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

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THE COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY DOCTOR of Dental Surgery! From the time the ambitious, vision- laden Freshman makes his debut in the College of Dentistry until his gilt-trimmed, blark shingle swings on a brass rod outside a skyscraper, he flutters experimentally under the com- petent wings of Dean Frank Thomas Breene, D.D.S., M.D., and a corps of forty-two professors and instructors. Patients, five tTionsand or so of them, accommodated in the gray mar- ble infirmary of the Dental Building, range from the freckle faced urchin who insists that his left upper filling was pounded in with a solid iron mal- let, to the older victim taking fond farewell of bicuspids and incisors. Divisions of training for dentistry are Radiography, Diagnosis, Oral Sur- gery, Anaesthesia, and Orthodontia. In view of the present dental course, it seems incredible that in 1883, the required work had a duration of only five months. Within the Dental building are fa- cilities offering experimentation and practice in every possible dental field. Ten demonstrators and assistants, three graduate assistants, and eleven FKANK T. BKEKXK Dean administrative assistants guide the student dents along a work-strewn way of crowns, extractions, and bridges until they have placed in their hands the neatly tied diploma of the College of Dentistry accepted wherever any certificate may convey a meaning. Here the dents obtain a great variety of training and experience They learn not only to fill teeth but to manufacture false teeth, make bridges and inlays, and straighten teeth. When they graduate they go out with the confidence that they are well versed in every branch The dentistry school at Iowa Uni- versity is one of the largest in the United States and is recognized as one of the leading educational insti- tutions in its field. The dents are a proud lot of professional students who wear their derbys with a jaunty air and feel that they are members of one of the best colleges in this great university. They are perfectly right in this contention ami in taking advantage of the fine courses offered are preparing them- selves for a fundamentally sound start in the game of life. WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS LAWRENCE W. BOHXENKAMP HENRY F. OAXHY I.YLE VAN ZELE

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THE DEAN OF MEN IF HOPELESSLY involved in :i tangle of over-cuts .and flunk no tices, lost in a maze of problems concerning social connections, or the check from father failed to arrive but the hunger pangs didn ' t, the Dean is apt to bear the brunt of confidences concerning the same collegiate diffi- culties. The waiting room of Dean Robert E. Rienow ' s office in the basement of Old Capitol is constantly filled with young men. They come to receive aid regarding schedule complications, the securing of employment, absence ex- cuses, and housing problems. Dean Rieuow is probably in confer- ence more than the proverbial railroad magnate. Yet his conferences are shorter and more personal. In them he offers advice and information on every conceivable subject. Because he has intimate contact with every man student in the university at some time during that man ' s college life, he is a friendly and helpful campus figure. lie is a busy man and admits it, somewhat apologetically. He regrets his lack of time that he may not make more relationships in addition to the ROBERT E. HIKXOW Dean numerous ones he has already con tracted. He is rather an honorary older member than guardian to the Student Council and Men ' s Pan Hel- lenic groups of which he is adviser. Dean Rienow is a firm champion of control with guidance, which he much prefers to stern rule and the court martial. The Quadrangle is one of the Dean ' s charges which he adminis- ters in a simple but effective fashion. Although sometimes extreme penal- ties are exacted by the dean from stu- dents who have participated in vari- ous escapades, as a general rule Dean Uienow is a patient and sympathetic administrator. Freshmen who receive six weeks of lectures from the dean every year on the general problems of University life, find in him a trusted friend to whom they may turn when the per- plexities of their new surroundings be- come too entangled for individual so- lution. Dean Hienow is an interesting talk er who can back up his theories with concrete facts and can ably point out their advantages. Nineteen

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p. 4, tfctw lint h THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING THE COMPASS and the transit, the arch and the span, the forge and the lathe, the iron girder and the steel bar are symbols of the Col- lege of Engineering. To design, to construct, to achieve, are the engin eer ' s goals. In the five laboratories in Engineering Hall the student mem- orizes and practices the principles of his profession, so that he may devise structures, compile stout masonry, check a torrent, span a desert, or re- pair a dynamo. All courses in Engineering are di vided into Civil, Electrical, Median! cal, Chemical, or Commercial groups. A special division is that of Median ics and Hydraulics. Recently a course in Aeronautics has been added to the Mechanical Engineering courses. The five buildings in which the practical side of Engineering is expe- rienced, are Steam Engineering Lab oratory, Materials Laboratory, Hy draulic. Laboratory, Manufacturers Laboratories and Hydraulic Testing Plant. In the Hall of Engineering, around which in series each class has chiseled its symbolic memorial, lee- CLE.MF.NT C. WILLIAMS I ean tures are attended. The Department of Electrical Engineering has its quarters in the Physics building. Clement Clarence Williams, C.E., Dean of the college, heads a faculty of twenty-two professors, fourteen as- sociate and fourteen assistant profes- sors, six associates, seven instructors, and seven graduate assistants, or a total of seventy. The traditional annual Homecoming corn monument is the handiwork of the engineering department, as is the Homecoming arch and the flashing silent rooter sign. Every effort is made to train the engineer in the theoretical and the practical so tint upon the completion of his course he may render capable public service. A special feature of the Engineer- ing college is Mecca Week. During one week each year the engineers show their wares to the public and partici- pate in a general seven days ' frolic. During this week exhibits are given, the engineers entertain with a bur- lesque show; and activities are cli- maxed by the Mecca Ball to which the entire university is invited. CHARLES D. MULLINEX KMIL II, KAUSCH LEO J. ASCHEXBRENNER GAYLORD A. KKLLOW Twenty-three