Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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J - mmi exiension sgrvicg One cjI tile tliiee principal branches of Iowa State College, the Extension Service, with its statewide stafT of subject matter specialists and its field force of county agricultural agents, home extension agents and 4-H club agents, serves as the principal channel through which scientific facts made available by the Agricultural Experiment Station and resident staff flow to more than IttO.OOO Iowa farm families. — R. K. Bliss. GncineeRinc aiension Engineering Extension exists for the purpose of making the facilities of the college available to the trade and industrial interests of the state. Accord- ingly staff ' members in general are not in close touch with the student body. But they do know from their contacts with employers, parents and alumni that technical training received at Iowa State is highly regarded. — D. C. Faber. memoRiflL union For the competition of the world today, college-trained men and women need the best possible technical foundation in fields of their choice supple- mented by broad experience in social and cultural affairs, which can come only from contacts of life with life such as Memorial Union strives to afford every student at Iowa State. — H. E. Pride. HVGIGnG The Student Health Service is vitally interested in the health of the stu- dents, both individually and collectively. With the advance of preventive medicine our opportunities for service are constantly expanding. In an in- creasingly complicated and competitive civilization the importance of acquiring and maintaining good physical and mental health cannot be over-emphasized. —Dr. J. G. Grant. 27

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JUniOR COLLGGG The Personnel Service is attempting to concentrate and coordinate upon the individual student all the resources of the institution, which will assist him through his own efforts to develop in body, mind and character to the limit of his capacity and to help him apply his powers most effectively to the work of the world. The Junior College administers the freshman and sophomore years for the various degree granting departments and cooperates with the Personnel Serv- ice in: Development of scholarly interest and ambition; adaptation to college methods; aid in the transition from secondary to collegiate education: stimu- lation of a high regard for learning. — M. D. Helser. PGRSonnGL FOR uuomen The office of the Director of Personnel for Women was created to serve those students who need counsel, assistance or direction in personal problems. An effort is made to aid students to develop good judgment, seriousness of purpose and fine attitudes toward college life and to encourage their partici- pation in a well-rounded program of academic work, extra-curricular activities and social life to the end that each student may have every opportunity for personal development. — Frances Sims. GRflDUflTE COLLGGe The Graduate College has as its objectives the training of a selected group of graduate students, those in the upper quartile or in exceptional cases in the upper half of their undergraduate class, for the master ' s or the Ph. D. degree in scientific and technological fields, and to encourage and direct research in those fields of learning authorized and required by the Morrill law for land- grant institutions and appropriate to a technical institution. Last year the enrollment in the Graduate College was 516; and 126 master ' s degrees plus 48 Ph. D. degrees were conferred. — R. E. Buchanan. LIBRflRV The college library exists for the student. Surveys have shown conclu- sively that the use of books is a decided factor in both personal and professional success. The display of new books and periodicals, the information desk, the reference service are all designed to encourage reading. The college takes pride in the great student use of its library. — C. H. Brown. 26

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STUDEni LOflns Since many of our best students could not remain in college without finan- cial assistance, the Student Loan office was established to study such needs. Small loans for short periods are made to freshmen, sophomores, and graduate students. Loans payable after graduation are made to juniors and seniors of high standing a nd character.— Miss Maria M. Roberts Housinc Where and how college students live is of utmost importance to the indi- vidual student and to the institution. The director of residence, with those in charge of the various groups, is responsible for keeping all student living standards on the highest possible level. Building plans, equipment, room assignments, collection of rent, and pay- ment of bills go through this office.— Mrs. Madge I. McGlade. SOCIAL LIFE The Director of Social Life at Iowa State approves all social functions at which there are men and women students, supervises rushing, advises Pan- hellenic, Social, and Town Girls ' Councils, supervises campus varieties pro- grams and social dancing classes with the Joint Social Council, plans etiquette training through the social councils, talks and articles in the Student, and over- sees major dances. — Miss Margaret Stanton. 28