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

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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 [ -

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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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The Dean of Women ADELAIDE L. BDRQE Dean of Women THE office of Dean of Women was established at the State University of Iowa in the fall of 1900. With the increased enrollment it had become dif- ficult to maintain the close contact between faculty and students which had existed in an earlier day. The office of Dean of Women was created to meet this need. The Dean of Women advises young women in the se- lection of their courses of study until the time that the major is chosen. She endeavors to assist them in main- taining satisfactory scholarship, taking into considera- tion the problems of health, finances, and outside work. She also aids in providing for them healthful, approved living quarters. Currier Hall, the main dormitory for women, was built in 1913, and it was then looked upon as sufficiently large for the needs of the women on the campus. In only a few years, however, several small houses were added as Annexes to this main building in order that more young women might have dormitory privileges. In the city, private homes approve by the office of the Dean of Women and the various group houses in which the members live accommodate hundreds of young women. In addition to help with school work and everyday living, the Dean of Women co-operates in extra-curricular activities by conference and close association with Staff and Circle, senior honorary society, and all other women ' s organizations. There are broader and greater problems with which the Dean of Women copes. She analyzes the varied influences which affect the lives of young women and guides their energies into avenues of true worth with the skill born of Knowledge and Sympathy. It is the hope of the administration that this office may be increasingly efficient in the important task of counselling young women so that the parents of Iowa may be assured that on this campus their daughters will have the watchful care given them at home. Adelaide Lesheck Burge, Dean of Women, has held this post since 1921. She has come to be the beloved advisor and the understanding counsellor of the young women of the University and is regarded with the highest esteem by all who know her or come in contact with her. 27