Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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Possessor of all those traits for which the Irish are loved . . . always eager to put his work aside and spend his time talking with students. . . can ' t be stopped when he has a really good idea to promote . . . likes to spend his evenings with slippers, pipe and a good current novel . . . alibis that he doesn ' t have a garden as he lives on the campus . . . and is known as the world ' s greatest livestock judge of our time. -DEAN H. H. KILDEE. DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE Iowa State ' s Agricultural Division has earned a position of leadership, not only in Iowa and the United States, but also in all coimtries in which agriculture has been de- veloped. This has been due to the agriculture staff at whose head is Dean H. H. Kil- dee, who is recognized as one of the outstanding livestock judges in the world today. He was recently elected to the national committee to study and prepare recoinmen- datioiis on the improvements of livestock marketing. He was elected chairman of the Agricultural Section in the Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities. At the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago he was honored by having his por- trait hung in the Saddle and Sirloin Club. Seventeen meinbers of the staff were named in Who ' s Who in America. Two pro- fessors of the Genetics Department, Lindstrom and Gowen, were given star awards in American Men of Science, which denotes outstanding abilities in science fields. Iowa State is first in this country in the number of undergraduates majoring in Agri- culture. The enrollment in the Junior College is 1,737. The number registered in short courses in the division for 1939 was 13,795, the largest number in the history of the school, according to Prof. R. M. Vifquain, head of the personnel department. Iowa State ' s judging teams continued their success. The Dairy Products Judging Team, at the National Dairy Show in San Francisco, California, placed first in butter, milk and ice cream. Iowa State ranked first in competition with seventeen teams. The Livestock Judging Team placed first in the National Belgian Horse Show contest at Waterloo and second at the American Royal Livestock Show contest at Kansas City. At the World ' s Poultry Congress contest in Cleveland, Ohio, Iowa State received an excellent rating. Placements for graduate students in Agriculture is very high. For a ten year period 91 percent of all graduates were employed in the types of work for which they had prepared while in college. Page 22

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I Regina Friant settles down to catch up on current happenings in home economics and other matters of importance. . . Architect C. F. Bowers thoughtfully studies a front ele- vation. . . Air-minded physicist Gerald Fox pauses to smile before taking off for a brief spin. . . Capt. Joe Gibson, surrounded by pans and chemicals, displays a prize member of his camera collection which first snapped at the light of day about 1860. . . A. H. Kimball puts on paper a few of his own ideas of just how a house should be designed. . . Al Kehlen- beck, short wave radio bug, picks up his German first-hand as he listens attentively to the latest developments in the world situation. . . Capt. R. F. Hallock pilots his horse, Reno Gray, gracefully over a jump. Page 21

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Five gallons of the best cream in the crop, a pinch of salt, a roller churn, white-rompered boys to beat it and what do yon have— grade A butter. . . The Aqua Bovine over in the Dairy Industry quad. Cows by Christian Petersen— picture by Forrest Sorenson. . . Dewey Jontz displays his favorite, a Hamp ram. General appearance, body symmetry, wool, head, leg of mutton —all perfect. Of course, it ' s the prize ram of the country. . . The butter lab, the boys pack it up in the old fashioned way. Through the courtesy of I. S. C. this fine product now comes to you untouched by human hand. . . It may be snow bound Iowa to the rest of the world, but bananas and such tropical vegetation flourish over in the Hort greenhouse. A requisition for a crop of Hawaiian hida dancers is now under consideration by the depart- ment. . . A Hereford bull supported by Kelly and Grummer. This fine Ferdinand gets the once over daily by the hard working students who are learning to recognize true quality. Page 25