Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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I Civil Engineer M. G. Spangler of the Engineering Experiment Station whittles down a soil sample for a soil set- tling test . . . Veterinary grad W. G. Venzke sections a chick embryo preparatory to testing it in his study of the development of the chicken . . . Mechanics professor Glenn Murphy takes a reading on the strain gage on a model of a reinforced concrete bridge as a part of his testing of concretes . . . Electrical engineer H. W. Anderson adjusts the television transmitting apparatus de eloped by the Electrical Engineering Laboratory. Page 27

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Botanist R. H. Porter uses a reading glass to adjust the airblast seed separator lor bluegrass develojjed by his seed laboratory . . . Bacteriology head Max Levine takes a look at a water sample through the microscope after treatment with chlorine as a part of his study of water purification . . . Veterinary anatomist L. E. St. Clair, studying animal neurology, takes a closer look at the nerves of a cow . . . Chemical Engineer- ing head O.R. Sweeney tunes up the soy bean extractor developed by the chemical engineering laboratory as a part of their research work. Page 26

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Maria M. Roberts, having completed 50 years of service as a member of the staff of Iowa State Col- lege, was granted the honorary degree. Doctor of Law, in June, 1940. After serving many years as Professor of Mathematics and Dean of the Junior College, she is now Director of the Student Loan Fund of the college— more than $100,000— and is Chairman of the Alumni Fund. George W. Godfrey, Director of Agricultural Re- lations, has been an Iowa farmer most of his life, but now travels over the state, managing the col- lege ' s eighteen farms. He graduated from Iowa State in 1909, has served seven years on the State Board of Education, and came to the college staff in 1933. He was the local delegate to the 1940 convention of Rotary International in Cuba. MISS MARIA M. ROBERTS GEORGE W. GODFREY CHARLES H. BROWN DR. J. G. GRANT Dr. Charles Harvey Brown, Head Librarian, ranks as an expert in his field. In his forty years of library work, Dr. Brown held such positions as Assistant in the Library of Congress and Library Specialist in the United States Navy, before be- coming Iowa State ' s head librarian in 1922. Among the many books and papers which he has pub- lished on the subject of library work is Circula- tion Work in College and University Libraries. At the first of the year, the shadow of infantile paralysis brought into focus the importance of the Student Health Service when one Iowa State student died and several others were afflicted by that disease. Dr. John Gray Grant, Head of the College Hospital, was backed up in his fight by students ' contributions toward the purchase of an Iron Lung to be used in treatment of cases in Ames and vicinity. Puge 2 9