The first Commencement was in 1875 with Linda Ninde Dorland graduating. Commencement typically lasted all day starting with the Baccalaureate, and ending either with the President or a professor hosting the Commencement Dinner. In later years, it…
Penn College was founded by Quakers, who believed education to be a necessity in their lives, but public schooling had not yet come to Iowa in the late 19th Century. Oskaloosa seemed like the perfect location for a Quaker college due to the two…
Penn College was founded by Quakers, who believed education to be a necessity in their lives, but public schooling had not yet come to Iowa in the late 19th century. Oskaloosa seemed like the perfect location for a Quaker college due to the two…
Picture taken May 191888 of the Penn College class of 1890 including Lawrence Byers, Chalmers Chawner, Oliver Dixon, Mae Evans, Frank Green, H. Etta McCarroll, Martha Marshall, Charles Michener, Alvah Negus, Lucie Shumate and Cyrus White.
