Drake University - Quax Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Left to right, seared: Francis Pyle. Katherine Shreves, Frank B. Noyes, Mrs. Stewart, Juliette Redfem and Gordon Bird Standing: Ruth Emmett, Paul Stoye, james J. Fiderlick, Mabel Madden, Waunita Shaw, Stanford Hulshizer, Genevieve Baal, Lenore E. Stull, Frederick W. Schlesselmnn and Byron Ben Boyd FI E ARTS IIIJLLEEE DEAN FRANK B. JORDAN'S unceasing activf ity keeps Howard Hall humming. One of the youngest deans on the campus, Dean Jordan came to Drake from his position as dean of the college of music at Illinois Wesleyan university in February, 1942. His is the task of answering all the problems which confront the one hundred and eighty-two students and twenty faculty members of the art, music, and drama departments. Students who have attended Dean Jordan's re- citals know that he is a fine musician as well as a Hrst-class executive. The college of fine arts endeavors to teach stu' dents the value of line arts in their cultural develop' ment, and stresses the practical side of competent performance in their chosen fields or extrafcurric- ular interests by encouraging the entire student body to participate in its various activities. The University theater affords the student an opportunity for practical experience in the field of play production, and in its aim of meeting the need for cultural and educational development has be' come a center of theatrical entertainment, not only for the campus, but for the entire community, as well. The Drake A Capella choir has become well' known throughout the middlefwest by its extensive tours and the concerts which it has given over na' tional radio networks. Its members include stu' dents from all of the colleges who possess the ref quired qualities of musicianship. It is noteworthy that the concentrated elforts of the college of fine arts on individual achievement has succeeded in placing students in splendid posif tions in all parts of the United States. l DEAN FRANK JORDAN f

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Left to right: Scot: Rowley, Leland Forest and Cleon Faust DEAN ARTHUR A. MQRROW returned last fall to his position as head of the college of law, after serving during a fivefyear leave of absence as Chief Justice of the High Court of American Samoa. In the seclusion of the Carnegie law lbrary, Dean Morrow and the potential lawyers who are under his guidance pursue their studies with en' thusiasm, taking time out only for their famed ac- tivities at Homecoming convocation. The dean of the oldest unit of Drake came to the university in 1916 after being graduated as vale' DEAN ARTHUR A., MORROXV dictorian of his class by the University of Michigan. Arthur A. Morrow was professor .of law and later dean of thecollege of commerce and finance before becoming head of the law school. The Drake university law school is a member of the Association of American law schools and meets the standard that is required of all members of the Association. In 1921 the American Bar Association by resoluf tion directed the Council on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar to determine what law schools in the United States complied with the standards set by that Association. After an ex- tended investigation of the law schools of the country, the Council prepared a list of schools which in its opinion complied with such standards. Schools complying with the standards were put in class NA. Drake university law school was inf cluded in such class. As a result of subsequent ac- tion of the Council, schools complying with the standards are now designated approved instead of class A, Drake university law school is included in the list of approved law schools. The library of the law school, containing more than 20,000 volumes, is located on the second floor of Carnegie Hall. Special care has been exercised to make this a good working library for the student of law. V - P

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Lefr to right, seared: IN-Ierrill B. Dilley and Dean Hoffman Standing: E. G. Barrett, Ervin I. Hays and Roscoe R. Giffin EUMMEHEE EULLEEE DEAN LYNDEN E. HOFFMAN, who is com' pleting his twentyfsecond year at Drake has the last word in the college of commerce and finance. Dean Hoffman, who did his undergraduate work at the University of Chicago, found time somehow to get his L.L.B. while teaching at Drake in 1933. His warm smile and direct manner are familiar to all Drake students, and his neverffailing sense of humor helps him to guide students who- are proud to be under his direction. Among his daily flood of letters, one will find some from commerce graduates who are still seeking his advice. This year he was busy answering ujust friendly letters to boys in the service and telling them how they could complete their course after the war. Under his supervision the college of commerce and finance has been outstanding among colleges of its kind in the United States. The most cordial relationships exist between the faculty and students of the college and business men of Des Moines. A number of practical business seminars for seniors have been developed in which the students under' take special research work for certain firms under the joint supervision of the executive of the firm and the department head in the college. This gives 20 such students an added advantage of getting pracf tical business experience before completing their college work. Students may substitute for the local work two months of fullftime apprenticeship work as a junior accountant with a public accounting firm in Chi' cago, with which the accounting department makes the necessary arrangements. A number of night courses were added to the schedule of the college of commerce this year. These courses were designed to meet the needs of young business men and women who could not attend college during the daytime and who wished to acquire a knowledge of certain technical business subjects. Merrill B. Dilley, professor of accounting, as prefinduction education counselor received all of Washington's notices regarding the a1'my's desire for our men students. He and the genial dean counseled with numerous draftfbaiters. Commercial classes were held this year in the administration bldg. after the Wonien's Army appropriated Cole hall. Fullyfequipped laboratories were moved to the second floor.