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1880.
Rev. Thomas S. Berry, A. M., B. D., died February 10th, 1880. President Berry was the most popular man by far, in the Des Moines conference. He was doing a great work for Simpson Centenary College, and the conference was ex- pecting him to put the college in better condition than it had ever been. When his death was announced it was a blow that cannot be realized by the people of today, except the few who were here at that time. For a while many believed that the institution had come to an end, but God ordered otherwise. Rev. E. L. Parks, A. M., B. D., who was then a pastor in Chicago, was elected to fill the vacaney occasioned by the death of President Berry. President Parks was then a young man, but soon convinced the college anthorities that he was capable of filling the place. There was a debt at the time of more than $20,000. President Parks at once began to raise funds to pay the debt, and persisted amid many difficulties and discouragements, until the entire debt was liquidated. Rev. E. L. Parks served as president from 1880 to 1886.
Graduates : Nellie Boyd, A. B .; Edmund M. Hohes, A. B .; Carrie Page, B. S .; Mary Samson, B. S .; Anson B. Johnson, B. S .; Chas. W. Steele, B. S .; Geo. Stidger, B. S .; Willis Stidger, B. S.
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Graduates of Law Department : Jos. A. Athey, John O. Barke, Orlando M. Brockett, Luther L. Cassidy, Clayton Harrington, Curt M. Higley, C. L. Irwin, Frank J. Jones, Thos. O. Moore, Lemuel L. Mosher, Orin W. Rice, Walter Schee.
The entire enrollment for the college was one hundred and thirty-six, and for the law department, twenty.
A student, Miss Anna Benton, died during the year.
Literary Societies: Everett Society, for men only, organized in 1868. Zetalethean, for women only, organized in 1868. Smithsonian, organized in 1876, for both sexes.
Minnie C. Jay won the Andrew's medal. Bertha C. Morrison won the Badley prize.
At the close of this year the law department was discontinued.
Rev. L. M. Walters was college agent.
1881.
Graduates : Bertha C. Morrison, A. B .; Kate C. Morrison, A. B .; Herbert M. Peters, B. S .; Ledru H. Wilder, B. S. Honorary degree: Ram Chandra Bose, M. A., Lucknow, India .;
Ernest W. O'Neal won the Andrew's medal. Griffith W. Johnson won the Badley prize.
1882.
Graduates : Chas. A. Bunker. A. B .; G. W. Johnson, A. B .; Wmn. H. Jordan, Ph. B .; Helena A. Dorr, B. S .; John W. Drabelle, B. S .; Fred O. Hinkson, B. S .; Allen A. Thompson, B. S .; S. Eugene Wilson, B. S. Honorary Degrees : Rev. Josiah Gibson, D. D .; Rev. Madison A. Richards, D. D .; Homer Thompson, M. A.
Number of students, two hundred and sixteen.
Philomathean Literary Society for men and women, was organized.
Hattie L. Silcott won the Andrew medal, and Clara L. Fink won the Badley prize.
1883.
Graduates: Minnie C. Jay, A. B .; Media MeGee, A. B .; George F. Cromer, Ph. B .; Susie S. Stivers, Ph. B .; Clara L. Fink, Ph. B .; Hattie Silcott, B. S .; J. II. Henderson, A. M.
Number of students enrolled during the year, two hundred and sixty-four.
Prizes won : Andrew medal, Grant Martin. Badley prize, Clinton J. Evans. Butler medal, Laura M. Richey. Botany prizes: First, Newton B. Ashby ; Second, Olin A. Kennedy.
1884.
Graduates : Clinton J. Evans. A. B .; George M. Boswell, A. B .; Sarah A. Leeper, A. B .; Chas. H. Miller, Ph. B .; Sallie A. Page, Ph. B .; Wm. B. Cox,
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B. S .; Frank L. Davis, B. S .; Lovilla A. Dukes, B. S .; Anna Emerson, B. S .; Henry J. Everly, B. S .; Geo. W. Murphy, B. S. Honorary Degrees: Rev. P. F. Bresee, D. D .; Rev. T. B. Neely, D. D .; Ida M. Burke, Ph. M .; Lou G. Findley, Ph. M.
