Illinois College of Optometry - Annual Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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2 5 sw rr, 2 sf I A Memorable Heritage ' ICO boasts a rich and memorable heritage: that ' ' K - 5? of 112 years of clinical service to the Optometric x 1 profession, Dr, Henry Olin, an ocularist and aurist founded the Chicago College of Opthalmology and Otology in 1872 before Optometry even became an independent entity. Located at 240 W. Madison St., the college admitted physicians wishing to specialize in these disciplines. The college was renamed the Northern lllinois College of Ophthalmology and Otology in 1891, moved to the Masonic Temple Building at 159 N. State St., and offered a 10-week correspondence course for physicians. It wasn't until 1898 that refracting opticians gained entry to the college. Dispensing opticians, in those days, filled the ocularists' prescriptionsg X refracting opticians concerned themselves with '- conducting vision examinations and dispensing ' glasses lOtology was no longer offeredi. xx A S25 tuition fee in 1907 permitted a student to complete a 6-week correspondence course or a 4- week classroom course after which the degree of Dr. of Optics would be conferred. Upon the I ,J completion of two additional weeks of classroom 9 l l study the Bachelor of Ophthalmology degree 9 would be awarded. 1 . J ' Northern Illinois College of Ophthalmologiy Practical Courws in Optometry For izaiormariou addreui Northern Illinois Folie-KP of Ophlhnlrrinloky nm! Uinlnlp Masonic- Temple- :: 1.1114-B10 ln