The New International Encyclopædia/Penn College
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PENN COLLEGE. A coeducational Friends' college at Oskaloosa, Iowa, founded in 1873, and comprising collegiate and preparatory courses, with departments of biblical instruction and a summer school. It had in 1902 an attendance of 242 collegiate and 124 preparatory students, 15 instructors, and a library of 6000 volumes. The college property was valued at $200,000, and the grounds and buildings at $150,000. The endowment was $100,000, with an income of $15,000.