University of Chicago - Cap and Gown Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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x ll V1 if 4 l Q i il ,if - '1 C l -.-, ix i CAP AND GOVVN The Divinity School HE Divinity School of the University of Chicago had its origin Iifty years ago in the Theological Seminary established by the Baptist Theological Union. For a number of years it was in the great building now used as a hospital in the vicinity of Douglas Park, across the street from the old University of Chicago. It subsequently moved to Morgan Park. When Mr. Rockefeller made his first gift of 551,000,000 to found the University, he made it a condition that the'Seminary should become the Divinity School of the University, and that 5B100,000 of his original sub- scription should be used to erect a building on the University campus, and that a second SS100,000 should be used for its endowment. Thereupon the trustees of the two insti- tutions entered into a contract by which the Seminary became an integral part of the University as its Divinity School. From that time to this it has become one of the largest schools of its class in the United States. Its graduates and former students are now teaching in scores of theological sem- inaries and colleges. Others are occupying some of the most important pulpits in America, and a large number are secretaries of religious organizations or mission- aries upon foreign fields. Entrance to the graduate Divinity School is upon the same basis as the entrance to the School of Arts, Literature and Science. Its students may receive the degree of A. M., D. B., and Ph. D. Recently the Chicago Theological Seminary has become aiiiliated with the Divinity School, and the total attendance in both institutions in the course of this year will amount to -approximately five hundred students, of Whom probably four hundred fifty will be in the Divinity School. The largest attendance is in the summer quarter, but during the rest of the year probably two hundred dif- ferent students are enrolled. The students come from all denominations, sometimes as many as twenty-five denominations being represented in the student body. The members of the faculty of the Divinity School have always been active in the affairs of the University, among others, Professor E. D. Burton being the Director of the University Libraries. Dr. Henderson was the University Chaplain, and other members of the faculty are on the various University boards. The faculty also is largely interested in religious and social movements in Chicago and throughout the nation 1,3 ' Q , l 'E i fy .V Pg.. . 3, fi 1 in ee Q, if V M :si ts ef 'rf' Q -,ar JF, , 3-

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CAP AND GONVN Department of Arts, Literature and Science HE first annual register of the University lists 27 departments and a faculty of 101 members, including some half dozen -docents. At present there are 34 recognized departments in the colleges and 314 instructors. The .addition of new departments has in most instances been accomplished by a division of older departments. For example, Philosophy originally included both Psychology and Edu- cation. Geography was separated from Geology. Household Administration was similarly split off from the Department of Sociology, Palentology from Zoology.. On the other hand, one of the original has disappeared. Neurology was in 1905 combined with the department of Anatomy. In 1901 the College of Commerce and Administra- tion was established. In the earlier years of its existence it was essentially an organi- zation inside the larger organization of the undergraduate colleges, making use of the courses which were primarily given for students in Arts, Literature and Science. At the resent tim th 't t' ' ' p e e S1 ua ion is somewhat different, and reference may be made to the statement by the dean of that college elswhere in this volume. Although there have been many changes of administrative organization, which it is perlhaps unproiitable to detail, the essential distinction of the Junior from the Senior Colleges has been maintained from the Iirst. The titles first used for these two divisions of the University were respectively the Academic Colle es and th U ' g e niver- sity Colleges. These were changed in 1896 to the titles now employed. At the outset ther h d d ' ' e was a ea ean of the colleges and under 'him a dean for the College of Liberal Arts, one for the College of Literature, one for the College of Science, and two 'deans of women. In 1894 the head deanship of the colleges was abolished and in its stead was established a dean of the Faculties of Arts, Literature, and Science. Slightly prior to this. readjustment the separate deanships of the three colle es of A t L't g r s, 1 era- ture and Science were done away with, and in their stead one dean was appointed in charge of the Academic Coll 'th ' ' eges, wi assistant deans, and one in charge of the University Colleges. This organization still obtains, although in the actual adminis- tration of students there is now no transfer at the end of the Junior Colleges to the jurisdiction of a Senior College dean. Each student is continuously under the admin- istiative supeivision of one dean unless he transfers his candidacy from one of the bachelor's degrees to another. ' From the beginning the colleges have been the most largely attended of any of the single divisions of the University. The register for 1892-93 shows 321 students in attendance, while that of 1914-15 shows 3,177. Not only is the work of the colleges of dominating lmportance from this numerical point of view, but by common consent the graduate and professional work finds in it an indispensable foundation without which it could not be successfully conducted. 30

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-- W-A -1, ffiuaarae-tae:-feere uv!-z C CAP AND GOWN The Medical Courses LTHOUGH courses in some of the medical branches, Chemistry, Embryology, Neurology, and Bacteriology, had been offered since the early days of the Uni- versity, a complete group of courses, corresponding to the first tvv-o years of the medical curriculum, was not given until the session of 1901-2, two years after the affiliation of Rush Medical College. The Sophomore class of Rush had not expected to be transferred to the University campus, and some of -the members' were at first disposed to rebel. They came, however, and .having arrived in full force in the Autumn Quarter, 1901, they resolved that the University community should be fully apprised -of their presence. One morning the legend Rush-1904 appeared in black letters five or six feet high on the recently erected chimney of the power house, some sixty feet from the ground. How they Were placed there has never been divulged The present admission requirements, corresponding to the Associates title, the college Work to include a specified minimum of physics, chemistry, biology and modern lan ua es t ' ' ' g g , were a tained in 1904. The minimum standard for entrance has since b d V A . . . . een a opted by all the leading medical schools of the United States, with four ex- ceptions. Among the features of instruction on which emphasis has been laid are Q15 that instruction in the sciences fundamental to clinical medicine QAnatomy, Physiology, etc.J should be given on broad, comprehensive University lines, rather than with ex- clusive reference to their practical application to medi-cine. Q25 'students have been encouraged to prolong their preparation in these fundamentals beyond the required six quarters, and many of them have done so. The quarter system has been of advan- tage to such students and to those seeking a higher degree. Q3j Opportunity and encouragement have been given to capable students to engage in research, either in- dependently or co-operating with some member of the faculty. Many of the medical students have thus secured a Master's degree and not a few have taken the degree of Ph. D., complying fully with the University reuirements for these degrees. Q43 Some lati- tude of choice of courses is permitted for the purpose of encouraging the capable stu- dent to develop his faculties by extensive work along some line in which he i-s interested and for which he has shown special aptitude. Q53 Since the autumn -of 1914, the number of students admitted to each class has been limited to 100, and it is of interest to note that the application-s for admission this year, from fully qualified students, exceeded the limit set by 40 or 50 per cent. It may be safely asserted that this development of the medical work in the Uni- versity has been creditable and gratifying, and that it has had a distinct infiuence in the advance in medical education which has taken place in this country in the last fifteen years-an advance which has been truly remarkable. 32 E snub'- -5 .e-.1- '1eea1.....-'ff' -or it -1-L-wer. 1 fd'