Number of students enrolled, two hundred and seventy.
John H. Newland won the Park prize; Grant Martin the Badley prize, and the Butler medal was won by Flora Slusser. "Centenary" was dropped from the name of the college.
1885.
Graduates : Newton B. Ashby, A. B .; Chas. W. Johnson, A. B .; Thomas G. Aten, A. B .; Ernest W. O'Neal, A. B .; Elmer E. Kelly, Ph. B .; Grant Martin, Ph. B .; Carrie Buffington, B. S .; Henry L. Loft, B. S .; Mary Welty, B. S.
Number of students enrolled, two hundred and forty-nine.
The Park medal was won by Alpheus L. Hunt, and the Badley prize was awarded to John HI. Newland. Rev. C. HI. Newell was financial agent for the college.
1886.
Graduates: Myra Baker, A. B .; A. L. Bates, A. B .; Albert O. Miller, A. B .; Wm. M. Todd, A. B .; Fay A. Morrison, A. B .; John II. Newland, A. B .; James D. Sparks, A. B .; Joseph S. Wright, A. B .; Cornelia Jones, Ph. B .; Edward H. Todd, B. S. Honorary Degrees: Rev. D. W. Bennett, D. D .; Rev. A. E. Griffith, M. S .; Rev. R. VanIlorn, D. D.
There were three hundred and one students enrolled during the year.
The following prizes were awarded: Park gold medal, Alpheus L. Hunt; Badley prize, John H. Newland; Butler medal, Eva Patterson; Miller gold medal, T. D. Murphy.
1887.
President, Rev. W. E. Hamilton, A. M., D. D., 1887-89.
Graduates: S. L. Vanscoy, A. B .; J. E. Thompson, Ph. B .; M. J. Elrod, A. B .; A. C. Rawles, A. B .; A. L. Hunt, A. B. Honorary Degree: Rev. B. H. Badley, D. D., Lucknow, India.
There were three hundred and thirty-two students enrolled during the year.
1888.
Graduates : Robt. C. Harbison, A. B .; Frank E. Meceh, A. B .; Jno. W. Goode, Ph. B .; Leota Kennedy, Ph. B .; Thos. D. Murphy, Ph. B .; Mattie Stahl, Ph. B .; Wm. D. Trimble, Ph. B.
Number of students enrolled, two hundred and thirty-eight.
Vice-president of the college and Financial Agent Rev. Fletcher Brown, M. A., B. D., 1888-1892.
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1889.
Graduates : Wm. B. Berger, A. B .; J. E. Bunting, A. B .; Carl H. Creighton, A. B .; Belle M. Hlastie, A. B .; Olin A. Kennedy, A. B .; Mamie P. Newell, A. B .; Robt. V. Cozier, B. S .; Carrie A. MeCausland, B. S .; Alice A. Evans, B. S. Honorary Degree: Rev. F. O. Holman, D. D.
There were enrolled during the year three hundred and three students. Lillian L. Kern, a student, died during the year.
1890.
President, Rev. E. M. Ilolmes, A. M., B. D., 1890-92.
Graduates : Vietor B. Berger, A. B .; W. O. Hamilton, A. B .; B. F. Miller, A. B .; 11. A. Youtz, A. B .; Josephine MeCleary, Ph. B .; Fannie A. Perkins, Ph. B .; O. P. Phillips, Ph. B. ; R. E Shaw, Ph. B .; Elizabeth Proudfoot, Ph. B .; L. A. Youtz, Ph. B .; W. N. Clayton, Ph. B .; Flora Johnson, B. S.
1891.
Graduates: Emma Baker, A. B .; Wm. Hughes, A. B .; O. F. Shaw, A. B .; J. M. Jamison, Ph. B .; O. W. Maxwell, Ph. B .; Kitty Wood, Ph. B .; Nettie Barngrover, B. S.
Number of students enrolled, three hundred and fifty-four.
Honorary Degrees: Rev. C. S. Ryman, D. D .; Rev. D. Heagle, D. D .; Rev. John Bowman, D. D.
1892.
