University of Iowa - Hawkeye Yearbook (Iowa City, IA)

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ADELAIDE L. BURCE ROBERT E. RIEXOW Dean of H ' omen Dean of Men GOVERNING BOARD The University of lo va, together with the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, and the loxva State Teachers College, is governed by the State Board of Education. The Board consists of nine members, and a Finance Committee, made up of three members appointed by the Board. IOWA STATE BOARD OF D. D. MURPHY, Elkader W. H. GEMMILL, Des Moines GEORGE T. BAKER .... CHARLES R. BREXTOX PARKER K. HOLBROOK . AXXA B. LAVVTHER . PAULIXE L. DEVITT .... E. P. SCHOEXTGEX .... VV. C. STUCKSLAGER CHARLES H. THOMAS . EDUCATION President Secretary Davenport Dallas Center Onawa Dubuque Oskaloosa Council Bluffs Lisbon Creston FINANCE COMMITTEE V. R. BOYD, Chairman .... Cedar Rapids THOMAS LAMBERT Sabula W. H. GEMMILL ... Des Moines Page Twrnty-srvfii i

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A ilri 1 ' iiinl rtchinij by Paul Krabec PRESIDENT WALTER A. JESSUP Page Twenty-six '

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THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION ' S GIFT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FTER many years of waiting, the hopes and dreams of the University of Iowa, and especially the College of Medicine, have been realized in the passage of the Mead bill by the state legislature and its signing by Governor Kendall. The passage of this bill makes possible the gift of $4,500,000 to the University of Iowa for erecting and equipping a new general hospital and medical instruction laboratories on the west slope of the Iowa River. This gift, the largest ever made to a tax-supported institution in the United States, comes from a joint source, the general education board, the Rockefeller foundation, and the State Legislature of Iowa. It was last winter that the Rockefeller foundation, acting in conjunction with the general board of education, agreed to donate $2,500,000 to the University of Iowa to be used toward building and equipping a larger medical college. This donation, however, was not to be made until the legislature of the State of Iowa would agree to give a like sum, over a period of five years, to the University for the same purpose. It was but some weeks ago that the legislature passed the Mead bill appropriating the amount of $2,500,000 to the State University. The entire University as well as the whole state is greatly indebted to the present legislature for its unselfish motives and keen foresight in making such a project possible. The estimated cost of the completed plant has been set at $4,500,000. The legis- lature by the recent passage of the Mead bill has agreed to pay its half of the donation in amounts of $450,000 annually for five years. It is believed that construction will start in the very near future due to the twofold reason that it will take several years to complete the construction of the plant and furthermore that the University at present is pushed to the very limit to accommodate its steadily growing student body. Plans for the project have already been drawn up and it has been proposed to build the plant on the west bank of the Iowa River on a site which was purchased by the University authorities at the same time as the ground on which stand the Quadrangle and the Psychopathic Hospital. The completion of these buildings will greatly relieve the tension on the executive board of solving the ever-increasing problems of class-room accommodation and student housing. The proposed plan is to convert the buildings that are at present the Uni- versity Hospital and the Nurses ' Homes into dormitories for women while the medical classrooms and laboratories on the east side of the river will be made into classrooms suitable for the use of the other colleges of the University. PROPOSED WEST SIDE MEDICAL GROUP Page Twenty-eight