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

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. 1 Utti! li T je College of Dentistry G FRANK T. BREENE Dean ' HE College of Dentistry is second to none in its facilities for instruction. It is a member of the American Association of Dental Schools and is on the list of the National Association of Dental Examiners. Its diploma is recognized by law in every state in the Union and in every foreign country where an American diploma confers legal rights. The College forms an integral part of the University, a connection which offers its students all the advantages, privileges, and social fellowships of the student body as a whole. The faculty of the College of Dentistry is composed for the most part of resident professors. The courses consist of one year ' s study in liberal arts and four years of study of medical fundamentals and technical work, leading to a degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.). It is designed to cover thoroughly the theory and practice of dentistry and is under the direction of both dental and medical faculties. After the student has mastered the theory and has acquired skill in the technique of the prosthetic and operative laboratories, he is ready to enter the infirmary and work with patients. The advantages of specialization are emphasized. Attention of the ambitious student is called to possibilities of such special fields as Radiography, Diagnosis, Oral Surgery, Anaethesia, Orthodontia. The equipment of the infirmary is exceptional and 5,000 patients with 22,00 cases offer abundant clinical material, insuring that the graduating senior will have had much varied practical work. I EARL G. RENNIE JULIUS B. OSHER OLIVER K. WILSON WARREN E. STREED Twenty-fuio .

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II I Bill, 1 I E ! I! c i . i r I HENRY S. HOUOHTON Dean T ?e College of Medicine WITH the autumn session of 1928-29 the College of Medicine entered a new phase in its development. A group of recently constructed buildings, carefully designed to bring together into a harmonious and effective unit the various divisions of the college, has provided a phy- sical equipment of unusual beauty and usefulness. It seems particularly appropriate to formulate objectives for future work, in the light of the long and honorable history which has preceded the present stage of the existence of the College. In summarizing the situation as it now stands it may be said that the College has under instruction four hundred sixty -one students of medicine, two hundred fourteen students of nursing, and five hundred eighty-five students of other colleges enrolled for courses offered in the College of Medicine. This registration involves a task in education to which the faculty is seriously addressing itself. The aim of the college, educationally, is to produce from carefully chosen young men and women of Iowa, the high type of leadership in the field of medicine, and in service of the commonwealth for which this college was designed by those who laid its broad foundation. Closely associated with the task of teaching is that of healing: the new General Hospital which provides a total of approximately a thousand beds will be devoted to the medical care of the people of Iowa, principally those who are unable to pay for private professional service. While some accommodations for pay patients are available competition with practicing physicians is avoided. Twenty-one

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Vim. : The College of Engineering CLEMENT C. WILLIAMS Dean f|p ' HE aim of the College of Engineering is to I prepare young men to enter the profession of III engineering and to contribute to the advance- ment of the science of engineering. The two aspects of the practice of engineering are professional and mechanical skill. The former is scientific and economic while the latter tends more to the skilled trades. Like the colleges of Law, Medi- cine, Commerce, Education and other professional colleges with which it is associated, the College of Engineering aims at professional education rather than mechanical skill. The college contributes to the science of engineering through its researches and the writings of its faculty. Two of the best known books on railroad engineer- ing were written by members of the Iowa faculty ; and other contributions cover a wide range such as public utilities, masonry structures, astronomy, pumping, structures and surveying. Recent improvements in the facilities of the college include a new hydraulics laboratory, the new power laboratory in the heating plant, a new meter laboratory in electrical engineering and a large capacity test- ing machine in the materials laboratory, which renders this laboratory unsur- passed west of the Mississippi. With these has come an increased registration. The revised curriculum, in addition to the regular courses in civil, electrical, mechanical, and chemical engineering, includes courses in commercial engineer- ing, public utilities, areonautics, city planning, and industrial engineering. The College, situated at the center of the industrial half of Iowa, will continue to grow. HAYSE H. BLACK FOKD LOVFLAND RAMON T, JESSEN THEOPORE B. MACDQUGAL Twenty-three