Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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ADMINISTRATORS Gtu.ijt W. Godfrey l!,i!lc H. Brown Overseeing Iowa State ' s land holdings throughout the state is George (Godfrey, di- rector of agricultiual relations. Dr. John (irani and his staff are now working w ith the na y hospiial. while Dr. Charles Hrown. lil rarian. has ex|xuuied the library ' s activi- ties to include research books lor war indus- tries. D. C. Faber heads the Engineering Extension Service, offering short coinses in war fields, and Wallace Barron, director ol alinnni affairs, edits the .iliiiiiiiiLs and o er- sees the preservation ol the names ol Iowa State men and wonicii in the armed ser ices. As Director ol the Agricultural Extension Service, R. K. Bliss helps larm ianiilies solve war-time labor and machinery problems. 0. C. Faber W.ill. cc E. Barron 28

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ADMINISTRATORS H. C. Criie I n. sxf The ofTicc of J R. Saj c. rc fisinn. has liail increased rcf|ucMs lor ti.nisc ri|)is lioin aliiiiuii ciilis(iiig in the- army and i liangiiig cinployinciil to war industry. lUisincss Man apcr H. C. drcgR fares ihc wartime difTi- (idtv of proi iirenicMi of su|)i)liis and the maintenance of a staff. Handling rinaiu iai matters at Iowa .State College is C . B. Mmray. ircasinir. Rohcrt V. Un( hanan. dire( tor of the , gi i( tdtnral I.xperiment Station and Graduate College Hean. super iscs the many resean h studies underuay on war problems. 27

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IN MEMORIAM yUaria jii. (f obert 3 rank 3 Paine On April 12. 11112. Iowa .Slate ' s busy professors, siiulents and administrators stopped for a moment, hats in hand, to pay tribute to the small, white-haired woman who for . ' id vears had gi en the utmost in ser ice and loyalty to Iowa Stale ( ollege. rhroiighout those . ' 0 years, Maria M. Roberts had betii assislaiil to ihe (ollege preceptress. ice-dean and dean ol the finiior (College, |)rofess jr and head of the mathe- matics de|)arimcni. and dean emeritus of the Junioi Colk-c. On jiiih Hi. I ' MO. Miss Rf)beris receive l the honorary degiee ol doctor of laws in recognition of her service. . s a student, she distingiiisiied heiscll b selection for meiidjershij) in IMii K.ippa IMii I ' i Mil I ' psilon. Signta Dch.i Ipsilon .nid Mot tar Hoard. Roberts Hall, completed in I ' .I.S!), stands as a permanent reminder of tlie woman whose belief in voimg people and lur desiie to Ik1|) ilu hi will make for her a lasting place in Iowa State (lollege tiadiiions. luneial ser ices for Frank I). Paine, head of the General F.nginecring Department, were held in Circai Hall, Memorial I ' nion, |iily 2, 1 ' .II2. Paine served Iowa State con- tiniiouslv, with the exception of the three vears following his graduation, as instructor and |)rofessor in eleciiicil engineering. In I!I2!I, he was made head of ihe newly or- ganized Department of (ieneral |- iigineering. Kntering Iowa State in i ' .M). ' i, he wasgiad- tiated with a bachelor of science degree in c lc( nil d etigineering. He became a member 1)1 I I.I K.ipp.i Xii. lau Beta Pi and Delta I psiloii. and in ! ' .• 10 was made an honoiarv member of ( aiclinal Kev. ' eishea owes its II. line lo Ml I ' . line, who coined the word lioMi abbie ialions of college dixisions. Pmb.d)lv the onlv head of a department in the Engineering Division who so won the conhdence and friendship of stuclcnis thai tluv called him bv his hrst name, he was a teachei, in l of subjects, bm ol students. 29