1938

Question 1

(T/F) Since 1920, the student population at IU has increased by about 100%

Answer 1

False

Question 2

(T/F) Between 1920 and 1938, the enrollment of male students increased more rapidly than that of female students

Answer 2

True

Question 3

(T/F) The slowest increase in total student enrollment since 1885 is between the years 1885 and 1920

Answer 3

True

Question 4

(T/F) Since 1885, the student population at IU has actually decreased by roughly 20%

Answer 4

False

Question 5

How did Wells promote a climate of democracy on campus?

Answer 5

By encouraging students’ participation in university governance, including interacting with the President

Question 6

Think back to (or reread) 1920’s section about Beulah Jone’s travels to Bloomington by car. Which of the following best describes the comparison between then and 1938?

Answer 6

Cars have become much more widely used and travel is no longer the serious issue for students that it once was.

Question 7

What big change happened in the Bloomington campus between 1920 and the beginning of WWII (in 1941)?

Answer 7

IU experienced a building boom during that period

Question 8

(T/F) Including the arts as part of education was an important effect of Wells’s presidency

Answer 8

True

Question 9

(T/F) Making research more important in the faculty’s work was an important effect of Wells’s presidency

Answer 9

True

Question 10

(T/F) The infusion of faculty from non-academic world was an important effect of Wells’s presidency

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Herman B Wells said, “I’ll not be satisfied until we have a symphony orchestra in every county, singing societies and art classes for all who want them, a little theater group in every town hall.” What does all that have to do with IU?

Answer 11

Wells wanted the cultural influence of the university to reach and enrich the lives of citizens as well as students

Question 12

According to your texts, what forces account for the rising enrollment at IU in the mid-twentieth century?

Answer 12

The GI Bill and the post-war economic boom

Question 13

Herman B Wells is the best-loved IU figure in the history of the university. Why is that?

Answer 13

He was friendly and open to students, He built much of IU’s international reputation & He planned the growth of IU to its current size

Question 14

Herman B Wells admitted there were larger, and older, universities in the United States. Yet he aimed to raise the profile of Indiana University. What did he believe the mission of a University to be?

Answer 14

To educate all Indiana citizens

Question 15

What word best describes the state of IU in the 1930s and 1940s?

Answer 15

Expansion

Question 16

What was the “self study” that Herman B Wells launched at the start of his presidency?

Answer 16

A plan for expanding the university’s campus, research, and international reputation

Question 17

What was the G.I. Bill?

Answer 17

It provided tuition money to veterans of WWII

Question 18

(T/F) Female students had: Stricter supervision of housing selection than for male students

Answer 18

True

Question 19

(T/F) Female students had: Higher standards of admission than for male students

Answer 19

False

Question 20

(T/F) Female students had: Closer academic supervision than for male students

Answer 20

True

Question 21

(T/F) Female students had: Stricter guidelines for receiving financial aid than for male students

Answer 21

True