STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. MANAGEMENT. As at present constituted, the University comprises the following six departments, viz. : Collegiate, Law, Medical, Homeopathic Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical. The institution is entirely under the control of the State. Its management is entrusted to a Board of Regents, of which the Governor is chairman. The Superintendent of Public Instruction is a member, and the remaining eleven are elected by the Legislature, one from each Congressional district. It is at the head of the public school system of the State; under certain restrictions graduates of the High Schools being admitted to the Collegiate Department without examination. COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT. In the Collegiate Department there are four courses open to the student, namely, Classical, Philosophical, Scientific, and Engineering. In each of these, certain fundamenta studies are required for the attainment of a degree, but in each there is great liberty of choice allowed in the selection of elective studies. Laboratory work in chemistry, in physics, in botany, in physiology, in biology, and in fact wherever practicable, is a marked feature of the instruction in the scientific branches. In consequence of recent changes the work of the department has been materially expanded, and brought up to the standard required by the times. MEDICAL AND LAW DEPARTMENTS. The two Medical Departments and the Law Department have long since established their reputation for good work, and their graduates may be found occupying honorable and prominent positions in all of the Northwestern States. DENTAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL DEPARTMENTS. The Dental and Pharmaceutical Departments are of more recent date, but in spite of their youth both are in excellent condition, and are to-day preparing large classes of young men for the practice of their profession. RELIGION. Being a State institution, the University is non-sectarian; no effort, however, is spared to surround the student with Christian influences. Daily religious exercises are held in the chapel, to which all students are cordially invited; and there is, furthermore, a very vigorous Young Men's Christian Association, comprising members of all Christian churches. It is proposed to erect a building for the use of the Association in the near future, and a considerable portion of the necessary funds has been already secured. FACULTIES. The combined faculties of the six departments include thirty-one professors, four assistant professors, nine lecturers, six demonstrators, and five instructors-fifty-five in all. ATTENDANCE. The total number of graduates from all departments is two thousand, six hundred and twenty-six. |