Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

Page 27 text:

The attendance has increased from 1,285 to 3,210, the Summer School has changed from a private enterprise to a part of the regular university work, reach- ing in 1919 an enrollment of 1,391, the Medical School was organized in 1903 and in 1908 united with the Indiana University of Medicine, the Graduate School was organized in 1904, the Student Building was erected in 1904, the new Lib- rary building completed, Biology Hall, Men ' s Gymnasium and the new Medical building at Indianapolis have been added, the tax levy increased to four and four-fifths cents on the hundred dollars, fort} -seven acres have been added to the campus, making a total of 118 acres, and numerous gifts from friends and alumni of the University have been received. The World War, while it took away much of the vigor of the University for a while, nevertheless developed in those who had to stay in college, latent talents and responsibilities. Thus, much of the idleness passed away. And with the end of the av cai- je a revival of Indiana Spirit. Students, alumni and friends are The Winter Campus

Page 26 text:

Along the Row since which time it has made continual progress as one of the schools of the Uni- versit}-. Dr. Jordan resigned the presidency in 1891, but the spirit of instruction in a university by investigation has ever since been followed in the curriculum of Indiana. As the University prospered in number of students, there were added on the campus additional buildings. During the presidency of Dr. Joseph Swain (1893- 1902) Kirkwood Hall, a large heating plant and Science Hall were built and the money for the Student Building was raised. The attendance rose in this period from 638 to 1,285. In 1902, President Swain was elected to the presidency of Swarthmore college, Pennsylvania, and Dr. William Lowe Bryan, now president of the University, succeeded him. The spirit of President Bryan ' s administration, set forth in his inaugural address, of giving to the people of the State wide paths to the highest and best things which men can achieve, to make such paths open to the poorest and lead to the highest, has synchronized the last eighteen years of the University. Twenty

Page 28 text:

working seriously and earnestly for the betterment of Indiana. Nothing can answer this Spirit but success. Plans are well under way for a Women ' s Building. Hous- ing conditions for girls have been improved and an entirely new system is to be adopted at the beginning of next year. Scholarship is emphasized, and athletic -training,: that important factor both to mind and to health, is better supported -than ever ' before. Indiana has outgrown far indeed what people once termed her country ways. She takes her place proudly among th£ great schools of America, knowing that she has won the right to that place, by steady growth and struggle. These are the physical accomplishments of the University durrng the adminis- tration of President Bryan. Her students and alumni and friends today cele- bfate the centennial of Indiana University. ' And as the historic Jordan river Maxwell Doorway Twenty-t