Graduates: Ada J. Lauck, A. B .; Melvin E. Quint, A. B .; William J. Stratton, A. B .; Lester W. Hlaworth, Ph. B .; Edith McGee, Ph. B .; A. E. Slothower, Ph. B .; Saml. Hestwood, B. S .; Frank M. Jackson, B. S .; Walter Newcomb, B. S .; Lydia A. Wilkinson, Ph. B. Honorary Degree: Rev. W. E. Hamilton, D. D.
The Lowell Lyceum was formed in the place of the Philomathean Society.
1893.
President, Rev. Fletcher Brown, A. M., B. D., 1893-98.
Graduates: John P. Morley, A. B .; Joseph O. Watson, A. B .; Hattie B. Berry, Ph. B .; B. D. Hull, Ph. B .; Robt. O. Rogers, Ph. B .; Sherman Stahl, Ph. B .; Harry E. Hopper, B. S .; Alfred Knoll, B. S.
Number of students enrolled, four hundred and fifty four.
During the year there were two deaths among the students, Lou I. Stahl and Samuel A. Earhart. The Alpian Literary Society was organized.
1894.
Graduates : Chas. B. Cheeney, A. B .; Ina M. MeNeil, A. B .; Takeshi Ukai, A. B .; T. Lee Berry, Ph. B .; Chas. E. Bentley, Ph. B .; Lou Cheshire, Ph. B .; Edith Corkhill, Ph. B .; Conrad Hooker, Ph. B .; Elmer B. Marsh, Ph. B .; May
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MeGranahan, Ph. B .; T. B. Morris, Ph. B .; Edith Sheppard, Ph. B .; Lizzie V. Tryon, Ph. B .; Albert H. Wood, Ph. B. ; F. T. Woodward, Ph. B .; J. R. Youtz, Ph. B .; Elmer E. Burns, B. S .; Agnes Buxton, B. S .; Ethel M. Gilbert, B. S .; Mary Linn, B. S .; Lizzie Linn, B. S. ; Lou B. Mann, B. S .; Bradford Newcomb, B. S. ; May Paul, B. S .; Mary C. Ramsey, B. S. Honorary Degree: Rev. W. C. Martin, D. D.
Number of students, five hundred and forty-five. Eva B. Richey, a student, Don A. MeMahon, died.
The Gradatum Literary Society was organized.
1895.
Graduates: George C. Clammer, A. B .; Lena Ilatfield, A. B .; Fletcher Homan, A. B .; Harry H. McNeil, A. B. ; Ed. N. Calhoun, Ph. B.
Number of students, three hundred and ninety-eight. In the early part of the school year, G. C. Carpenter, Professor of Latin, died, after a service of twenty-five years in the faculty. He was a good teacher and a man of sterling qualities.
1896.
Graduates : Lora Allen, A. B .; Charles B. Guest, A. B .; Masonoske Mitani, A. B .; T. W. Mortimer, A. B .; Stella Wilson, B. S .; Bertha Burns, B. S.
Number of students enrolled, four hundred and eighty.
The Everett and Smithsonian Societies combined.
1897.
Graduates : Laura Bobenhouse, A. B .; Lulu Calhoun, A. B .; Fay Nixon, A. B .; Esther Youtz, A. B .; Pearl Cheshire, Ph. B .; Mona Claytoy, Ph. B .; Nettie Errieson, Ph. B .; D. C. Matson, Ph. B .; Paul Price, Ph. B. Honorary Degree : Rev. E. E. Lymer, D. D.
Number of students enrolled, five hundred and thirty-two. Rufus Stebbins died during the year.
1898.
Graduates: R. E. II. Forrester, A. B .; E. E. MeFerrin, A. B .; Ed. Nolte, A. B .; Edw. J. Rogers, A. B .; Lena Wycoff, A. B .; Florence Perrine, A. B .; Fannie Clarke, Ph. B .; Sadie C. Moore, Ph. B. ; Junia L. Todd, Ph. B .; Flo- rian Von Eschen, Ph. B.
Number of students, five hundred and forty-five. Eva B. Richey, a student, died.
1899.
President, Rev. Joseph B. Harris.
