SIMPSON COLLEGE, coeducational in stitution of higher education located at Indian ola, Iowa. It was founded in 1867 by the Des Moines Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, from which it derives most of its sup port and patronage. Its organization includes seven departments: (1) college of liberal arts; (2) academy and normal courses; (3) the school of business; (4) the school of short hand and typewriting; (5) the conservatory of music; (6) the school of oratory; (7) the school of art. A summer school is also main tained. The college department offers three courses, classical, philosophical and scientific, leading to the degrees of bachelor of arts, bachelor of philosophy and bachelor of science; these courses are all largely elective, the choice of the student being limited to a certain ex tent by the degree he wishes to obtain. Grad uate work is provided for, leading to the de grees of master of arts, master of philosophy and master of science. Military drill and mili tary science are a part of the curriculum, but are elective, except that drill is required for the men in the first two terms of the fresh man year. The academic department offers
three courses in preparation for the three col lege courses; there are two normal courses offered, one of three years, and one of five years, the work of the last two years of the latter course being almost entirely elective. The college is coeducational and there is a dormitory for women on the campus. The students of the different departments maintain a number of literary societies, all of which have their furnished halls. The college athletics are under the control of a joint committee, two members of which are appointed by the faculty, and three by the athletic association. The buildings include College Hall, Science Hall, Ladies' Hall, the administration building, the gymnasia and the Conservatory of Music (erected 1902) ; grounds and buildings in 1918 were valued at about $800,000; the library con tained 11,000 volumes. The productive funds when last reported were $261,340; the annual income was $46,000. The students numbered 600 and the faculty 28.