Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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HYGIENE DEPARTMENT ff ♦ Dr. J. r. Edwards Head ami Professor of Hygiene ♦ ♦I N THE early years of till ' Collcfic a stuilent with wlieezles tiiid tsncezles sou ;lit tlie only doctor iiu tlic campus — a teaclicr of bacteri- iilniiv ill the Veterinary Division — for liis |)ills. Now tlie student got ' s to our nrnd- ern. well-equipped CoUejje Hospital — rated anionfz: the first four or five in- stitutions doin r health work. Instead of the part-time physician, who spent only the minor ])art of his time doling out cures, there are now five physi- cians, six regular nurses, a dietitian, a pharmacist, a chemistry and bac- teriology laboratory technician, and an X-ray and physical therapj- technician devoting their full time to prevent students from having wheezles and sneezles. Prevention is the keynote to the work of our jireseut College Hospital staif. T y teaching students how to take care of themselves, by re(|uiring yearly physical examinations, and by stemming illness in the early stages, the hosjiital has elimi- nated the necessitj ' of cure treatments. The success of its work is measured, not in the number of patients treated each year, but in the number of might-have-been patients eliminated. This year there are scarcely one-third the patients there were 12 years ago ! Students, as a matter of fact, have been improving the condition of their health since physical examinations have been required each of their 4 years here. Formei-ly many out-going seniors were unable to fill ])ositions because of ill health. Last year not a senior failed to take a position because of a low graile in health. The students ' jirulrctiiiu ngainsl class cuts • A A ♦ 20

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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION iO KED coni trains, (Iciuonstratiou jjlots, short eoursfs and lectures conducted all over Iowa were early made a part of the supplement- ai-y work of the Collep-e. This type of extension work had no pi-( ' c( ' dent. In fact, according ' to rec- ords, President Welch organized and conducted the first farmers ' institutes in the United States. Mrs. Welch, wife of the first presi- dent, sympathized with her husband ' s interest in educational work of this nature, but believed it should be ex- tended to include women, too. Tn a report made in 1883 she calls atten- tion to a series of lectures on domestic science given in Des Moines to a c 60 women. By 1912 the demand for extension work had grown to such proportions that it was impossible to care for it efficiently through the College. Accordingly, a representative of the College was permanently placed in each county — thus the plan of county agents began. During the war, the Agricultural Extension Department played a big jiart in stimulating food production. United States government statistics show that during these 2 years Iowa produced more foodstuffs than in any other 2 years in her history and more than any other state. Today the service of the Agricultural Extension Department to the .state may be measured in terms of better farming methods used throughout the state, the greater interest in better homes, interest in educational radio talks, demon- strations, or lectures and the resjjonse to the bulletin service sponsored by this department. R. K. Bliss Director of AjirU-iiUnral Extension L-lass of ♦ ' A The foils uliiiin tin ii hk )■. « lionn iiuili rs of loiru know best ♦ I ?♦

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COLLEGE LIBRARY ♦ ♦ 1h HE library today lias little ill eoiiiniou with the small collection of books tucked away in a collefi ' e bnildinji ' and jiractically un- used by the students of . )() or even 25 years ap ' o. Tn 1876 the salary of the two li- brarians, both students, was inei-eased from 7 to fl cents an hour. But at that munificent rate they were required while on duty to five their whole attention to the duties of their office. Two years later the demonstrator ill botany and zoolo ;y became li- bi-ariaii at a salary of $200 a year. Apparently the duties were too arduous or the salary succeeded b.y the professor of physics. At one time the collection of books was housed in Morrill Hall in connection with the museum — a location quite consistent with the usual conception of col- lej::e libraries in the 19th century. The first approjiriation for the purchast ' of books was made by the ] oard of Trustees in 18fi9, but the amount apiiropriated, $2,. i()0. was not expended at once because the President could not leave Ames for the purpose of buying books. Now in a year the additions to the library are 10,000 volumes. The collec- tion has increased in the last 10 years from 90.000 to over 200,000 volumes. The use of the library has increased 500 percent since the new biiildini;- was opened. Tn 1921-22 the number of books lent for home use was 22,000. In 1931-32 the number lent was 113,636. C. H. Brown Librarian too low, for in 1879 he was ♦ ni. ' pc».tei ' of hiiiikx (iiiil ntfiirmaliiin In Iinia Slate stiulciilx ♦ 2 I ♦