. Annals of Iowa . of the YoungMens and the Young Womens Christian Associations con-nected with the University have contributed nearly $40,000for the erection of a hall called Close Hall in honor ofMrs. Helen S. Close who gave $10,000. The Hall is twostories in hight above a basement containing a gymnasiumand bath rooms. A large auditorium has served the purposeof a chapel and for gathering of students since the old chapelhas been occupied as a library and reading room. V. OKGANIZATION. The first record is of an adjourned meeting, July 15,1847, at which By-Laws were adopted. December 7, 1848,
. Annals of Iowa . of the YoungMens and the Young Womens Christian Associations con-nected with the University have contributed nearly $40,000for the erection of a hall called Close Hall in honor ofMrs. Helen S. Close who gave $10,000. The Hall is twostories in hight above a basement containing a gymnasiumand bath rooms. A large auditorium has served the purposeof a chapel and for gathering of students since the old chapelhas been occupied as a library and reading room. V. OKGANIZATION. The first record is of an adjourned meeting, July 15,1847, at which By-Laws were adopted. December 7, 1848, the trustees seemed to ignore theprovisions of the law under which they were appointed pro-viding for instruction of teachers only ^ and to take a broaderview which the name University suggested. They, there-fore, listened to a committee asking that the College of Phy-sicians and Surgeons of the Upper Mississippi located atDavenport be recognized as the Medical Department of the ^ Laws of Iowa, 1st G. A., Ch. O w at c1=1 H Si^ 2o P3W in -ij o « 2 c^ S u O c — f- :i S O O .„ bi- S =4-1 o JO THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. 29 State University of Iowa. Committees were appointed todraft a plan and a basis of connection. The committees re-ported, and the trustees fixed upon the first Monday ofNovember, 1849, for the beginning of a sixteen weeks courseof lectures to be given by Drs. Hudson, Vaughan, Flint,Rawson and Hastings, and Stephen Whicher, B. S. The conditions of recognition were that the Universityshould not be liable pecuniarily, nor should it acquire anycontrol of the property of the College, nor control of itsmanagement. No further action regarding organization appears untilFebruary 7, 1854, when a committee was appointed to con-sider the propriety of putting the State University intooperation. Committee reported May 8, 1854, that they had rentedthe Academy of the Mechanics Aid Association. Their ac-tion was approved. July 7, 1854, a committee consisting
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