Graduates : Moses H. Rambo, A. B .; Jennie Riggs, A. B .; Roxanna Stuart, A. B .; F. R. Sebolt, A. B .; F. P. Henderson, Ph. B .; Mertie Wilson, Ph. B .; J.
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A. Branson, B. S .; S. M. Holaday, B. S .; Lois M. Todd, B. S .; J. E. Turner, B.
S. Honorary Degree: Rev. W. S. Hooker, D. D.
Number of students enrolled, four hundred and thirty-two.
1900.
President, Charles Eldred Shelton, A. M., LL. D., 1900 to the present.
Graduates : Vinton J. Clark, A. B .; Daisy Dent, A. B. ; JJ. Webster Hancox, A. B .; Alice Hancox, A. B .; Rosco B. Hughes, A. B .; B. W. McEldowney, A. B .; James O'May, A. B .; Louis J. Smith, A. B .; Caroline M. Rogers, Ph. B .; Maud M. Hoope, B. S .; Hugh S. Jackson, B. S. ; Rosco E. Lauback, B. S. ; D. B. S. Prather, B. S .; Satoru Tetsu Tamura, B. S.
There were five hundred and fifty-eight students enrolled during the year.
Fred Johnson, a student, died during the year.
Rev. P. V. D. Vedder, was financial agent.
1901.
Graduates: Ralph W. Core, A. B .; Fred G. Potter, A. B .; Charles C. Smith, A. B .; John W. Todd, A. B .; Guy J. Winslow, A. B .; Lloyd H. Wright, A. B .; C. A. Carlson, Ph. B .; Rex B. Kennedy, Ph. B .; A. Graham Reid, Ph. B .; Eva J. Stahl, Ph B .; Mattie Morris, Ph. B .; Ernest J. Carman, B. S .; Wm. N. Craven, B. S .; Geo. W. Dean, B. S .; John Y. Honnold, B. S .; Ella J. Noel, B. S. Honorary Degree: W. T. Robinson, D. D.
Number of students enrolled, six hundred and twenty-nine.
L .. B. Wickersham, financial agent, 1901-02.
Daniel Robinson, Major U. S. A., military professor, 1901-05.
1902.
Graduates: Grace Baker Bair, A. B .; Theodosia Hamilton, A. B .; E. C. Ileaton, A. B .; Marion Cooke, A. B .; Hope Smith Knight, A. B .; Rae L. Dean, Ph. B .; L. S. Deitrich, Ph. B .; Florence Hamilton, Ph. B .; C. W. Hohanshelt, B. S .; Ed. W. Kees, B. S .; Geo. N. Knight, B. S .; J. A. King, B. S. ; M. H. Clyde D. Proudfoot, Ph. B .; J. R. Dyer. B. S .; C. Bert Gose, B. S .; O. C. Howser Ph. B., E. C. Holaday, Ph. B .; A. B. Jeffrey, Ph. B .; H. R. Pascoe, Ph. B .; White, B. S.
There were eight hundred and thirty-six students enrolled.
Grace Ericson, a student, died.
Kallonian Literary Society formed and Smith-Everett changed to Everett.
1903.
Graduates: Chas. R. Bair, A. B .; J. A. Beebe, A. B .; Roy Everett, A. B .; F. E. Gunn, A. B .; Jennie Maxon, A. B .; D. D. Griffith, A. B .; Arthur Krell, A. B .; Asa Marman. A. B .; Claire Mitchell, A. B .; Robt."Pieken, A. B .; E. B. Rogers, A. B .; Don L. Berry, Ph. B .; May Crandall, Ph. B .; Grace Crandall, Ph. B .; Bessie Ellison, Ph. B .; Lora Hagler, Ph. B .; Nina Hohanshelt, Ph. B .;
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Anna Perry, Ph. B .; Myrtle Reid, Ph. B .; C. HI. Riggs, Ph. B .; Loren Talbot, Ph. B .; Etta B. Turner, Ph. B .; Alma Wagner, Ph. B .; Edwin'S. Yontz, Ph. B .; Katharine Zeller, Ph. B .; E. A. Jenner, B. S .; F. G. Kennedy, B. S .; James Rae, B. S .; E. R. Sullivan, B. S .; C. W. Beatty, B. S. Honorary Degrees : Rev. John T. MeFarland, LL. D .; J. W. Hackley, D. D.
