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

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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

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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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The College of Law L HENRY C. JONES Dean INCOLN pored over Blackstone ' s Commentaries in a rude log cabin by the light of a flickering log. University of Iowa students have access to a twenty-four thousand vol- ume library, a smoking room, and a practice court room. James Calhoun assimilated the contents of hundreds of musty law books while serving his apprenticeship in a law office. University of Iowa law students leave their limestone laboratory equipped to practice law without going through that unnecessary apprentice- ship which was once the only means of mastering the intricacies of maintaining justice. Demosthenes prepared for his career by practicing oratory with pebbles in his mouth. Sparticus practiced his powers of persua- sion in the arena. Mark Antony and Patrick Henry alike relied upon sheer oratory to sway their listeners. Students of the Iowa law school build the foundations for their careers upon a basis which enables them to participate actively in the trend toward a bar composed of better trained lawyers, practicing with more thought of the public interests involved, and with the higher requirements of the American Bar in view. The chief function of the law school in making the university worth while is to turn out graduates who will render such service to the state and to the communities in which they live as will justify the large sums raised by taxation and expended on their training. In other words, the law school can justify itself only as it produces members of the bar who recognize an obligation of unselfish public service. The future of the modern conception of legal education seems better assured than ever before. The proposed minimum requirements of two years of college work as well as three years of law study recommended by the American Bar associa- tion in 1921 have now become laws in Illinois, West Virginia, Ohio, Colorado, Kansas, and Montana. Present methods of education are returning to quality instead of quantity methods. It is said one-half the number of lawyers now practicing in America could do the legal work of the coun- try, if well trained. The trend is strongly toward a bar com- posed of better trained lawyers. BAYMOND H. WRIGHT EDWARD VON HOENE DONALD T. HINES ] . Twenty-eight