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

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hlgh No wonder the doctors produced by this College are unusually suc- cessful. The youngest department of the University is the College of Dentistry. Though young its standardef excellence is high. Because of the necessity of a great amount of clinical material, it too, is located in Chicago in the center of the great medical college and hospital district. It occupies a handsome five story building and has a special library of its own. It is the most profitable and in some respects the most successful of the University Colleges. Valparaiso University has students from practically every civilized nation. It has been aptly spoken of as a congress of the world. Here all nationalities meet on a common level and learn the English language. They study the American customs, American institutions, American in- vention, American toleration, and American push. They return to their native lands and their people profit by the fruits of their labors, hence Valparaiso University is the great Americanizer 0f the world. When the great Millennium comes, When man Will be judged by What he is, when the brotherhood of man and universal peace Will have been established, Valparaiso University Will have acted well its part. As it stands tO-day, this university is Virtually the prop erty of H. B. Brown and O. P. Kinsey. ttThey erected it, and to them it belongs. They choose to regard themselves, however, as trustees for the people; and they have already made arrangements to bequeath the property to the people When they die. It Will be as noble a monument as two men could have, because it Will represent half a century or more of fruitful thought, patient labor, and unselfish devotionf, Law Building

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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.

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