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

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LOW PLACES have been worn on the stone steps and heavy old floors of Close hall by the feet of hundreds of embryo reporters and editors since the School of Journalism moved into it in September, 1924. Until that time the school had occupied one room in Liberal Arts building. Journalism building, as Close hall is now identified, was previously used by the Y.M.C.A. Noisy presses now occupy the room once used for basketball. Laboratory work in journalism is afforded students on The Daily lowan. Reporting, copy reading, and editorial writing were offered from the first. News photography and newspaper libraries are the latest additions to the curricu- lum. In addition, practical work is obtained by students on the other publications which include : The Hawkeye, annual junior yearbook; Iowa Transit, engineers ' publication; Journal of Business, commerce magazine; and Frivol, hu morons magazine. Once a year the students in the School of Jour- nalism are hosts to the university at the Pica Ball, all-university informal party. Other traditional journalistic activities include the Wayzgoose banquet, wit ' .i the attendant Wayzgoose Gazette, razz sheet, and the spring Pica-nic. Prof. Frank Luther Mott, director of the School of Journalism is assisted by a staff con- sisting of an associate professor, two assistant professors, and an associate. Theta Sigma Phi, for women, and Sigma Delta Chi, for men, are the professional fraternities of the journalists. In 1931 the school achieved added prestige by being granted membership in the Association of Senior Class Presidents, made up of the heads of nine schools and colleges on the campus. TWENTY Two THE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM FRANK L. MOTT Director FRANK JAITE HENRY B. HOOK ELOISE ANDERSON

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THE SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS H. FITZGERALD Director NO STUDENT can attend the University of Iowa without feeling the cultural influ- ence of the School of Pine Arts, for it is the purpose of this school, under the direction of Rufiis Fitzgerald, to integrate the fine arts with the university. All of the dramatic productions, music concerts, and art exhibits presented during the year are the results of this aim. The School of Fine Arts was established in October, 1929. It includes the departments of music, dramatic art, graphic and plastic arts. and the history of art. Each department contri- butes its share to the broadening influences of university life. The organizations connected with each depart- ment afford opportunities for discovering talent- ed students. For dramatic followers there is the university theater, in which approximately 350 students are actively engaged ; the University and Apprentice Players; and Purple Mask, an hon- orary society. The university orchestra, band, and glee clubs take part in many of the functions held on the campus, in vespers, and accompany some of the dramatic productions. Professional concerts, exhibits of painting and sculpture, high school music, dramatic and art contests are held under the auspices of one of the four departments of the School of Fine Arts. In December, 1930, the school received a gift of $100,000 from the Carnegie fund with which to build a graphic and plastic arts building. De- tailed plans are being prepared for this latest campus addition which will be located just north of Iowa Union on the east bank of the Iowa river. Its arrangement, that of an art colony, will be a unique feature. TWENTY ONE

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THE SCHOOL OF LETTERS NOKMAN FOKKSTER Director ONE OP the most interesting schools on the campus is the School of Letters, under the administrative direction of Norman Foerster, M.A., which was established in the spring of 1930. The School of Letters comprises the depart- ments of Classical languages, Romance lan- guages, English, and German. All of the foreign language departments and their libraries are housed in Liberal Arts building. The English department is located in Liberal Arts building and University hall. Students majoring in this school receive Bache- lor of Arts degrees, many finding it advantage- ous to elect one of the special courses offered in each department. The aims of the School of Letters are: To encourage a common intellectual life among those engaged in the study of literature. To relate literary study with study of th? other arts. ' ' To consider those elements in literature which tend to be universal. To emphasize the fact that literature and literary scholarship are a realm concerned less with demonstrable truth than with human values and objectives. To offer the services of the university toward reconciling in American culture the forces of scholarship, of literary criticism, and of creative literature. To provide a rigorous but liberalizing disci- pline in all the leading types of literary activity. Specialization, but not premature specialization, will be encouraged. To train teachers capable of conserving the traditions of literature and scholars capable of one or another of the various creative activities of literary scholarship. To send from the university men and women vitally interested in the ideal values expressed in literature. TWENTY THREE