Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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ADMIHISTRATID D. C. FABER WALLACE E. BARRON R. K. BLISS HAROLD E. PRIDE 4,000 J, owand D. C. Faber has been Head of Engineering Extension since 1914 . . . originated most of the ten short courses offered to 4,000 lowans annually . . . conducts teacher training courses for the State Board of Vocational Education . . . spends much time in his basement shop ... is a mem- ber of five science and engineerting honoraries. R. K. Bliss likes to read Time and Life . . . docs all of the work in his extensive flower gar- den . . . heads the Agricultural Extension Serv- ice which sponsors the 4-H clubs, adult education in agriculture, home demonstration agencies . . . is cooperating in Food for Defense. Ky fered 2 nort ( c ourSeA Director of Alumni Affairs— Wallace E. Barron —makes acquaintances easily . . . reads history during his leisure hours . ,. . edits the monthly Alumnus and the quarterly News of Iowa State, which has a circulation of 27,000 . . . travels extensively contacting prominent gjradu- ates . . . helps perpetuate alumni groups. Harold E. Pride- genial Managing Director of Memorial Union— edited the I. S. C. Student dur- ing his senior year ... is a reserve colonel in the Cloast .Artillery . . . plays an enthusiastic game of golf . . . was appointed to the Union staff in 1921 as Organization Secretary. 29

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G SF R jj MoberU J4a6 erued 52 Uje ear 5 Maria M. Roberts— Chairman of the Alumni Fund— has been abroad five times and visited Mexico . . . has served 52 years at Iowa State as Dean of the Junior College, and mathematics pro- fessor ... is responsible for the $100,000 that ahmini have donated for student aid . . . has been Chairman of Student Loans for twenty years. Jovial George W. Godfrey— Director of Agri- cultural Relations— claims he is just an Iowa farmer . . . manages the 15 college farms scat- tered over Iowa as well as the 3,000 acres of land in the immediate vicinity . . . takes great pride in his gladiola bed . . . says he is about as much Yankee as you can get. GEORGE W. GODFREY MISS MARIA M. ROBERTS CHARLES H. BROWN Charles H. Brown— Iowa Stale Librarian— is ])rcsident of the American Library Association ... is Chairman of the A. L. A. Committee for National Defense . . . has been at Iowa State since 1922, during which time the size of the library has been increased from 90,000 to 315,000 volumes, and the use by students ten times. Amiable Dr. John Gray Grant supervises the Student Health Service and the Dei)artment of Hygiene . . . has a trained staff of 17 which haiulles oxer 40,(K)0 visits made annually to the hos- |)iial . . . physical examinations have Ix ' en an added duty since the Selective Service Act. UK. J. tj. liHANI 28

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FACULTY M £ M fl E H S I ]V Vef. erLnariand peed Ulp vjraduatl The Iowa State College radio station, WOI, is cooperating with the faculty in presenting a series of National Defense programs. The Eng- lish and Speech Department is presenting a program Let ' s Talk it Over, each Friday as a rumor clinic. A program The Challenge to Democracy, in conjunction with the library faculty, reviews current books related to World War II. Iowa State Today presents student campus activities that are contributing towards the war effort. Market broadcasts help Iowa industries in their marketing operations. WOI is cooperating with the United States Treasury in the sale of War Bonds. 30 uaiion The veterinarians are all go- ing to school the year around un- der the pressure of the increased demand in the army and civilian life for vets. Five classes will be graduated under the new plan in the time of four classes previously. Research has been guided into channels usefid to the war effort. Economist A. G. HART studies social and economic problems brought about by the war. R. K. BLISS. Director of the Agricultural Extension Service, prepares new war courses. Mechanical engineer K. L. CLARK runs a hardness test. Hygiene professor FERN A. GOULDING lectures on first aid. Math, head E. R. SMITH dictates. Dairy industry hud C. A. IVERSON steps up food production.