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A Great American SchoolHighland Park College of D es MoinesM ER [ C A N n i s i it u i i nn s a r cthe pride of the patrioticnea ii They Bprung oui ofthe spirit ni' democracywhich they in turn foster,and which makes possible;i grea l count r j . w hich isin truth tin1 land of tin' brave and thehome ni the free. Am ong these inst itut ions none are of greater 7alu

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Bay, with good reason, none are so val-uable as are thes e. For to the birth ofthe ides is attr ibu table its realizat ion," W e mu st e d u c at e , ' s;iid E d w a r dEverett, with smil on fire for the devel-opment of the Am erican idea. Our sal-vation a s .1 nation has dep en ded uponit . And so it has come ii> p;iss thai n.i-where in the world is education in alldi re cti on s so valu ed for itself by tIn* m-dividu al as in Am erica, Op por tunity


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t'nr education is offered in every part oft h i s g r e a t c o u n t r y . E v e r y s e c t i o n h a si t s u n i v e r s i t i e s . E v e r y s t ; i t e h a s i t s c o 'l e g e s , s t a t e a n d s e c t a r i a n , i l s a c a d e m iand public and private schools of vani n g g r a d e s . II r e m a i n e d , h o w e v e r , w i t hthe state of Iowa to furnish somethingin the way of an educational institutiojt h a t s h o u l d s t a n d a l o n e in t h i s c o u n t r yand perhaps it is not approached b;any other in the world, when its usefulness and worth are considered. Thiscl 1 is Highland Park College, of Dm a k e t h e s t u d e n t a s e l f - h e l p f u l a n d in -dependent human unit in the irreatin< j w o r l d , t o i n s p i r e h i m w i t h a g l o ri m i s s e n s e o f h i s o w n v a l u e a n d r e s p o ns i b i l i t y , t n e n n o b l e h i m w i t h h i g h i d e a la n d l o f t y s t a n d a r d s , t o t e a c h h i m t hg r e a t n e s s a n d b e a u t y o f C h r i s t i a n l i vi n g , a n d t o f u l l y e q u i p h i m f o r c o nq u e s t . A n d it w a s t h e i r i n t e n t i o n t oe s t a b l i s h t h i s s c h o o l f o r t h e b o y s a n dg i r l s w h o c o u l d n o t a f f o r d e x p e n s i v eeducations in the expensive schools.

T o m a n y o n l o o k e r s t h e s c h e m e w a sQ u i x o t i c . B u i t h e s c h o o l o p e n e d . I t pros-pered. Aside Prom college and a1 ademiccourses, there were offered thoroughcourses in scientific, technical and indust r ia l training. Enthusiasm prvailed among it s members from thfirst. It w as discovered that hundredsof parents were longing for just such aschool for their children, parents w hocould not otherwise afford to educatet h e m . I n s e v e n t e e n y e a r s t h i r t y t h o us a n d s t u d e n t s h a v e b e e n e n r o l l e d . I t-g r a d u a t e s o c c u p y h i g h p l a c e s a l l ov*it h e w o r l d . It i s f i r m l y e s t a b l i s h e diiancially. in its educational aims ami ui t s p a t r o n a g e , s t u d e n t s c o m e f r o ne v e r y s t a l e i n t h e u n i o n a n d I r o m t o reign Lands. It has well proved the i tlo f s u c h s c h o o l s , a n d y e t i t s t a n d s a l o n ein America.

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GREAT AMERICAN SCHOOL

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The co llege is located in one of the m and s One vie w s on ;ill side s. The cam-isi beautiful spots in Iowa, High land pus of tw en ty acres is bea utifu l ly ke ptPark, a sub ur b on the north side of l>es and ;i prid e to ;ill the d w el le rs in Ili^ li-Moines . Lyin g high abov e the river, land Park. The col leg e bu i ldings , nineam ong wo oded scen es, with splendi'J in atunb er, are modern and finelystre tch es "I farm land to the north and eq uip pe d. ,-ist. and the cit j oi Des M oines spre ad Th e ad va n ta ge of the loca tion in t\vLike :i map to the Bouth, it com cap ital eity oi the sta te are ob vio us .

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H i l l I . A M " 1 ' A K ' K ( ' ( ) I . L K ( i 1USINESS KXCHANGE,1. Com m ercial K reatesi enthusi-_. Sh orthand and Typ ewr it- p p gasm baa been shown by graduates Fromth is departmeni and many have beeienabled to secure fine positions simpljby stu dy at home in leisure limn s. Tincourses offered in ilir correspondence

school are in all preparatory wor k amnormal work, and m a n y courses in ll ii olletfea of technology.

