First 75 Years

Campus History by Irving Hart

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	Title	Date	Summary
1	A struggle for existence, 1876-1890 Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.38	7/1/1951	Normal School established with only minimal legislative support and without other support such as land grants; 1876 biennial appropriation was $14,500 followed by very slow growth to $30,200 for 1888 biennium.
2	Academic ranks Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.48	7/1/1951	Faculty ranks established early.
3	Attempts to implement the Normal School idea in Iowa Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.3	7/1/1951	Description of efforts to train teachers in Iowa prior to the founding of the Normal School in 1876.
4	Budgetary procedure, 1876-1925 Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.41	7/1/1951	College continuing appropriation increases over the years.
5	Change of name from Normal School to College Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.17	7/1/1951	Students and faculty petition President Seerley for a name change; Board acts favorably.
6	Changes of salary policy Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.68	7/1/1951	Music faculty move from fees to salary; radical change for retirees.
7	Compulsory retirement (1934) Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.74	7/1/1951	Policy requires faculty to retire at end of year at which they reach 70; meets strenuous protests.
8	Consultative Service Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.130	7/1/1951	Began in 1916; continued with faculty members spending one or two quarters in field.
9	Continuing appropriations, 1890-1925 Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.39	7/1/1951	1890 biennium includes "annually hereafter" provision; beginning of more generous appropriations.
10	Correspondence study service Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.128	7/1/1951	History of correspondence study.
11	Curricular revision in 1914 Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.101	7/1/1951	List of majors revised and expanded, minors required, credit system changed from term to hours.
12	Curricular revision in 1949 Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.103	7/1/1951	Results of revision include required general education, reorganization of education courses, and an increase in the graduation requirement from 186 to 196 hours.
13	Curricular trends, 1917-1949 Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.102	7/1/1951	Professional education requirements decrease.
14	Department of Rural Education, 1915 Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.118	7/1/1951	The College established a department devoted to rural education and sets up demonstration schools; the Iowa Club carries out studies relating to rural education.
15	Detached service (1916-1930) Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.72	7/1/1951	Older faculty members carried on salary with only nominal duties.
16	Early tenure policies Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.70	7/1/1951	Early practices were nominally annual appointments, but, in practice, were permanent.
17	Establishment of the Iowa State Normal School at Cedar Falls, 1876 Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.6	7/1/1951	History of the political process behind the founding of the Normal School.
18	Executive freedom and efficiency Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.44	7/1/1951	Survey of relations of the governing boards with Principal Gilchrist and President Seerley.
19	Executive salaries, 1876-1928 Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.65	7/1/1951	Survey of president's salaries over the years.
20	Extension class work Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.128	7/1/1951	Extension Service offers courses for college credit.
21	Extracurricular activities Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.146	7/1/1951	Broad survey of the history of literary societies, campus publications, music and athletics, Greek organizations, and religious groups on campus.
22	Faculty participation under Gilchrist Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.48	7/1/1951	Early participation in governance was broadly spread, but limited in scope.
23	Faculty participation under Latham Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.53	7/1/1951	President Latham establishes new administrative and governance structures.
24	Faculty participation under Price Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.55	7/1/1951	Establishment of EPC.
25	Faculty participation under Seerley Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.49	7/1/1951	President Seerley expands consultation with faculty; departments authorized in 1908 to take January 1, 1909; establishment of office of Registrar; Codification Committee brings together rules and regulations of College in 1920.
26	First Board of Directors Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.8	7/1/1951	Governor Kirkwood appoints the Board, which then meets to accept the Normal School property.
27	Foreword Aitchison--Alison E. (Class of 1903; Geography Faculty) First 75 Years 0:0, p.iii	7/1/1951	Professor Aitchison introduces Professor Hart's history.
28	Formal beginning of the Iowa State Normal School Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.8	7/1/1951	Board elects faculty and decides salary; adopts admission rules and length of terms.
29	Four-Quarter rural program, 1943 Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.120	7/1/1951	President Price puts renewed emphasis on elementary education; four quarter curriculum seen as move toward increasing standards in rural teaching.
30	General and professional education in the curricula, 1886-1914 Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.100	7/1/1951	Development of the curriculum under President Seerley.
31	Gilchrist and Seerley on additional normal schools Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.12	7/1/1951	Both President Seerley and Principal Gilchrist state that they support additional normal schools once the first school is adequately provided for.
32	Growth of the administrative staff Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.68	7/1/1951	Administrative staff grows to 253.
33	Housing of the Model School and its successors Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.114	7/1/1951	Brief description of buildings in which the school was housed.
34	Income from student fees Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.41	7/1/1951	Survey of revenues from student fees over the years.
35	Influence of the system of unified control Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.92	7/1/1951	Survey of ways in which the College has limited itself and is limited by outside influences to its role as a teacher training institution.
36	Influential factors before 1913 Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.117	7/1/1951	President Seerley responds to critics of the College by establishing the Rural Education Department and the Extension Service.
37	Institutional surveys First 75 Years 0:0, p.34	7/1/1951	Brief summaries of the important surveys undertaken by the College.
38	Introduction Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.ix	7/1/1951	Professor Hart explains the organization of his history; presents the ideas that he chooses to treat.
39	Introduction of high school graduate courses, 1887 Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.15	7/1/1951	President Seerley establishes a separate curriculum for those students who enter the Normal School as high school graduates.
40	Major in rural school supervision Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.12	7/1/1951	College establishes new major in 1949.
41	Normal School standards, 1876-1886 Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.14	7/1/1951	Difficulties of relating Normal School degrees to those offered by colleges and universities.
42	Organization of Extension Service, 1913 Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.125	7/1/1951	President Seerley announces organization of extension work at a meeting of teachers and superintendents in October 1913; Study Centers arranged; Professor Colegrove organizes the effort.
43	Origins of Extension Service at the Iowa State Teachers College Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.124	7/1/1951	President Seerley considers increasing call for assistance and advice from the College.
44	Part-time Service (1934) Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.74	7/1/1951	Retired faculty can accept appointment to perform some sort of service for one-third salary.
45	Practice teaching in the Iowa State Normal School before 1883 Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.105	7/1/1951	Initial practices in student teaching.
46	Preparation for all fields of public school work Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.87	7/1/1951	Survey of ways in which the College curriculum changed to meet changing needs; description of degree, diploma, and certificate programs.
47	Preparation for all levels of public school work Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.81	7/1/1951	Initial curriculum recognizes need for preparation for all levels of teaching; surveys of effects of the College on Iowa; description of ways in which the College met Iowa needs.
48	Procedures in appointment and promotion Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.62	7/1/1951	Survey of practices involving faculty appointment and promotion.
49	Proposals for the unified control of the state educational institutions Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.18	7/1/1951	Description of the political atmosphere which led to establishment of a board which controls all state institutions of higher education; influence of Senator Whipple.
50	Proposed annuity system, 1931 Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.72	7/1/1951	Attorney General rules against proposal.

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