Professor Edward Morris using a spectrophotometer, an instrument which measures the amount of light of a specified wavelength which passes through a medium, in a Penn Hall science lab.
Eating clubs were formed at Penn prior to the creation of a dining hall. The food served however was not always the best. A sarcastic article was published in the Chronicle listing the foods frequently served at the clubs: dressing, pieplant sauce,…
Spanish Influenza ravaged the state of Iowa starting in the fall of 1918. This inevitably led to a statewide quarantine in October of 1918. Penn College closed from October 14, 1918 to November 4, 1918. On November 21, 1918, President McGrew ordered…
Spanish Influenza ravaged the state of Iowa starting in the fall of 1918. This inevitably led to a statewide quarantine in October of 1918. Penn College closed from October 14, 1918 to November 4, 1918. On November 21, 1918, President McGrew ordered…
The dedication ceremony for Spencer Memorial Chapel took place February 18th, 1923. Members of the college, community, and college presidents from around the area came to the dedication ceremony to "give congratulations and share in each others'…