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THE DAILY IOWAN The Student Newspaper of the State University of Iowa VOL. XVIII-NEW SERIES VOL. III IOWA CITY, IOWA, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1919 TWO ALUMNI AMONG APPOINTMENTS TO TEACHING STAFF Incomplete List of Liberal Arts New Faculty Members Released Yesterday OLIN WILL SUCCEED HIXON Political Science and Economics Each Receive Two Additional Staff Members Two alumni are among the nw liberal arts faculty members appointment by the state board of education in its meeting in the President's office yesterday afternoon. All staff appointments have not yet been decided upon. The following is the most complete list available. Dr. H. L. Olin takes the position of associate professor of chemistry to succeed Dr. A. W. Hixon who has been on leave of absence during the war and has resigned to accept a professorship in Columbia University. Dr. Olin is a graduate of the University of the class of 1918. He has since taught in Oklahoma and at Vassar. He was granted his Ph. D. degree from the University of Illinois. During the war Dr. Olin held the rank of captain in the ordnance department and was stationed at Edgewood arsenal, one of the largest chemical plants in the country. At present he is connected with an industrial chemistry plant in New [obscured...] with the United States Department of Agriculture. At present he is head of the division of fruit investigation and in that capacity visits the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific. During three summer sessions he has been in charge of the department of botany at Rutgers college, New Jersey. The appointment of two additional members to the economics department was made public yesterday. Dr. Frank H. Knight, associate professor of economics, was granted the degree of bachelor of arts and master of arts from the University of Tennessee and that of doctor of philosophy from Cornell University. Dr. Knight has taught at both Cornell and the University of Chicago. Van der Zee on Leave Dr. W. W. Jennings, assistant professor of economics, was granted his B. A. and Ph. D. degrees from the University of Illinois where he is at present an instructor. During the year's absence of Prof. Jacob Van der Zee, Dr. Harry T. Nightingale will act as assistant professor in political science. Dr. Nightingale is on the faculty of Oberlin college. Dr. Kirk H. Porter will also have the rank of assistant professor in the department of political science. Dr Porter, who succeeds Dr. Ivan L. Pollock, received his B. A. and M. A. degrees from the University of (Continued on page 4) ________________________ WILL SAIL FOR SOUTH AMERICA IN AUGUST Albert Wilcox ,a graduate of the University in the June clas of 1919, will sail Aug. 10 for Buenos Aires, South America, to work in a branch office of the New York National City Bank. Mr. Wilcox has been in the training class of the National City Bank for the past two summers, where his work consisted of foreign banking ,and French and Spanish conversation. In South America his work will be to visit consulates and shipping ministries for information on foreign trade conditions. Six other young men will sail Aug. 10 for South America to work for the same bank. ________________________ FIRST UNIVERSITY REGATTA TO BE ON IOWA RIVER TODAY Any Student Who Can Manage a Canoe May Participate in the Spectacle WOMEN ARE ELIGIBLE ALSO Photographs of the Massed Canoes Will Be Snapped From Iowa Avenue Bridge Any student who is able to handle a canoe may participate in the regatta which it to be held on the Iowa river this afternoon 'at 4:30. under the auspices of the departments of physical education. The regatta is the first event of its kind ever attempted at the University. It is the plan that as many students who can provide themselves with canoes shall assemble below the Iowa avenue bridge as soon as possible after 4:30. A number of photographs will then be taken of the massed canoes. The pictures will probably be taken from the Iowa avenue bridge, facing toward the Burlington street bridge. The work will be done fy the University photographer, Mr. Kent. For Demonstration "The object of the regatta," said "Dad" Schroeder, of the department of physical education, "is to demonstrate to students and others the opportunities for enjoyment afforded by the Iowa river, and to make plain the value in pleasure and exercise of the sport of canoeing. It will give summer school students the opportunity, also of appearing in the first photograph of its kind ever arranged for at the University." Both men and women are urged to obtain canoes and do their part to make the regatta a success. Those who do not own canoes may rent them at the Gitzgerald boat house at twenty cents an hour. They may appear in canoes individually, in couples, or in groups. Those who desire to decorate their canoes may do so. The plans for the regatta are in the hands of Prof. C. H. Weller ,Mr. E. G. Schroeder, Miss Marion Lyon and Mr. David Armbruster. ________________ NOTICE FROM REGISTRAR The regular registration for the second term of the summer session will begin Saturday morning, July 26 at 8:30. No opportunity will be given for students to register previous to that time. As many students as can complete their registration on Saturday are requested to do so. H. C. Dorcas, Registrar. _____________________ FIFTY RESIGNATIONS ON FACULTY ARE APPROVED BY BOARD Faris Accepts Professorship of Sociology at Chicago University SHIMEK WILL DO RESEARCH Three go to Western States of Oregon, Washington and Colorado Resignations of approximately fifty members of the instructional staff of all colleges of the University were acted upon at the meeting of the state board of education late yesterday. Many of the positions have already been filled and the instructors for the remaining places will be secured before the opening of the University in October. Accepted resignations are as follows: Prof. Bohumil Shimek, head of the Department of Botany is resigning to do research work in the department. He plans to remain in Iowa City. S. H. Sims, associate professor of mechanics, descriptive geometry, and drawing, becomes head of the department of civil engineering at the Oregon College of Mechanical Arts. F. B. Thayer, instructor