Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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R. W. ORR Library Director B. H. PLATT Business Manager DR. J. G. GRANT Student Health Director Thousands of books pass over the checkout desk in the College Library every year. The complexity of the stacks, the priceless knowledge stored in the thousands of volumes, and the information available on any subject make the library one of the most frequented spots on central campus. 29 I

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M. D. HELSER Diiettor of Personnel J. R. SAGE Registrar is to study and pass on the budget for the coming year. It costs over 12 million dollars each year to operate the school. Actually, it costs almost twice as much for each resident student as he pays in registration fees. Funds for operating the college come from state appropriations, some federal funds, registration fees, and gifts and giants from the sale of commercial products such as the famous Iowa Blue Cheese. It is the Administrative Board that decides when final exams weeks will begin and the ne v quarter open. If the students demand a change in the calendar, it nuist go to this gioup of staff members. If the scrapbook of a 1900 graduate vas opened and the pages slo vly ttuned, the views of the campus Avoidd be strikingly different from those we know today. Most of the major btiildings on campus ha ' e been built in the past half ceiuury. At the present time, a . 110,000,000 building progi am is underway. This includes the new Electrical Engineering build- ing, the complete overhauling of the physical plant, and the fotu- additions to the atomic research. The addition to Friley Hall comes luider this plan and drawings are being studied for science and agronomy buildings. It was due to the foresight of President I- ' riley that the college has the first television station operating in Iowa. When T V was first being talked about bclorc the var, he recjuested that application be made for a license and a frequency. Fi e years ago, WOI was known only as a radio station, l)ut they now have a three-fold program in o[K ' ration, . M, F M and T V. And if we could look iiuo the future, we might envision new home management hou.ses. an auditorium and field houes and a new atliuinistralion building to lit itic needs of tliis ever growing and dcxeloping (ollcge, Iowa State. 28

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What is more filling lo inlrodiue the DIVISION OF AGRICIXTI RE than planting a seedling? All of us remember and think of Iowa as the tall roni stale. 30