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

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PRESIDENT HANCHER - A nafive of fhe Pocahonfas Counfy corn rows, a graduafe of fhe Universify in liberal arfs and law, and a Rhodes scholar. Mr. Hancher came fo Iowa a liffle more Ihan a year ago from an adminisfrafive posifion wifh a Chicago law firm. Qualificafions for his new job as guiding lighf of fhe AIhens of fhe WesI included nof only an avid inferesf in fhe more formal aspecfs of educafion, buf also a genuine concern for fhe culfural influences surrounding fhe slu- denf in his exfra-curricular acfivifies. Presidenf Hancher is a deliberafe, mefhodical worker, conscienfious, fireless, sfrong in his convicfions-and a belief fhaf Iowa ns, and can confinue fo be, a fruly greaf insfifufion is one of 'those convicfions. Offen he works and reads far info fhe nighf-favorife wifh him are bio- graphies of famous men, especially The Duke of Wellingfon. In fhe Navy af The fime of fhe lasf war, his greafesf vacafion fhrill is sfill an ocean cruise. Mr. I-Iancher would golf if he had fime. buf compromises by playing handball occasionally. Rivaling Aesop in his collecfion of amusing anecdofes, warmly human in his re- lafionships wifh equals and inferiors alike, Mr. I-Iancher can walk wifh kings, nor lose fhe common Iouchf' His firm handshake and fo- fhe-poinf speeches are as much a parf of Iowa as fhe hospifal Iower and Ihe pillars of Old Capifol. I-Iis name is synonymous wifh fhe dynamic acfion and keen foresighf which are and musf be Iowa--Today. fomorrow, always. Helen Defhlefs lniervlews Mary Louise Nelson explains Women's Work in War

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The Iowa STaTe Board of EducaT' OF EDUCATION ion, creaTed in I909, has been granTed The guardianship of The STaTe UniversiTy oT Iowa, Iowa STaTe College. Iowa STaTe Teachers College, STaTe School Tor The Blind, and The School Tor The DeaT. The nine members oT The board are enTrusTed wifh one oT The mosT viTaI phases oT sTaTe organizaTion, iTs educaTion. These nine members, who musT be over 25 years of age and musT have resided in Iowa Tor aT IeasT one year, are appoinTed by The governor and subiecT To The approval oT The senaTe. In order To insure The principles oT de- mocracy, The wriTers oT The consTiTuTion oT I857 decreed ThaT noT more Than Tive oT The nine mem bers could be oT The same poIiTical parTy. They possess absoIuTeIy no power To Ievy Taxes or make appropriaTions of money. They are em- powered, however. To eIecT The presidenTs oT The insTiTuTions, appoinT The professors, insTrucTors, oT- Ticers, and employees. They creaTe The rules Tor admission To The sTaTe schools. The board man- ages and conTroIs The properTy and direcTs The expendiTures oT The insTiTuTions and meeTs aT IeasT Tour Times yearly. A compIeTe record oT The board's acTiviTies is published so ThaT any- one who so desires may read of iTs Tar reach- ing acTiviTies. This group oT nine is conTinuaIIy planning and worlcing so ThaT our school may become a beTTer place in which T ' o live and sTudy. W. E. HALL H. C. HOUGHTON T. W. KEENAN A. B. LAWTHER R. LOUDEN R. H. PLOCH H . C. SHULL J. P. WALLACE Page 26