of its archways were preserved and can be seen today.
In 1911, the college became coeducational and changed names to the 'Dubuque Theological German College and Seminary' (alternatively the 'German Presbyterian Theological School'). In 1916, the school dropped the word "German" from its name, due in part to anti-German sentiment inflamed by the First World War, and became just 'Dubuque College'. This caused controversy, however, because this was also the name of an existing college, the Catholic school now known as Loras College. After a series of court causes leading up to 1920, neither school ultimately kept the name: the preexisting Catholic school took the name of Mathias Loras, first archbishop of Dubuque while the Presbyterian school became the University of Dubuque on June 17.
=== Expansion ===
In the 1950s and 60s, during the administration of Gaylord Couchman, a number of building projects took place: the Seminary Library (1955), Smith Hall, a seminary residence (1956), Goldthorp Science Hall (1959), …
