Lang--William C. [Vice President; History Faculty]

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1 A new president at the helm
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.103 		Biographical sketch of Malcolm Price; President Price's initial views and objectives; photo.
2 Accreditation and celebration
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.28 		The Teachers College is recognized and accredited by national organizations; several surveys of the work of the college are undertaken; the college celebrates its 60th anniversary; photo.
3 Administrative changes and departmental reorganization
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.311 		Detailed look at the break-up of the old, large departments into smaller, more discrete units; list of those who headed the old and new departments; photo.
4 Administrative reorganization
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.201 		President Maucker seeks to resolve matters of faculty governance and authority; organizes and establishes administrative lines for units in Division of Field Services.
5 Capital and other physical improvements
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.453 		Brief review of construction during the early 1970s including the Education Center, UNI-CUE, and the ITC; photo.
6 Capital improvements, 1950-1970
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.333 		A survey of new and renovated classroom, administrative, dormitory, and service buildings; new art on campus; the Lechay painting; the NAR; photo.
7 Changes in the administrative structure, staff, and procedures
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.407 		President Kamerick sets up divisions under vice presidents; Provost Martin engages in debate over tenure and promotion standards; photo.
8 Collective bargaining
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.428 		Detailed account of legal actions and negotiations leading to the election of a faculty bargaining agent; photo.
9 Colloquia on teacher education
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.205 		The college holds colloquia for school superintendents.
10 Continued protest and concern on and off campus
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.294 		Students organize and protest; some legislators demand order on campus; photo.
11 Controversial speakers program
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.354 		A survey of the speakers who came to campus under this program; the reaction to the speakers; photo.
12 Curriculum and related matters, 1940-1950
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.132 		Detailed coverage of curriculum change, especially the movement to reformulate general education.
13 Efforts to evaluate and improve the teaching-learning process
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.189 		The college studies the effectiveness of its teaching; cooperation with other institutions; photo.
14 Enlarging and beautifying the campus and physical plant
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.44 		President Latham's construction and landscaping programs prosper despite the Depression; photo.
15 Enrollment and staffing
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.151 		Meeting the challenge of post-war enrollment increases; photo.
16 Enrollment: the "explosion" in the Sixties
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.304 		the factors which led to the extraordinary growth in enrollment in the 1960s; the effects of the growth on campus facilities and services; photo.
17 Faculty affairs
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.317 		A look at salary schedules, fringe benefits, faculty loads, faculty governance, and faculty organizations in the 1950s and 1960s; photo.
18 Financial concerns, 1970-1976
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.389 		UNI administrators battle in the General Assembly and with the Regents for adequate funds; questions about the future of the Laboratory School.
19 Financial matters
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.145 		Meeting the challenge of post-war inflation; developing the residence hall system; starting the Price Lab School complex; photo.
20 General activism and unrest on and off campus
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.278 		President Maucker attempts to work with students to deal with civil rights and discrimination concerns; students stage march in Cedar Falls; photo.
21 Graduate work at the Teachers College
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.185 		The College establishes the framework for graduate study; photo.
22 Institutional evaluation and administrative change
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.17 		The college receives accreditation from the North Central Association; President Latham organizes publicity, research, alumni services, and placement; institution of the Faculty Senate and changes in faculty governance; the role of religion; photo.
23 Latham at the helm
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.6 		Biographical sketch of O. R. Latham; his first days on campus; early objectives; photo.
24 Legislative study committee
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.357 		A committee of legislators visits campus and makes recommendations related to curtailing expenditures.
25 Major curriculum changes
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.193 		President Maucker attempts to include a greater exposure to international views into the curriculum with conferences and expanded foreign language and culture courses; photo.
26 Minority group relations at SCI/UNI
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.255 		Detailed account of attempts by the UNI administration to recruit and relate to African-American students; photo.
27 Non-academic staff
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.323 		The growth of various categories of UNI employment; Physical Plant employees organize; institution of the Merit System; photo.
28 Other facets of college life
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.93 		The May Day Fete; faculty organizations; faculty scholarship; photo.
29 Other major administrative, service, and curricular changes
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.234 		The college adopts the semester plan to begin in summer, 1957; changes in student teaching supervision include resumption of work in Cedar Falls schools; institution of honors program and work with provisional students; photo.
30 President Price resigns; an assessment
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.169 		Tributes to President Price's achievements; photo.
31 President Price's goal for the Iowa State Teachers College
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.160 		President Price believes that teacher education is still the appropriate role for the college.
32 President's background and experience
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.379 		Biographical sketch of President Kamerick; initial goals and challenges; photo.
33 Program, personnel, and other changes
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.50 		President Latham determines the appropriate role for extension and consultant service; alters and strengthens curriculum; considers graduate study; student voice anti-war sentiments; photo.
