Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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S ' TATE BOARD OF EDUCATION A new president, Henry C. ShuU, heads the Board of Edu- cation. He was appointed following the death of George T. Baker, president of the Board for the last 10 years and a mem- ber since its organization in 1909. Baker died in December, 1940. Baker was born in 1857 on an Iowa Farm. He Avas educated in the district schools of Iowa; Hall ' s School for Boys, Elling- ton, Conn.; McClain ' s Academy at Iowa City and the State University of Iowa, and took special work in civil engineering at Cornell University at Ithaca, N. Y., graduating in 1879. He was a member of the General Assembly in the 26 th regular and special sessions, mayor of Davenport and delegate-at-large to the Democratic national convention in 1900. The Board consists of ni ne members who serve 6-year terms, and a three-member finance committee chosen from outside the Board membership. The secretary of the commit- tee also serves as secretary of the Board. The nine members are appointed by the governor and approved by the senate. The president is selected by the members from their own ranks. The State University of Iowa, Iowa State College, Iowa State Teachers College, the Iowa School for the Blind and the Iowa School for the Deaf are all governed by the Board, and presi- tlents and executives of all state institutions are selected by the Board. HENRY C. SHULL Left to right: W. Earl Hall, Mrs. H. C. Houghton. Richard H. Plock, Henry C. ShuU, Thomas W. Keenan, Roy Louden, John P. Wallace, Anna B. Lawther. Page

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GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF IOWA A familiar figure at Iowa State, Geo. A. Wil- son officially opened Veishea last year. Mr. Wilson attended Grinnell College and the State University of Iowa, where he was a member of Sigma Chi and Phi Delta Phi. Upon gradtiation he began his career as a lawyer and climbed the political ladder from Cotxnty At- torney, District Judge and State Senator to the Governorship. Eugene Hawkinson and Presi- dent Friley welcome Gov. Wilson to tlie 1940 Veishea. Police 20

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Microanalyst I. B. Johns of the Chemistry Department demonstrates his new developments in microchemis- try technique . . . Professor S. H. McNutt of the Veterinary Research Laboratory shoots bacteria cul- ture into chick embryos in his research on animal diseases . . . Home economist Louise J. Peet, head of Household Equipment, records temperature readings from the oven of a combination gas or solid fuel range as a part of the Agricultural Experiment Station work in farm lighting and heating ... As a part of animal breeding research, animal husbandry professor J. L. Lush charts a hog at the Agricultural Experiment Station south of Ames. Page 22