Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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Even though the Division oi Engineer- ing claimed the greatest niunher of stu- dents, the Agriculiuie Dixision (lis|)la c(l the most significant increase. In I ' JIT the students on the Ag side of llie campus numbered 2,ir)() while for ihe lall ol IIMS there were 2,4; ) 7. As in the Engineering Dixision. the Division of Home Economics showed a rcchiced number of students. Eall (juarter failed to meet the prex ions vear ' s mark by 100 students. Winter c]iiarter of 191 ' J ioiuul the same condition existing as in fall cjuarter. Over 9,500 students registered establishing a new high. The ])rcxioiis year onlv ' J. 100 students attended classes during the xvintcr. I ven during the xvarm sunnner months many students attended Iowa State. For the summer session which lasted fixe and one-half xveeks S.nSO students registered. The second session xxdiich lasted only tixe weeks, including final exams, foinid ap- proximately the same lunnber ol students enrolled. Along with inllated enrollment in the undergraduate school the (iraduate Col- lege experienced increased attendance, jimiping from K ' t graduate sttidents in xvinter quarter of 191S to 1)35 for the same quarter in I ' .IIO. The college business oliice expects to complete installation of the new pimch card ' registration system by l ' . 5(). Ehe first of the time saving IBM machines nc:)W in use were installed during fall c|uarter. The new machines fall just short of thinking since thex xvill alphabeti e, sort oiu desired information and perform tedious jobs normally re([uiring many xvorkers. IhGt qet qour collecje i eortook 00 poqes of pictures Ipiici: Bnmh of V ' ) ruifiloy. ' , «;,• ' - ' - • - ■ ' ' ■ ' ' ' ■ ' ' linils lluit il truilts. Center: Thi- ml nf llu.s li,u ol pal:, ' i chaps waiting to see the dean is two floors up. Lower: These men are laying in fuel for the cold winter nights. 17

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■Right h sqiiaih. ujiiach I ' .t; ' ' . ' ' xiul llic COLLEGE ENROLLMENT figures rose to a new record for fall and winter quarters The registration line at Beardshear Hall for fall quarter of 1948 included over ten thousand students, the largest enrollment in the history of Iowa State College. This total surpassed the previous record set in 1947 by more than three htmdred students. AboiU half of those registering in the fall of 1948 were veterans attending college on the GI Bill. There was a drop in veteran enrollment of aboiu five hiuidrcd as com- pared with fall quarter 1947. .About four tunes as many men as women were regis- tered. As was the case in colleges throughoiu the country, engineering students led the field in numbers. Iowa State foimd that thirty- six per cent of the total enrollment in the fall of 1948 consisted of engineers. This, ho vever, Avas a marked decrease from the year before when thirty-nine per cent of the total niunber of students registered in engineering. 16

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Freshman days com- mlttee guided over 2800 new students A vcck bciorc the inajorily ol the stu- dent 1)(k1 leliinied to classes nearl - tliiec thmisaiul iiuoniiiig Ireshnien were Ijusy taking eiitraiue exams, meeting tiie lac uhy and locating campus buildings. The Freshmen found most of their time the first two days occupied by English jjlacement, mathematics and personality tests. Sandwiched in between vere api)oint- ments at the liosjjital lor |)h sical examina- tions and at the piioto ser ic e lor identili- cation pictines. Dining the week the tne di isions of the college held receptions. The Engineer- ing l)i ision held theirs in Exhibit Hall complete vith information booths fc r e ' ery department in the dixision. . simi- lar reception was held by the Home Eco- nc:)mics Di ' ision in (Catherine McKay Auditorium. Eraternity and sc rority rtisiiing took place during Ereshman Days and the new students interested in the fraternity system also had to scjueeze rush dates into their busy schedules. A con ' ocation xvas held to ex|)lain rushing jirocediue to the rusli candidates. One of the highlights of Ereshman Days was the Eresiiman Mixer. I ' Or tliis e ent, as many frosh as xvere able ciowded into the condiined ballrooms of the Memorial Ihiion and danced to the music of the Skvliners. fpper: Riisliiiiii hiiiiifs duI the veiy best in siiiilrs. Seconit: Iiiwa SItilr ri-d-wrs ils licsliinen icnmen at Minim Board candlelight .seivite. I liiul: Freshman Days included fisils 1,1 faiuilx luinie . l.owci: Simte (if those at the Freshman Mixeruru fnshmen. 18