Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

Page 10 text:

On this land, the new University was to be built. With a $30,000 (lunation from Monroe County, and an addi- tional $20,000 insurance money, work on the present- day Indiana University began. On June 10, 1884, the first cornerstone was laid — for Wylie Hall. Not until Dr. David Starr Jordan became president of the University in 1885, did Indiana begin to assume its present form. Under Jordan, I.U. was transformed into an institution of research and individual work. The graduate school began to grow, younger men were taken on as faculty members, and the University was popu- larized throughout the state high schools. Because of this, the enrollment increased rapidly, and the faculty and facilities expanded. After he left. Dr. Jordan re- ceived much praise for his improvements at I.U., but he always said that the one memorial that he appreciated the most was the renaming of Spanker ' s Branch in his honor. David Starr Jordan Old Library l-irrpltce First I.U. Coedf

Page 9 text:

Department of Greek Old University Building

Page 11 text:

Lemuel Moss Owen Hall In 1875, the University took a definite path under the direction of Dr. Lemuel Moss. Relations between the Indiana Medical College and the University were severed, and the Law School was discontinued. Special lectures by leading scholars were introduced, and, for the first time, courses leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Letters were created. Tradi- tional education was expanded at the expense of profes- sional education. It was during this era that the University moved from the site of Bloomington High School to its present loca- tion. In 1883, a severe fire totally destroyed the 13,000- volume library, the museum, and most of the science department. The question of rebuilding on the old site then arose. After considerable deliberation, the Board of Trustees decided to purchase a tract of land known as Dunn ' s Woods.