LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, Chicago, Ill., Saint Ignatius College, the Arts Department of Loyola University, was founded in 1869 in Chicago by the Rev. Arnold Damen, S.J., and fellow-priests of the religious order of the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits. It is the oldest and largest Catholic institution of higher learn ing in Chicago. At the time of its foundation, Saint Ignatius College was in the suburbs of the city, but owing to the unprecedented growth of Chicago the college has long since become a down-town institution. Realizing the need of providing suitably for the future growth of the college, the board of trustees found it ad visable to purchase in 1906 20 acres of ground on the north shore. On this site two buildings have been erected — the Loyola Academy and the Michael Cudahy Science Hall — the latter the gift of the man whose name it bears. Loyola University, which is a development of Saint Ignatius College, was incorporated in 1909. A department of law was opened in 1908 under the name of the Lincoln College of Law, which was afterward changed to the Loyola Univer sity College of Law. The university was asso
ciated with the Illinois Medical College in 1909 and since 1910 with the Bennett Medical Col lege. In 1917 it purchased the Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery and now conducts its medical department under that name. For several years an affiliation was maintained with the Central States College of Pharmacy, but in 1917 it was discontinued. A department of sociology was opened in 1913 and located in the Ashland Block in the loop district of Chi cago has been unusually successful. A junior college in engineering is maintained. Two high schools are under the control of the university authorities. Present enrolment is 1.170 in col legiate and graduate studies; 850 in high schools. The institution is a member of the Federation of Illinois Colleges.