Drake University - Quax Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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RS. CARRIE TAYLOR CUBBAGE came to Drake in the dark times ot l93O when everywhere else they were tearing things down, but at Drake they were going up-with the women's dormitory. Drake has continued to go up, and with it have come added duties to the ottice ot the dean ot women. She has the solution tor all housing problems, and tor the multitudinous questions ot all sorority women. Unattili- ated women tind her guidance and counselling invaluable. Mrs. Cubbage attended a convention ot the National Association ot Deans ot Women in Atlantic City, N. J., and brought back many practical answers to problems ot supervision ot women's extra-curricular activities. She is a member ot the Publications committee, tra- ternity attairs. and with Dean Gabrielson, constitute the taculty advisory board ot the student council. She possesses a love tor good music and takes pride in tollowing the protessional music career other daughter. DEANS rvi Pill! THE PROBLEMS and ditticulties ot hundreds ot students and taculty members are the everyday work ot Luther W. Stal- naker, dean ot the college ot liberal arts. who makes new friends with every problem he solves. With a 6.35 average at Drake, Helmet and Spurs and Phi Beta Kappa clamored tor him. Yale conterred upon him the doctor's degree atter intensive study ot the philosophy ot re- ligion. In i938 he was selected as one ot ten men by the Inter- national Council to lecture in European churches and audito- riums tor three months. Old World cities in Old World back- grounds nurtured his appreciation ot the arts and classics. ln i927 he began his career at Drake. The knack ot hav- ing everybody like him is just as much a part ot Dean Stalnaker's classes in philosophy as any ot the ordinary textbook tacts. DEAN Seth Slaughter was given a leave ot absence last sum- mer to accept the honor ot holding high Drake's prestige at the Ashram in Minnesota. The Ashram is a conterence ot recognized theologians conceived along the lines ot the annual religious conference in India. He collaborated with the Rev. E. Stanley Jones and they alternately delivered the evening ad- dresses. Erom his advanced ideas developed something new in the Bible college this year-a clinic. Students accompany pastors when they visit the homes ot members and report their observa- tions to Dean Slaughter. He also requires a report ot the prac- tice ministerial duties. A quick triendly smile, kindly counsel and dignified manner- isms personity Dean Slaughter, seventh dean to head the ac- tivities ot the Bible college. He relieves the Rev. Marvin O. Sansbury ot some ot the numerous problems ot the University Church ot Christ. 24

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Commencement 1940 EVERAL thousand persons, in the University Church of Christ attendin the annual Drake commencement exercises, listened 5 S intently. ' I have the honor to present the speaker in absentis, Mr. .I. Edgar Hoover, Dr. D. W. Morehouse, president of Drake univer- sity, said. There was a half minute of silence broken only by occasional coughing in the audience. Dr. Morehouse turned to look toward the off-stage control room. This is Station WOL, Washington, D. C.- The sound broke forth from a half dozen loud speakers about the audi- torium. It was the introduction of the director of the federal bureau of investigation, who radioed his address when an unusual emergency forced him to cancel his trip to Iowa. It was believed to be the first remote control com- mencement address in the nation. Hoover, whose presentation was as audible and clear as if he had stood before his audience, warned his listen- ers against Communists, Bund organizations espionage agents, saboteurs, and other foreign deterrents of Ameri- can preparedness. The crowded church audience applauded its unseen speaker when the loud speakers became silent. Dr. Morehouse awarded 230 diplomas as he watched for the last time the long line of Drake graduates file out of the University Church. He also presented honorary doctor of law diplomas to Dr. George H. Gallup, founder of the American Insti- tute of Public Opinion and the Gallup polls, and Dr. Roy G. Blakely, professor of economics at Minnesota University. - Busy commencement week included the annual Com- mencement play St, Joan given May 23, 24, 25 in which the senior dramatists had their final appearance on the alma mater stage. Then the Phi Beta Kappa dinner was held in the Women's Dormitory on May 3I. June I saw the annual alumni-graduate dinner. Baccalaureate exercises were held June 2 in the Uni- versity Church of Christ with the Rev. Marvin O. Sansbury delivering the sermon. On the sunny, warm morning of Monday, June 3, 1940, the 230 capped and gowned graduates filed across Uni- versity avenue and into the Church auditorium. At noon they filed back and were inducted into the Drake alumni association standing under traditional ChanceIor's elm. In the afternoon Dr. and Mrs. Morehouse held the Presi- dent's reception in their home, and the 59th Commence- ment activities came to a close.

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:-- L-- 1313.214 ' ' IITHE LAW SCHOOL is rated as one ot the best by all standardizing agencies, declared Martin A. Tolletson, who was appointed dean ot the law school in December. For the last two years he has been acting dean in the absence ot Arthur A. Morrow, Chiet Justice ot the High Court ot American Samoa. ln his slight Norwegian accent he tells ot tighting side loy side with the American doughboys in France. In l935 he re- ceived a tellowship trom the Harvard Law school. Dean Tolletson writes very extensively tor law reviews. This spring he published The Right ot lngress and Egress in the Illinois Law Review. He headed the committee ot deans to expedite administra- tive duties during the illness ot the President and acted as chairman ot this committee until the appointment ot Dr. More- house's successor. A tew hours atter his classes are through at the university. one can tind him in dirty overalls in the garden on his tarm home just a tew miles from town. . . 1 5. , .5 13 25 ALTHO DEANS pi-ll BETA KAPPA and Kappa Delta Pi are just two ot the organizations that include Dean John H. Gabrielson on their membership list. He is on so many committees that he can scarcely list them all, but he's never too busy to counsel students. For two years betore he accepted the deanship he served as a Des Moines high school superintendent. ln I937 he was named dean ot men and immediately all the personal problems ot Drake's young manhood became his. Debate N.Y.A. student council and the construction ot the men's dormitory have constituted a tew ot his worries. He acts as adviser to many student groups and lends support to the selt-governing regime in the men's dormitory. He aids in planning the university's promotion work. He and Mrs. Gabrielson top the list ot guests at many student gatherings and are regular fellows as chaperones tor the debate team. UGH H. Leigh Baker has been dean ot the college education only two years, the department has re- sponded quickly to his etticient acceleration. ln his brisk, busi- ness-like manner he conducts one ot the most outstanding colleges ot its kind. An unusual requirement is that education students must tultill two years ot practice teaching. The basis tor his progressive ideas lies in the long tedious hours ot study at the University ot Illinois and at the University ot Chicago where he tired turnaces and worked in the library as monetary accompaniments to attaining his intellectual goal. His first study ot teaching techniques as a superintendent was experimental. From this he moulded his educational methods and standards to torm Drake's high standards. Working in close cooperation with Miss Cloe he is proud ot the high percentage ot graduate-teacher placements that Drake boasts.