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

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THE DEAN OF WOMEN IT IS the aim of the Dean of Worn- en and her assistants to further the development of the character :uicl ideals of Iowa women through every possible contact which may tie made in a group of young women as large as this University serves. Their work is of a double nature, one part of which is the mechanical routine of keeping records of the work and activities which are being carried out by University women ev- ery day, and attending to the many regulations which are necessary to con trol them. Ill the housing of women students in the dormitories, sorority houses, or private homes, this office makes every possible effort to see that comfortable living quarters, proper food, and an atmosphere conducive to study are provided with adequate ehaperonage for social activities. Business obligations to the Univer- sity and the town are explained to the new student who in turn is made to realize the assistance which they are ready to give her. Scholarship standards are stressed, and when dif- r ADKI.MDK L. BUROF. I c.-i n ficulties arise through lack of ability or adjustment, the student is guided in making plans according to her abil- ity. This office offers assistance, through the faculty, to those who are handicapped by ill health or financial difficulties. Behind all this complicated routine work, there is a spirit of service ex- tended by Dean Burge and her assis- tants which encourages the develop- ment of the highest type of woman hood on the campus. Other members of the faculty make certain require- ments of their students, extra-curricu- lar activities, scholarship, athletic, or social standards as their office may in- dicate, but the I e;fn of Women is a personal adviser and offers her help along all of these outlets for individ- ual expression to every young woman who is making Iowa City her home for the time being. This is the greatest service that can be rendered by any office or person to a newcomer in the University. Even to upperclassmen a little advice or encouragement means a great deal at a critical moment. I ' .iillilfi n

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1 WALTER A. JESSUP AT THE heart of the University is one, the exempli- fication of that spirit of loyalty to Old Gold, who must bear the brunt of all troubles, be the instigator of all progress, stand as guiding post for all the policies and practices of our great institution of education. With our wish of good luck and congratulations of past success President Jessup. Seventeen

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THE DEAN OF MEN IF HOPELESSLY involved in :i tangle of over-cuts .and flunk no tices, lost in a maze of problems concerning social connections, or the check from father failed to arrive but the hunger pangs didn ' t, the Dean is apt to bear the brunt of confidences concerning the same collegiate diffi- culties. The waiting room of Dean Robert E. Rienow ' s office in the basement of Old Capitol is constantly filled with young men. They come to receive aid regarding schedule complications, the securing of employment, absence ex- cuses, and housing problems. Dean Rieuow is probably in confer- ence more than the proverbial railroad magnate. Yet his conferences are shorter and more personal. In them he offers advice and information on every conceivable subject. Because he has intimate contact with every man student in the university at some time during that man ' s college life, he is a friendly and helpful campus figure. lie is a busy man and admits it, somewhat apologetically. He regrets his lack of time that he may not make more relationships in addition to the ROBERT E. HIKXOW Dean numerous ones he has already con tracted. He is rather an honorary older member than guardian to the Student Council and Men ' s Pan Hel- lenic groups of which he is adviser. Dean Rienow is a firm champion of control with guidance, which he much prefers to stern rule and the court martial. The Quadrangle is one of the Dean ' s charges which he adminis- ters in a simple but effective fashion. Although sometimes extreme penal- ties are exacted by the dean from stu- dents who have participated in vari- ous escapades, as a general rule Dean Uienow is a patient and sympathetic administrator. Freshmen who receive six weeks of lectures from the dean every year on the general problems of University life, find in him a trusted friend to whom they may turn when the per- plexities of their new surroundings be- come too entangled for individual so- lution. Dean Hienow is an interesting talk er who can back up his theories with concrete facts and can ably point out their advantages. Nineteen