Burlington Collegiate Institute, at Burlington, Iowa, was located by the vote of an Educational Convention of the Baptists of Iowa, held at Towa City in 1852, and incorporated under the name of Burlington University.

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  · Daily Baptist Encyclopedia Post by Jim Curran

Burlington Collegiate Institute, at Burlington, Iowa, was located by the vote of an Educational Convention of the Baptists of Iowa, held at Towa City in 1852, and incorporated under the name of Burlington University. It is situated on a heau-tiful slope on the west of the city. The building is 65 by 45 feet, with a wing in the rear 30 by 30 feet, all three stories high, of brick, and trimmed with stone. The campus contains several acres covered with a fine growth of native shade-trees. The city has so extended its limits and increased its popula- tion that the school is now about the centre, and occupies a very commanding position. It is now in first-class condition, with a good telescope, chemi- cal laboratory, and philosophical apparatus, and a well-selected library. The buildings and grounds are worth $40,000, and the institution has a small endowment, and it has no encumbrance of any kind. The present officers of the board of trustees are Hon. J. M. Beck, President; Rev. K. C. Spin- ney, Vice-President; Hon. T. W. Newman, Secre- tary: F. T. Parsons, Treasurer ; and E. F. Stearns, A.M., Principal of the Institute. From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart