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

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VAI,TKK A. .iK.ssri ' AS PRESIDENT, Walter A. Jessup has for the last 16 years directed, observed, and rejoiced in the intellectual and material growth of the univer- sity. From his vantage point as head of a large and complex organization he has seen a few hundred students grow into an institution of thousands, and the minds of these young men and women broaden with the ever expanding horizon of the university. Of the aims and aspirations of Iowa of the future President Jessup says : It is the college man and woman to whom our country must look for the development and maintenance of civilization. ' ' The chief objective of this university is to meet fully the responsibility placed upon it by the commonwealth. The success of this institution will be measured, as in the past, by the response produced in the intellectual, moral, and spiritual lives of its sons and daughters. UNIV6KSITY OF 1OUUA

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FACULTY

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IN 1900 the position of Dean of Women was created at the University of Iowa. The same year Mrs. Adelaide Burge graduated from the university. Mrs. Burge became secretary to Dean Nellie S. Aurner in 1918, and when Mrs. Aurner resigned in June, 1921, she was made acting Dean of Women. Dean Burge is well-fitted for the position, not only because she has been a student on the cam- pus, but also because she appreciates the woes and pleasures the average young woman experi ences. Her magnetic personality and unfailing cheerfulness attract every type of girl, because she takes an active, personal interest in each of them as they cooperate with her. The office of the dean is a busy place. Here, Dean Burge and her assistants conduct, not only the disciplinary department of this institution, but also aid in solving the problems of living quarters, health, finance, .scholarship, extra-cur- ricular and social activities, and bridge the gap between faculty and women students of the university. The newcomer is made to realize her business obligations to the town and university, the im- portance of high scholarship and good social ad- justments, and aid is extended to those handicap- ped by ill health or financial difficulties. Behind all the complicated routine work, there is a spirit which encourages the development of the highest type of womanhood on the campus. Other members of the faculty make certain re (|iiirements of their students, extra-curricular activities, scholarship, athletic or social stan- dards, but the Dean of Women is a personal adviser and offers her help to every student woman. THE DEAN OF WOMEN ADELAIDE L. BURGE Dean