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A Brief History of Kappa Delta Pi, Psi Chapter

Stephen J. Fortgang and Becky W. Hawbaker

The Psi Chapter at the Iowa State Teachers College (ISTC) was the twenty-third KDP chapter, installed on August 7th, 1923. Mabel I. Payne, the Secretary/Treasurer of the National KDP organization was in attendance as the installation officer. Eight other chapters were installed that year, and by its 25th anniversary in 1936, KDP had grown to 106 chapters nationally. Early members of the Psi Chapter included the State Teacher’s College President Homer Seerley as an honorary member and Dr. E. O. Finkbender of the Department of Education, who became the chapter counselor.

10-20-2023
A University in Pursuit of Quality: The Future of Learning and Teaching at the University of Northern Iowa

G. Roger Sell and Barbara Lounsberry

How does a good university get even better? One response to this question is through ongoing deliberations on its mission and the environment for teaching and learning it is fostering. This volume seeks to capture this dialogue, to show what such deliberations toward quality are like at one mid-sized comprehensive university. As such, it does not claim to offer all the answers for enhancing the quality of higher education in America-although we hope you will find many provocative and useful ideas in these pages. Rather, this volume attempts to showcase a process for ensuring ongoing advancement.

Nearly 200 of our colleagues invested valuable time and effort during a two-day conference, "The Future of Learning and Teaching at the University of Northern Iowa," held on October 13-14, 1995 in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

This volume is a product of that conference.

3-1996
A Century of Leadership [Volume 2]: Iowa State Normal School 1876-1909, Iowa State Teachers College 1909-1961, State College of Iowa 1961-1967, University of Northern Iowa 1967-

William C. Lang and Daryl Pendergraft

Table of Contents:

Foreword --- vii
Preface --- viii
Acknowledgments --- xi
Chapter VIII: The Latham Presidency: Achieving Full Collegiate Status In Years of Economic Constriction --- 1
Chapter IX: The Price Administration, 1940-1950 --- 101
Chapter X: The Maucker Years--1950-1970, Part 1 --- 173
Chapter XI: The Maucker Years, 1950-1970, Part 2 --- 249
Chapter XII: The Maucker Years, 1950-1970, Part 3 --- 325
Chapter XIII: Completing a Century of Service --- 379
Appendix --- 487
Notes --- 489
Index --- 521

1995
Continuity and Change: President Constantine Curris' Annual Address to the Faculty, 1983-1993

Constantine Curtis

Since assuming office at the University of Northern Iowa in 1983, President Constantine (Deno) Curris has addressed the faculty at its opening meeting each fall. This collection of his annual speeches, prepared in recognition of his first ten years of service, reveals an overarching dedication to the university's mission in terms of continuity and change. These speeches cover a range of topics that continue to be pertinent. They demonstrate the president's support of academic freedom, his concern for academic integrity, his awareness of international interdependence, and his dedication to student advancement. Time and again President Curris reminds the faculty of UNI's historical legacy and the strength it derives from its tradition. Equally, he insistently challenges the faculty to think of what needs to be done to prepare students to enter the future with wisdom, expertise, and dedication to civic responsibility.

1994
A Century of Leadership [Volume 1]: Iowa State Normal School 1876-1909, Iowa State Teachers College 1909-1961, State College of Iowa 1961-1967, University of Northern Iowa 1967-

William C. Lang

Table of Contents:

Foreword --- vii
Preface --- viii
Acknowledgments --- xi
Chapter I: The Birth of a State "School For . . . Training of Teachers of Common Schools." --- 1
Chapter II: The Iowa State Normal School, 1876-1886; Infancy and Economic Malnutrition --- 27
Chapter III: The Iowa State Normal School, 1886-1902; Adolescence and Acceptance --- 90
Chapter IV: From Normal School to Teachers College (1903-1909) --- 218
Chapter V: Through Troubled Times (1909-1920) --- 268
Chapter VI: The College Completes a Half-Century of Service; President Seerley Retires (1920-1928) --- 369
Chapter VII: Campus Life During Times of Transition (1903-1928) --- 436
Appendixes --- 487
Notes --- 494
Index --- 547

1990
Opinions of Freshmen Students Enrolled at the University of Northern Iowa, Spring Semester 1983, Who Submitted Declaration of Curriculum (Academic Major) Statements

Paul C. Kelso

The purposes of this study were to:

1. Secure information from selected University of Northern Iowa freshmen students regarding their (a) future plans, (b) achievement and development during their freshman year, (c) use of and satisfaction with university services and activities, (d) degree of satisfaction with areas related to instruction, (e) employment while attending UNI, (f) most rewarding experience at UNI and (g) biggest disappointment at UNI.

