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Indiana University,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by General Books LLC Books Books Indiana-University-Bulletin~~Indiana-University General Books LLC Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: General Statement of the University Location. The Indiana University is situated at Bloomington, the county seat of Monroe county. The town has a population of about 9,000, and is located on the Chicago, Indianapolis, and Louisville railway (Monon Route), and on the Indianapolis Southern, a branch of the Illinois Central railway. It is fifty-six miles southwest of Indianapolis, and about one hundred miles northwest of Louisville. Historical Sketch. The University takes its origin from the State Seminary, which was established by act of the Legislature, approved January 20, 1820. In 1828 the title of the Seminary was changed by the Legislature to that of the Indiana College, and in 1838 the University was given its present name and style. In 1868 Indiana University became coeducational, and in 1886-7, under the leadership of President David Starr Jordan, there was a reorganization of the curriculum on the major subject and department basis. The Indiana University now comprises the following subdivisions: The College of Liberal Arts, founded in 1828. The School of Law, organized in 1842 and reorganized in 1889. The School of Medicine, organized in 1903, and reorganized in 1908. The Graduate School, organized in 1904. The School of Education, organized in 1908. Relation to the State. By virtue of the State constitutions of 1816 and 1851, and the acts of the General Assembly thereunder, the Indiana University is the State University of Indiana, and is the head of the public school system of the State. The Supreme Court declared (June 24, 1902, in Fisher vs. Bower): "The Indiana University is an integral part of our free school system; ... it was the special creation of the Constitution; . . . the University as well as its endowment has always been under the...<