First Year
University bulletins were one way that prospective students could find courses, faculty, and tuition information about a school they were considering. The 1929 School of Medicine bulletin, pictured above, contained important information about fees and payment.
Spring 1929: Perry submits the application to Loyola School of Medicine. He meets the admission requirements that call for four years of high school and two years at the Loyola College of Arts and Sciences (or an equivalent school), where Perry has taken the necessary courses in english, algebra, chemistry, biology, physics, and foreign language.
Late Summer 1929: Perry pays for the school year’s expenses--$5 matriculation fee, $90 for each of three academic quarters, $15 activity fee, $1 locker fee per quarter, and $5 breakage deposit per quarter--totaling $308 for the year. Adjusted for inflation, $308 holds the same buying power as $4,560.23 in June 2019.
Fall 1929: Perry walks into the medical school building for his first week of classes. Upperclassmen invite him to the Freshman Smoker, a gathering for new students to meet fellow students and instructors. Dean Louis Moorhead is present at the Smoker and introduces himself to the entering class.
Over his freshman year, Perry fills his schedule with the following courses: Gross Anatomy 1-4; Histology and Organology; Embryology; Neurology; Physiological Chemistry 1; Physiology of the Blood, Circulation, and Respiration; and Psychology.