Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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41.1.6 41K? 61-1 e mew e.av Wyew' 7 mt! 1909 Peary reaches the North Pole. 1911-1912 China is established as a republic. 1911 Amundsen reaches the South Pole. 1913 The Rockefeller Foundation is established. 1914-1918 1Vor1d XVar I. The United States enters fighting in 1917. 1914 The Panama Canal is opened fac- ilitating world travel by cutting off the route around South America. 1916 Einstein establishes the theory of relativity. 1917 Revolution takes place in Russia. The Communist regime begins. WIWMWW MMVW Imyrxwymwwngywlyuw W ' y ,, 9. , w By 1914 enrollment of the college had reached 2,800 at which time the entire student body assembled for a 9classt, picture, filling the lawn of central campus and overflowing on the steps and out the windows of Beardshear Hall, built in 1906. intervirg ' :1an 3;; rival. t: ' ' mi 1215' 111161216 are. risk; dune? . Phi Kr.

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The school calendar was revised at the turn of the century with Classes beginning in September rather than March. State legislature grants educational support A definite educational support of $25,000 annual- t 1. .0 1y was granted to the college by the State Legislature for the first time in 1900. Previously, appropriations 0f the legislature were made for buildings only and operational and educational costs were covered by the income from the land grant. 0 Smoke, flames and bright light reached to the sky when the north wing of Main Building burned Dec. 8, 1900. The south wing, all that remained of Legendary figures in the history of Iowa State Sports are the ongmal TCV' the building, burned to the ground on Aug. 14, 1902. The hfth division, the Division of Science as Re- clones,l, the football team of 1895. A sportswriter nicknamed the team after lated to the Industries, became a part of the col- watching it whirl past Northwestern 36-0. legeTs educational organization in 1904. First headed by Pres. A. B. Stroms, the name of the division was shortened to Division of Science 35 years later. In 1904 youth Clubs which became 49H Clubs were started in Iowa; Cardinal Guild, student gov- erning body was founded; a year later Alpha Zeta, honor society for agriculture upperclassmen, was the first honor group installed on campus. Agriculture was one of two major curricula offered when classes began in 1869. Students in Farm Dairy Industry classes in the early 1900,s used wooden churns and equipment to prepare butter. xx Newfxflww am xxw 1W 'mm

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Student festivals were of great interest in the early days of the 190013. In 1907 the Women1s Athletic Association began May Day to honor senior women; St. Patricks Day was originated by students in Civil engineering in 1910; and the first Ag Carnival was held in 1912. All were ab- sorbed by Veishea in 1922. Athletics, scholarship emphasized Parading on its way to a picnic celebrat- . . ing the semi-centennial of selection of the Importance of athletlcs and scholarshlp site for the college in 1909 is a group of was emphasized through developments officials led by Dean Charles F. Curtiss, left. beginning in 1908. In that year the hrst intercollegiate basketball game was played at Iowa State against a present traditional rival, the University of Kansas. Kansas won! Later in the year the college became a member of the Missouri Valley Confer- ence, withdrawing in 1928 to become a charter member of the Big Six. Phi Kappa Phi, senior scholastic hon- orary, was installed on campus in 1911; and 2 Years later Omicron Nu, home economics honor society, was introduced. Home economics became a division in 1912 under the direction of Catherine MacKay. 1916 marked the beginning of 11practice homes used by home economics students. The year was another in the chain of 11hrsts when Leslie A. Kenoyer in the Department of Botany received the first Ph.D. degree. A spot of beauty, placid and refreshing, is Lake LaVerne, a gift to the college from LaVerne Noyes ,72, who donated $10,000 in 1916 for landscaping the campus and constructing the lake which now bears his name. Highlight of spring was the May Day Festival begun in 1907 to honor .semor women. Dayts events reached thelr c11- max with the coronation of a queen.