Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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were undeveloped and the people were toiling for the necessities of life, the University was limited in its scope; it represented the life of the people who created it. ' ith wealth, general prosperity, and leisure have come a more complex civilization and a demand for broader culture and bet- ter educational advantages for the children of Indiana. This demand is being met by the University since it prepares each person, regardless of wealth, to do the thing he wants to do and can do best. Indiana L ' niversit}- is the head of a democratic educational system, which, in the language of President Ijryan, lifts thousands out of com- petition on a low plane into co-oper- ation on a high plane. It does the most practical thing possible, for in training men for every occupation, it develops the whole potential capacity 111 the people into the whole circle of human efficiencies. The democrac} ' which educates in this fashion is in- deed the hope of the common man. It does not come to him as it did a hundred years ago with enchanting promises of unearned happiness. It con-.es to him stern as the voice oi God. It comes to him with tasks. It leads him by a straight and narrow Dath. lUit this is the path by which, if he will, the common man may go up into the seats of the might}.

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the Legislature passed an act in 1838 creating Indiana Universit}-, t h e school in many respects remained the same. It is true that the institution increased in attendance and that the course of study v a s somewhat enlarged ; still there was no radical departure from the work done in previous years. The history of Indiana as a 4nod- ern university begins in 1885. This was the year that Dr. David Starr Jordan became president, and during his administration and leadership, In- diana came to be recognized as one of the most progressive educational accomplished by means of a reorganization of form which harmonizes individu- con- Thi: in which it now stand mcl secures an education at once broad and of specitii was carried on ; administration more tuiii the whole by Presidents Coulter and equipment of the University institutions in the country. the curriculum to the form ality with thorough work, tent. The work of Dr. Jordan Swain, and during the latter ' was materially enlarged. In 1902, when Dr. William Lowe Bryan became president, he at once began to change the curriculum so that it would meet the needs of all students. President Bryan believes that the collegiate degree should be given for work leading to any vocation or profession. He contends that Indiana University, the head of the school system of the State, should give courses that will prepare young men and women for any work that has a place in the complex life of the twentieth century. He believes that education by the State should be as broad as the life of the people and should conform to that life. As a result of this conviction, Indiana L ' niversity is giving, in many of the depart- ments, definite work that will prepare students to enter many of the professions. Be- sides the twenty different major subjects, such as Chemistry, French, Psychology, English, and History, any one of which gives sufficient work for graduation, the cur- riculum has been broadened so that a student may graduate in law, in medi- cine, or in the commercial course. Again, the student may divide his work in such a way as to prepare himself for any of the varied scientific professions, for journalism, for architecture ; and even- tually he will be permitted to select any group of subjects that will lead U any of the fine arts. The history of the Cniversit - and the history of the State are inseparable. When the natural resources of the State

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Trustees Xat U. Hill. Blooming-ton. Term expires 1907. IsA. c Jexkinsox, Richmond. Term expires 1906. Theodore F. Rose, Muncie. Term expires 1906. Edwin Cork. Bloomington. Term expires 1906. Joseph H. Shea, Seymour. Term expires 1907. James W. Fesler, Indianapolis. Term expires 1908. Benjamin F. Shively. South Bend. Term expires 1908. Robert I. J . iiii-T0N. A ' incennes. Term expires 1908. Officers Isaac Jenkinson, President. John W. Cravens. Secretary to the Board. ' ALTER E. W ' ooDi ' .URN. Treasurer. WiLiiAM T. Hicks. Fiiiaiicial J-c;( .