The predecessor of the School of Social Work, the Loyola University Lecture Bureau, was created by Frederic Siedenburg, S.J., in 1913. The Lecture Bureau focused on providing a series of lectures on the social topics of the day. The popularity of these lectures inspired Siedenburg to establish the School of Sociology in 1914. This new school provided continuing education for teachers and other working people. Renamed the School of Social Work in the 1920s, Social Work was the third professional school at Loyola and the second one to allow women to enroll in classes.