Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1867-09-27
For The Republican.
Iowa College
GR,>NELL, Iowa, !
Sept. 10th 1877.

GRlSNELL, Iowa,
Sept. 10th 1861.
The present College is the result of u union
Of two infant institutions. each having the
same objcc, in view. II was chartered at
Davenport in i -. and the Preparatory De-
rartment was "rganized in le4o. Eut the city
growing and spreading over more ground, il
was tot.nl .ecc.slry 10 open 4 strcct through
The College grounds. thereby making the site
unfit for the purpose designed. The Trustees
thcA e.vie i.o =, hes! 10 remove to some other
portion Of the State; and The citizens Of Grin
hell, having ..,ale a yer. liberal otfes. it was
finally accepted. nd The INSTITUTION removed
in 1o5S,-iLe Trustees .ecei,ing the College
building partly completed, the College ground
of twenty acres and an additional subscrip-
ton by tho citizens. Rev S. L.. Herrick, and
1. F. Parker. organized the first classes in
the new building September 14,h 1850, being
requested tc do 50 ~ the Trustees 50 ,h.t in
strnction might be furnished temporarily with
out expense TO the College. Professor L. F.
Parker, who helped to organic, the first classes
in tie building ~ this place. is still here as
Professor Of .Aneiert Languages He has
always pl loved himself by his diligence and
faithfu;ness as a teacher aud Kindness to his
students. to he enc Of the strongest and mos.
useful pillars in Tho institution.
There was one endowment Of $4,000 Sc.
cured to the institution in 1853, from New
England, by Res. J.. G. Holbrook, of Dubuque.
The first Freshman class was organized Sept.
18th 1861, but the war breaking out interfered
in the progress Of he College, and the regular
classes were some what disorganizel The
people Of Grenn.il b,ing mostly New Englan.
ders, were too patriotic to sit down and SET
the VAR go On without lending a helping hand
The College. at different times through the wal
furnished 56 men for the army. Professor /
F. Parker and &c students answered the cal
in 1864 for one hundred day men. The officer
in the army from tie College, were one Majo
two Adju,ants, two Captains, ten Lieutenant
and one kommissary Sergeant.
The regular College classes are not yer
large at present, owing partly to the war;
The La, lis course at present extends throug
four years-the sam as the Scientific caurs,
Young ladies are not excluded from the Class
ical course if they wish to take it. The Il
brary cortainS about \, 100 volumes. There
sufficient apparatus for the illustration of tn
principles Of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry
and Astronomy. and the kindred sciences
The Cabinet Of Natural History is not large
bu, tue specimens are very fine. The privat
cabinet Of Prof. II. ". Parker is a very inter
ssting one and contains many mineralogica
specimen, which he is increas ng At ever,
available orr s~"tnnity. The Professor is very
earnest in his Departln. Mt, aud will make j
interesting and useful to NIL who may be for
tunste enough..to come under his instruction
The old College building. not being sufi
GENTLY large to accommodate all, who wish. Il
avail themselves Of instr, c.ion in the luz n
ton, the College has commenced = new build
ing which il little larger than the old ont
Tho new building is now up and the rafters OF
II 10 three stories hil b with : good basemer
below. The hrst story is 70 be fitted up for
sChaDel; the second for library and r~esitstio