Number of students enrolled, seven hundred and seventy-two.
Rev. W. S. Hooker, financial agent, 1903-05.
1904.
Graduates: A. A. Fellstrom, A. B .; Hallie Guthrie, A. B .; Dwight Henderson. A. B .; Ruby Igo, A. B .; W. E. Lagerquist, A. B .; W. A. Morgan, A. B. ; R. Burton Sheppard. A. B .; Mabel Stone. A. B. ; Gertrude Brown, Ph. B .; Vivian Brackney. Ph. B .; J. N. Colver, Ph. B .; Elena Jeffrey, Ph. B .; Burt Kennedy, Ph. B .; E. E. Yontz. Ph. B .; Jannette Throckmorton, Ph. B .; Walter A. Linn. B. S. Honorary Degree: O. B. Waite, D. D.
There were seven hundred and seventy-two students enrolled during the year.
The Pierean Literary Society was organized.
1905.
Graduates: John E. Evans, A. B .; Mearl A. Gable, A. B .; Arthur A. Jeffrey, A. B .; Fred A. Mead, A. B .; Chas. W. Peer, A. B .; Roy W. Thomas, A. B .; R. W. Truscott. A. B .; Bruce Bartholomew, Ph. B .; Mary Ellison, Ph. B .; Gertrude L. Hancox, Ph. B .; Edna Lisle, Ph. B .; Lulu Hohanshelt, Ph. B .; Erie G. Osen, Ph. B .; Ernest C. Rea, Ph. B .; Mabel I. Rea, Ph. B .; Geo. . F. English, Ph. B .; Alma A. Robbins, Ph. B .; W. H. Shelton, Ph. B .; Alice B. Story, Ph. B .; Wiltimina VanSyoc, Ph. B .; Mabel Brurink, B. S .; Gaylord R. Davis, B. S .; Hugh Lin, B. S .; L. C. McMahon, B. S .; R. B. Weaver, B. S .; H. P. Bennison, B. M .; Pearl Darnall, B. M .; Claire Spencer. B. M .; Nanna Thomas, B. M. Honorary Degrees : Hill M. Bell, LL. D .; John W. Hancher, LL. D.
There were seven hundred and ninety-two students enrolled. Amy Thompson, a student, died during the year.
1906.
Graduates: Dorcas Aten, A. B .; E. Ward Carpenter, A. B .; Verne D. Dusenberry, A. B .; Guy J. Fansher. A. B .; Jessie M. Fickle, A. B .; Grace L. Griffith, A. B .; Ada B. Lisle, A. B .; Bessie Matson, A. B .; Elsie Reynolds, A. B .; Florence Armstrong, Ph. B .; Mabel Brown, Ph. B .; Pearl V. Barker, Ph. B .; Fern W. Bowlin, Ph. B .; Ray P. Burke, Ph. B .; E. Lahnna Clinton, Ph. B .; Elizabeth Harris, Ph. B .; Pearl Hathaway, Ph. B .; Carolyn Higgs, Ph. B .; Cora Quayle, Ph. B .; Mary L. Kilburn, Ph. B .; Wm. H. Reynolds, Ph. B .; Ina May Robbins. Ph. B .; Jasper Weber, Ph. B .; Alvina Robinson, Ph. B .; Ray M. Shipman, Ph. B .; Lois M. Smith, Ph. B .; Blanche E. Spurgeon, Ph. B .; John F.
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Arnold, B. S .; J. Harry Crann. B. S .; Chester L. Gose, B. S .; Geo. W. Magel. B. S .; Geo. T. Moffitt. B. S .; R. A. Shaw, B. S .; E. H. Shuey. B. S. ; C. B. Stevenson. B. S. : Roy Worth, B. S .; Persis Heaton, B. M .; Mary B. Whitted. B. M. Honorary Degrees : O. II. Baker. L.L. D .; Rev. C. L. Bare, D. D .; A. F. Nightingale, LL. D.