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T H E MIDWESTERNThe reasons thai H igh lan d Park Col-lege is a unique i n s t i t u t i o n , indeed,s tands a lone in the world in its . - lass.are these: It is a s t a n d a r d col lege whichcomes n e a r e r meet ing the d e m a n d s of

m o d e r n e d u c a t i o n th a n any o t h e r e x i s t -in- college. All of their money is in-vested in buildings and equipments totake care of the students in the verybest possible manner, thus rooming agreal many of them and boarding themand Looking after their interests, themoderate charge for room and board be-ing at ac tua l cos t , e n ab l in g m a n y stu-d e n t s to a t t e n d who w o u l d o t h e r w i s e hede n ie d an e d u c a t i o n . The very bes t ac-c o m m o d a t i o n s f u r n i s h e d at cost is some-t h in g u n h e a r d of in other schools . Inplace of l e n d in g out t h e i r money at 5per cent, as o t h e r c o l l e g e l e n d out theirendowment, Highland Park College in-ves ts its e n d own me n t in bui ld ings , t h u smaking a larger per cent for t he m se lve sa n d at the sa m e t im e reducing the ex-pense of s t u d e n t s .T h i s is one th ing tha t enables theschool to s t a n d on its own feet in theface of thi' compet i t ion tha t comes fromheavily e n d o w e d i n s t i t u t i o n s and froms t a t e s c h o o l s t h a t r e c e i v e l a r g e a p p r o -p r i a t i o n s .

O n e t h i n g in e v i d e n c e at H i g h l a n dP a r k C o l l e g e w h i c h p e r h a p s s t a m p s itm u c h m o r e t h a n all e l s e as g r e a t , is thei n s p i r a t i o n to s u c c e s s w i t h w h i c h e v e r ys t u d e n t g o e s out to his l if e w o r k . T h i ss c h o o l p r o v i d e s the i n i t i a t i o n t h a t stu-d e n t s n e e d in o r d e r to s u c c I in anyc a l l i n g . Any v i s i t o r to the c o l l e g e isa t o n c e i m p r e s s e d w i t h s o m e t h i n g t h a tis .seldom seen in schools anywhere, anall pervading spirii that belongs as mucht o the f a c u l t y as to the s t u d e n t , a s p i r i tc o n d u c i v e to j o y o u s n e s s , t h a t l e a d s toh i g h e n d e a v o r , t h a t i n s t i ll s w i t h c o u r -a g e and a s s u r a n c e of v i c t o r y , the s p i r i to f s u c c e s s .

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T i l l ' : G Y M N A 8 I U M , . 1 H i l l 1 . A N H I ' A K K C O L L E G Estart. Tlic tIIIMISIImis ill stu de nts wh.o wou ld stam p him as B rem arka ble or-have passed from its doors love and gan izer and far-seein g ma nager . Buthonor his very nam e. All of his asaoci- the positi ve g ood in the yo un g peo ple,'itcs look upon him wiih WIUKIIT and who have been stu den ts in the Co llege,adm iration . The w ry grea tnes s and their uplif ted Lives and the good theyhi^iicss nl the work he has perfo rm ed in turn ha ve been insp ired in do forin bri ng ing this school to iis present oth ers, these are ( lie th in gs thai reflectplace in ;i lew yea rs, when cen tur ies to the credit of the man wh o more thanre usu ally req uired for su ch wo rk. :ill ot he rs has m ade it ;ill po ssib le. Doc-a

ATHLETIC KIELD, HIGHLAND PARK COLLEGE


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Y. M . ( ' . A . R O O M , H K J I I I . A X D PARK COLLEGEt o r L o n g w e l l is s t i l l a y o u n g m a n . H ois finely educated and is a mechanicalgenius. He intended w hen a boy tobe a civil engineer. His cu ltiv atio n Laevident at a glance. l ie would standwell among a group of college and uni-versi ty presidents from an yw here in thew orld. A m om ent 's conversation im-presses one that here is a beautifulspirit, a personality of force, intense vi-ta l i ty , joyousness, courage, hopefulness,

directness and rarest intelligence thatintelligence that reads circumstancesand people, and thus calculates well forthe future and unerringly reaches outto correct results .Such a man would of necessity be aninspiration to all his associates in anywork he might un de rtak e. Such menmake success, and help others to nnVkeit. Ev ery stud en t of the College feelsthis man's influence and it is for

