University of Northern Iowa - Old Gold Yearbook (Cedar Falls, IA)

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Bureau ef ln the capacity of general service the Re- search Bureau administers the placement, normal training, and science tests to entering students, and is the place to which the ma- chine-scored course examinations are sent. From these scorings the bureau compiles state- ments for the instructors indicating how fre- quently and in what ways an examination question was missed. The pictures taken of the freshman by Dr. Paul's camera on regis- tration day are filed at the Bureau for future reference. As a research bureau, it co-operates with members of the teaching and administrative Research staff in conducting any studies in which they may be interested. Under its own research program, it conducts the sophomore study, the grade point study, a study to determine how much and what kind of teaching service is being rendered by our former students during a nine-year period following their original en- rollment at the lowa State Teachers College, an inquiry to determine what is being taught in the intermediate grades in the town andl consolidated schools of Iowa, and an inquiry to determine in what ways the intermediate grade teacher curriculum may be changed to better serve the schools of the state. Service and feefearcla Paul The Office of the Research Bureau

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Spiritual jnqeiration Religious Forum Audience Knott Bureau ef lleligieus Activities The Bureau of Religious Activities provides ample opportunity and guidance for spiritual growth ot the student at Teachers College. Under its supervision is the United Student Movement, which endeavors to improve relig- ious activity on the campus through the Sun- day evening all-college iorum. Here anyone can present his own views on the social prob- lems discussed. The topics this year included How Can l Serve My Country? by Dr. H. A. Biebe, Our Neighbors, the South Americans by Miss Ernestine Smith, The Social Con- science ot Modern Poetry by Mr. lames Hearst, Social Discontent in the 20th Century by Mona Van Duyn, Dorothy Wilkinson and Dr. Gerald Knott, Democracy tor Negroes, Too? by Dr. L. B. Furgerson ot Waterloo, Church Music , Good and Bad by Protes- sor Harald Holst, and Science and the Bible by Dr. E. l. Cable. The Bureau also sponsors the Colleqe Chapel services. Prominent speakers who ap- peared this year were Edwin Aubrey, Univer- sity ot Chicago, E. Stanley lones, Lucknow, lndia, Dean Charles W. Gilkey, University ot Chicago, Dr. C. Victor Brown, Vassar College, O. W. Warmingham, India, and l. Harry Cot- ton, Chicago. Page 22

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l I t Senlegi jowaw fducatvm The Efficient Workers of the Extension Service l-lart Extension Ser ice The Extension Division is actually in closer contact and renders greater service to the graduates who are already in the educational field than those who are in school at the present time. ln the first capacity, it gives per- sonal attention to teachers and administrators on matters pertaining to education. This per- sonal aid is supplemented by mimeographed material and pamphlets dealing with a Wide range of subjects which may be obtained by request. For present enrollees this department gives correspondence courses to those students who are not able to take residence Work. The first Extension service of the lowa State Teachers College was organized in l9l3-l4 in the form of Saturday Study Centers. The next development, which was offered in l9l6-l7, was Schools Service, originally called Consultative Service. This type of ser- vice is a distinct contribution of the lowa State Teachers College to extension education. lt involves the sending of expert teachers into the public schools of the state to observe class- room procedure and to render assistance to the teachers in the solution of their school prob- lems. Beginning with the assignment of a limited number of members of the resident faculty to this type of service, it has expanded until for the past few years it has occupied the entire time of six or seven members of the permanent extension staff. Page 24 as R V Le?.ff,,ii.2t -