with the Dubuque German College over their similar names. To avoid a costly court battle, the two colleges agreed that Dubuque College would become Columbia College and Dubuque German College the University of Dubuque.
In 1934, the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. started a graduate summer school program at Columbia. During this period, Archbishop Beckman founded the Columbia Museum of History, Art and Science at the college.
=== Loras College ===
In 1939, the year that Columbia College became Loras College, the national Catholic honor society, Delta Epsilon Sigma was founded at Loras. In 1963, when Catholic University of America discontinued its graduate program at Loras, the college initiated its Graduate Division, offering the Master of Arts degree in some fields. Loras became fully coeducational in 1971
In 1973, Loras introduced Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees. The Division of Community Education was initiated in 1975. In 1987, the administrations of Loras College …
