Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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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:

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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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College of Agriculture DEAN C. F. CURriss The Division of Agriculture comprises the following departments: Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Animal Husbandry, in- cluding Dairy Husbandry and Poultry Husbandry, Dairying, Farm Crops and Soils, Genetics, Horticulture and Forestry. including landscape and architecture, Hori- culture and Vegetable Crops, Technical Journalism, and Vocational Education. Four-year collegiate courses are offered embracing work in all of the above major lines, and research Work is conducted in practically all phases of technical and prac- tical agriculture. The enrollment of students in the Divi- sion of Agriculture is the largest in that subject in the United States. The enroll- ment of graduate students in agriculture is in excess of 100. Many students from other institutions and foreign countries come to the Iowa State College for graduate work. In addition to the buildings and labora- tories and other extensive equipment, the various departments of the division have over 1,500 acres of land used for educational and research Work. The enrollment has grown to such proportions that additional buildings and equipment are urgently needed. Page Twenty-e1'yht Top row: C. Holmes, H. Hughes, M. McDonald, E. Weaver, E. Lindstrom, E. Voltz. Second row: H. Kildee, W. Lancelot, G. Curtiss, W. Stephenson, B. Pickett, JL Davidson, F. Beckman, M. Mortenson.