Defunct American college
Oskaloosa College was a liberal arts college based out of Oskaloosa, Iowa .
Establishment
Work was begun on establishing the college in 1855, under the influence of Aaron Chatterson and was affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) .[ 1] [ 2]
The college was incorporated in 1858 but the first classes were not held until 1861.[ 2]
Its first president was George T. Carpenter.[ 3] Mary Bell Smith , who went on to become the president of the Kansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union , taught at Oskaloosa College, from 1863 to 1865.[ 4]
Decline
In 1881, all but one of the faculty left the college to start a new school in Des Moines, Iowa , which would later become Drake University ;[ 5] [ 6] [ 5]
For a good portion of its history, the school endured severe financial hardship, which eventually led to its demise in 1898.[ 3]
Notable alumni
Eleanor McWilliams Chamberlain , founder of Florida's suffrage movement[ 7] George W. Clarke , 21st Governor of Iowa from 1913 to 1917[ 8] William Temple Hornaday , zoologist, conservationist, taxidermist, and author[ 9] J. Howard Moore , zoologist, philosopher and educator[ 10] Eugene Claremont Sanderson , Christian minister and founder of Eugene Divinity School (now Northwest Christian University )[ 5] Isaac D. Young , U.S. Representative from Kansas[ 11]
References
^ Kiddle, Henry; Schem, Alexander Jacob (1877). Cyclopaedia of Education: A Dictionary of Information for the Use of Teachers, School Officers, Parents and Others ^ a b Parker, Leonard Fletcher (1893). Higher Education in Iowa ^ a b "Oskaloosa College; Oskaloosa, IA" . The Iowa Heritage Digital Collections . Retrieved 2020-06-08 .^ Goodwin, Jennie J. B.; Smith, Mary Perkins Blair-Bell (1899). In Memoriam of Mary Perkins Blair Bell and Smith, 1818-1894 OCLC 11047204 . {{cite book }}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link )^ a b c "Eugene Claremont Sanderson" . Northwest College of the Bible . Retrieved 2020-06-08 .^ McCue, Craig S. (2012). Des Moines ISBN 978-0-7385-9183-4 ^ "Eleanor McWilliams Chamberlain" . The Tampa Riverwalk . Retrieved 2021-01-21 .^ Acton, Richard. "Clarke, George Washington" . The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa . Retrieved 2020-06-08 . ^ "William Temple Hornaday" . NNDB . Retrieved 2020-06-08 .^ Nash, Roderick Frazier (1989). The Rights of Nature: A History of Environmental Ethics University of Wisconsin Press . p. 52. ISBN 9780299118433 ^ "Isaac D. Young" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved 2020-06-08 .
