University of Iowa - Hawkeye Yearbook (Iowa City, IA)

Page 32 text:

ADMINISTRATION I ADELAIDE L. BURCE Dean of Women ROBERT E. RIEXOW Dean of Men IOWA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION GEORGE T. BAKER . W. C. STUCKSLAGER ANNA B. LAWTHER . PARKER K. HOLBROOK D. D. MURPHY, Elkader, President Davenport CHARLES R. BRENTON . . Dallas Center Lisbon EDWIN P. SCHOENTGEN . . Council Bluffs Dubuque PAULINE L. DEVITT .... Oskaloosa Onawa CHARLES II. THOMAS .... Creston FINANCE COMMITTEE WILLIAM R. BOYD, Cedar Rapids, Chairman THOMAS LAMBERT Sabula W. H. GEMMILL Des Moines BOARD OF DEANS MRS. ADELAIDE L. BURGE Dean of Women ROBERT E. RIEXOW . .... Dean of Men GEORGE F. KAY . CHESTER A. PHILLIPS HERBERT F. GOODRICH LEE W. DEAN FRANK T. BREENE . WILBER J. TEETERS CARL E. SEASHORE . WILLIAM G. RAYMOND WILLIAM F. RUSSELL JOHN T. MCCLINTOCK Dean of the College of Liberal Arts Dean of the College of Commerce Acting Dean of the College of Law Dean of the College of Medicine Dean of the College of Dentistry Dean of the College of Pharmacy Dean of the Graduate College Dean of the College of Applied Science Dean of the College of Education Junior Dean of the College of Medicine Page 26

Page 31 text:

PRE5.WA.JE5SUP

Page 33 text:

illufatn A D M I X I S T R A T I O X DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY JIN FEBRUARY 25, seventy-five years ago, the First General Assembly of | the State of Iowa passed an act approving the establishment of the Univer- sity of Iowa and selected Iowa City as the permanent location of the Uni- | versity as soon as the state government could be moved to Des Moines. 1 his, the Diamond Anniversary of the University, represents a milestone which must not be passed without a brief resume of the history of the institution as it was in the beginning and during its early stages of development. In March, 1855, the first instruction was given in Mechanic ' s Academy by a faculty of three men, one of whom was Amos Dean, the first president of the University. At first the University was conducted along intensely practical lines and primarily for the education of teachers in the common schools. It was made a co-educational institution in 1860, and at that time the women were admitted on equal terms with the men. In the year following, military training was made a compulsory part of the college course for the men students. In 1868 the department of Law was established. The Medical department was added in 1879 with the Dental and Pharmacy departments established in 1882 and 1885. One of the interesting items about the early University was that they had a library of 484 volumes, purchased at a cost of $676, and about $1,000 worth of apparatus and equipment for the entire school. The growth in attendance from 1885 until 1900 was steady and rapid. Building during those years was at a standstill until more funds were appropriated by the legis- lature after the Medical buildings and Old South Hall were burned in 1901. Im- mediately after the fire, work was started on the construction of the present Liberal Arts building which was dedicated in 1902. Construction of the Medical Labora- tories was also begun in 1902. The building of the University dam in 1904 and the UP THE CA.MPTS IN TI1K SIXTIES Page t7