The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-01-21
INDIANA UN|vER.
S|TY CENTENNIAL

!; auued vigor and strength, Indian
University can now contemplate 'th
; splendid harvest of hundred years.
!; "A century of active work has bee
!. rounded out and today the alump
sathered from far and near to hel
their alma mater celebrate her Ger
tenhial, State officials and other In
!. Vited guests attended the exercises
which included addresses by DR.. ia
cob Gould Schurman, president 0
Cornell University, and other educa
tors OF wide reputation.
) Indiana University is one of tht
Oldest State universities in the Vast
twas founded as a State seminar,
III 1ozO Dy ac tot the legislature. anG
1ew years later it's name wac
changed ofndiana College. The un
lVerslty was given IT'S present name
ana style in 1888, and tnow co A.
prlses half dozen colleges and
schools, including the liberal arts col.
lege' founded in 1928; the law school
organized In 1912; the school of med.
icine, organized in 1903; the gradu.
ate school, opened in 1904. and the
school OF education, established in
1908.
Inc history of the university is
closely interwove wnith the early his.
tory of the State of Indiana. In 1914
IN territorial days, Congress granted
a township for the use of seminary
OF learning. This township was 10.
Gated in Gibson County by Albert
Hallatlo, as Secretary of the Treas
ury' In 1906, and the territorial legis.
iatue a month later established in the
borough of vincennes an institution
TO be known by the name of seVin.
cennes University The township
IN GIBSON County was appropriated to
its use. In the act of 1916 admitting
the district of Vincennes into the Tn. !
ION as the Stat eof Indiana, an addi-
tlonal township was granted for the
use OF a seminary of leaning. This
1oWhshop was located by President
Madison in what is now Monroa
county, the seat of Indiana Uniyersi-
ty' The State legislature passed an
act Jan. 20, 1920 establishing a State
seminary at Bloomington and turned
over to it both the township grants
rms was followed by prolonged liti.
gltion and in 1852 the courts gave q
decision in favor of vincennes Uni.
Versity. To compensate Indiana I'm.
lversity for he endowment thus iost
Congress in 1854 made 1t a special
grant of l9,040 arces of public land
n the State.
The seminary was opened In 1924
lnder Rev, Baynard R. Hall an
ilumnus of Princeton Theological
seminary 1t had an attendance of
EN- boys. For three years Mr.. Hall
vas the only instructor and the only
subjects taught were Latin and
ireek In 1928 the attendance had
crown to nearly rs students, and the
rustees decided to add NATL ematics
md natural sciences to the curricu-
UNI.
Indiana College" was the new
lame bestowed upon the seminary in
S2S, and in 1886 the first college
'uilding was built. in 1888 the I
'rowth of the State and the need for lp
Professional education led the legis la. La
ure to expand the college into uni u
ersity. In 1854 lie destroyed the r
lain buildings and library. Sub.
crpltions were raised money was
orrowed, and within year a new
uilding was ready Tor occupancy "
n 1883 fire again destroyed tie
reater part OF the university. When =
ne institution was rebuilt it was ip.
n another site on the east edge OF d
ID
The university entered upon a new r
pooh in 1885. when DR.. David Starr "
ordan, later president of Leland M
tanford, Jro University, became r
cad of the institution. Great strides
ere also made under the presifen. ?.
of DR.. Joseph Swain, who resigned :,
1902 and was succeeded by DIR.
lillian L. Bryan, during whose long
ADMINISTRATION the standards of the W
University have been raised and Is I'll
udent body increased to near the X
900 mark. N,
The official history of the institu. CO
on says that Indianna was the first T
late university to adopt the policy
co-education. Women were admit Is,
ID to equal privileges with men at n,
lie university in 1867 and the first u,
oman was graduated in 1869. =.
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