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

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r ttr; t r . The Graduate College CARL E. SEASHORE Dean 1 OT ALL students are satisfied with a mere Bachelor of Arts degree, therefore many of the more earnest enroll in the Graduate College. The development of the graduate college at the State University of Iowa has afforded a graduate study which is now a proper preparation for all higher walks of life. It makes teaching a professior as well as brings science into medicine and specialist. 1 - in every field of activity. It broadens the specialized professions. It strengthens the pulpit. It organizes industry. It lays the foundation for invention and commercial production. It makes a definite knowledge of human society the basis of our government and of our public administration. It guides us in the development of the natural re- sources of our state and community. It enriches literature and makes for an in- creasing interest of a reading public. It furnishes the highest opportunities for a liberal culture and the advancement of science for service to the nation. The Graduate College at the University of Iowa is only twenty-eight years old. Yet it has grown so rapidly in the last year that one-fifth of the students on the campus were graduate college students, and it is fair to predict that if the present tendencies continue to advance that fifteen years from now there will be. as many graduate students as undergraduate students on this campus. During the past year (1927-1928) the Graduate College conferred 218 master ' s degrees and sixty-two doctorates. There are a considerable number of post -doctorate stu- dents on the campus and the desire of the students for creative work is marked. Twenty-seven

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1 1 in The College of Commerce C CHESTER A. PHILLIPS Dean II E College of Commerce of the University of Iowa was established in 1921. Its rapid development in both student body and faculty has been such that it now ranks as one of the three or four largest colleges on the I ' Diversity of Iowa campus. This development has taken place despite the requirement that commerce students com- plete two years ' work in the school of Liberal Arts before they enter upon a professional training period of the same length. The growth in numbers is exceeded in importance by the expansion and en- richment of the curriculum and improvement in methods of instruction. The Bureau of Business Research, established in 1926, besides contributing directly to the solution of some of the most pressing business and economic problems of the state, has lent reality and practical effectiveness to the instruction of the school. With its increasing growth in numbers and improvement in methods and facilities there has been corresponding advance in the spirit of the student body. Esprit de corp and whole-hearted cooperative action are notable factors among both the students and the faculty members of the school. The fundamental purpose of the college is to train broadly for a concrete business. It is being realized with greater and greater fullness and at the same time the student does not lose sight of non-pecuniary values. HUGO F. OSTBKRCi WILBUR E. CLAUSEN Twenty-six

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i a BBBBBRBB The College of Education C PAUL 0. PAf-KER Dean HE purpose of the College of Education is to correlate the forces of the University whicl contribute professionally to the preparation of educational leaders in high schools, normal schools, colleges, supervisorships, principalships, and city superintendencies. The college sets for itself three tasks: first, the thorough training of high school teachers; second, the thorough training of all types of supervisory and administrative officers; and third, fhe provision of courses in the various fields of educa- tion and opportunities for research. It caters to .students whose major interest lies in the instruction of the nation ' s youth. It has made much progress in the advancement of learning and has largely contributed to research for improved methods of teaching. During the last several years the College of Education has made notable progress in the advancement of teaching, and the number of certificates granted has increased annually. The Elementary and University High Schools as im- portant additions to the College of Education, provide practical teaching experi- ence in the research work of this department. Here the students gain practical experience in teaching as a part of their university work. A very competent in- structional staff is maintained to supervise the young educators. The education courses offered deal with the future. They prepare students for participation in society ' s great effort to improve itself, and to share in the hopes of the nation by directing the enthusiasms of its youth. 1!! H Si II Twenty-eight