Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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FACULTY- E N G N E E R N G T. R. Agg Dean of Engineering SCIENTIFIC technique for the control of the forces, materials and energy of nature, in so far as these relate to engineering, a technique for the organization of human effort, a technique for appraising the resulting benefits to mankind — these are the distinctive qualities of a complete education in engineering as taught in the Iowa State Division. Beside the regular engineering departments, which furnish the student with instruction in basic science, technical and humanistic courses, are three closely allied departments, differing in character from the teaching departments. The first, the Engi- neering Experiment Station, carries on research for the division. During the past year experiments have been conducted re- lating to the utilization of agricultural wastes, the disposal of creamery and other wastes, the operation costs of automobiles, skidding and others. The second of these departments, the Engineering Extension Service, holds short courses both on the campus and throughout the state. Sur- veyors, welders, gas-metei-men, pain ters, plumbers and others take ad- vantage of the short period of instruction by the college. The department also provides a technical information service. The third of these related departments is the Engineering Personnel Service, which establishes contact with the employment and personnel divisions of industrial, commercial and business organizations, and thereby is enabled to advise and aid those engineering graduates who are seeking employment. Twenty-three

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Twenty-tiro i m wH f» %ty RACTICAL and scientific agriculture is the basis of the study of students enrolhng in the Agricultural Division. The ten de- partments offer sixteen four-year curricula in addition to certain offer- ings requiring less time. All offer graduate work and several are pre- eminent in their respective fields. The instruction in Applied Agriculture is well balanced with work in the biological, physical and social sciences. Extensive practical instruc- tion is afforded by the well-equipped laboratories, fields, orchards and barns provided by the division. Systems of marketing agricultural products, better methods of feed- ing, and latest improvements in farming are brought to light in the Agri- cultural Experiment Station. A number of students take part in the work through a system of student employment. A divisional personnel service has been devel- dped to the degree that insures very effective co- operation between counselors, department heads and the personnel service in helping the students prepare for and find employment in the work for which they are best qualified. An excellent record of graduate placement has been made. In spite of economic conditions prac- tically all of the graduates of the past three years are in profitable employment in the lines of agricul- tural work for which they made preparation. H. H. KiLDEE Dean oj Agriculture A G R C U L T U R E FACULTY

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FACULTY HOME ECONOMICS JLn A recent study of the employment of the Home Economics graduates of the last four years, ninety-three percent of the seven hundred and sixty-one who have received bachelor degrees are employed; ninety-five percent of the one hundred and fifty-nine in the class of 1934 are employed. High school teaching ranks first in the occupations of the graduates of the four-year period; home- making ranks second, and dietetics third. Most of the other graduates are employed in some one of the other fields of Institution Management, Extension Service, nursery school teaching, commercial food work, journalism or home servicing.. The division expects to have little trouble in placing this year ' s graduates in good posi- tions. The Home Economics Section of the Experiment Station has twelve research projects under way. In addition, it cooperates with other sec- tions in work on six projects. The division aims to give a liberal education and practical training in home economics by means of instruction in the arts, the natural and social sciences, and their place in modem civilization. Home management houses, a nursery school and a tea room are unusual in most institutions, but offer practical experience to girls at Iowa State College. Genevieve Fisher Dean o Home Economics wj l @ jA ( Miill ' K ' i B B ' H fjpPiJ Twenty-jour