Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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Since the removal from the old campus to the new, progress has come by leaps and bounds. Only those who leave the institution and return after the lapse of a few years fully realize the rapidity of the onward march. Maxwell, Kirkwood, Men ' s Gymnasium, Kirkwood Observatory, Science Hall and the new Power House ha ' e followed in quick succession. The Student Building is nearing completion and a one hundred thousand dollar stone library building will be begun this summer. The summer term, estab- lished in 1890, will have almost as many students enrolled this year as were here during the entire year ten years ago. The Scliool of Law alone, this year has more students than all the departments combined twenty years ago. There are only five universities in the United States that have more students in the Departments of Liberal Arts than does Indiana I ' niversity. This state ' s leading educational institution is preeminently the institution of the people. It can be said to its honor and glor - that it is worth and not wealth that determines class standing and positions in society here. There are always many men and women who are working their own way through the I ' ni- versity and experience shows that their recortls are good and that after they leave these halls the same energy and determination carries them forward to places of trust and honor. Indiana Ihiiversity is an insiitution for the people, a place where high and low, rich and poor meet on the same level and as long- as this is true it will continue to have an abiding place in the affections of the people of the state. Our Alma Mater is a concrete example of the conditions described by President William Lowe Bryan in his inaugural address when he said : What the people need and demaml is that their children shall have a chance — as good a chance as any other children in the world — to make the most of themselves, to rise in any and every occupation, including those occu]iations which require the most thorough training. W hat the people want is open jjatlis from cxcry corner of the State, through the schools, — — — f B t,i tiij; highest and best things which men can achieve. To make such paths, m make them open to the poorest and lead to tlie hi-ht-l is the mission of democrac).

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The road ahmo- which thi- riiiv.-rslty li.is trav.-ll.-d is niarl..-J with nuiiu-n)ns niil.-stcncs. -yiu- hrst one is January jo, iSjo, thr cLite nt ihi- act authnri iiiL; the- cstalilishniciit nl tlic State Seminary. This day is (jhsc-rvcd as l ' ' oiindation day. In iSjSan act was passed chanL;inL; the .Seminary into the Indiana College, and in i S S the name was changed to Indiana University. In iS42 the School of Law was estab- lished. In 1S54 the first College building was destroyed by tire and in the following year the structure known as the Old College building — now used by the Hloomington High -School — was erected. Prior to 1S67, there was no regular appropriation by the state for the support of the I iii iisity. In March of that year there was an annual appropriation of eight thousand dollars provided r. liat .1 contrast between the policy of the state then and now. In 1S67, largely through the earnest work of Hon. Isaac Jcukinsoii, now the honored presidciu of the Board of Trustees, huliana Uni ' ersity was made co-educational, the third i(hi(ational institution in tin- country to throw open its doors to women on the same terms as to the men. Simr thai time the atten- dance of men and women has been relatively constant at a ratio of two to one. In 1874, the old -Science Hall was erected and Covernor Thomas . . I liiidiii ks ni,idc the speech -it the laying of the cornerstone. This building w.is dcstoycd by fin- in iSS;, and tln-n lollowcd thi- agitation which ended in the selection of Dunn ' s vo(5(U , IS ihr ni-w t-unpus. W hi-n thr ( )M ,Sc:iinii- IklH burned there were dark days for Intliana L ' ni -ersit} . It w.is noi (crt-iin th-it the state would soon make -ijipidpri- ations for new buildings. The one remaining building was insutticient to meet the needs of e en the sm.ill number of students in school that year. The campus w.is too small and was too near the railroad. Itw.is at this critical time that Monroe county came loyall) tu the support of the I ' iii crsity. b ' or legal re.isons the count)- could not at that time make a direct donation to tin- I iiixersity and to a oid this eompiic.ition the county commissioners voted Fifty Thousand Dollars ' Mor iinpi-o -emeiUs. To some, improxenients ' ' meant new bridges antl roads. To others, it meant a new court house. The bonds were sold and the friends ot the I ' nixcrsity saw that the amoimt was applied in behalf of the institution whieh is iccogni ed in law and in fact as the head of Indiana ' s great common si hool system. With this money and with the sums rei ei ed h-oni insur-im e, ()weii,md lii- halls were erected on the new campus. While the Monroe county louit house may a]i|iear as a relic of the past it must be remenibi-nd lh.it .iller .ill, ils historvis insen,n il)l connei t( d with ther.uise ol hi:dier eih nation in this stale.

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