DES MOINES
Illustrated Souvenir Album (1895)
DES MOINES COLLEGE.
Des Moines College is the oldest educational institution in Des Moines. It was incorporated in 1865, but it grew out of a school which had been conducted by the Rev. J. A. Nash, D. D., for some years prior to that date. It has several peculiar features. One is that it has never attempted to gain a large patronage by promising more than it can perform or by a low standard of work. It has always sought to do its work thoroughly, even at the expense of a large attendance. Another characteristic is its close affiliation with the University of Chicago. This relationship is of such a nature that work performed at the college is credited at the University. The college has three departments—the Academy, the College, and Music. The first is a first-class preparatory school; the second covers the ground of the best college curriculums, and the third gives thorough training in vocal music, harmony and the piano-forte.
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