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

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CyS ' T ?e College of Dentistry J FRANK T. BREEXE Dean t ' ST as tlie law college is marked by its canes, as the engi- neering college is noted for its leather jackets, as the com- merce college is distinguished b its white sweaters, so the school of dentistry ' s tradition is derbys. Whether the der- bies make the school or increase the excellence of its work, we shall leave for you to judge. Sheepskins from the school of dentistry are so valuable that some would almost take them as legal tender, and there is no better security for a loan than one of those square pieces of man- uscript with Iowa at the top and Dean Breene ' s signature at the bottom. In speaking or writing of Dean Breene there comes to mind the thought that he is the oldest dean in point of service among those at Iowa. Dean Breene came back to his Alma Mater to head the school, as did Dean Dean, and strangely enough he, too, received his degree from the college of medicine. The present school of dentistry with its fine building is the outgrowth of a sum of fifty dollars invested in 1873, when the state legislature got reckless and decided to do something to ease the toothaches that were current to our Iowa pioneers. They allowed fifty dollars a year for lectures on dentistry. But after nine years the department, if it could be called such, was quite definitely established, and given the title of college. At that time it was thought that two courses of lectures, each of six months duration, were enough for the crowner of those days to have to go out and practice. A few years of this, however, convinced them that to monkey with peoples ' teeth, students ought to have three years of study on dental subjects. A year of work in a regular dentist ' s office could be substituted for a year of study if fhe student so desired. A couple of years later the association of dental colleges rec- ommended that an entrance examination be required, and this was kept up until 1915. Two years later they increased the length of instruction to four years, and requuired a year of pre-dental work for entrance into the school. The college of dentistry now has accommodations for three hundred fifty students. fiti J. DAVID JONES MY BON V. MALONEY JOHN L. OSGOOD A. WORK WALLING Twenty-six

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BAW N ' S g The College of Medicine LEE W. DEAN Dean Awo regard tlio new hospital that the school of medicine will be using in the coming centuries, we do not stop to think that it was built of gasoline, or to be more exacting, that half of it was built of gasoline. Back in 1923 John D. Rockefeller g-ive the State University a donation of two and a quarter millions with which to build a university hospital, the condition of the gift being that the state legislature furnish a like sum. John D. Rockefeller could not have used his money to better advantage than to erect a hospital where embryo surgeons might practice. The school of medicine here is second to none, due mainly to the splendid cooperation of the state legislature with the medical men here in school. It could never be what it is if it were not for that ever-necessary support. With this important item Iowa has secured the service sof some of the best doctors and instructors of medicine in the country. The main cog in the successful school is Dr. Lee Wallace Dean, dean of the college of medi- cine, though perhaps the best known man in the college of medicine, is old Doc Prent, teller of stories and satirist supreme. The responsibility of the school, however, rests upon the shoulders of Dean Dean. He has been around here since 1914, having come back to his Alma Mater after an absence of eighteen years, during which time he spent one year, 1896- 1897, at the University of Vienna, continuing his studies in medicine. But who wouldn ' t want to come back after spending a year in the territory where Caesar crossed his Rubicon? So Dean Dean crossed his by comin g back to Iowa. Babson, himself, would never be able to figure out how many lives have been saved, due to the efforts of the school of medi- cine to prevent well people from getting sick, and in helping sick people to get better. One thing that the school is dealing with is the health conditions of Iowa. The future of the school is assured and the amount, of good that the world will receive from Iowa will make every student puff out his chest and say, I am from Iowa, the place where they grow corn and doctors. ROGER R. FLICKINGER IVAN II. SIIEELER CARL A. NOE A. M. STEGEMAN Twenty-five

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MAU V CLEMENT C. WILLIAMS Dean The College of Applied Science TIIK home of tlie College of Applied Science, like the Iowa Memorial Union, is supposed to be built in units, the first one of which is the present engineering buifd- ing. When it is completed, it will cover a whole block. The present college is the result of a few courses in survey- ing and civil engineering that were offered in the College of Liberal Arts in 1S5R. At the close of the next decade the course was extended over a four-year period. By 1876 tli is part of the College of Liberal Arts had been nourished and pampered so much that it was weened and given the title of a department. New equipment and new instructors were needed to meet the demand for technical training. The School of Applied Science continued its growth, and in April, 1903, it blossomed out as a full-grown child and was given the key to the university and title of college, which by means of hard work it has kept ever since. Laenas G. Weld, then a professor of mathematics, was called upon to act as dean of the new school. Professor Weld held the office for only a year, however, and in 1904 William Gait Raymond came to the university as dean of the College of Applied Science. Dean Raymond gave his whole time to his favorite school, and by diligent labor and strenu- ous efforts raised the standards of the College of Applied Science to an enviable position of high merit. Under him the college offered a course in hydraulics that is equalled by very few of the engineering schools in the country. Another big tiling that was established under Dean Raymond was the custom of wearing leather jackets by the senior engineers, which gives them a distinguished (?) look. Mecca week, long since a tradition, was inaugurated under his regime. Last summer Dean Raymond ' s work came to an end with his death June 17, 1926. He had served twenty-one years as head of the College of Applied Science, during which time lie had endeared himself to faculty and students alike. His place was taken by Clarence Clement Williams, who was brought here from University of Illinois, where he was a professor of engineering. Dean Williams has an enviable rec- ord behind him in the field of science and engineering. I ERNEST J. BEATTY F. LEE KLINE BYRON G. KUNZMAN JAMES K. HAMIL Twenty-seven