Under a palm tree in 1910. William Clayton, Rebecca Hinchman Smith, Ada Johnson Williams, A. Clifford Johnson, Silas Lucas, Jesse Marshall, Ana Phelps, Margaret Ross, Mary Ross.
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.
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…
From 1944 to 1949, William Penn College had the honor of having Cecil E. Hinshaw as its president. A Quaker minister, who was originally from Kansas and North Dakota, became president of Penn in 1944. During his time at Penn, he welcomed students…
The first Commencement was in 1875 with Linda Ninde Dorland. 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 would be…
