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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e12e t this department to make the work practical. To this end each student has charge of each of the various offices. MIntelligent practice, not theoryw might be the motto of this department. The Law College was organized in November, 1879, with one senior and fifty juniors, but it has steadily increased in numbers until last year it had eighty seniors and one hundred thirty-five juniors. The underlying thought in founding this department, was to reduce the expense of legal education without reducing the standard. The course of study was made thorough from the beginning. The mDwight Systen17l of instruction was adopted. This was subsequently changed to a modified Hease systeinfl The success of the graduates of this school demonstrates the thoroughness of its instruction. The College of Music had its birth thirty-seven years ago and has had a growth unsurpassed by any other musical institution. Four courses are' given and the instruction is strictly lirst class. The teachers are not only artists in their particular lines, but know how to present the subjects taught. The students furnish excellent music at chapel three mornings a week, and each year give an oratorio 0f the highest order. The new building is a fine structure containing sixty- siX practice rooms, ten large studies, and Recital Hall, where frequent musical entertainments are given. The College of Pharmacy is regarded as one of the most practical institutions in the West. This department has had a growth that is, phenomenal. No school offers a more extensive course of instruction in the laboratory. The aim of the college is to make practical phar- macists of all who graduate, and the success of the graduates is all that Professor J . M. Roe, the Dean, could wish. The Medical College was founded in 1901 with the name, Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery. The clinical department is located in Chicago7 where an abundance of clinical material is always available, and where specialists can be secured as teachers. The curriculum is so arranged that the students may complete the Freshman and Sophomore years at Valparaiso and the Junior and Senior years in Chicago, or the full four years in the latter city. Because this course is eompletediin Chicago the college operates under the laws of Illinois and complies with all requirements of the Illinois State Board of Health concerning registration and graduation of the students. The college buildings in Chicago are located on Lincoln Street. The Medical Building and Free Dispensary is connected with the Frances Willard Hospital by a' steel corridor across the alley. i This building contains an ampitheater for use of the students in the depart- ment of Surgery. It also contains one of the best equipped X-ray laboratories in the West. The Cook County Hospital is situated opposite the College and is one of the best hospitals in the country. Through these institutions the students work is made very practical.