The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1892-09-08
IOWA'S STATE UNIVERSITY.
Our scandinavian Representation
The Two New Instructors.

The Two New Instructors.
September 2, 1892.
The Collegiate Committee OI the
Board OF Regents have reported on the
election OF tie two new Instructors.
Frederick Bernard Sturm, A. b. Is
elected instructor Ill German. This
position Was m ade Vac.nG 10y the resig-
nation of Frank +. LOGeman. Mr..
LOdeman was a thorough teacher and
student. During Cne past Year while
doing Ills work as Instructor no old also
post graduate WOIk here, took his eX-
amIndtlOns and received the degree Of
master of arts at tue June commence
menC. de goes the cJmlng year to Johns
Hopkins 1Ur pJot graduate WOrk in
GeI man language aud Literature, and
will take eXamlnatlOn tor the degree Of
Doctor of Philosophy. His successor
Mr.. Sturm, Is recent graduate from
Ann ArbOr. He comes highly recon-
mended. Prof. Thomas OF the chair
OF Gel man at Ann ArbOr, whose state
menG and opinions have authority and
weight in All matters pertaining TO his
special work, say s that Mr. StuIm is
. we'll qualified for the position, that he
has gwen particular attention to Ger
man and German literature all through
mis- course. His German essays pre-
pared as part Of their teachers semi
nary WoTk were excellent, almost be-
yOnd criticism.
Applications were made to the Uni
veIslLles of Nebraska and Indiana. to
Union College of New Y ORR and others
Many TecOmm mmendatlOns were recEiVed,
but none of SO much promise as that
from Ann ArbOr. Another item of
moment and that is now considered in
the selection OF teachers Is that MIR.
Sturm comes to this work, not as a
mere stepE ing-stOne on which TO obtain
the wheTeWlIh all TO other business,
but as the Opsning of his chosen lite
work.
DR.. Albert E. Egge is elected to the
position made vacant by the retiring OF
MIR. Stevenson, that of Instructor of
English. Dr.Egge though of Norwegian
parentage, was DOID and raised upon
Iowa's broad prairies. He received
bis education in Iowa schools, land grad.
uated at Luther College, DecOrah, about
1879 He took his post graduate course
at Johns Hopkins, WAS fellow there
several years, instructor in Old Eng
lish for three years, and recstVed from
that school the degree of Doctor of Phi
lOsOphy. During The past five years
he has held a full prOfes 30rShip in the
chair of English at ST. Olaf College,
Mortified, Minnesota, an institution
under the auspices of the Norwegian
United Lutheran church. While there,
by the statement OF the President of
the college, he was by far the strongest
man in the faculty. He is man of
learning and ability, and while he has
made a speciality OF the English Ian
gu9ge and its literature. he is fine
scholar IL the scandinavian and Ger
man languages. Indeed he was recon-
mendsd by DR.. Wood, of Johns Hop
kins, for the position here of instructor
in German, which recommendation
was received after that position was
filled. He is widely and favorably
known among his own nationality all
over the country as an educator and
AmericdniZer of his people.
With man of such training, ability
and experience. as assistant of Profess
sor Edward E Hale in the chair of Eng
Iish, it is certain that that branch of
the department of letters In the Uni
versity will rise to its true dignity and
importance.
The University has now among its
corps of professors and instructors
three NorW egjans. Professor A. A.
Veblen and Instructor Eggs, whose
parents are from the same parish IN
Norway, and Fellow B. l.. Wick, of
Norwegian birth. The Scandinavian
peninsula was represented among our
graduates at the last cOmmencements,
in the Collegiate, Law and both Medical
departments. and the University last
year scheduled thirty students claiming
that far off northern peninsula as their
own or their fathers land.
The resignation of Mr.. f. W. Spanu-
titus, our efficient instructor in Chemis-
try, has just been received. He has a
position IL Lehigh University at South
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.