Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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Dr. J. G. GRANT, Director of the College Hospital medical care. During the past year about 30 loAva State students benefitted from one of the hospital ' s unicjue features, a reducing or special diet table. B EWILDERED students scurried between bui ldings. Small knots of students congre- grated on campus sidewalks. Most were headed for or in search of the Armory. Many sore feet and much confusion later, most of the year ' s crop of freshmen had found its way into the Armory. Weighted down by litera- ture describing everything from the Ward System Expcikncfd uppeiclassintii lake llieir places in the endless registra- tion lines side by side with Iowa State ' s new crop of freshmen. In the midst of confused students, two faculty members converse on . . . Einstein ' s theory? . . . Franklin ' s virtues? . . . eight o ' clocks? -r , f

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ARTHl R M. COWAN, loua Stales {rgislrar Honors ' Day, secretary of Graduate Faculty and a member of the Freshmen Days Committee. COLLECTING and preserving historical in- formation about Iowa State in pr eparation for the college ' s lOOth Birthday in March of 1958 is just one of the programs guided by Robert W. Orr, Director of the College Library. Data and pictures collected by the library are borrowed for publication and display purposes. Winter quarter the library experimented with BOYNE H. PLATT, College Business Manager ROBERT W. ORR, Director of the College Library regular openings on weekend nights before mid- terms and finals. Seniors were permitted in the stacks for the first time in the college ' s history. THE new West Gate dorm will house upper- class women by the fall of 1955. Later, prob- ably in 1956 when the new Linden Hall is finished, men or graduate students will occupy West Gate. Construction plans for all new campus buildings are handled for the college by Boyne H. Piatt, Business Manager and Secretary of Iowa State Col- lege. Piatt supervises college accounting and pur- chasing departments as well as the ISC physical plant. His direction also extends to the book store, ])rinting department and central store. LAST time I had a cold they gave me pink pills, and this time they ' re yellow, conunented one student to another. You ' re lucky, I always re- ceive a cold shot! came the hasty reply. Treat- ment for colds is just one of the many services per- formed by the supcr isor of the college hospital. Dr. J. C;. Cirant, and his staff. Nearly 4(),()0() patients received pills, shots, X-rays and other 22

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to Iowa Stale ' s intramural program, the new stu- dents filed noisily to their seats for preliminary speeches, an introduction to Iowa State ' s songs, then the tests. Freshman Week Freshmen Busy, was here again! Bewildered y ' • ' voice at his side. Hey, I just started dancing with her! A disappointed fresh- man stepped aside for the new arrival, a smooth, well-dressed blond with a fraternity pin barely visible under his charcoal sport coat. The girl smiled broadly, an l the two of them danced off towards the middle of the crowd. The freshman craned his neck towards other parts of the dance Hoor. Wonder what happened to that redhead I had my eye on a minute ago . . . And so ended another minor skirmish in the battle which was the All-College Mixer. As the Campanile struck 11:30, the couples — two by two — and the stags — six by six — strolled out of the Union towards their respective residences. Oh, no, not Saturday classes again this quar- ter! ... I can ' t believe it — only two eight o ' clocks! . . . Where can I ever piu in P.E.? The State Gym swarmed with busy registrants. Groans and shouts of delight echoed from the And services are free? Freshmen and new sludenls learn of the benefils of the C ollege Hospital while it learns about them. Choose your desk and flip for the top drawer! Returning coeds prepare to settle in the room that ' s to be HOME until next June.