Drake University - Quax Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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La W ww. DEAN LYNDEN E. HOFEMANES famed humor was filed to its keen edge during his youth in his father's machine shop, Acting as flunlry in a sorority house en- abled him to attend the University of lllinois and to finish at the University of Chicago. Before entering his professorship here in I92O, he gained experience as a traveling auditor for a railroad and as principal of a high school. He enrolled in the law school during his professorship and was admitted to the bar in I934. His commonsense philosophy pervades his classrooms. A wide acquaintance of local businessmen enables him to understand their idiosyncracies and what motivates their wills. Dean Hoffman expresses his philosophy in the classroom as. The end of a commerce course is not to sharpen the acquisitive wits of the individual in order that he may profit at others' expense, but to provide him with the tools to render a service to his fellowmenf' Wie UNDERSTANDING and lcindliness have won for Dean Herbert Gould a popular position as high as his official' rank. After turning his back upon a school- master's career, he like many others, combined the aesthetic and the practical by shoveling furnaces to malre his way through the New England and Boston con- servatories of music, When the trend from solely music schools to those devoted to developing music instructors began, Drake followed suit. The University proffered Herbert Gould the cleanship as a fitting climax to his seven year operatic career. Cincinnati Conservatory had conferred upon him -an honorary B, M. in recogni- tion of his efforts toward the advancement of music in the United States before his coming to Dralce. During the last Christmas holidays he was basso soloist with the Swedish Choral Society in the presentation of The Messiah at the Chicago Orchestra Hall. BROWN eyes sparkle and reveal Dean Herbert W, Bohlman's boundless humor as he greets the counsel-seelring student. Early ambitions effected his enrollment in law school but when he viewed young lawyers tightening their belts to ease the gnawing, he changed into a more lucrative profession, His country called him to Naval Reserve duty in l9l8. Thoughts of traveling fascinated him but he laughs as he recalls leaving base only once for patrol duty-three miles out in Lalce Michigan! Beginning at Drake in I924 as professor of economics his ability raised him to the head of the department. Last spring he was appointed Dean of the Graduate Divi- sion to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Lewis Worthington Smith. Problems from Cowles Library find their way to him as chairman of the library com- mittee. Dean Bohlman's brilliant wit and friendly personality have won for him the rcspect and admiration of the student body. P HARMACY is so interesting that after thirty-two years Dean Elbert C. Kagy still thoroughly enjoys his classes. That is why his classes enjoy Dean Kagy. A brother-in-law influenced his beginning in this profession and Dean Kagy's en- thusiasm has prompted his daughter to fallow in his footsteps. He led the battle to establish the Des Moines School of Pharmacy. and was influential when it merged to become the college of pharmacy at Drake in the spring of '38. ' Last spring all of Kagy's graduates passed the pharmaceutical examination for the state of Iowa. The college itself received the high ranking approval of the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education. Quiet, soft-spoken Dean Kagy has only words of praise for the comprehensive course offered at Drake. 26 ii iii

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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.

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BUSINESS ADIVIINISTIQATICDN THE UNIVERSITY was dealt its second administrative blow within a month with the death of E. C. Lytton. A recurring heart ailment was fatal to the man who had been Drake's business manager for 2I years. Lytton was in charge ot University publicity, advertising. and also arranging the football schedule. One of the achievements credited to Mr. Lytton was the installation ot night football at Drake in I92i8. Mr. .Lytton had been a personal triend ot Knute Rockne. famous football coach. His added duties included membership on the board ot publications and Drake Relays Committee. His everyday optimism, his ability to deal with a wide variety ot interests and his happy smile can never be replaced on Drake's campus. .fa--. W 1 I llIT'S TURBY WHO PAYS -and has been paying tor I9 years. I-Ie was one ot the men behind the scenes when Chautauqua was at its height, but was gradu- ated from these heavily padded gay-nineties 'figures to the head ot Drake's tinance bureau where tigures dety padding. He acts as secertary pro tcm tor the board ot trustees and is the exacting tormulator ot the university's budget. All student accounts are in his capable hands. Securities. real estate and cash on hand have to be balanced against pur- chases of everything trom thumb t-acks to student unions by this twinkling-eyed genial buclgeter. His kindly humor stimulates the whole business administration department and marks him as one ot the student tavorites. Gardening is his hobby and he is a self-christened Iowa dirt tarmer. GUARDIAN ot all academic directories, grades received, and entrance credits is young-hearted, white-haired Miss Emma J. Scott. She was one of tour sisters to be graduated from Drake and accepted the position ot Registrar in I9l7. Her lamily has been associated with Drake University since its founding. Miss Scott is the composer ot the words ot Drake's Alma Mater Hymn. For her memorials to deceased taculty and her impromptu verse she deserves recognition as poet laureate ot Drake. Her knowledge ot the University extends beyond the numerous volumes ot rec- ords in her ottice. Ask Miss Scott, has become the campus by-word, and almost every hour of the day some student or taculty member treads her threshold to ask her advice. W cess ot her ettorts. y than financial problems. 27 PLEASANT, helptul and very wise in employment matters is Miss ministrator of the service bureau. Miss Cloe accepted the position in I928. This service is entirely tree to all students and each year women earn thousands ot dollars through the service ot this bureau. Miss Cloe keeps a list of all calls tor work on tile and students tain whatever type ot work they wish by applying iat her ottice. Rhea Cloe, ad- as administrator Drake men and she says. usually can ob- Working in cooperation with the deans ot all colleges, she avails the graduates ot every opportunity to secure employment and chuck tuII tiles prove the suc- Even more treasured by students are her conferences that help them with more