t is also not amiss
to note that the first three women to hold Professorships in the
University were appointed in 1918.

It was also during President Hutchins' administration that the present
effective University Health Service came into being. This resulted from
a series of recommendations made by a committee of students which were
presented to the Regents in November, 1912. These were immediately
approved and by October, 1913, three University physicians, including
one woman, undertook the systematic care of the health of the student
body. At present the staff includes four doctors, besides two nurses and
assistants, who give their whole time to this important work. The
Service is maintained in its own building, a remodeled dwelling house at
the rear of Hill Auditorium, where a free dispensary is open five hours
daily. Prescriptions are filled at the Health Service Pharmacy in the
Chemistry Building, while provision for the care of seriously sick
students is made at the University Hospitals ordinarily at no expense to
the student. The cost of the maintenance of this service is supported by
a small charge included in the annual fees.

Not the least of the many effective measures taken during President
Hutchins' administration was the establishment of the Graduate School as
a separate department of the University. For many years it had been
maintained as a part of the Literary College, or Department, as it was
then, and was administered by a committee appointed from the Literary
Faculty. This anomalous position of the graduate work in the University
eventually gave rise to suggestions for a change from many different
sources, particularly from the Research Club, an organization of many of
the leading men in all the Faculties, which came to the attention of the
President when he took up his new duties. He at once recognized the
desirability of enlarging the scope of advanced study and it was with
his active co-operation and hearty support that the new School was
created with Professor K.E. Guthe as its first Dean.

The growing cordiality between the University and the other educational
institutions of the State is a significant development of late years.
This is evidenced by the establishment with several of them of combined
courses, which enable their students to pursue a portion of their
preliminary work in the smaller school. This spirit of co-operation has
also been most effectively advanced through the creation by