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

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u THE DEAN OF WOMEN NTJL 1900 there was no Dean of Women at the State University of Iowa. There were no hours, no social regulations and the like. What little work that had been done in the way of looking out for the welfare of the women students had been carried on by the President of the University and the heads of the various departments, for the enrollment was not yet large enough to warrant the appoint- ment of one officer to devote full time to this work. How- ever, as the attendance at the University increased so did the problems of the women students increase, and in 1900 Miss Alice Young was appointed Dean of Women. Dean Young served for four years, her place being taken by Mary Sleight Evarts in 1904. Two years later Mable Montgomery Volland was appointed to succeed Dean Evarts. Dean Volland served until 1909 when Anna Marie Klingenhagen was elected to office. She was succeeded by Nellie Slayton Aurner in 1918. Dean Aurner was in office for three years until she was succeeded by Adelaide Lasheck Burge, in 1921. The duties of the Dean of Women are many and varied. Every phase of the college life of the young woman is taken into consideration. She first comes in contact with this office when she writes concerning her room in the dormitory or in an approved home, and at registration time if she be Freshman, Sophomore, or unclassified student, the Dean of Women acts as her advisor in the selection of her courses. Throughout the year her attendance at classes and her scholarship are care- fully watched. If word comes from her instructor that she is absenting herself from her classes she is summoned to the office and asked to give her reason unless she has already done this by filing an excuse here. All of her absences, excused and those that count as cuts are on record in the Office of the Dean of Women. In Currier Hall, the Uni- versity dormitory for women, is an ideal place for co-eds. Its popularity is evidenced by its inabilit y to ac- commodate those who wish to live there. Page Twenty-eight

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?K KOBKRT E. RlENOW Dean of Men reports were sent out from time to time and absence regu- lations did not require reports by the instructors. Little attention had been paid to group life. Practically no time had been found to look after rooming conditions or the health conditions of the students. The only assistance offered self-supporting students was that given by the Y. M. C. A. Since that period, that is during the past twelve years, the work of the office of Dean of Men has grown to very larg? proportions. So great is the amount of work that there is now a corps of four office assistants besides Air. Carl Morrow who is Assistant to the Dean. The office of the Dean of Men is in no way a disciplinary office. On the contrary, its purpose is to advise and assist the men students in the problems that are bound to come up in their college life. The Dean acts as advisor to Freshmen and Sophomores in the matter of registration. The office looks after attendance and investigates cases of repeated absence from classes. The office grants excuses for absence and looks after the academic work of the men students as a whole. It does a great work as an employment bureau, rinding jobs for those men who find it necessary to put themselves through school. The office also takes a general interest in student health and its relation to academic work. It attends to the administration of dormitory, fraternity, and other student groups and exercises a very great influence in the administration of social regulations. Dean Robert E. Ricnow was born at North McGregor, Iowa. He received his preliminary education in the schools of Marquette, Iowa, and Praire du Chien, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1894, receiving a B. A. degree. After his graduation from Wisconsin Dean Rienow taught in several High Schools and was Superintendent of Schools at Independence, Iowa, when he was called to the University. He is a member of Beta Theta Pi and of the Masonic order. Office of the Dean of Men, the guiding cen- ter of student campus life and activity. Dean Rienow has an active interest in every phase of campus problems concerned with men. n B Page Twenty-seven

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ADELAIDE L. BI ' RUK Dean of Women II case her vork is not satisfactory and her teachers send reports of failure or generally poor work, she is notified and requested to come here for a conference with the hope that investigation may reveal the reason for her poor scholarship. If it is dis- covered that she is carrying too heavy a schedule, either be- cause of outside work or poor health, she is advised to petition through this office for a reduction and thus the situation is relieved. If after this, her failure seems imminent, this office writes her parents, believing that it is right to keep them informed concerning their daughter ' s progress. The girl her- self is made to realize the importance of maintaining good scholarship when her standing is revealed through a comparison made possible by the compilation of grades into a general average for groups and individuals in the Liberal Arts College, the comparison being made in this office. The Dean ' s office has charge of the assignment of rooms in Currier Hall and its Annexes for the regular school year and the Summer Session. Homes where University girls are to live are inspected for the purpose of improving them and instructing landladies concerning their duties. The Dean ' s office also has charge of Freshman lectures. Dean Adelaide Lasheck Burge was born in Iowa City. She attended the public schools, graduating from the Iowa City High School, and later she received the degree of Ph B. from the University of Iowa. She was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa, and was one of the speakers at the Commencement Exercises in 1900. She taught in the High School at Harlan, Iowa, and at Iowa City. In 1902 she was married to Dr. Albertus J. Burge who was for many years a member of the faculty in the College of Medicine. After his death in 1918 she became secretary to Mrs. Nellie S. Aurner, then Dean of Women, and after Mrs. Aurner ' s resignation in 1921 she became Dean of Women, the position that she now holds. Office of the Dean of Women, through which the University main- tains contact with its women students. Dean Surge ' s office occupies the northwestern quar- ter of the ground floor in Old Capitol. Page Twenty-nine