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A GKEAT AMKKICAN S U l o o l

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Associated with Doctor Longwel l is iIn' f o l lowin g f ac u l t y : lames l>\ H a n n a . A. M.. Dean of Col-lege of Liberal A r t s ami Professor ofEnglish and Literature.Z ('. Thornburg, M. Di., Director of' 'n iTcspiindence School.W. T. Runzler, A. M., Professor ofLa t in . Greek and Modern Languages.Walter S. A t h e a r n . M. Di., Dean ofNormal College and Professor of Peda-igy ami Educat ion .Joseph I1'. l ln lVr . M. Di., Principal oft h e Didac t i c Depar t n u n t a nd Professorof Arithmetic , U. S. History and Geog-aphy.Miss Alice Iv Hopper, M. Di., Super-n te m le n t of the Primary Train ing De-partment and I)ean of Women,G. A. Chaney, M. S., Professor of Phy-ic s and 11 i g h e r Mill heimil ics .Professor of the Biological Sciences , toi e s u p p l i e d .Miss Maliel H o y t , B. S., A s s i s t a n t in\ a i o r a l Science ,md Mathematics.A. ('. I r w i n , B. S. in ('. Iv and Iv Iv.Professor of Civil Engineering and Ap-ilied Mathemat ics;F. M. M u r p h y , B. S, in Iv Iv, Profear of I'lli 'ctrieal Engineer ing.L. ('. Scot t , B. S. in M. Iv. S n p e r i n iHi> ill of Engineer ing S h o p s .( ' e r a m ic s and Mathematics. to be sup

J. Iv Waller. Professor of Draftingami Steam Engineering. luliii Van Arkel, Assis tant in MachineS im ps .I. s. Pearson, Engineering WoodWork Shops.Sh e r man \i. Miacy, Ph. 6., Ph. C ,I ' l ia rm. I).. Dean of College of Pharmacyam i Professor of


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elegraphy and Professor of Telegra-phy.Wi l l iam Dickman, St a t i on Work andAssis tant in Tel eg ra phy .I. L. Tho mp son, Physical Di rec t o r .George l>. Newcom, Registrar a n dI bookkeeper,M i s s M i n n i e ( ' u r i i s . R e g i s t r a r a n d( ' a s h l e r .Miss Mildred Webb, Secretary.Miss Genevieve Judd, Librarian.Especia l a t t e n t i o n h a s a l w a y s beenpa i d to th e s ecur i ng o f t e a c h e r s w h ocould teach. T h e facul ty at present ise s p e c i a l l y s l r o n < _ r i n t ' l i s d i r e c t i o n , t h et e a c h e r s being men and women of schol-arship a n d c u l t u r e Friendly associa-

t ions are mainta ined between t e a c h e r sand pup i l s , and the inspiration t hus r e -ce ived and given is no s m a l l pa r t of theeducation of the boys a n d girls. Sev -e r a l o f t h e t e a c h e r s r e s i d e i l l t h e s c h o o la n d t h u s l i v e c o n t i n u o u s l y a m o n g t h es tudent s .A mo ng tin1 faculty , James R. Sanna,Dean ol' the College of Liberal A r t s ,s h o u l d r e c e i v e s p e c i a l m e n t i o n . l i e is aline scholar, a sp lendid organizer, andgreal teacher and one of the Btrongesie d u c a t o r s i n e v e r y w a . v i n t h e s t a t e .

M i s s A l i c e H o p p e r , S u p e r v i s o r o f I ' r i -in.-i r> Training , holds high place, she isa greal t eacher , finely educated, of l inepersonality and enthusiasm to r her work.


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\ GREAT AMERICAN SCHOOLshe lias mil her s u p e r i o r iii her work inAmerica and is an au tho rity often con-sulted by outside schools.

Prof. Sherman R. Macy, for sevenears S tate Ch em ul Eor [owa, dean ofiharmacy dep artm ent, i s know n wid elymil favorably as one of the best teach-in in bis l ine.Frank Nagel, dean of the music de-partment, author and .'irlist. has madel i t 1 s p l e n d i d s i n s s d u e t o h i m i l l h i sranch of the work since taking chargeit it .It is difficult ti> si n gl e ou i the wor kif any one teacher, when grad uate smm every department are ho ldinglifrh places eve ryw her e. Th is sp ea ki'nr the success of the several teachersi nd depa rtments .K veii ,-i ha sty r ound of the bu ild in gs ,aboratories, shops, offices, h ;i 11 s , dormi-ories, etc. , impresses one with the pat-nt fa d thai no mone y or effori liasleen spared in fitting up. E ve ry th in gs on ;i h\is scale. The dorm itories ar jveil furnished, every attention paid t>iomfort and sanita tion. The gym na-siums, parlors, Y. M. C. A and V. \V.0. A. rooms, class rooms, dining rooms,ki tchens , e tc , wi l l compare wi th those

