Valparaiso University - Beacon / Record Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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h 10 11. Long before all these boarding and rooming houses had been built the West Wing had been added to the Old College Building, and Com- Inereial Hall had been erected. These were followed by the Law Building, the Auditorium in 1892, Science Hall in 1900, the Medical Building and Music Hall in 1906. Besides these in Valparaiso, there are four large buildings in Chicago for the accommodation of the Medical and Dental Departments. W777, X74 QR Music Hall Old Colleie Buildini But the buildings are by no means the institution itself, although as essential to it as the body is to life or as the ear is to sound. In fact it would be hard to give a definition of the institution. It can be defined only by stating what it is, and what 1t is not. It is a place where students and teachers live by means of bells. They are called to classes by a bell, dismissed by a bell, retire at night at the sound of a bell, wake up in the the morning with a bell, surmnoned to meals with a bell, begin to eat with a bell, finish eating with a bell and evening callers are dismissed by a beliethe Go Bell. It is a place where every- body works, even to father, and nobody is idle. It is not a place where we dance, play cards, have wine parties, smoke or play football. We do not do these things here nor do we have fraternities or class yells about the buildings. The spirit of the institution can not be adequately defined, but like love, must be experienced to be understood. The three original departments have increased to twenty-five, the four teachers to one hundred and ninety-one, and the thirty-five students to five thousand. It outgrew its infancy as a Normal School and became a College in 1900, and from a College developed into a fullefledged Uni- versity in 1907. At present it consists of a Commercial College. a Normal Colleoe f01 Teachers, a College of Oratory7 Pharmacy, Law, Music, Medicine and Dent1st1 y The department of Psychology and Pedagogy was organized in 1896 for the purpose of increasing the school s facilities for a high grade of strictly professional. work. The course has been changed and enlarged from time to time to keep abreast with modern ideas. Prof. Neet is at the head of this department, and his work is recognized all over the United States. Upon completing the course the student re- ceives the degree of Bachelor of Pedagogy. The Commercial College is especially strong, standing at the head of the 11st of commercial colleges in the United States. It is the aim of

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itage Hall Heir East and South Halls

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. 11. a College Auditorium Auditorium Interior