University of Iowa - Hawkeye Yearbook (Iowa City, IA)

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Voarb of llegetitt3 HON. LESLIE M. SHAW, Governor of the State, Member and President of the Board, ex-Officio RICHARD C. Superintendent of Public Instruction, Member ex-Officio SHIRLEY GILLILAND, Glenwood W. R. MONINGER, Galvin HIRAM K. EVANS, Corydon J. D. McCLEARY, Indianola J. W. GARNER, Columbus Junction WILLIAM D. TISDALE, Ottumwa ALONZO ABERNETHY, Osage PARKER K. HOLBROOK, Onawa HARVEY INGHAM, Algona CHARLES E. PICKETT, Waterloo Officers of the 3oarh LoYELL SwisHER, Iowa City, Treasurer WILLIAM J. HADDOCK, Iowa City, Secretary PARKER K. HOLBROOK ALONZO ABERNETHY CHARLES E. PicKETT Executive Committee

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Ube tear HE YEAR marked by Vol. IX of THE HAWK- EYE may be said to form an epoch in the tory of our University. Grave and severe amities have befallen her. Bereaved of her ed and honored president, under whose wise counsel and unerring judgment she was ed from struggling infancy to the full bloom womanhood, standing in the fullness of her power, rejoicing health and strength, the radiance of her beauty bringing ture and refinement into thousands of homes throughout the she weeps again. This time for a faithful and obedient Dr. Dickinson, of the Homoeopathic Medical Department. good man, a student and a scholar; a man whose reputation his profession was broader than his State; a man who justice and spent his life in searching for truth. Thus she mourns ! Despite the inevitable, which must always happen, the year has brought a certain progress, a slight advancement, as one must notice when carried landward the tide of tears. It has seen the laying of the foundation of the new Collegiate Building. It has seen a slightly increased attendance in the several ments. It has seen and welcomed the return of many students from the call of war. It has seen the Library increased in size and usefulness. It has seen Athletics placed on a firmer and better basis by a growing spirit of that truer and higher sity life. 22