Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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ADMINISTRATION A Message from the President fc X Auricultural College wliieli keeps close to the people of W M tlu ' state in every way possible and strongly emphasizes l M its work for undergraduates, but also does excellent graduate and research work. A College of Engineering that does its best to send out men of character and industry well trained foi- the pi-ofession, and at the same time grows in influence in the graduate and reseai ' ch field. A College of Home Economics whose fii ' st interest is to fit girls in the spirit and techniciue for their work as homemakers and as mothers, and where graduate work and reseai ' ch flourish. A College of Veterinary Medicine outstand- ing in itjs field in clinical instruction, in scholarship and in its re- search pi ' ogram. A College of Science where every department is largely concerned with the practical a])idicatious in its field, both in teaching and Tcsearch. An Institution where good, symi ' a- thetic, thorough teaching is maintained throughout, and where the undergraduate student continues to be the main concern of all. a great Technical Institute serving Iowa to the best of its ability. R. : r. Hughes. Ttvrnty-itix

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ADMINISTRATION V 1. Administpation Twenty-five

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ADMINISTRATION RAYMOND M. HUGHES, President I hi:siih:nt Raymond M. Hughes was graduated from Miami University at Uxford, Ohio, ill laOo. After teaehing science for two years in the Hamilton High School ho held a teachiii r fellowship in chpiiiistry at the Ohio State T ' niversity for two yeai-s and studied chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology- during the fol- lowing year (1897-98). He then was called back to his alma mater as Professor of Chem- istry and Physics in the fall of 1898. where he served successively as Pi-ofessor of Chemistry and Registrar, Dean of the Liberal Arts College, and President until 1927, when he re- signed to accept the Presidency at Iowa State College. DuTing this period he has been active in the service of the Association of American Col- leges, the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondaiy Schools, the National Asso- ciation of State Universities, and the American Council on Education, in each of which organizations he has at one time sei-ved as seeretarj ' . Twenty-sfvfn