Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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Graduate College DEAN R. E. BUCHANAN The Graduate College is at the same time one of the oldest and one of the newest fea- tures of Iowa State College. Students have been enrolled in graduate work every year since 1872. It would have been strange, indeed, if leadership such as that given by President Welch, Dr. Bessey and their as- sociates in the early days had not led to a desire on the part of their students to go further in their work. However, it is within the past 15 years that growth has been most marked. Graduate opportunities are offered to those who wish to take advanced work or to undertake research in some one of the ma- jor subjects appropriate to development in a land grant college. The rapid growth was initiated about 1910. The number of students increased to such an extent that in 1919 a reorganization was necessitatedg this took the form of a Graduate College with its graduate faculty. In the year 1924-25 there were 661 graduate students enrolled. The purpose of the Graduate College is to give advanced training to qualified stu- dents whose vocational objectives lie in fields of agriculture, engineering, home eco- nomics, industrial science or veterinary medicine. In this enrollment each one of the divisions of the college is well repre- sented. Page fl'wev1fy-s1':v ROBERT, BUCHANAN, GOOD

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J. W. S'rAN'1'0N Demi of Womcn The office of the Dean of Women is the center from which the social lite of the campus is directed. The aim is to keep this life on a high plane, thus equipping our young people with the right' ideals with which to go out and carry on in the new communities of which they will become a part. DR. O. I-I. Urssim Chaplain The tragedy of college life for many young people is their loss of religious interest. Many who have been active in the home church become negligent. and drift away and their friends of for- mer days would hardly recognize them. There are organized, intensive agen- cies at college planned especially to meet this problem, such as the associations and active church groups and various college religious exercises. M. M. ROBERTS Junioa' Dcaa The office of the dean of the junior college was established in September, 1903, with Dean li. XV. Stanton as the first occupant of the position. The feel- ing had been growing that since the college had increased greatly in num- bers, students in the freshman and sophomore classes needed more supervi- sion than they had previously received, The principal duties of the office are to supervise the classification of freshman and sophomore students in all divisions of the college, to keep in touch with their progress in their studies and to advise and encourage them in upholding high ideals of scholarship. H. E. PRIDE Alumni Secretary The alumni staff and alumni office have but one excuse for existence- service to alma mater. This service finds expression in many ways but is seen best in etforts to develop a closely organized and well-informed body of alumni who are enthusiastically sup- porting their college in every way. To this end comprehensive tiles are main- tained at headquarters, the Alumnus is published every month and branches of the General Alumni Association are maintained in most of the important cities of the state and nation. J. E. Fosriza Draw of Men A wide variety of personal problems de-ve'op at college. Ttere are many im- portant questions outside of books, class- rooms and laboratories. The dean of men is at hand as a friend and coun- selor in connection with such problems and other iersonal matters of men stu- dents. The directorship of the Summer Session is combined with this office. J. R. SAGE Registrar It is the aim of the office to be of help to the student body, alumni and faculty in every way possible. The larger quarters which have been provided make it possible to render better service than in the past. ,Any request or inquiry from the members of the class of 1926 will receive the best possible consider- ation. Pugtc 7'rr'fnly 11158

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Graduate College lowa State College, like many other insti- tutions of its kind, has developed an exten- sive field in graduate work. Exceptional opportunities are now being odered to stu- dents of qualified standing who desire to pursue advanced study in any of the depart- ments now offering major work. Graduate work became so prominent on the campus that a need for an association of graduates was strongly urged. It-was not until February. 1925. that such an asso- ciation became a reality. The purpose of the new order was to give aid in securing a greater Iowa State thru encouraging and fostering graduate work of the college, and thru programs that will tend to promote the welfare of, and to give development to, the social, moral and intellectual faculties of its members. , Membership in the association consists of all students enrolled in the Graduate Col- lege and those who have received an ad- vanced degree from Iowa State College but who are not now enrolled in the Graduate College. As its first speaker, the association was very fortunate in securing the services of Dr. Edwin Starbuek, Department of Philos- ophy, University of Iowa, who delivered a splendid address on Research in Charac- ter Educationf' Later in the season the association was again favored by an illus- trated lecture, The Size and Distance of Stars, by Dr. D. W. Morehouse, president of Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa. SCIENCE IIALL GRADUATE STUDENrs Page 1'z1,'f1vly-,-wwf: