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

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- lifal - iiftiK plant is being constructed to furnish the many buildings of the University with cheaper heat and power than they are now being supplied with. The Chemistry building is rapidly nearing completion in order to render greater facilities for the teaching and research in the sciences. With the ever increasing student body it becomes necessary to build an addition to the Quadrangle, and when the new University Hospital is finished the old buildings will be turned into dormitories for women. A mammoth field house which will be the central location for all indoor sports will be ready for occupancy in time to usher in the 1926-1927 bas- ketball season. Plans are under way whereby all the University libraries will be combined into one huge building erected solely for that purpose. University High School, the training ground for those who are pursuing an education with the idea of becoming teachers, has moved into an imposing new home overlooking Iowa river. But the University has done other things than just erect buildings. The Theo- dore Sanxy scholarship provides an annual fund of $500.00 to be awarded each year to the senior in the College of Liberal Arts who shows the greatest aptitude for graduate work. A school of religion has been established as an integral part of the College of Liberal Arts so that the spiritual life of the student may not be neglected. For the first time in the history of the university students have held places on the committee which arranges the commencement program. The Daily lowan will reward service to the newspaper by awarding gold, silver, and bronze honor keys. For the first time in the history of any college or University a college year book has been printed in a plant owned and controlled by the stu- dents. A Saturday Lunch Club has been organized for the purpose of procuring prominent men of letters to discuss literary questions with the ilterati of the campus. These are visible evidences of a progress which is not stilled an advance which will not be stopped. MKWORIAL UNION BALLROOM - 25

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Iowa ' s Progress MANY notable things have come to pass. The university of the future, the great educational plant created in the dreams and hopes of men many years ago, is rapidly becoming a reality. The beauty of the campus and its environs has been enriched by the erection of many beautiful buildings. And the work has but begun. A multitude of workmen are busy with the construc- tion of other edifices which will be permanent monuments of the faith of the people of the State of Iowa in the theory of universal education. But the advancement of the University cannot be measured alone in buildings, the mere outwar d show of this cultural center. The progress along other lines is not so easily discernable. It is not so pretentious. It prefers to pass more or less modestly unnoticed. It is rather difficult to point out definite manifesta- tions of this other progress, call it spiritual, or what you will. But it is there, nevertheless, forming the unseen skeleton upon which the imposing superstruc- ture may be reared. Let us look at the material evidences of advancement. The Iowa Memoriol Union, built from funds generously subscribed by students and alumni of the University, and dedicated to the University ' s heroes who made the supreme sac- rifice in the recent world holocaust, has already become the center of the social and recreational life of Iowa men and women. The first unit of this building only marks the beginning of the monument to Iowa ' s war heroes. The con- struction of the second unit has been started and it is only a question of time until the entire memorial will stand complete. The College of Medicine will soon be housed in one of the finest buildings of that type in the United States. Construction is well along on one of these buildings and again it is only a ques- tion of time until the entire plant will be complete. A new heating and power IOWA ' S NEW HOSPITAL 24

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The Dean of Men T ROBERT E. BIENOW Dean of Men HE office of Dean of Men, although it has existed at the University of Iowa for fourteen years, is still comparatively recent as an administrative branch of the school. It was founded in 1913 by Prof. Ensign, who was Registrar at that time, when it was found that the duties of the office, and the functions performed were enough to employ the entire time of one man. Later Dean Rienow took the office and is still in that capacity. At the time it was founded, there were few similar offices in the larger universities. Originally it was a disciplinary center where all students were sent to check up on absences, misconduct, and acted as a check upon the student body as a whole. This is still its function in most of the universities and colleges. Modern develop- ments, however, have tended toward student government and as a result many of its functions are lost. This is the situation at Iowa. Here, where the Student Council, and Interfraternity Conference play the greater part in making the rules and regulations, the Dean of Men ' s office merely acts as an agent of these governing bodies. As a result Dean Rienow has given his position a new function which few of the students are aware of. In the dean ' s own words, he has intended to make it the service station of the Uni- versity. All problems which arise in the mind of the student, concerning finance, studies, or any other situations which may demand the reasoning of some older person are all taken care of through the office of the Dean of Men. This function of service is comparatively recent, and is not as yet appreci- ated by the greater portion of the student body. It is the desire of the admin- istration to have the student regard the office of the Dean of Men as a sort of hospital where troubles are mended, rather than as a county jail where mis- judgments are unsympathetically punished. However, the extent to which the advantages of this office have been utilized may be realized when we see that there are now four assistants to Dean Rienow, including Mr. Morrow, the assist- ant Dean of Men. rr orn 26 r [ -