Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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THE JUNIOR COLLEGE Maria M. Roberts lleaTi of the Junior College Till ollicc of tlic Dean ot junior College was established on September 11, 1903. Up to the end of the year 1902-03 all classifications and practically all problems of student affairs hail been settled directly by the President. The College had been growing very rapidly in the years immediately preceding and had reached an enrollment somewhat over 1200 students. It was felt by all that some plan was necessary to relieve the President of some of his tasks. The principal duties of the office were to supervise the classification of all Freshman and Sophomore students in all divisions of the College, o advise with them freely and particularly to encourage them in up- lolding high ideals of scholarship. Dean Stanton was first selected to fill this office. In 1908 Professor Maria M. Roberts was made Vice Dean and after the death of Dean Stanton in 1920 she was made Dean of Junior College. Registrar Sage is now Vice Dean. Miss Myra W ' hitcd lias filled the position of Assistant to the Dean since 1908. OFFICE OF 7 HE DEAN OF MEN THE office of the Dean of Men was established in September, 1922. For several years previous to its establishment, the need for such an office was realized, but no one capable of carrying on the duties which a position of this nature calls for could be found. In the summer of 1922 J. E. Foster was recommended to the State Board of Education aiul he was appointed as Iowa State ' s first Dea:i of Men. The primary duty of the Dean of Men is to act as a personal advisor for all men. Besides taking care of these duties he is called to act upon many committees such as scholarship, social, entrance require- ments, and fraternity relations committees. The Dean of Men carries the interest of the students very close to his heart and gives them unstintingly of his time. J. E. Foster Dean of Men OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF WOMEN Julia W. Stantos Dean of Women IN connection w ith this department of the College different genera- tions of students will recall the names of Miss Lovelace, Miss AlacDonald, Miss Sinclair, Miss Blood, Mrs. Riley, Miss Eaton, Miss (iunn, Miss Alarx, Miss Ford, Mrs. S. S. Smith, Mrs. Kilbourne, Mrs. Cunningham, Miss Shattuck, and Miss Harwood. It has alwa s been the Dean of Vomen ' s special responsibility to estab- lish and maintain creditable social standards in community life. Iowa State College recognized this fact and when the first students arrived they found as one member of the ne w faculty, a matron to advise with the women, especially on social matters. Through fifty-five years since 1868 the above succession of women with the titles matron, preceptress, advisor of women, or Dean of WOnien, have filled this responsible position. As the tuHiiber of women students has increased from twenty-five to 1125 the work of tin- office lias become more and more arduous. 26

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Raymond A. PeArso.v President IOWA STATE COLLEGE THF ' State Agricultural College was first established March 22, 1858, when a bill pro -idiiig for this and carrying with it an appropriation of $10,000 was signed by Ciovernor Lowe. A Roard of Trustees, composed of eleven membei-s, was appointed to super ise the actions of the college. One of the underlying ide.is was that the school be so organized as to dignify manual labor and to give it the respecta- bility and credit which is commonly accorded to the labor of the professional classes. The beginnings of the school show- that the people of Iowa were convinced that scientific agri- cultural education was no longer to be denied the citizens of the commonwealth. When the Iowa Agricultural College formally opened in 1869 only two courses of instruction were offered : one in agriculture and the other in engineering. However, women were allowed to enter either of these courses. The Agricultural Experiment Station was first e.stablished in 1888. In 1871 the Engineering De- partment was subdivided into Mechanical and Civil Engineering. In 1891 Electrical Engineering was added, in 1894 Mining Engineering, in 1906 Ceramic Engineering, and in 1914 Architectural Engineering. The Engineering Experiment Station was opened in 1904. llie Graduate College was first brought into being in 1876 through an act of the Legislature. When the college first opened, Mrs. Mary B. Welch, wife of the president, organized and taught the classes which mark the beginning of the Home Economics Division of toda -. It was not (mtil 1875 that the Department of Cookery and Household Art was definitely established as an important part of the school. By 1870 the Industrial Science Course had been added to the curriculum. The Veterinary Division has been a definite part of the school ever since the establishment of tlie State Agricultural College and Farm. The Non-Collegiate Department was added to the curriculum so that it would give a chance to get an education to the people who had not had the opportunities of all the required high school work. Later this department was abolished, but in 1910 two-year courses in the diff ' erent divisions were again added. They have proven of great benefit to many people, especially since the World Var, for the majority af students enrolled in these courses are Federal Board students. At the present time, the college is divided intodivisions : Agriculture, Engineering, Home Eco- nomics, Industrial Science, Veterinary Medicine, and the Ciraduate College. This has proven a very successful way of dividing the school as it groups together the students who are takuig the same courses. 25

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THE GRADUATE COLLLEGE RADUATE work has been offered at Iowa State College - for more than fifty years. Fortunately men of the early faculties had excellent research ideals, and inspired many students to continue their work beyond the baccalaureate degree. The growth of graduate work was at first slow, but about a decade ago development became more rapid. At present the Graduate College enrolls about three hundred on an average in each quarter. In the school year 1922-1923, five h undred thirty-two different graduate students were registered. It has one of the largest groups of graduate students in technical sub- jects to be found anywhere in the United States. Deak Buchanan ' The graduate students are registered from schools in nearly every state in the union and from most of the Canadian provinces. On the eastern hemisphere they have come from Sweden and the Union of South Africa, from Ireland, China and the Philippines, and from many countries between. Inasmuch as Iowa State College is primarily a technical school, the graduate work is exclusively in scientific and technical branches. A large number are enrolled for major work in departments in agriculture, for in this field in particular I. S. C. has achieved a world wide reputation. Many are also taking graduate work in those sciences which lead into technical fields. In Engineering, particu- larly in Highway Engineering and Agricultural Engineering, a considerable number of graduate students are enrolled. Home Economics has had over thirty graduate students in the past year. Several have also been pursuing ad anced work in ' eterinary Medicine. Science Hall 27