A New Era at Normal: 1862-1866
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Summary: Richard Edwards appointed principal of ISNU – Edwards hires Thomas Metcalf, Albert Stetson, and Margaret Osband – two Hovey hires, Edwin C. Hewett and Joseph Sewell, remain – model school run by Charles Childs and Livonia Ketcham – by 1862, model school has 226 pupils and university has 205 students – three women students raise funds to build 2-mile plank walkway from Bloomington to Old Main – strict code of conduct for students – memorial held at ISNU following assassination of President Lincoln – Jesse Fell campaigns for Bloomington to become site of new industrial university – bid won by Urbana, laying foundation for modern-day University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Publication Date
1997
Publisher
Illinois State University, Instructional Technology Service
City
Normal, IL
Recommended Citation
Illinois State University, Instructional Technology Service, "A New Era at Normal: 1862-1866" (1997). Illinois State University History Video Series. 3.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/isu-videos/3