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The setting

Political and economic background in Iowa; orphans home movement; photo.
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Gestation and birth 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.
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Getting started A look at the earliest days of the Normal School; description of living conditions; photo.
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The first faculty Biographical sketches of Principal Gilchrist and Professors Bartlett, Wright, and Webster; photo.
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The quest for adequate financial support Early changes in faculty; General Assembly actions affecting the Normal School; the building of the second hall: South Hall, later Old Gilchrist Hall; photo.
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Student life Account of student life, organizations, recreation, discipline, and curriculum in the first ten years of the Normal School; photo.
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Administering the Normal School Duties of the Principal and the Board with regard to appointments and curriculum; continuing difficulties with the Model School; salary controversies; photo.
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Changing the leadership Analysis of the Board's dismissal of Principal Gilchrist and election of Principal Seerley; photo.
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The principal-elect Detailed sketch of Homer Seerley's personal and educational background; photo.
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The new administration begins its work Principal Seerley realigns relations with high schools and colleges; assumes new title of President; photo.
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Institutional growth and program expansion to 1890 Enrollment grows; the Board outlines its authority more clearly; difficulties with the Boarding Department and physical facilities; photo.
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Actions of the General Assembly--1890-1902; finally significant commitment Analysis of the struggles to obtain adequate funding for the Normal School; the millage tax; the Auditorium Building dedication; photo.
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Meeting educational needs, 1890-1902 Organization of academic departments, military studies, the Training School; expansion of the curriculum; photo.
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Administering a burgeoning normal school Debate over the mission of the Normal School; disparity in salary for women and men; duties of Board; organization of library services; photo.
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Life in the Normal School community The beginnings of extracurricular activities and groups at UNI including athletics and sports, oratory and debate, music, literary societies, and the Alumni Association; photo.
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The promise of the twentieth century; the teachers colleges The historical background for the change from normal schools to teachers colleges; photo.
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The Normal School moves toward collegiate status Changes in faculty, development of the curriculum, and new construction financed by the millage levy bring the Normal School to a new level; photo.
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The General Assembly and the State Normal School 1904 through 1909 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.
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Institutional growth; transfer of governance to the State Board of Education (1906 through June, 1909) Organization of the school into formal departments; Dean of Women Walker develops guidelines for rooming houses; photo.
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Through troubled times (1909-1920) The unified Board of Education gets organized; faculty and curricular changes; photo.
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The Board of Education acts to fulfill its mandate Board considers proposal to limit Teachers College to a two year curriculum.
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The Coordination Plan debated and rescinded 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.
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New and expanded curricula and services (1913 through April, 1917); the Claxton Commission 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.
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World War I and the Teachers College; contention in Cedar Falls Effects of World War I on the campus, curriculum, and students; detailed look at the student teaching controversy with the Cedar Falls schools.
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A time of transitions; the "Golden Twenties" Survey of the local and national background for the Teachers College in the 1920s; photo.
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Increased needs during a time of economic stress Presidents Seerley's efforts to meet generally austere funding from the General Assembly; photo.
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Academic and administrative changes; physical expansion Survey of changes in curriculum, faculty, and facilities; the Seerley Hall murals; the acquisition of the west forty acres; photo.
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Celebrating a half century of service The Campanile project; the 50th commencement; services of the college to the state.
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President Seerley retires; an assessment President Seerley is honored at his retirement in 1928; Professor Lang offers an assessment of his achievement; photo.
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Continuing common experiences The role of the college in regulating behavior; the influence of religion on students and faculty; photo.
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Expanded co- and extra-curricular activities Survey of activities of literary societies, drama, athletics, Greeks, debate, oratory, and college student publications; photo.
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Other facets of institutional life Brief survey of founding and activities of faculty social organizations.
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Preface Professor Lang describes the circumstances of the writing of the centennial history; outlines aims of book.
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Acknowledgments Professor Lang credits those who helped him in the research and writing of the centennial history.