Illinois State University History Books

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  Educating Illinois: Illinois State University, 1857-2007

  John B. Freed

  Table of Contents: Section 1: The Normal University, 1857-1867 – Introduction – Chapter 1: A Normal School or the Industrial University? – Common Schools – Normal Schools – Denominational Colleges – The Industrial University – The Act of 1857 – Chapter 2: The State University of Illinois, 1857-1867 – Bloomington – The Illinois Natural History Society – Old Main and the Quad – The Civil War – The Feminization of Teaching – The Morrill Act – The Normal University’s Scientific Legacy – The Financial Aftermath – Rewriting the History of the University’s Foundation – “A Genuine Normal School,” 1867-1900 – Introduction – The Bridgewater Era, 1862-1899 – Educational Conditions in Illinois – Richard Edwards and his Proteges – The Faculty – The Curriculum – The Quality of Instruction – The Model School – The Preparatory High School – The Colored Student Conundrum – Chapter 4: The Student Body – Demographics – Living Conditions – The Classroom – The Literary Societies – Athletics – Religious Life – Subsequent Careers – Chapter 5: Pedagogical Leadership – Herbartianism – Arnold Tompkins, 1899-1900 – Section 3: A Teachers College, 1900-1963 – Introduction – Chapter 6: “The Unforgettable Mr. Felmley” – A Democrat and Polymath – Enrollments and Inadequate Resources – Faculty Salaries – Preparing High School Teachers – Felmley’s Case for the Normals – The Teachers College Act of 1907 – A Teachers College without a University – Admission Requirements – Curricular Disarray – The Faculty – Accreditation – Chapter 7: The Roosevelt Years – A Scandal in Normal – A Professional Administrator – The Faculty’s Academic Credentials – The Great Depression – Increases in Enrollment – The Students Graduate Education – Special Education – World War II – Chapter 8: The Postwar Years – The GI’s Return – A Building Boom – Postwar State Funding – Fairchild’s Shortcomings – “On the Way to Oblivion” – The Passing of Old Normal – The Name Change - Section 4: Illinois State University, 1964-2007 – Introduction – Chapter 9: The 1960s: Turmoil and Shattered Dreams – The Multi-Purpose University – Samuel E. Braden – Signs of Trouble – Financial Difficulties Invalidate Master Plan II – Student Discontent – Disruptions – A Terrible Year – The Backlash – Master Plan III – Chapter 10: Rudderless: 1971-1988 – A Failed Presidency – Gene A. Budig – Stagflation – Tuition and Fee Increases – Enrollments – Tenure – Lloyd Watkins – Wet Normal – Academic Quality – Budgetary Crises – Chapter 11: A New Beginning: 1988-1999 – An Innovator – Economic Turbulence – Enrollment Management – PQP – A New Tuition Model – External Fundraising – Construction Projects – Computerization – Secret Payments – David A. Strand – Flush Times – A Building Boom – Academic Affairs – Shared Governance – The Fisher Report – Chapter 12: The Twenty-First Century – Victor J. Boschini, Jr. – The Aftermath of 9/11 – Clarence A. Bowman – A Personal Conclusion – Bibliography – Index

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  The Fourteenth Decade: Illinois State University, 1987-1997

  Mark Wyman

  Table of Contents: Leadership Under Fire – A Technology Revolution – Challenges for Faculty and Staff- Student Life – Serving the Broader Community – Index

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  The Thirteenth Decade: Illinois State University, 1977-1987

  Roger J. Champagne

  Table of Contents: Improving Academic Quality – Some Student Activities – A Time of Crisis – Outside Influences – Educational Reform – Index

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  A Place of Education: Illinois State University, 1967-1977

  Roger J. Champagne

  Table of Contents: A New Beginning – A Year of Planning – A Year of Frustration – A Year of Disruption – An Interim Period – Movement Forward – Index

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  The Eleventh Decade: Illinois State University, 1957-1967

  Helen E. Marshall

  Table of Contents: The Centennial – “Let Us All Take Hold” – What’s in a Name? – And Now, a University – Enter Samuel E. Braden, Tenth President – Bibliography – Index

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  Grandest of Enterprises: Illinois State University, 1857-1957

  Helen E. Marshall

  Table of Contents: For the Common Schools – Major’s Hall – The Noblest Building – The Roll of Drums – In the Bridgewater Tradition – Grandest of Enterprises – The Era of Transition – The Herbartians – The Year of Arnold Tompkins – From Normal School to Teachers’ College – The Era of Uncertainty – R.W.F.: Architect and Builder – Prologue to the Second Century – Bibliography – Index

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  Development of the Teachers College in the United States with Special Reference to the Illinois State Normal University (1935)

  Charles A. Harper

  Table of contents:

  The Awakening of Illinois and the Triumph of the Normal Idea – Problems of Physical Establishment – The Nature of the New Institution – Richard Edwards – The Bridgewater Influence – Growth 1865-1890 – The Student Body – The Curriculum 1862-1890 – The Practice School 1857-1890 – I.S.N.U. and the Educational Interests of the State 1860-1890 – National Position and Influence 1862-1890 – John W. Cook – The Student and the School 1890-1900 – Normal Becomes the Herbartian Center of America – Herbartianism Takes Normal – Herbartian Ideas – Child Study – Arnold Tompkins – Devid Felmley – The Struggle for Expansion 1900-1930 – Felmley and Educational Leadership in Illinois – The Right to Prepare High School Teachers – The Degree and Its Recognition – Curricular Development 1901-1930 – Teachers College Trends 1901-1930 – Science and Science Education at Normal 1857-1884 – Nature Study, General Science and Geography 1885-1930 - Afterward

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  Semi-Centennial History of the Illinois State Normal University: 1857-1907

  David Felmley

  Table of Contents: The Founding of the School – The School and the War – The General Development of the School – The Development of the Course of Study – The Development of the Science Department – The Development of the Model School – The History of the Faculty – The Summer School – Relations to Other Normal Schools – Student Organizations – Student Life in the Town – Journalism and the Illinois State Normal University – The Celebrations of the School – Personal Reminiscences – The Influence of the School on Education – I.S.N.U. Clubs – The Heroic in Student Life: The Old Plank Walk – Burial of Section A – The Man in the Moon – Working the Roads – The Liberal Fight – Illustrations of Early Times – The Eclipse of the Moon – The Stolen Record – The Spaulding Glue Incident – Et Cetera – Part III: Preface – Alumni Register – Board of Education Register – Faculty Register – Summer School Teachers’ Register – Indices to the Register – General Index

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  A History of the Illinois State Normal University (1882)

  John Williston Cook and James V. McHugh

  Table of contents: Early History – Illinois Pioneers of Education – Location and Construction – Autobiography of Gen. C.E. Hovey – Biographical Sketches of the Faculty – Changes in the Faculty – Present Faculty – Alumni Association – Normal Alumni Register – Philadelphian Society – Wrightonian Society – Inter-Society Contests – Inter-Normal Contents – Army List – Reminiscences – The Eclipse of the Moon – The Liberal Fight – Working the Roads – Dr. Hewett’s Birthday – The Sociable Squabble – The Quarter Centennial: Norton’s Letter – Gen. Hovey’s Address – Dr. Edwards’ Address – W.L. Pillsbury’s Address – The Celebration – The Laboratory of Natural History – Further Improvements – Work of the Undergraduates – Absalom’s Pillar – Names of those Present the First Day – Mrs. Mary Frances Hull – The Normal School Abroad