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

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NOB THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION PAUL C. PACKER Dean tl |GN()RANCE is the curse of God, knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven . . . . ' Shakespeare ' s words ring like a challenge in the ears of those who today are seeking to make the coming generations intelligent, educated men and women. The College of Education bases its curriculum upon the belief that a broad, liberal education is first essential to teachers or supervisory instructors, that thorough mastery of the subjects or group of subjects to be taught is likewise fundamental, and that professional information regarding familiarity with the problems to be met, knowledge of pupils, and interpretation of subjects of instruction should be coupled with the first-named requisites. Three obser- vational schools cooperate with the department to provide administrative and experimental work and classes for practice teaching. Twenty-seven

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swswMpmwssss THE COLLEGE OF COMMERCE CHESTER A. PHILLIPS Dean ANEW GENERATION of business executives, merchants, secretaries, and builders in the world of commerce and finance such are students in the College of Commerce who are aspiring to lend their services to the fast moving world which is always demanding faster, more efficient business methods. The College of Commerce, established as part of the Liberal Arts college in 1!)14, was made a separate institution in 1921. The bureau of business research, organized in 1926, is a part of the commerce department. It serves the purpose of rendering direct service to business interests of the state regarding affairs in the business world. Chester Arthur Phillips. Ph.D., is dean of the college. Under his administration is an efficient staff of professors, instructors, and assistants whose knowledge and experience encourage the best work possible in the students. HOWARD L. YOUNG MELVIN G. DAKIN Tin nty-xix

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THE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM TH! FKAXK L. MOTT Director OXE OF THE most interesting spots on the Iowa campus is the School of Journalism, with its colorful and constant activity. Equally as interest- ing as the modern school is the history of its progress. Journalism started at the University of Iowa with a monthly paper, the University Reporter. Another student publication, The Vidette Reporter, was published in October. 1889, by the Zetagathian and Hesperia literary societies. These publications later combined into a weekly. In 1891, the SUI Quill , edited by a board of fourteen members, was published. In the autumn of 1901, the Vidette-Ileporter and the Quill combined as The Daily lowan , first issued Sept. 21, 1!K)1. The lowan later became a unit of Student Publications, Inc., along with the Journal of Business, Transit, Frivol and Hawkeye, F DARREL N. GARWOOD MARY HINKLE Twenty-eight