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EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 229
quarters and dormitories for pupils. A substantial fire-proof structure
now stands in its place, where sufficient room is provided for 325 pupils.
The school represents a capital investment for the State of $1,000,000
and occupies 210 acres, with eight fine buildings and beautiful grounds.
There is a separate building to accommodate seventy-five of the youngest
pupils. The school affords an education for children of the state,
too deaf to make proper progress in the hearing schools. The entrance
age is five years and students are required to remain in school until
nineteen years of age unless excused for good cause. The work embraces
thirteen years with training largely through writing, speech, lipreading
and through the use of hearing aids where possible. The course
of study provides a strong elementary education together with a substantial
vocational training. The philosophy of the school is to bring the
child with impaired hearing as near the normal as possible. Pupils of
the school become skilled workmen and graduates, with remarkably few
exceptions; are self-supporting, useful citizens of the state. Among
the vocations taught are baking, shoe repairing, book binding, printing,
cabinet making and upholstering. Instruction in rhythm is also given,
and a well-rounded course in almost everything which will make life
more pleasant for those bereft of their hearing.
Colleges and Universities
In addition to its three state institutions of higher learning Iowa
has a large number of colleges and universities which are material factors
in making this state stand first in literacy and intelligence. There
are few places in Iowa more than 40 or 50 miles distant from some institution
of higher learning well fitted by curriculum and faculty to
teach those things which lead to the higher and better life and provide
the education that makes for culture and higher citizenship.
Among the Colleges of Iowa which are fully accredited and offer
four-year courses are the following:
IOWA WESLEYAN, MOUNT PLEASANT
Iowa Wesleyan College, at Mt. Pleasant, is the oldest college in Iowa,
having a continuous history from the time it was founded as Mt. Pleasant
Collegiate Institute in 1844. The College has always been under the control
of the Methodist Episcopal church. The name was changed to Iowa
Wesleyan University in 1849 and to Iowa Wesleyan College in 1911.
GRINNELL COLLEGE, GRINNELL
Grinnell College, at Grinnell, is the second oldest in the state. It was
founded in 1846 by the "Iowa Band" (a group of young ministers who
came to Iowa as missionaries in 1843) as Iowa College, at Davenport,
and was opened to students in 1848. Grinnell College was founded in
Grinnell in 1855 and four years later Iowa College of Davenport was
merged with it. It is privately endowed, non-sectarian and co-educational.
COE COLLEGE, CEDAR RAPIDS
Coe College, at Cedar Rapids, had its beginning in 1851, when the Rev.
Winston Jones opened a school in his home for 16 young people of Cedar
Rapids. In 1866 it became Parsons Seminary and the first building, now
a part of Old Main, was built. Since February 2, 1881, the present name
of Coe has been used. In 1919 Leander Clark College was absorbed.