There were nine hundred and fourteen students enrolled. The following students died during the year: Amy Thompson, Jno. A. Copeland, Murray .Johnson.
"Pierean" Literary Society changed to "Hisperian."
Rev. Fletcher Homan, A. B., D. B., financial secretary, 1906-1908.
1907.
Graduates: Ella Brown, A. B .; Addie A. Cornwall. A. B .: H. W. Flint. A. B .; J. F. Garnes. A. B .; Stella Mauk. A. B .; S. F. Shenton. A. B .; Alida Smith. A. B. : Bessie E. Baird, Ph. B .; Ray C. Baird, Ph. B. : Ruth E. Baker. Ph. B .; B. F. Buffington, Ph. B .; Laura E. Conrey, Ph. B .; Frances Craven, Ph. B. ; E. II. Golish. Ph. B .: E. M. Hale, Ph. B .; Vera H. Ingram. Ph. B .; Eunora Maxon. Ph. B .; May Pardee. Ph. B .; J. C. Pryor, Ph .B .; Nell Rea, Ph. B. ; H. W. White, Ph. B. : Alice M. Reynolds. Ph. B .; Ada Schimelfenig. Ph. B .; Carrie M. Starbuck. Ph. B .: Bruce Tallman, Ph. B .: C. W. Beard. B. S .; Frank Magel. B. S .: Olive Perkins, B. S .; J. E. Preston, B. S .: F. C. Stanley. B. S .: T. B. Throckmorton. B. S. Honorary Degrees: Rev. E. H. Todd. D. D .; Rev. I. B. Schreckergast. D. D .; Superintendent J. F. Riggs. LL. D.
There were nine hundred and twenty-nine students enrolled. Burdie Sargeant and Josephine Sawvel. students, died during the year.
* Whole number of graduates np to and including 1907. four hundred and forty-four.
One of the most interesting and helpful adjuncts of Simpson College is the military department. In addition to imparting military instruction and drill. it gives to the young men a carriage which is essential to cultured manhood. This department was organized by Professor J. L. Tilton. in 1891, and the battalion was drilled by him for several years. In the year 1900, Major Daniel Robinson of the U. S. Army, was detailed as the first professor of military seience and tacties in Simpson College, and at that time the Federal government furnished arms and other equipment for the use of the cadets. Major Robinson filled this position until the 28th of April, 1905. when the war department issued a special order. relieving him, by the appointment of First Lieutenant Emory S. West, of the Seventh Cavalry, to succeed Major Robinson, U. S. Army, retired.
Lieutenant West is a native of West Virginia, and was edneated in the public and private schools of that state. When the Spanish-American war was de- clared, he was in college at Redfield, South Dakota, from which place he enlisted for service as a private in the U. S. Volunteers. He went to the Philippines with his regiment. where he remained nearly five years, returning as a First Lientenant in the regular army. Since Lientenant West has been on
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duty at Simpson College, the military department has steadily increased in numbers and in popularity. The enrollment for the past year has averaged one hundred and sixty-nine. The college battalion is organized at the opening of the year. Undergraduate students are expected to drill during their freshman year, and thereafter until two full years of service have been completed. All male students of the academy, four years normal course, school of business, school of shorthand and typewriting, are expected to drill regularly. All mem- bers of the battalion are required to appear on drill and military ceremonies in the prescribed uniform and white gloves. The uniform is cadet gray, and pat- terned after the West Point fatigne uniform. The cadets are armed with the army magazine rifle. Details of this character under the regulation of the army are made for a period of three years. At the close of Lientenant West's term, upon the unanimous request of the college anthorities, he was directed to remain for another year.
