Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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H. E. ENDERS Dr. Enders, dean of the School oi Science at Purdue University, is recognized as a na- tional authority on educational biology. He is active in the Indiana Academy of Science and is its representative in the American As- sociation tor the Advancement of Science. He spent several summers teaching at Iohns Hopkins University and at the Indiana University Biological Station at Winona Lake, Indiana. Photography has become one of his main hobbies, and he has taken many mo- tion pictures ot biological importance. As a result of Dr. Enders' extensive travel in Central and South America, where he studied parasitology, the University ot Penn- sylvania invited him to accompany its expe- dition to South America this summer. Staff duties at Purdue, however, make it impossi- ble for him to accompany this expedition. C. B. IOBDAN Each student entering the new pharmacy building pays tribute to the initiative of Dr. C. B. Iordan, dean of the Purdue School of Pharmacy. He has been responsible for the construction of the new pharmacy building, which contains a model drug dispensary, a valuable library, and completely equipped experimental and research departments. Un- der his splendid supervision the present school has become one ot the foremost ot its kind, Dean Iordan began his work at Purdue in 1910. Previous to this he received his degrees of Master of Science, Bachelor ot Science in Pharmacy, and Pharmaceutical Chemist from the University oi Michigan. He also received degrees from Ypsilanti State Normal College and Harvard University. Page twenty seven

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l1i C. F. HARDING Professor Charles F. Harding is head of the School of Electrical Engineering at Purdue. Before coming to Purdue he held positions with the General Electric Company, the Southbridge lnterurban Railway Corporation of Boston, and the Stone Webster Engineer- ing Corporation. He was also a member of the faculty at Cornell University. From Wor- cester Polytechnic lnstitute at Worcester, his Alma Mater, he received his professional de- gree in electrical engineering in l9lO, and an honorary degree of Doctor of Engineering. The electrical division of the Engineering Experiment Station at Purdue has been con- ducting industrial co-operative research in the television field, the protection of extra- high voltage distributor systems, and the weather proofing of wire under Professor Harding's supervision. MARY L. MATTHEWS Because of her experience and success in the field of home economics, Miss Mary L. Matthews was appointed dean of the home economics department when it became a separate school in 1926. Dean Matthews has done much to promote home economics in Indiana. She has written several books, two of which are being used as high school text books. At present she is completing a new book, CLOTHING FOR HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS. Under her leadership the school of home economics has grown to its present place of importance. It now boasts an enrollment of more than 450 girls who will be fitted to take positions as clothing specialists, nutrition specialists, dietitians, research experts, ex- tension workers, and homernakers. Page twenty-six

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' ' .. l . .- '25 Q .nv l. H. SKINNER If one were to scan through the pages of Who's Who in America , he would event- ually turn to the name of I. H. Skinner, Dean of the School of Agriculture, and director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and the Agricultural Department of Purdue Univer- sity. Under the direction of Dean Skinner, the School of Agriculture has become one of the foremost institutions of its kind in the country. lt has been a leader in the field of experi- mental agriculture. Tests carried out at the Purdue farm have resulted in more efficient methods of crop production and distribution. Today over two thousand graduates of the school are improving farm conditions throughout the United States. N. E. KIZER With the appointment of Noble E. Kizer to the position of Director of Athletics and head football coach, athletics became a chief source of concern to Purdue students. Kizer came to Purdue from Notre Dame some years ago Where he received his football training under the late Knute Rockne. Although Nobe is more concerned With the gridiron, he is a basketball player of no mean ability. In a nation-wide poll last summer he had the honor to be elected head coach of the All Star football team. His team manifested his great coaching ability by holding the na- tional professional football champions to a scoreless tie. Page twenty-eight