A STATISTICAL SUMMARY. When established? Chartered, 1892; opened in 1893. Students in preparatory work Students in other courses. Number enrolled 1900-1901 Value of buildings, furniture and grounds. Number of volumes in libraries..... Value of libraries...... 8 171 125 296 $40,000 907 .$500.00 .$500.00 Value of apparatus... Charge per annum for tuition in regular courses, for forty ..$ 60.00 Room and necessary incidental expenses per annum. .$ 30.00 .$ 80.00 Number in last class graduated.......Males, 19; females 12 167 DES MOINES COLLEGE, DES MOINES. GEO. D. ADAMS, A. B., A. M., B. D. D. D., PRESIDENT. The University of Des Moines, now called Des Moines College, was acquired by purchase in November, 1864. The property lying west of Fifteenth street and north of Woodland avenue belonged to the Lutheran church. There was one building of the size of our North Hall. When it became known that this property was for sale, a few Baptists, seeing the opportunity for the denomination, became incorporated as a college and appointed proper officers. As time was required to organize and collect funds, Rev. Luther Stone, of Chicago, bought the property and held it for two or three years in his own name. The sum required for the purchase and necessary repairs was $20,000. As it was a long time before this sum could be raised, Rev. J. F. Childs, now of California, took the property and carried it for a part of the time. Another of the most active promotors of the enterprise was Rev. J. A. Nash, who gave largely of his time and money. For many years he was practically at the head of the institution. The University was first opened in a single department-the department for young ladies. During the first year, which began Monday, November 27, 1865, the school was in charge of Miss Josephine A. Cutter as principal. The school was then held in the First Baptist Church, which was on Mulberry street, directly north of the Courthouse. The school soon became co-educational, but for several years very little was done beyond the work of an academy. In 1869-'70, D. M. Mason was principal, and in 1874-'77 college classes began to emerge. The senior class of that year was composed of James M. Miller and his sister, Ella Miller, and they were the first graduates. Dr. Nash was then president. There were then two professors, N. H. Goldthwaite, mathematics, and J. H. DeWolf, latin. There was an instructor in German and another in French and Spanish. The chairs of Greek, Rhetoric and Literature, and Natural Sciences were vacant, but we are informed that "instruction is for the present given in these branches by the other professors." In 1875-'76 Hon. F. Mott, now of Winterset, was president. In that year the denomination undertook a general centennial educational movement. The University board put itself on record as proposing to share in the movement by expending $100,000 for a new building and by raising $250,000 for an endowment fund. But the times were not favorable. Dr. Nash became president again in 1876 and continued till 1881, when he was succeeded by Mr. D. F. Call, who served only a part of the year. Dr. Nash held the office again for a year. He was followed in 1883 by Dr. Ira E. Kenney. It was during Mr. Kenney's administration that the change was made in location. The land now owned by the college was the gift of the Prospect Park Land Company. The old campus was sold, the buildings torn down and the material used in the erection of North Hall. North Hall was completed and first used at the close of the school year, May, 1885. After Dr. Kenney's resignation in 1885, the school was without a president until Dr. Stetson was elected in 1889. In 1887 Nash Hall was erected In 1889-'90 a successful effort was made to raise an endowment of $100,000, and pay the indebtedness, which was about $20,000. The subscriptions secured were ample, but with hard times came reverses which resulted in the loss of nearly 50 per cent to the college. When the canvass for endowment was projected the name of the institution was changed and when the University of Chicago was started the college became affiliated. Considering the resources the college has had an encouraging growth. The quality of its instruction and the character of its instructors and students have given it a good standing among the other colleges of the state. In 1900 through the munificence of the American Baptist Education society and Mr. J. V. Hinchman, a movement was set on foot to raise $80,000 for the college. The canvass so far promises an early completion of this amount. On January first, 1901, Rev. George D. Adams D. D. became president. COURSES OF STUDY. The college offers three courses of study leading respectively to the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, and Bachelor of Philosophy. Each of these courses covers four school years of thirty-six weeks each. Each course lays down certain required studies which the student will be expected to follow in the order given and at the time specified. Each course also offers a certain number of elective studies from which the student will be permitted to choose sufficient majors or minors to complete his required number of credits. Although the junior and senior years are largely elective, yet enough is required to hold the student to a definite course of study. DEGREES. The degrees of A. B., Ph. B. and S. B. will be conferred by the board of trustees upon the completion of the prescribed courses. The degree of A. M. will be conferred upon the completion of one year's resident graduate work and the presentation of an acceptable thesis. Candidates for this degree must have received the Bachelor's degree from this or some other college of like standing. AFFILIATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. The chief features of affiliation are these: 1. The president of the college is a member of the university congregation. 2. The courses of study offered by the college are approved by the university. 3. All examinations given in the college are approved by the university, and are graded there, in the same manner as the examinations given at the university itself. Thus, students whose work in college is satisfactory to the university, receive credit for the same on the records of the university. 4. Each year, three students who have earned the Bachelor's degree receive a scholarship, amounting to $150, in the form of free tuition for one year in the graduate schools of the university. The object and result of this arrangement is to maintain a high grade of work in the college. Number of volumes in libraries... Number enrolled 1900-1901. Amount of endowment, exclusive of buildings, etc..