The growth of the musical department in the last seventeen years has been most phenomenal. It is not a light under a bushel, but is seen and recognized far and near. Professor Barrows has proven himself a master in his profession. The history of this conservatory cannot be duplicated in the state, perhaps not in the west. Some of the graduates of this department are holding enviable positions in other conservatories. Mnsie had been taught in connection with the college from its earliest history. In the fall of 1891, when Professor Barrows first came here, he had altogether forty pupils studying in the conservatory, and but one other teacher besides himself-Mrs. Conser, who taught both voice train- ing and violin. There were but two pianos, both in the most dilapidated condition, one old square and one upright piano. The first week that Professor Barrows was here, he proposed to the executive board the buying of a grand piano for the chapel, telling them that he would be responsible for payments on it himself. They consented to his buying it, and that piano and two upright pianos were bought that year, and Professor Barrows raised the money himself. to pay for them, by giving piano recitals in the chapel, which fortunately were always very well attended. Since then pianos have been bought from time to time, until now the conservatory possesses twenty-seven pianos and one practice pipe organ.
In 1891 the conservatory did not own a single sheet of musie : now it pos- sesses a library of some five or six thousand pieces and studies, and embraces all the best works, either classical or modern.
In 1891. two rooms in the science hall sufficed for the needs of the conserva- tory; before the year was ont however. it became necessary to allow Professor Barrows to use the college chapel as a teaching room, and as new pianos were being bought as the school grew, these pianos were housed in the ladies' hall. Afterward. with the growth of the musical faculty. it became necessary to use some of the rooms in the hall as teaching rooms.
In 1901, the present conservatory building was erected at the expense of some $12.000. It contains twenty-two teaching and practice rooms. besides a large hall for recitals, a reading room, a library of sheet music and offices.
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At present there are nine on the conservatory faculty, and during the past year three hundred and twelve students have been enrolled. This is the only musical school in the west which sends its faculty to Europe in turn for the purpose of study, and the reputation of the school is second to none in the west. The outlook for the future is at present more encouraging than ever before.
The college has a permanent endowment fund, the interest of which is used to pay current expenses. The last report of the treasurer shows that this fund amounts to $144,024. The college hall accommodates the school of business, and the department of modern languages, and contains in addition the chapel and undergraduate society halls, and the armory of the military academy. This building was erected in 1867-8, at a cost of $25,000. Science hall contains labor- atories, museum, recitation rooms, and school of art. It was erected in 1889, at a cost of $20,000. The administration building contains the college offices, the president's recitation room, the shorthand and typewriting department, the latin recitation room, and the parlors of the Christian Associations; and was erected in 1900, at a cost of $6,500. Ladies' hall affords good facilities for supplying young ladies with rooms, and students of both sexes with board. It is a substantial brick building provided with large well lighted rooms, and heated by steam. The rooms are provided with carpets or rngs and heavy furniture. This hall was erected in 1890, at a cost of $30,000. The gymnasia furnish accom- modations for those who desire indoor physical training. Well equipped bath rooms are provided in the ladies' hall, and the men's gymnasium. The ladies' gymnasium was erected in 1893, at a cost of $1,000. The men's gymnasium was erected in 1895, at a cost of $2,000.
The Carnegie library building gives ample accommodation for library and departments of English and Oratory, and cost $10,000. All of these build- ings are heated from a central boiler and engine house. The institution main- tains its own water system, independent of the city of Indianola. The heating plant was erected in 1901. and cost $12,000. The Chemical Laboratory is sup- plied with apparatus for demonstration before the classes in the lecture room and for individual work on the part of the students. The Museum contains the following: collections of characteristic rocks and fossils arranged on the shelves in the order of the strata ; a collection illustrating Dynamical and Structural Geology; a collection of the principal kinds of minerals; a zoological collection representing all the classes, from the lowest to the highest, including a collection of marine invertebrates, supplied by the United States Fish Commission. a botan- ical collection embracing a herbarim of the principal plants of this region and ferns from India; zoological and botanical charts.
PRIZES.
The Badley Contest was originated by Rev. B. HI. Badley, of the class of 1870, who awarded a prize of $20 to that member of the Junior class who should write and read the best essay on some subject in literature. Since the death of Dr. Badley, the prize has been renewed by Mr. JJohn Schee of Indianola, and is known as the Badley-Schee prize. The theses are to be marked, 100 for thought, 100 for composition, and 50 for delivery.
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The Romans oratorical prize, the gift of Hon. J. B. Romans of Denison, Iowa, is $20 in gold awarded to that member of the College who shall write and deliver the best English oration. The maximum limit of this oration is 2000 words.
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