2. Provide information to university staff members which may be utilized in assisting students and in evaluating existing programs and services.

This report summarizes the results of the questionnaire survey conducted at the University of Northern Iowa during the Spring Semester 1983.

1-1-1983
A Comparison of the Responses of UNI Students Direct from High School, Fall Semester 1979, and Their Parents to Statements Pertaining to Selected Educational and Social Issues

Paul C. Kelso

This paper summarizes the results of the student-parent survey conducted on the University of Northern Iowa during pre-orientation session for new students and their parents in June and July 1979.

The purposes of the survey were to:

1. Secure the opinions of new students and their parents regarding selected current educational and social issues.

2. Compare the opinions of the students and parents.

3. Present the findings as a part of the orientation program.

4. Utilize the opinions of the students and parents in developing future programs in the various student: services areas at the University of Northern Iowa.

5. Secure demographic information pertaining to the students and their parents.

1979
Student Opinions and Interests Regarding a Proposed Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) at the University of Northern Iowa

Paul C. Kelso

During the 1978-79 school year, officials from the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) detachment at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa contacted officials at the University of Northern Iowa regarding the possibility of establishing an ROTC extension center at the University of Northern Iowa.

Following the initial contacts and visits to the campus by ROTC officers from the University of Iowa, officials at the University of Northern Iowa decided to conduct a survey of University of Northern Iowa students to determine their interest in the proposed ROTC program.

This report summarizes the results of the questionnaire survey conducted on the University of Northern Iowa campus during pre-registration and registration for returning and new undergraduate students for the Fall Semester 1979.

The purpose of the survey was to provide students with an opportunity to indicate if ROTC would be beneficial to the students and to the university and to determine their interest in participating in ROTC if the proposed program was available.

1979
The 101 Graduates Who Earned Specialist's Degrees at the University of Northern Iowa, 1960/1978

Gordon J. Rhum

This is a record of experiences at the University of Northern Iowa with two intermediate graduate degree programs: Specialist in Education, since 1960; Specialist, since 1970. The report extends through calendar year 1978.

1979
Comprehensive Campus Plan, Phase 1: Program Summary and Alternative Development Concepts

University of Northern Iowa

This report contains a summary of the major goals and policies, the programmed space requirements for 15,000 students, and alternative concepts for physical development of the university at the 15,000-student level. The derivation of these concepts concludes Phase 1 of the Comprehensive Campus Plan.

1967
A Self-Survey of the Iowa State Teachers College

Iowa State Teachers College

The Self-Survey Report of Iowa State Teachers College which is presented in these pages is the work of about one hundred members of the faculty whose names appear on a separate sheet. Because the completed reports of the various committees were in some instances longer than seemed necessary, some condensations and omissions were suggested by Dr. Leo Goggin, who read the entire manuscript before it was mimeographed, and by the undersigned. It is hoped that the making of these changes has not resulted in the omission of material which should have been included or in distortion of the report of any committee. The committees worked hard to make their reports accurate and complete.

As is inevitable in any active institution, reports of status which were correct when written will be obsolete before they are read by those most interested. This is particularly true in the case of the report on Student Personnel Services because of the changes in the administrative organization for that work.

The order of the survey reports is essentially that of the Revised Manual of Accrediting of the North Central association. Attention is called to the material in the appendix which may serve to clarify and amplify some of the reports.

1953
Cedar Falls Centennial, 1852-1952

Unknown

This booklet accompanied the celebration of the 100th annniversary of the founding of Cedar Falls, Iowa. It lists events surrounding the festivities and numerous historical facts about the city.

1952
The First 75 Years

Irving H. Hart

A history of Iowa State Teachers College (previously known as Iowa State Normal School and now known as the University of Northern Iowa), from 1876 to 1951.

