Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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A U k SSe m« EacI, tL Wa. Effort Giving up stamp collecting and fishing trips for the diuation, Iowa State College faculty members have devoted their spare time and a little more to national defense activities. Every department from psychol- ogy to mechanical engineering has done more or less for the defense effort, according to its laboratory facilities. Already up to the hilt in extension courses and short courses, the college has offered special technical training in all of the fields of defense importance covered by the regu- lar college curricula and has gone to other cities in Iowa where courses have been con- ducted by members of the college staff and by trained men under college direction. Botany Head I. E MELHUS sorts potatoes for measuring food content. Research Professor C. H. WERKMAN takes notes in bacteriological research. Botanist W. E. LOOMIS prepares seed corn for test. Researchist CARL J. DRAKE, head of Zoology and Entomology, examines an insect trap. E. E. lab specialist B. S. WILLIS records data in an electrical test. 23 r

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BOARD OF EDUCATIOIV TOP ROW: W. E. Hall, R. Louden, J. C. Reid, R. H. Plock, W. R. Boyd. FRONT ROW: T. W. Keenen, Mrs. H. C Houghton, Mrs. G. L. Kyseth, W. S. Rupe. Henry C. ShuU, president of the State Board of Education, has held that office the past two years. The Board consists of nine members who serve 6-year terms, and a three-member finance committee chosen from outside the Board membership. The secretary of the committee serves as secre- tary 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. Iowa State College, the State University of Iowa, 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- dents and executives of all the state institu- tions are selected by this organization. Prtsident Henry C. Shull

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G N R lAJorhina l Uitn tudentd d J4of?b 9 9 My hobby is working with students, stated M. D. Helser, charming affable Dean ot the Junior College and Director of Personnel. . . He works with the 3,400 junior college students through 31 young instructors . . . has been Director of Per- sonnel since 1931 . . . plays golf and bowls. Brisk, likable J. L. Holmes— Assistant Director of Personnel— supervises the N. Y. A. fund which aided 650 students last year ... is chairman of the Student Emijloyment Committee . . . man- ages the I. S. C. bureau which tests the ability and aptitude of students and clerical employees . . . his hobby is mechanical testing devices. JOHN L. HOLMES DEAN M. 0. HELSER MISS MARY REX MRS. MADGE I. McGLADE Mrs. Madge I. McGlade— Director of Residence -supervises the housing of all students including those who are in fraternities, sororities, and wards . . . assists in planning new dormitories and in redecorating old halls . . . enjoys spending win- ter vacations seeing Broadway plays. Miss Mary Rex speaks to every student on the campus . . . oversees, as .Assistant Director of Personnel, all college social functions as well as sorority rushing . . . advises and cooperates with (he Joint Social Council and the Panhcllenic Clouncil ... is fond of small costume trinkets. 24