The Era of Transition: 1877-1890

Authors

Illinois State University, Instructional Technology Services

Files

Description

Summary: New president Edwin Hewett faces drop in enrollment and austerity measures during the Long Depression of 1873-1879 – Hewett’s petitions to legislature for new buildings and campus improvements denied – Old Main requires extensive repairs – ISNU’s 25^th anniversary celebration – Charles DeGarmo forms Faculty Club – students create Ciceronian Society (for men) and Sapphonian Society (for women) – Jesse Fell’s funeral at Old Main attracts thousands – legislature accepts proposal for construction of boiler house – Old Main basement renovated into gymnasium and model school manual training workshop – establishment of the university’s first library and hiring of its first librarian, Ange Milner – Hewett resigns.

Publication Date

2000

Publisher

Illinois State University, Instructional Technology Services

City

Normal, IL

Recommended Citation

Illinois State University, Instructional Technology Services, "The Era of Transition: 1877-1890" (2000). Illinois State University History Video Series. 12.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/isu-videos/12