$ 56,000.00 5,000 1865 10 10 82 48 59 189 . $120,000.00 Value of libraries $ 7,000.00 Value of apparatus... $ 1,200.00 Charge per annum for tuition in regular courses.... WM. BAYARD CRAIG, A. M., LL. D., CHANCELLOR. Drake University was founded in 1881. University Place, now a thriving and attractive part of the city was then a grove-crowned summit with a narrow country road winding about under the great trees. The purpose of the founders and their colleagues was the creation of a university in which all branches of learning might flourish in an atmosphere, where at all times a frank and open effort could be made to maintain Christian ideals and a Christian spirit. A sectarian motive was distinctly disavowed. The institution was founded on a broad foundation that declared that its doors should ever be open to students of either sex and of any nationality. F. M. Drake, Geo. T. Carpenter, and D. R. Lucas are the honored names on founders day. A college course was arranged in harmony with the educational standards then prevailing in the state. A Bible college was started that has now become one of the largest in point of attendance in America. The Iowa College of Law and the Iowa College of Physicians and Surgeons became associated with the work of the university. A normal course and an academy were made important parts of the plan and departments in music, oratory and art established. The main building of the university was finished in 1882. Science hall was not completed until 1892, the auditorium was dedicated in 1900. The latter building seats 1,500 and is at present the best college auditorium in the state. The growth of the university, owing largely to favorable location and vigorous management, places it among the foremost institutions of the state in percentage of growth and present enrollment. Last year, counting in the summer schools, also under university management, the complete list of matriculates numbered 1,764. A student may enroll in two or more departments but of course his name is counted but once. A classification of this list will be found in the proper place in this volume. Seventy-six professors and teachers are employed, some of whom are teaching in more than one department. Our catalog shows how they are distributed. Notable improvements have been made in the past few years in the organization of the university. The pharmacy, music, law and medical departments had been working under contracts of affiliation that deprived the university of full control and seriously disturbed the unity and full co-operation of the departments. The commercial spirit was allowed to creep in where university and college ideals should at all times prevail. All this has been changed, all these departments are now as much a part of the univer sity as the collegiate or Bible departments. The university cannot shield itself on account of lack of control, it has all control and must bear the responsibility. The consciousness of this fact calls forth special efforts to improve the teaching force. This year will see marked advance in the medical department. The first and second years are now taught in the science hall of the university, the time has been extended to nine months and the course made stronger. Recognizing the importance of pathological and physiological chemistry in the present study of medical science the university has secured a teacher who will give all his time to these lines of work and will in addition teach bacteriology. Dr. C. H. Hoffman, who has been selected for this position, took the full course at Heidelberg, with the degrees of A. M. and Ph. D.; he also took post-graduate work at Munich, receiving the degree of Ph. D. Under his direction a new, large and complete pathological laboratory has been fitted up for the medical students. Arrangements have been also perfected that will enable the students to study morbid anatomy at post-mortems in the city. These with other improvements are a marked gain to the advantages afforded the medical student in a large city like Des Moines. In the list of the professors will be found the names of men eminent in the profession in city and state. In the reorganization of the law department (the Iowa College of Law) the same policy of improving the teaching force has been adhered to. Dr. V. A. Roberts will give all his time to the school, his predecessor gave but one hour per day. Dr. Roberts is a graduate in law of Harvard and secured his Ph. D. by three years study in law at Heidelberg. He has fitted himself especially for the work of teaching and in this course represents the new and better type of law school teacher. Judge C. C. Cole remains as Dean of the school and will devote two hours per day to the lecture room. Mr. C. A. Dudley is a graduate of the University of Michigan, and by his long and successful practice in Des Moines has secured for himself a high place in the esteem and confidence of the public. He is a valuable acquisition. Judge Kinney and Judge Holmes continue with the school and Mr. E. B. Evans and Mr. Lawrence Byers are also in the faculty. The Iowa College of Law has excellent standing among the law schools of the east and will not be permitted to recede. In the reorganization of the Conservatory of Music the best possible talent was sought for and obtained; as a result the attendance in this department doubled the past year. Three new rooms have been prepared to meet the growing needs. Additions have been made to the faculty of the Bible College. The Normal department has subdepartments in Pedagogy, Primary work, Kindergarten, Stenography and Typewriting, Commercial and preparatory work. To these has now been added a training school for supervisors of music in the public schools. There is no school of this kind west of Detroit. The new law in this state concerning music in the equipment of teachers in the public schools makes this department a necessity. In these changes the needs of the central department, the college itself, have not been forgotten or neglected. It is regarded as the center of the series of colleges and every effort is made to keep it up with the highest standards in Iowa. Summer schools are maintained in every line of study for which there is sufficient demand. The Drake Summer School of Methods has more than a state reputation. Number enrolled 1900-1901, 1, 140 (summer schools 624) Total..... 1,764 |