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

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The farsighted founders of the University of Iowa could hardly have envi- sioned the lfniversity as it stands today. The present campus of 425 acres on both sides of the Iowa river is still growing. The 50-odd buildings housing lowals nine colleges, schools and departments, will soon be added to by new dormitories, a central library, a communications center, new classrooms and laboratories in an expan- sion program to meet grow- ing demands.

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lllllllllll OF PROGRESS at the UNIVERSITY OF IOWA . It was the inten- tion of the Board of Trustees to open the State 1 P University f 0 r . regular Work in QUQEQ 'fi' ff we I 1854, and W i th that goal in mind, a Chancellor, William Larrabee, was elected. He declined the chair, how- ever, as did Lorin Andrews. Finally, in July, 1855, Amos Dean ascended to the presidency. The expenditures from the date of its establishment to 1855 were only 51,044-.88. A little over 18,000 acres of University lands had been sold at the latter date, at an average of 53.27 an acre, aggregating a little more than 559,000 In March, 1855, the first instruction was given by a faculty of three men in Mechan- ics' Academy, which stood where East Hall now stands. Tuition was S4 for the 16-week term. On the third Wednesday in Septem- ber, 1855, regular collegiate work be- gan. At first the University was con- ducted along very practical lines and mainly for teachers in c o m m o n schools. It was made co-educational in 1860, and women were for the first time admitted on equal terms with the men. Gradually the University evolved as a major educational insti- tution, with both the curriculum and campus growing. -The University has played an important role in each of the four wars during its history. The personal achievements of its students in these conflicts is a tribute to the accomplishments of the school. No l e s s admirable .. . -je .1-li gl, if? f -1 g - if have been the re- ? 150 markable strides cg! in education iff, IA, Ili achieved by the V gxfffxi. University during , E M gif., the past war.

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