Drake University - Quax Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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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.

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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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h S l' B man II E Strin fellow, Dean Slaughter, Katherine Schutzc and Marvin O. Sansbury Left to right: A. D. Vearc . termg r ' , '. . g BIBLE IIULLEIEE DEAN SETH W. SLAUGHTER, who was graduated from Drake in 1916 and received his M.A. and B.D. from the University of Chicago in 1918 and in 1922 respectively, is completing his sixth year as head of the Bible college. Stronghold of the Bible college is Memorial hall. Ministerial students depend upon him for guidf ance, as well as prospective ministers in the college of liberal arts who also come to him for advice. Drake students have reason to be proud of the tall scholar whose leadership keeps the university's Bible college high in the religious circles of the country. Prefministerial students enrolled in the college of liberal arts took advantage of the accelerated warftime course of study offered in that college. Under this program, the student can complete his prefBible work in less than three years. Certain endowments and gifts from churches have made possible the granting to ministerial students loans and scholarships. Marvin O. Sansbury of the University Church of Christ lectures on pastoral problems and pastoral calling. He aids Dean Slaughter in a program which is individual among colleges of the Bible. Under this program ministerial students accompany Dr. Sansf bury and Dean Slaughter on visits in the homes of church members. During their undergraduate years they receive practice in the pulpits of Des Moines' churches. During the times when he is not Coordinating the work of the entire Bible college, Dean Slaughter instructs courses in the preparation and delivery of sermons, history of the Old Testament and pastoral administration of the church. DEAN SETH XV. SLAUGHTIER