O f t h e l i e s ! i l l t h e c o u n t r y . F , X ( | I l i s i t eorder and cleai i l iness prevai l every-where . The equipm ent o f th e e lectr ica llaboratory, the foundries , the engineer-T department, the chemical labora-v, the college of commerce, the tele-graphic department, etc., .'ill astonishmil del igh i the vis i tor. Many thou-lands of dollars are spent each year in

keep ing the eq uipmeni th oroug hly uptn da te. Tl l iege yea r is of for ty-eig*h1 w e e k s , l e a v i n g o n e m o n t h f o r v a -c a t i o n .T h e m o s t e x p e n s i v i irse o f f o r t v -

eiL rh t w e e k s , w i t h r o o m , b o a r d , t u i t i o n ,light, heat, gymnasium and library feeis o n l y $ 2 0 6 , a n d t h e c h e a p e s t i r s c ,w i t h a ll t h e s e i n c l u d e d , is $ 1 7 0 . 8 5 , o r.+i:S:2.4 !> for th i r ty - s ix w ee k s , l e n g t h ofusual college year. The courses are sov a r i e d , t h a i e v e r y o n e c a n h e s u i t e d , a n ds t u d e n t s m a x e n t e r a t any t i m e . T w e n -t y - o n e h u n d r e d t h i r t y - t w o s t u d e n t s h a v ebeen enro l l ed t h i s y e a r a n d t h e g r a d u a t -in g c l a s s n u m b e r s 2 9 5 .

T o gel t h e s p i r i t o f t h i s r e m a r k a b l es c h o o l , m ie n e e d s to vis i t i t . G o in att h e c h a p e l h o u r . S e e t h e b ig p l a t f o r mfilled w i t h t h e f a c u l t y . T h e n l o o k i n t oa t h o u s a n d y o u n g f a c e s u p l i f t e d t o t h ereading of one of David's Psalms, orP a ul ' s l e t t e r to I he R o m a n s . H e a rt hos e y o u n g voices sinjrini:1 a hymn ofpraise and joy . M ark Dr . Lo ng w el l , adistinguished figure among so many.L i s t e n t o t h e m a r c h i n g of th e s t u d e n t sa s t h e y p a s s t o t h e v a r i o u s r e c i t a t i o nr o o m s . T h e n m a k e a r o u n d of t h e v a -r i o u s b u i l d i n g s . S t a n d f o r a m o m e n t i nthe ca m pu s . In a sweeping g la i n o t eth e glorious up l ands and fo res t s a l labou t . Wi t h s w e l l i ng hear t and a mis tin yo ur eyes if you are an [ o w a nyou wi l l say that surely one of thou r e a t e s t t h i n g s of which th i s s tate ca nboast and for wh ich we shou ld h i' grate-ful is Bighland Park College, of DesMoilies.

A Talen ted Des M oines BoyThrough so inadver tence the name

o f t h e a u t h o r w a s o m i t t e d f r o m o u rl e a d i n g s t o r y l a s t m o n t h . T h e M i d -w e s t e r n w a s p r o u d o f t h a t s t o r y , " T i n 1B e d C a r . " f o r it w a s w r i t t e n by Oneo f t h e m o s t t a l e n t e d o f t h e y o u n g e r set.o f c o m i n g l i t e r a r y w o r k e r s in Io w a .J a m e s C l a r k s o n M i l l e r w a s t h e a u t h o r ,a g r a d u a t e o f t h e c l a s s o f i i T o f E a s tI l i ' l i B C h o o l T h i s y o u n g w r i t e r w a sn a m e d f o r " R e t " C l a r k s o n , and i s t h es o n o f M r , a n d M r s . K a - s i m M i l l e r . I [ ei s 1 1 1 > t n i i l y a s t o r y w r i t e r . I n i t h a s w r i t -t e n s e v e r a l p l a y s w h i c h h a v e w o n h i mpr a i se . ( >ne of 1 hese p l a y s , " A Don i e s t i c T a n g l e , w a s g i v e n t w i c e l a s tw i n t e r by h i s c l a s s , a n d w i t h I r e m e r ,

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