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

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OLD SOUTH HALL, built in 1864, stood in the oval be- hind Schaeffer. Most used and abused of buildings, it burned March 10, 1901. x,6,afL.t X851 OW Third President A professor of chemistry and philosophy under Totten Y Oliver Spencer continued to teach after he became President. When the Civil War began, men started to 1. en 1st at once, and for the first time the number of Women doubled that of men. University coeds Wer e active in soldiers' aid societies in making bandages and scraping lint. In 1865, When 40 youths enlisted for the 100-day service, the Women bought a silk Ha and . g pre- sented it to the company, and the faculty gave the captain a beautiful sword. ,ww-

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ia? vat?- When school started again in the fall of l860, Silas Totten was President of a University that now had an enrollment of l72. Before ascending to the presidency, Totten had been rector of Trinity parish of Iowa City, and he had many years of experience as a member of the faculties of Trinity college in Connecticut, where for ll years he was president, and at William and hlaryls in Virginia. At once the new President named department heads and reorganized the collegiate de- partment. He also suggested a preparatory school for I entrants l3 years old. The hlechanics' Academy now held the normal department, and when University classes convened in September, both sexes were admit- ted on equal terms. Wlhen Totten resigned in 1862, 25+ students were enrolled, 136 of them women. Page ll 'K Clinton Street in 185+ Cabovej, and a typical l'nive-rsity of Iowa coed of the early sixties Qrightj

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ULD NORTH H ALL was built in 1865 to provide a chapel, chemistry lab and astronomical observatory. The chapel had a high ceiling, tall windows, frescoed walls, a large art-glass Circular window over the rostrum and a smaller one over the gallery. It was considered a sumptuous affair. At the door, every school day, there stood a janitor, armed with a big key, and at precisely 7:45 a. m. the lock clicked- those outside had some- thing to explain. Students and faculty were required to attend church at least once on Sunday, also. Services were in- teresting anid often amusing. Gne bliz- zardy morning a bachelor member of the faculty gave this prayer in the cold room: O Lord, We thank 'lihee for this beauti- ful morningg guide us and lead us th rough this lonely life, for Christ's sake, Amen. JOWPH Lxfrmm Bm, Ln' Un' of 1566- 'mm 5111-'maxi ww. u, 5i,,,,f,inK'u im an 1. soda., bm F ' l d ' dup.. ' 'V -Susan! . sm ci... GMM BW 'Mi'-M ms-usamn ,E,,'t 'fg',w Old North Hall, the oldest school building on campus Pxcium Prmmbd hats -5152-ol 11,4 U l'9'by C,-.gr wnqhnr 'PPL Qivvr -.375 The chemistry lab was on first floor and was consid- ered not to be Hexcelled by any college in the U. S. Girls, supposing they were entitled to use the lab, Page 13 FLW asked permission to sched- ule chemistry. This so shocked a little German professor that he threw up his hands and exclaimed, lVIein Gott! I vill haf no petticoats in mine labora- toryln But he did, and seemed to like it, after the hrst shock was over. Presi- dent Lincoln appointed Spencer as consul at Genoa, Italy, in hlarch, lS65, and in IS67, having decided to stay abroad, Spencer re- signed.