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

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IN 1900 the position of Dean of Women was created at the University of Iowa. The same year Mrs. Adelaide Burge graduated from the university. Mrs. Burge became secretary to Dean Nellie S. Aurner in 1918, and when Mrs. Aurner resigned in June, 1921, she was made acting Dean of Women. Dean Burge is well-fitted for the position, not only because she has been a student on the cam- pus, but also because she appreciates the woes and pleasures the average young woman experi ences. Her magnetic personality and unfailing cheerfulness attract every type of girl, because she takes an active, personal interest in each of them as they cooperate with her. The office of the dean is a busy place. Here, Dean Burge and her assistants conduct, not only the disciplinary department of this institution, but also aid in solving the problems of living quarters, health, finance, .scholarship, extra-cur- ricular and social activities, and bridge the gap between faculty and women students of the university. The newcomer is made to realize her business obligations to the town and university, the im- portance of high scholarship and good social ad- justments, and aid is extended to those handicap- ped by ill health or financial difficulties. Behind all the complicated routine work, there is a spirit which encourages the development of the highest type of womanhood on the campus. Other members of the faculty make certain re (|iiirements of their students, extra-curricular activities, scholarship, athletic or social stan- dards, but the Dean of Women is a personal adviser and offers her help to every student woman. THE DEAN OF WOMEN ADELAIDE L. BURGE Dean

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VAI,TKK A. .iK.ssri ' AS PRESIDENT, Walter A. Jessup has for the last 16 years directed, observed, and rejoiced in the intellectual and material growth of the univer- sity. From his vantage point as head of a large and complex organization he has seen a few hundred students grow into an institution of thousands, and the minds of these young men and women broaden with the ever expanding horizon of the university. Of the aims and aspirations of Iowa of the future President Jessup says : It is the college man and woman to whom our country must look for the development and maintenance of civilization. ' ' The chief objective of this university is to meet fully the responsibility placed upon it by the commonwealth. The success of this institution will be measured, as in the past, by the response produced in the intellectual, moral, and spiritual lives of its sons and daughters. UNIV6KSITY OF 1OUUA

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THE DEAN OF MEN KOBERT E. RlENOW Dean DISCIPLINE in the university, as in the ideal family, is incidental to the larger capacity of counsel and guidance. The office of Dean of Men of the University of Iowa is one which offers a wide scope over this field of human service, and one which calls for a man of understanding, as well as one with administra- tive ability. Dean Robert Rienow is Iowa ' s first and only Dean of Men. His ability in dealing with youth and its problems in his kindly, personal way be- came apparent on his arrival at the University of Iowa as an assistant professor of education in 1913. For almost 20 years he has been working with young men, inspiring confidence, advising them, helping them over the hard places. Dean Rienow was the second clean of men in this part of the country. His task began back in the days when a dean ' s office was a popular symbol of wrathfid judgment. This one has come to be recognized as belonging to a straight-for ward, kindly man who has won a place in the hearts of those who have stood before him. He is a chairman of the loan and scholarship committee, which analyzes the needs of students and aids them. He lias charge of the scholarship proctors, has tackled the problems of registra- tion, petitions, and employment. Fraternities as they existed 20 years ago could not have continued to exist, according to the dean. Now they are of such a character that they can cooperate with him, and he with them, to the better functioning of this student welfare service.