The University High School was established in 1916 for grades 9-12 and grades 7 and 8 were added the following year. It was a laboratory or experimental school directed through the College of Education for the training of principals, superintendents…
Close Hall was dedicated in 1890 and located on the northwest corner of Dubuque Street and Iowa Avenue, the present location of the Biology Building. It housed the Journalism Department before being damaged by fire in 1940 and later demolished.