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 class picture. Seated Row (from left to right): Sherman W. Hursey, John H. Hadley, Howard Marriage, Iranaeus W. Cook, Edward L. Heald, Oliver E. Dixon. Standing: Charles Edwin Lewis, Bevan C. Johnson, William S. Hogue, Elmer H. Gifford,…