Drake University - Quax Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Left ro right: Hazel Weakly, Pearl Bjork, Dean Hutchinson, J. I-lerlzerr Blackhursr, Margaret Black. Norma Scheidemann and Frances Barber EDUEATIU JOHN H, HUTCHINSON is serving as chairf man of the executive committee of the college of education in the absence of Leigh H. Baker, on leave in the armed forces. Acting Dean Hutchinson is finishing his seven' teenth year at Drake. Dependent upon him for guidance are one hundred and forty student teachers. With the other members of the faculty of the education college, Hutchinson assumes the responf sibility of placing the college's graduates as well as training them. When a student enrolls in the college of educaf tion, one member of the faculty is assigned to him as adviser. This adviser is responsible for counsel' ing the student in the choice of a professional ob' jective, in choosing his courses, in planning his prof gram, and in meeting problems of adjustment to college life. To aid the student and the adviser in this, an individual record is kept for each student. Inf formation gathered about the student includes a college aptitude test, personal interest blank, a rec' ord of previous high school and college work, and other signiiicant data. EULLEEE The relationship between the student and adviser continues from semester to semester. In this way the student gains the beneit of counsel by a mem' ber of the faculty who has become acquainted with him, his interests, abilities and problems. An ad' viser schedules at least two individual conferences with each student during the semester. He is also available to the student for an individual conferf ence whenever the student may desire one. In addition to individual counseling, problems common to entering students are considered in spef cially planned courses such as Introduction to' Education and Planning for a Teaching Career. Many visits are made to schools and class rooms from kindergarten through the senior high school to give a background of personal acquaintance with school situations which will help the student to make intelligent choices and to plan his future ac' cording to his interests and needs. Drake's college of education led in the require' ment among colleges for two semesters of practice teaching for students seeking a four-year certificate. Norma V. Scheidemann joined the faculty this fall and introduced a course in psychology of ex' ceptional children. Dr. Scheidemann came to Drake from the University of Michigan.

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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.

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Left ro right: Walter G. Freclell, John B. Shumaker, and Earle Galloway PHA MAE DEAN GEORGE E. CROSSEN came to Drake last fall with an imposing list of degrees, This is his first year as dean of the college of pharmacy. The vigor and initiative he has brought to his position as leader of the pharmacy students has made itself felt beyond the confines of the science building and has given a lift to the entire campus. He has had extensive work in the formulating of curricula, assisting in the revision of the pharmacy college curriculum at Minnesota. A registered DEAN GEORGE E. CROSSEN Y EULLEEE pharmacist, he has had nine years' experience in retail drug work during which time he was a clerk, assistant store manager and manager of a drug store. For the past several years he has been faculty adviser to both graduate and undergraduate pharf macy students at the university. . Dean Crossen is chairman of the committee on drug standards of the Ivlinnesota state pharma' ceutical association. He is a member of the Amerif can pharmaceutical association and of Rho Chi, Phi Lambda Upsilon and Sigma Xi fraternities. There is a great demand for pharmacists in the armed forces, the dean said. The army and navy use pharmacists in all large camps, hospitals and bases. The dean believed the field of research to be the most important in which a pharmacist can work today. This was because of the great need -for work .on substitutes for valuable drugs that can be obtained now only in limited quantities due to the war effort. He has attempted to interest his students in research for quinine and atropine. Quinine which was shipped here from the Dutch East Indies is not available for public consumption and is needed by the army and the navy for control of tropical diseases such as malaria. Atropine, from belladona in Italy, is used for dilating the pupils of the eyes in eye examinations.