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

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-:v THE SCHOOLS OF LETTERS AND OF FINE ARTS NORMAN C. FOERSTEB Director FEELING the necessity of a more unified program of study in departments of the College of Liberal Arts, such as art, literature, languages, and music, a School of Letters and a School of Fine Arts were established as separate administrative units in that college in the spring of 1930. The School of Letters, under the direction of Norman C. Foerster, comprises the department of Latin and Greek, Romance languages, German and English. Aims of the school have been set forth as those which will encourage intellectual life. The school of Fine Arts is under the administrative direction of Rufus H. Fitz- gerald. Its curriculum is composed of dramatic art, history of art, graphic and plastic art, and music. Conspicuous in the latter field is the annual spring music festival, at which high school students from over the state meet in competition. Twenty nine

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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

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THE GRADUATE COLLEGE CAUL E. SEASHORE Demi A PANORAMA of the past thirty years and a forecast of the future of the Graduate College in the University of Iowa were unfolded as professors and learned alumni of that college met in Iowa City to celebrate the 30th anni- versary of the founding of the Graduate College on this campus in December, 1930. Encompassing the entire scope of the field of learning, the celebration included a symposium and round table discussions of a practical nature centered about the mental, social, and historical sciences, applied arts, fine arts, material sciences, languages, and literature as undertaken in graduate study. On this occasion, three of the four presidents of the University who had served during the thirty years were present and gave addresses reminiscent of their experiences. Thirty