Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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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.

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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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Widespread war in Europe brought anxiety and mobilization to the nations college campuses. Drills for all able-bodied students, Red Cross and conservation projects for women, technical training through special schools and induction of about 1,700 men into the 1 Student Army Training Corps, were contributions of Iowa State students and faculty to the war effort. ; 901 leads the way to improved communications Advances in communications began to increase in 1921 when a transmitting station, later to use the call letters WOI, was built by the Department of Electrical Engineering. Four years later the 1, station outgrew its experimental function and was reorganized as part of the college. 1921 marked the beginning of publication of the Iowa Homemaker. A chapter of Sigma Xi, scientific research honor society was installed the same year, the second to be estab- lished at a separate land-grant college. In 1925 the College Library building was completed at a cost of $626,474. 1 ke'I Resources and facilities of the college were organized and utilized to meet the demands placed on educational institutions with the advent of World War 1. Special schools concerned with such problems as telegraphy were set up on campus to train students in technical ttwar2 skills.