1951
IOWAVE

Iowa State Teachers College

A booklet of mainly photos of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) who were trained at the Naval Training School temporarily located on the campus of Iowa State Teachers College (later the University of Northern Iowa). Also contains a brief history of the training school.

1945
In Memoriam; Orval Ray Latham, President, Iowa State Teachers College, 1928-1940, the College Auditorium, July 11, 1940

Iowa State Teachers College

A pamphlet that covers the memorial services for the late Orval Ray Latham were held in the college auditorium on Thursday, July 11, 1940 at four o'clock in the afternoon with the Reverend G. E. Knoff presiding.

7-11-1940
A History of Religious Activities at Iowa State Teachers College

Marshall Rust Beard

Religious activities have always held a permanently place in the lives of students at Iowa State Teachers College.

The fact that from 1885 to 1954, 154 of her graduates are known to have entered full-time religious work as ministers, missionaries, etc., points with some significance to the Christian influence existing on this campus.

1937
The Story of Iowa

Thomas P. Christensen

A history of the state of Iowa up through the 1920s, written especially for children.

1931
Professor J. H. Paarmann

L. H. Pammel

A brief biography of J.H. Paarmann, curator of the Davenport Academy.

1929
When Cedar Falls Was Young

Roger Leavitt

This booklet recounts historical incidents in the early history of Cedar Falls, Iowa, form 1845 to 1866.

1928
Atlas of Black Hawk County, Iowa

Andersen Publishing Co.

Maps and directories for Black Hawk County, Iowa and each of its townships. Also includes a world atlas and U.S. census population figures.

1926
Verle McFarland Diary

Verle McFarland

A 1926 diary of Verle McFarland (Shanks), a student at Iowa State Teachers College and a teacher in one-room schoolhouses in Lucas County, Iowa, in the 1920s and 1930s.

1926
Fifty Years at the Teachers College

David Sands Wright

A history of the Iowa State Teachers College, later known as the University of Northern Iowa.

1926
Miscellaneous Addresses, 1885-1920

Homer H. Seerley

Homer Horatio Seerley was the second chief administrator of UNI. His predecessor was James Cleland Gilchrist. Seerley led the school from 1886 to 1928.

1920
Legal and Political Status of Women in Iowa

Ruth A. Gallaher

The book attempts "to present a general survey of the status of women in Iowa by pointing out the distinctions between men and women which have been established by law or sanctioned by judicial rulings."

1918
The Quakers of Iowa

Louis Thomas Jones

According to the author's preface, "In the present work the author has endeavored to present the essential features of the history of the people called the Quakers, from the time of their first appearance in Iowa down to the present time."

1918
Report of the Inside Survey [of the Iowa State Teachers College]

State College of Iowa

1917
Illustrated Review Showing Development of the State of Iowa

Earl J. Robinson & Co.

Descriptive text covering counties, cities and villages based on the latest official sources, with special articles by well known state authorities. Newly engraved charts showing principal automobile roads, including the Lincoln highway and its feeders, detailed railroad maps of every state with complete index, also maps of foreign countries.

1915
The Blue Book of Iowa Women

Winona Evans Reeves

A collection of brief biographies of Iowa women.

1914
Indian History of Winneshiek County

Charles Philip Hexom

A history of the Winnebago Indians of Winneshiek County in northeast Iowa.

1913
The Iowa

Thomas Foster and William Harvey Miner

A monograph about the Iowa tribe of Native Americans.

1911
A Retrospect of Sixty Years

Josiah L. Pickard

Josiah Little Pickard (March 12, 1824-March 28, 1914) was the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin, 1860-1864, and the sixth President of the University of Iowa, 1878-1887.

1908
An Address Delivered on the Eleventh Day of June Nineteen Hundred Seven at Iowa City, Iowa, on the Occasion of the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Founding of the State University of Iowa

Horace E. Deemer

1907
Plants of Iowa: A Preliminary List of the Native and Introduced Plants of the State, Not under Cultivation

Wesley Greene

This preliminary list of more than 3,000 species includes only the native plants and those that have been introduced from other sections of this country, or other continents, and have escaped from cultivation, and become naturalized and are now a part of the flora of the state.

