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

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mrt t - feui This year will witness the completion of the Hall of Physics, a mag- nificent structure built of Bedford stone, and costing the state over - -25,000. This stately structure, which adds much to the improvement of the campus, comes in response to a long-felt want. For many years, the Physics Department has been greatly hindered because of the lack of adequate room and proper facilities; and hence, the spa- cious room which this new building affords will be greatly appreciated. Beginning next September, this department will be located in its new home, where, under the direction of Professor George W. Stewart, it will undoubtedly become one of the leading departments in the Uni- versity. Professor Stewart is peculiarly well-fitted to take charge of the de- partment in its new and wider scope. He was graduated from De Pauw University in 1898 with the degree of A. B., and in 1901 re- ceived the degree of Ph. D. from Cornell University. Then he took up physics as his life work. From 1899 to 1901, he was assistant in the Department of Physics at Cornell, and instructor from 1901 to 1903. In 1902 he was instructor at the summer session of Lehigh University, and in 1903 at the summer session of the University of Missouri. In 1903 he was appointed Professor and head of the Department of Physics in the University of North Dakota. In 1909 Professor Stewart was called to Iowa, and since then he has devoted his best energies to this department. Colter of JFhte Arts The new College of Fine Arts, which is a creation of the past year, will occupy a prominent place in the new Hall of Physics. This college was established to comply with the bequest of the late Mrs. M. W. Ranney, the founder of the Banney Memorial Library, who provided in her will for the advancement of fine arts in the State University of Iowa. This collection includes such works of art as the University would be unable to purchase from its regular library appropria- tion. It includes beautiful editions of Napoleon, Shakespeare, Thackeray. Burroughs, Thoreau, Shelley, Keats, many valuable historical sets, and translations of the leading German, French, and classical writers. This college, which includes the School of Plastic and Graphic Arts, the School of Music, and the Department of Public Speaking, will be ably directed by Professor C. F. Ansley, who has been elected head of the college. Professor Ansley attended the University of Nebraska, where he received his B. A. degree in 1890. He taught for a while in secondary schools, and then attended the Universities of Leipsie, Heidelberg, and Paris. After spending a few years abroad, he was called as instructor to the University of Nebraska, where he was later promoted to a full professorship. In 1899 he answered the summons of the State University of Iowa, and became head of the Department of English. This position he continued to hold until the year 1912, when the University, seeking for a capable person to head its newly- created College of Fine Arts, selected him for this important work. 21