34 Radio and television at Iowa State Teachers College
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.163 		The beginnings of radio and television at the college, including the controversy with KXEL.
35 Regents' policies on campus disturbances
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.385 		The Regents and President Kamerick establish procedures for dealing with campus disorder.
36 Seeking to meet the institution's financial needs
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.325 		UNI's relations with the General Assembly; rising costs for students and increased financial aid; the university begins to seek federal grants for various programs; photo.
37 Seeking to solve the state teacher shortage
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.202 		Attempts by the college to recruit prospective teachers; photo.
38 Services extending beyond the campus: Extension Service; Continuing Education; the church; the UNI Foundation
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.359 		Extension services designed to meet needs of growing enrollment; efforts in radio and television; a brief history of the last years of the CHIC; early efforts of the UNI Foundation; photo.
39 Setting new standards for faculty preparation, professorial rank, and retirement
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.12 		President Latham takes initial steps to improve faculty credentials, regularize the system of faculty rank, and define the possibilities for faculty retirement; photo.
40 Staffing
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.309 		The difficulties in recruiting and retaining highly-qualified faculty in the 1950s and 1960s; photo.
41 Student and faculty life at ISTC
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.68 		History of student publications, debate, drama, music, and athletics during the Latham administration; photo.
42 Student and faculty life at the Teachers College in the Forties
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.165 		Recreation, speech, debate, and drama during the 1940s; photo.
43 Student social life
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.90 		Brief look at etiquette and Greek organizations in the 1930s; photo.
44 Teaching load hassle--1970
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.387 		Senator Messerly and Representative Grassley study the workload of UNI faculty; photo.
45 The Childress affair and its implication for academic freedom
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.299 		Detailed account of the assignment in which Mr. Childress used taboo words and the public reaction to the assignment.
46 The climactic end of the Sixties
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.367 		The close of the spring semester, 1970; reaction to the fighting in Cambodia; arrangements for ending the semester.
47 The death of President O. R. Latham
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.96 		President Latham's last days; tributes to his achievements; photo.
48 The Depression years
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.1 		General economic and political background as the college entered the 1930s under new leadership; photo.
49 The development of a retirement policy
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.158 		The college begins participation in the TIAA plan; photo.
50 The Educational Policies Commission
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.154 		The foundation and role of the EPC; its early work; its relationship with college administrators; photo.
51 The evolution of the institution
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.212 		Establishing the PDL system; defeat of an honor system; the theft and cheating ring; coordination with the other Regents universities; the change from ISTC to SCI and then to UNI; the organization of the colleges; photo.
52 The faculty adopts a constitution
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.415 		Detailed account of the negotiations among faculty, administration, and the Regents over the proposed faculty constitution; photo.
53 The fiscal crisis of the Thirties
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.37 		The college faces a difficult financial picture, with a decline in enrollment, salary cuts, and strict economies in operations; photo.
54 The Forties
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.101 		National background of the Forties; photo.
55 The Hoffmans affair
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.282 		Detailed account of the controversy surrounding Mr. Hoffmans and his protests against the Viet Nam War and the draft; photo.
56 The image of UNI 1969-1970
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.302 		The effects of campus events on the public perception of UNI.
57 The impact of McCarthyism
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.206 		The college faces challenges in teaching the Communist Manifesto, loyalty oaths, and charges of subversion on its own staff.
58 The impact of World War II
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.111 		President Price manages the college during the War; effects of the WAVES and the Army Air Corps; the effects of the returning veterans; photo.
59 The new president at the helm
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.177 		Biographical sketch of President Maucker; early views and objectives; photo.
60 The political candidates issue
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.159 		The Board of Education changes its rules and permits political candidates to speak on campus.
61 The resignation of President Maucker: the end of an era
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.371 		President Maucker moves toward a decision to resign; tributes to his achievements; photo.
62 The Strayer Report
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.182 		A summary of the report which called for greater support of higher education in general, and recommended graduate study at the Teachers College.
63 The University of Northern Iowa Foundation launches a capital fund drive
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.463 		Detailed account of raising money for the Dome; controversy about funding the Dome before and instead of the fine arts auditorium; early events in the Dome; photo.
64 Times of growth and change
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.173 		General historical, political, cultural, and educational background for the beginning of President Maucker's administration.
65 UNI seeks to implement its mission
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.441 		UNI attempts to expand its curriculum on undergraduate and graduate levels; photo.
66 Unrest and adjustment
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.249 		National background of the 1960s; photo.
67 A time of transitions; the "Golden Twenties"
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.369 		Survey of the local and national background for the Teachers College in the 1920s; photo.
68 Academic and administrative changes; physical expansion
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.393 		Survey of changes in curriculum, faculty, and facilities; the Seerley Hall murals; the acquisition of the west forty acres; photo.
