Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty)

Displaying 51 - 100 of 105 in reverse chronological order
# Title Date Summary
51 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.
52 The Forties
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.101 		National background of the Forties; photo.
53 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.
54 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.
55 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.
56 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.
57 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.
58 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.
59 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.
60 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.
61 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.
62 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.
63 Student social life
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.90 		Brief look at etiquette and Greek organizations in the 1930s; photo.
64 Other facets of college life
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.93 		The May Day Fete; faculty organizations; faculty scholarship; photo.
65 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.
66 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.
67 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.
68 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.
69 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.
70 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.
71 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.
72 The principal-elect
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.90 		Detailed sketch of Homer Seerley's personal and educational background; photo.
73 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.
74 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.
75 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.
76 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.
77 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.
78 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.
79 The setting
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.1 		Political and economic background in Iowa; orphans home movement; photo.
80 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.
81 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.
82 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.
83 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.
84 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.
85 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.
86 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.
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 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.
89 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.
90 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.
91 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.
92 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.
93 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.
94 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.
95 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.
96 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.
97 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.
98 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.
99 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.
100 Education shall forever be encouraged
Nonpareil 71:3, p.24 		Text of Professor Lang's address at the spring 1987 commencement.