1907
Selections for Arbor and Bird Day, Memorial Day

Iowa. Dept. of Education

A booklet for Iowa teachers giving suggested readings and other items for Arbor and Bird Day and Memorial Day school programs.

1906
Iowa, the First Free State in the Louisiana Purchase

William Salter

A history of Iowa through 1846.

1905
History of Black Hawk County, Iowa, and Representative Citizens

Isaiah Van Metre

This book provides a history of Black Hawk County, Iowa, from its settlement in 1834 through the book's publication in 1904. Numerous biographical entries and portraits are included.

1904
Documentary Material Relating to the History of Iowa [v.3]

Benjamin F. Shambaugh

Volume 3 in a 3-volume set, published between 1897 and 1901 by the State Historical Society of Iowa, covers a variety of historical subjects including the acquisition and establishment of the Territory of Iowa, the admission of Iowa into the Union, and the history of local political organization within Iowa. The General Introduction in volume one states, "Scattered through various books and publications... this material has been practically inaccessible to the general body of students. It is to obviate these difficulties, and to facilitate the adoption of scientific methods of study, that the documentary material contemplated in the title is brought forward and published."

1901
Documentary Material Relating to the History of Iowa [v.2]

Benjamin F. Shambaugh

Volume 2 in a 3-volume set, published between 1897 and 1901 by the State Historical Society of Iowa, covers a variety of historical subjects including the acquisition and establishment of the Territory of Iowa, the admission of Iowa into the Union, and the history of local political organization within Iowa. The General Introduction in volume one states, "Scattered through various books and publications... this material has been practically inaccessible to the general body of students. It is to obviate these difficulties, and to facilitate the adoption of scientific methods of study, that the documentary material contemplated in the title is brought forward and published."

1900
Documentary Material Relating to the History of Iowa [v.1]

Benjamin Franklin Schaumbaugh

Volume 1 in a 3-volume set, published between 1897 and 1901 by the State Historical Society of Iowa, covers a variety of historical subjects including the acquisition and establishment of the Territory of Iowa, the admission of Iowa into the Union, and the history of local political organization within Iowa. The General Introduction in volume one states, "Scattered through various books and publications... this material has been practically inaccessible to the general body of students. It is to obviate these difficulties, and to facilitate the adoption of scientific methods of study, that the documentary material contemplated in the title is brought forward and published."

1897
Summary of the Archaeology of Iowa

Frederick Starr

A county-by-county summary of archaeological findings in Iowa.

1895
Historical Record of Cedar Falls

Peter Melendy

This book, published in 1893, is a description and history of the first 50 years of the city of Cedar Falls, Iowa. Included are an 1892 map of the city and photos of city buildings.

1893
Higher Education in Iowa

Leonard F. Parker

A history of higher education in Iowa and descriptions of higher education institutions up to 1893, including faculty, student populations, buildings, and courses of study.

1893
Iowa in War Times

S. H. M. Byers

This history of Iowa's involvement in the Civil War was published in 1888. The author, Samuel Hawkins Marshall Byers, was a member of the Fifth Iowa Infantry during the Civil War, having enlisted in 1861. Byers was eventually captured and spent well over a year in several Confederate prison camps. Following his escape, Byers joined Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's staff until the war's end. In 1869 he was appointed United States Consul to Zurich, Switzerland, and later held the same position in Rome. Byers many works include "The Song of Iowa" the official state song of Iowa.

1888
The History of Black Hawk County, Iowa

Western Historical Company

This book provides a history of Black Hawk County, Iowa, from its settlement in 1834 through the book's publication in 1878. Numerous biographical entries and portraits are included, along with more general histories of the state of Iowa and the northwest United States.

1878
Specification for the Erection of the "Soldiers' Orphans' Home," Cedar Falls, Iowa

Unknown

"Handwritten building specifications for a Soldiers' Orphans' Home in Cedar Falls, Iowa. This building later became Central Hall, or Old Central, on the campus of the Iowa State Teachers College, now known as the University of Northern Iowa. "

1866
Well’s Pocket Hand-book of Iowa

John G. Wells

A general description of the state of Iowa, along with the information about the state's pre-emption laws and other information pertinent to settlers in the state.

1857

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