Iowa State University. Department of Residence.

The Department of Housing was established in 1930. The name was changed to the Department of Residence in 1937. The Deparment of Residence is responsible for the administration, financing, and development of all university student housing facilities.

The first academic building on campus, Old Main, housed 77 men and 16 women in 1869. The President soon recognized a problem in the co-ed housing situation and appointed Mary Lovelace as Preceptress to look after the women students. A room bureau for the men was handled by the YMCA and supervised by the Committee on Student Accommodations. In 1925, the State Board of Education was authorized to borrow money for the construction of housing facilities, with the University pledging the net income from the entire housing system toward repaying the debt incurred, and paying for additions to any part of the system.

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