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

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,lay The UniVersity's hospital, now East Hall, Was ready for occupation in December, 1902. Constructed in the form of a letter H, the structure was to have a capacity of l85 beds When the fourth Wing Was built. In early days all clinical Work Was done in lecture rooms While the classes met. 1402 R,5I7 Y,6'Yp1 H- - Ulyi YE . ' Page 25 V I' -Q-..? b i W ' 'Tis' rf' ,gi lv' iff . f i r' A l Q T 47?-,crew XX xr' 4 Vg vL L' . x fn- ,g f 'V Hospital patients were cared for in private houses. In l872 Me- chanics, Academy Was used as a hospital, and in the early eighties Mercy hospital Was completed and used until this hospital Was ready. Medical students received their training in What is now the zool- ogy building, built originally for the medical school. During the lWacLean era the course of study in the college of medicine Was eX- tended to four years of 9 months each.

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Pride of the growing campus was the new law building, constructed in l9lU. VVith the school itself having already at- tained a high position among law schools, the building was a necessary addition. Charles N. Gregory was dean of the law college at this time. This college was also expanding, the course of study having been lengthened from two to three years. One new pro- fessorship, the law libra- rianship, and two lecture- ships were established. Classes in all colleges were divided into small sections. The total University at- tendance increased from l283 in l898 to 2473 in V908-09. ,Q l,:1w students studying in the new law library, 1912 ' Page 24

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Forty-seven years ago a band of courageous Hawk- eyes brought the Ifniversity of Iowa its hrst western conference championship. The team hnished that re- markable season without letting an opponent cross its goal line in any of its eight overwhelming tri- umphs. Only a year before, Iowa had been admitted to the intercollegiate confer- ence after winning a series of 10 games unscored on. , .rw ' ia sa it . -, 1 f K-.K ,r ,, V. . ,r, sr., ,ya cr. V r- -- ff- y . , ,fr ,Z . rr., ur . - W- , X J., 1 ri',n,. Ni, Coaehed by Dr. A. A. Knipe, captain of the Penn championship team of H39-l, the Hawks had lO veter- ans to field. The season opened with a stunning 5743 defeat of lfpper Iowa, and a 6847 triumph over State Normal. Simpson, the next foe, fell -l7ae0, and then the Hawks won the state title from Drake by four scores. The crucial test for the Iowans eame when they met Coach Stagg's Chicago Nlaroons, but they won l5e0. M ich i g an and Northwestern, two of the strongest teams in the con- ference, were Iowa's re- maining challengers. In the VVolverine battle, Iowa piled up the biggest score against them in seven years. The championship was conceded when the Hawks, many of them desperately ill, held Northwestern to a tie, the VVildeats gaining I their points by a field goal. l f- Page 26