Drake University - Quax Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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ln' i f .ll li ' . . I l 1 ill lf I 1 +2 ' , . ll 1 l 'I ll if l l il ll 5 ! I l ll l 1 ' l V 1 41 I ll l l ll 5 4 .ii itll lily :lil Ill Elf ,1 ls r L. ll' 1. Y ' f l .aff lil, gil ,U it r 3. Il ll ll' l Hi l ll il ll.. Q I U X Xxhtfff' I L l Twenty-.fix GIHD 0llllIlillllE3 SGIIITIIIIIIDIIEBIINIIACIII lllintljllljclfz HE QUAX is a record of college events which integrate into a history of four of the best years of one's life. To evaluate these events requires sound judgment and a discriminating intelligence. Too frequently the less thought- ful student gives undue attention to the bizarre and the ephemeral. .Iaven the tawdry may occasionally creep in. To those of you who have the credit for the 1933 QUAX there are no regrets. You have recognized the higher values of your college life and have recorded those events which make real history. Institutional history can be adequately measured in decades. The period from 1923 to 1933 has seen many changes at Drake. The first significant event was a more adequate recognition of the University by the city and state. The interest in the Municipal Dbservatory was probably the initial cause. Then followed in 1925 the building of the new stadium and field house which resulted in placing the Drake Relays on equal terms with the Penn State Relays. The remodeling of Alumni Hall as the XVomen's Gymnasium and the estab- lishment of the Department of Physical Education for Wfomen under most able leadership created a new epoch in University life. The alumnae, seeing the op- portunity to establish a new student center on the campus, provided the means to convert the old Gymnasium into an attractive and commodious Lounge. In order to meet the new standards set by the North Central Association, an endowment campaign was launched in 1925 resulting, after four vears of insistent Solicitation, in the addition of over a half million dollars to tlie permanent en- dovvment. In 'the' winter of 1929-1930, the University, together with the unanimously enthusiastic support of the city and state, entertained the American Association tor the Advancement of Science, the greatest scientific organization on the American continents. ' Finally, for this decade only we hope, the first new building on the campus proper since 1909 was erected and the new Wfomenis Dormitory, which has been in futuro for a half century, became a reality. These material aspects of progress, however, are the least of the decade's achievements. The student body has increased both in number and scholarship, elements which give prestige and self-respect, demands true teachers with an appreciation of values, an understanding of education and a sense of responsi blllty. Three thousand educated men and women are the real achievements oi ?rake's fifth decade. The class of 1933 soon will join this group constituting a ar greater addition to Drakes piestlge than marble halls, expanded campuses or 'mounting endowments.