Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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1)R. CHARLES E. FRILEV lias sn vod Iowa Scate (ollis-i- as pnsidiiu lor llu past 14 ytars. Son of a Texas college pnsielciil. Dr. Ftili Inst t aim- to the campus in 19S2 to btcoim- Dean ol Science. I ' ndei his leadership, Iowa State has almost doubled in size to become one of the most outstanding schools in the country. 26

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College Adiniiiistration Sunshine sifting through the Venetian blinds cast bars of soft spring light on ilic rust colored rug. A group of men and vonien, chatting ([uietly. walked slowly in, pidlcd back the maroon upholstered chairs and languidly sat clown. A moment later, a heavy set man in a grey suit strolled in, waited patiently for con- versations to cease and prepared to address the gi-oup. Unmindful of the meeting going on in Room 114, Beardshear Hall, gioups of students hur- ried past to ten o ' clock classes. Inside this Con- ference Room. President Cliarles E. Friley had gathered his .Administratixe Board and mem- bers of his standing committee to appro ' e the name of each prospective graduate. For it is in this room that the most important decisions of the administration are weighed and dis- cussed And if you coidd step through the mirror into the past, you might find President W. M. Beardshear puzzling over many of the same problems of gix:)x ' th and expansion that face oiu president today. T he seventy-five members of his staff be- lieved, as did the founders before them, that the college shotild dexote her thoughts, talents and energies to the achancement of the agricul- iinal resources of Iowa. And there were then, in 15)00, 771 students enrolled on the collegiate level with 28. ' ) on the non-collegiate level. Since that time, more than 30,000 men and women ha e been graduated Irom Icjwa Slate. From liie l,Or)() in 1000 the student body has grown to 4, ()()() in 1020, by H 10 it had almost doubled when it reached a total of (S.OOO. The peak enrollement was reached in 1018 with 12,000 students and since has dropped until 10,000 were registered at the beginning of iO. ' iO. To keep tip with this growing mass of sttidents, the Administraticm now has a staff of over 800 people. Btit the individual student is not forgotten when the president calls his Administrative Board together. Each is represented by the deans and directors in teaching, research and extension. Also on the board are the directors (jf the various service activities: the registrar, business manager, directors of the student health, library, physical plant and many others. Besides these, he has an adviscjry cotmcil and cotmcils on athletics, mtisic, research and safety. These staff members draw up and present the plans for graduation, the college calendar and decide on matters pertaining to scholarship and personnel. One of their most difficult jobs Room 107 Beardshear, information center of Iowa State. More questions are asked at this counter in a day than in a Psych, hour quiz. Center of the lost and found department, dispenser of grades, and nerve center of the administration, every student has crossed the threshold of this room sometime in his college career. wm •■-WISBBI