69 Acknowledgments
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p. 		Professor Lang credits those who helped him in the research and writing of the centennial history.
70 Actions of the General Assembly--1890-1902; finally significant commitment
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.115 		Analysis of the struggles to obtain adequate funding for the Normal School; the millage tax; the Auditorium Building dedication; photo.
71 Administering a burgeoning normal school
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.154 		Debate over the mission of the Normal School; disparity in salary for women and men; duties of Board; organization of library services; photo.
72 Administering the Normal School
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.71 		Duties of the Principal and the Board with regard to appointments and curriculum; continuing difficulties with the Model School; salary controversies; photo.
73 Celebrating a half century of service
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.420 		The Campanile project; the 50th commencement; services of the college to the state.
74 Changing the leadership
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.82 		Analysis of the Board's dismissal of Principal Gilchrist and election of Principal Seerley; photo.
75 Continuing common experiences
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.436 		The role of the college in regulating behavior; the influence of religion on students and faculty; photo.
76 Expanded co- and extra-curricular activities
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.448 		Survey of activities of literary societies, drama, athletics, Greeks, debate, oratory, and college student publications; photo.
77 Gestation and birth
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.7 		General educational background in Iowa prior to the founding of the Normal School; description of General Assembly actions which resulted in the founding of the school; initial actions of Board of Directors; photo.
78 Getting started
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.27 		A look at the earliest days of the Normal School; description of living conditions; photo.
79 Increased needs during a time of economic stress
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.379 		Presidents Seerley's efforts to meet generally austere funding from the General Assembly; photo.
80 Institutional growth and program expansion to 1890
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.107 		Enrollment grows; the Board outlines its authority more clearly; difficulties with the Boarding Department and physical facilities; photo.
81 Institutional growth; transfer of governance to the State Board of Education (1906 through June, 1909)
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.255 		Organization of the school into formal departments; Dean of Women Walker develops guidelines for rooming houses; photo.
82 Life in the Normal School community
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.175 		The beginnings of extracurricular activities and groups at UNI including athletics and sports, oratory and debate, music, literary societies, and the Alumni Association; photo.
83 Meeting educational needs, 1890-1902
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.141 		Organization of academic departments, military studies, the Training School; expansion of the curriculum; photo.
84 New and expanded curricula and services (1913 through April, 1917); the Claxton Commission
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.318 		The college expands its services to include extension, rural education, Bible study, student health, and dormitories; a close look at the Claxton Commission Report and the Inside Survey; photo.
85 Other facets of institutional life
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.484 		Brief survey of founding and activities of faculty social organizations.
86 Preface
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p. 		Professor Lang describes the circumstances of the writing of the centennial history; outlines aims of book.
87 President Seerley retires; an assessment
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.428 		President Seerley is honored at his retirement in 1928; Professor Lang offers an assessment of his achievement; photo.
88 Student life
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.52 		Account of student life, organizations, recreation, discipline, and curriculum in the first ten years of the Normal School; photo.
89 The Board of Education acts to fulfill its mandate
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.282 		Board considers proposal to limit Teachers College to a two year curriculum.
90 The Coordination Plan debated and rescinded
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.295 		President Seerley and school supporters attempt to counter the plan to limit the Teachers College to a two year curriculum; they and their political allies manage to defeat the scheme.
91 The first faculty
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.30 		Biographical sketches of Principal Gilchrist and Professors Bartlett, Wright, and Webster; photo.
92 The General Assembly and the State Normal School 1904 through 1909
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.237 		Detailed discussion of the various inquiries, investigations, and responses associated with defining the appropriate role for the Normal School; attempts to form a unified governing board for the three state schools; photo.
93 The new administration begins its work
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.95 		Principal Seerley realigns relations with high schools and colleges; assumes new title of President; photo.
94 The Normal School moves toward collegiate status
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.223 		Changes in faculty, development of the curriculum, and new construction financed by the millage levy bring the Normal School to a new level; photo.
95 The principal-elect
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.90 		Detailed sketch of Homer Seerley's personal and educational background; photo.
96 The promise of the twentieth century; the teachers colleges
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.218 		The historical background for the change from normal schools to teachers colleges; photo.
97 Through troubled times (1909-1920)
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.268 		The unified Board of Education gets organized; faculty and curricular changes; photo.
98 World War I and the Teachers College; contention in Cedar Falls
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.348 		Effects of World War I on the campus, curriculum, and students; detailed look at the student teaching controversy with the Cedar Falls schools.
99 Education shall forever be encouraged
Nonpareil 71:3, p.24 		Text of Professor Lang's address at the spring 1987 commencement.
100 Homecoming 1969
Northern Iowan 66:13, p.1 		Professor Lang hopes that students enjoy activities.