H. Allen became principal of the normal department of the university.

The evidence

• “H. Allen, who had been conducting institutes under his direction, succeeded him as agent of the normal regents, and was elected principal of the normal department of the university, entering upon his work as the latter in March, 1864. He managed the department with signa,l ability and success, but at the end of one or two years resigned.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/03-wisconsin-topography-geology-agriculture.md, PDF p. 141

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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