; William P. Jeffrey, A. M., Quincy, Ill .; Pruda M. Kibben, A. M. (Mrs. S. S. Murphy), Keokuk, Iowa; William A. Lynch, A. M., Davenport, Iowa ; Theron Y. Lynch, A. M., Fair- field, Iowa; Dillon H. Payne, A. M., Bloomfield, Iowa ; Theodore B. Snyder, A. M., Burlington, Iowa ; S. D. Wright, A. M., Burlingame, Kan. ; Sed Tay- lor, A. M., Mount Pleasant, Iowa; Hattie B. Briggs, M. S. (Mrs. H. L. Bos-
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quet), Pella, Iowa ; John P. Chowning, M. S., New Boston, Ill. ; Frank H. Clark, M. S., Davenport, Iowa ; Alice V. Coffin, M. S., Des Moines, Iowa; Emma Harbin, M. S., Waterloo, Iowa ; Franc Roads, M. S. (Mrs. S. C. Elliott), Lincoln, Neb.
1870-W. H. Campbell, A. M., St. Joseph, Mo. ; Matie Drayer, A. M. (Mrs. Dr. Curfman), died -; William W. Fink, A. M .. Des Moines, Iowa; Robert Hook, A. M., -, Colo .; Horace Kelley, A. M., Burlington, Iowa ; J. H. Mills, A. M., Mount Pleasant, Iowa; W. W. Roberts, A. M., Mount Etna, Iowa; A. G. Smith, A. M., Des Moines, Iowa ; W. G. Wilson, A. M., Brooklyn, Iowa ; Mary E. Burt, M. S. (Mrs. J. T. McFarland), Millersburg, Iowa ; L. B. Cunningham, M. S., Kearney Junction, Neb. ; O. Anna Hook, M. S. (Mrs. T. E. V. Fariss, Jr.), -; J. T. Laing, M. S., -; John C. McAdams, M. S., Moravia, Iowa ; Lavinia Spry, M. S. (Mrs. C. A. Lisle), Burlington, Iowa ; Mary H. Webb, M. S., -; David T. Monroe, M. S., Moravia, Iowa.
1871-Henry B. Barnes, A. M., Monterey, Iowa; Emma Cauffman, A. M. (Mrs. Dr. Culp), Davenport, Iowa; Joseph E. Corley, A. M., Newton, Iowa; Ida Ferris, A. M. (Mrs. J. E. Corley), Newton, Iowa ; Ella Killpatrick, A. M., Mount Pleasant, Iowa; Joseph C. Mitchell, A. M., Chariton, Iowa; Francis M. Miller, A. M., Keosauqua, Iowa; Suela Pearson, A. M. (Mrs. Penfield), Cleveland, Ohio ; Carrie Potter, A. M., Chicago, Ill. ; William T. Robinson, A. M., Mount Pleasant, Iowa; Charles L. Stafford, Oskaloosa, Iowa; Iona Ambler, M. S., Mount Pleasant, Iowa; Emma J. Collins. M. S., Knoxville, Iowa; Ezekiel Sampson, M. S., Eddyville, Iowa; Jennie White, M. S. (Mrs. W. G. Wilson), Brooklyn, Iowa; William H. Spurgeon, M. S., Eddyville, Iowa.
1872-Ed. M. Cunningham, A. B. Kearney Junction, Neb .; Bessie Ferris, A. B. (Mrs. S. W. Siberts), Boston, Mass .; Newt J. Henton, A. B., Oskaloosa, Iowa; John A. Hoffman, A. B., Oskaloosa, Iowa; W. H. Hopkirk, A. B., Burlington, Iowa; Lauren O. Housel, A. B., Lone Tree, Iowa; Charles A. Lisle, A. B., Burlington, Iowa; Robert R. Lyons, A. B., Keosauqua, Iowa; Moses P. Walker, A. B., Doud's Station, Iowa; C. C. Wright, A. B., La Grange, Cal .; Jennie Beck, B. S., Ottumwa, Iowa; Laura Gassner, B. S., Mount Pleasant, Iowa; Ida Hinman, B. S., Keokuk, Iowa; Ella Penn, B. S., Mount Pleasant, Iowa; Lulu Penn, A. B., Mount Pleasant, Iowa; Wesley S. Siberts, B. S., Boston, Mass .; Mary J. Snyder, B. S., Mount Pleasant, Iowa;
1873-Flora Baugh, A. B. (died July 30, 1874); John W. Boyer, A. B., Nebraska City, Neb .; James A. Briggs, A. B., Knoxville, Iowa; Anna S. Kern, A. B., Columbia, Penn .; W. T. McFarland, A. B., Georgetown, Cal .; Franc M. Martin, A. B .; St. Louis, Mo .; Ed. A. Gibbs, B. S., Chicago, Ill .; Charles F. Knowlton, B. S., Albia, Iowa; Wilbur F. Mark, B. S., Oskaloosa, Iowa; Norman F. Terry, B. S., Winfield, Iowa; Lenore M. Ticer, B. S., Emporia, Kan .; Charles B. Woodhead, B. S., Burlington, Iowa; Josiah Q. Work, B. S., Birmingham, Iowa.
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