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

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: m inn, spa. =: : iparfnwis- echefe ,- -Mlo M oraMN on M w ig iy j of Mto liep bn Wfritttnvh. IMH i whimL I f MK tor %!i of tBBw [II THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION The Alumni Association of the University was founded in 1866, and has grown into a worldwide organization contacting over 26,000 alumni. The association has six- teen districts in the United States, nine of which are located in Iowa. The districts are supervised by their directors and officers who act as the governing bodies. These groups consist of twenty persons, including the director, two vice presidents, and a secretary. Professor Frederic G. Higbee is the executive sec retary of the association and is supervisor of the Alumni Office in Old Capitol. Each of these districts include numerous clubs so that the institution may have definite represen- tation with the alumni. Iowa boasts fifty-five of the ninety clubs in existence. The university makes contact with alumni by means of speakers who are sent out to the clubs. Annual meetings are held as nearly as possible to the anniversary date, February 25, at which time the clubs are addressed by these travelling representatives. New clubs are continually being organized in hope that soon all the alumni will find it geographically convenient to participate in the association ' s activities. The University News Bulletin, a monthly publication, is a great aid towards unifying the alumni: every alumnus receives a copy each month. This necessitates a com- plete file of names, addresses, and information concern- ing each alumnus. This record is checked monthly, allow- ing the office to correct all changes in address and to add further information obtained about each former student of S. U. I. The necessity of such an organization is becoming more and more evident; its activities are indispensable for aid in various problems and also for bringing together former Iowa men and women. FREDERIC G. HIGBEE, Director [21]

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BRUCE E. MAHAN, Director EXTENSION DIVISION In order To render a larger service to the Common- wealth and to the people by carrying to every part of the State the knowledge, the thought, the ideals, and the spirit of the several departments and colleges of the University and by bringing the University generally in contact with the citizen, the Extension Division of the State University of Iowa was established in 1913, by grant of the thirty-fifth General Assembly, in accord- ance with the recommendations of the Iowa State Board of Education. One of the first state universities to en- gage in extension work, S.U.I, had, since 1890, spon- sored a program of individual lectures and courses of lectures that reached beyond the campus and established the university as a true center of learning and influence. The first program embraced but four departments Public Administration and Municipal Information, Educa- tional Service, Political, Economic and Social Welfare, and Correspondence Study. In the ensuing years new bureaus and departments were added, new projects were undertaken and others abandoned, until today the Ex- tension Division includes not four but fourteen fields of activity. The Bureau of Educational Research and Service deals with the publication of standardized tests and research bulletins. The Correspondence Study department gives some 2000 students annually the opportunity of home- study. The Bureau of Social Welfare concentrates on discovering Iowa ' s social problems and finding ways of meeting them. Conferences and Institutes keep Iowa educators in touch with developments in their respective fields. High school, Junior College and Community Con- tests are conducted to stimulate and recognize achieve- ment in scholarship, public speaking and the fine arts. A Club and Information Service Bureau is maintained. A Speakers Bureau schedules staff members for high school commencement addresses. University Exhibits and Bulletin Publication further Extension Division activities. WSUI, the University broadcast station, expands the educational program. Saturday Classes offer school executives and teachers a combination of residence and home-study. Visual Education, Child Welfare and Parent Education, and Health Service complete the list of de- partments under the Extension Division. The Extension Division has truly become an important factor both in the enrichment of adult life in the State and in the establishment of educational ideals and the encouragement of achievement in scholarship and fine arts for the youth of Iowa. 20

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DEAN PAUL C. PACKER SUMMER SESSION Since its inception in 1890, the Summer Session of the University of Iowa has become gradually, but persistently, an integral part of the University year. In the main the ten months ' resident faculty functions as a unit during this session and is supplemented by a limited number of lecturers from other colleges and uni- versities. Professional training is continued in the colleges of law, medicine and engineering and field work in the biological sciences is carried on at the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory at West Okoboji. Although not all of the special activities are carried on in the summer, it is noteworthy that students ha ve a choice of many extra-curricular subjects as well as the usual recreational facilities afforded by the tennis courts, golf links, swimming pools, and other sports provided by the Division of Physical Education. Lectures, plays, and concerts form a most important unit of general educational and special professional opportunities in the fields of dramatics and music. PAUL C. PACKER, Dean ;22J