in journalism, has gone to Pullman, Washington State College. I. A. Opstadt, principal of the University high school, has accepted the position of superintendent of the Canton, S. Dak. Schools. Elsworth Faris, acting director of the child welfare research station will be professor of sociology at the University of Chicago. Miss Helen Donovan, assistant professor in home economics, will establish a women's ready-to-wear show in the Dey building early in the autumn. Miss Lelia McGuire, instructor in home economics, has returned to Ohio State University at Columbus as food expert in the department of home economics. Miss Filomena Plaza, instructor in Romance Languages, who resigned early in June, was recently married to Dr. Frank Rohner of the College of Medicine. Mrs. Grace P. Smith, instructor in Greek, has resigned in order to give full time to her duties as editor of the "Alumnus". W. E. Schoewe, instructor in the department of geology, is to take a similar position in the Colorado School of Mines at Golden, Colo. I. L. Pollock, instructor in political science, now in Washington D. C. on official business for the State Historical society, will leave for Cedar Falls early in September where he is to fill a position in the department of political science at the State Teachers College. Frank Wheeler, instructor in physical education for men, is practicing dentistry in Claremont, N. H. Dr. Martin Dewey, associate professor of orthodentia, has given up his position here to devote all his time to his practice in Chicago. F. B. Homan, assistant in the economics department, goes to the Minnesota State Normal School at Duluth as head of the department of education. Miss Margaret Condit, teacher in the University elementary school who received her M. A. degree at the end of the summer session, will leave soon for Chicago, where she will be (Continued on page 4) WRITES OF MILITIA FOR JULY JOURNAL Cyril B. Upham is the author of an article in the July number of the Journal of Political Science entitled "The Historical Survey of the Militia in Iowa from the Organization of the Territory up to the Civil War." It contains interesting facts about the early volunteer and compulsory militia. In those days ,the article states, there were no commissioned officers and the militia drilled once a year. Mr. Upham received his Ph. D. here in 1918 and has been engaged in writing material of Iowa's part in the world war, which will be published by the State Historical society. ____________________ PROF. DILL RELATES EXPERIENCES ON TRIP TO PACIFIC ISLANDS In Lecture Last Night Taxidermist Describes Trip to Indian Reservation off Sound SEA ANIMALS ATTACK BOAT Tells Thrilling Account of Battle with Whale-Killers - Slides Illustrate Lecture Prof. Homer R. Dill transported a fair sized audience which attended his lecture last night to the island of the Pacific where they viewed hordes of sea lions, were pursued by whale-killers, and associated with Quillayute Indians. Slides illustrated the lecture and added interest to Professor Dill's graphic account of the expedition. Tribute to B. E. Manville, President W. A. Jessup, Col. M. C. Mumma, and Clarence J. Albrecht who aided in fitting out, providing means and securing permits for the expedition was given by Professor Dill. Indian Chief is Guide Legends and customs of the Quillayute Indians proved most interesting to the audience. Chief Howeattle of this tribe acted as one of the guides of the party. Only about 200 Indians remain of what was once a vast tribe, the most war-like and savage on the entire coast. Now, declared Professor Dill, they are as civilized as most of us. Their queer customs of burial were mentioned in his account. Very little is known of the habits of the Steller's sea lion, Professor Dill stated. This is the species captured by Professor Dill. He brought home a large and small bull, a cow, and a calf. The attack on the University men by the whale-killers as the party made their way from the islands to the mainland with their sea lions was recounted by the lecturer. Only after the use of considerable ammunition and the loss of the largest sea lion was the launch freed of its attackers. Whale-killers surrounded the boat, and affairs looked perilous for a time. The islands off the coast at Puget Sound are most picturesque, said Professor Dill. Some of them are swarmed with humming birds. Pictures of some of the rare and beautiful birds specimens collected were shown. Coral Island, one visited, had only a single means of approach, so precipitous were its sides: this they scaled by putting their feet in bird burrows. This island and Jagged Rock Island, another visited, are rich in marine forms and yielded the University party many valuable specimens. ___________________ HEAD FOR HISTORY DEPARTMENT CHOSEN FROM OHIO SCHOOL Dr. A. M. Schlesinger Appointment At Meeting of State Board Yesterday HELD IMPORTANT POSITIONS Is Author of Well Known History and Winner of Justin-Winsor Prize for 1918 Dr. A. M. Schlesinger of Ohio officially became the head of the department of history of the University yesterday when his appointment was ratified by the state board of education at their meeting here. Although a comparatively young man Dr. Schlesinger has achieved distinction in his chosen field and comes strongly recommended by several of the leading students of American history in the United States. He received his bachelor of arts degree from the Ohio State University and holds his master of arts and doctor of philosophy degrees from Columbia. In a few years Dr. Schlesinger has risen from the position of instructor to that of professor in the Ohio State University. He has been successful in dealing with undergraduate students, it is declared. In addition to his success in teaching, Dr. Schlesinger has made a name for himself by means of his publications. Probably the most important of these is a recent book entitled "The Colonial Merchants and The American Revolution." The Justin-Winsor prize was conferrer upon him for this work. The new man is also a member of the board of editors of the Ohio teacher's magazine. During the war he was chairman of the historical commission of Ohio (obscured) body appointed by the government of the state. Dr. Schlesinger succeeds Dean W. C. Wilcox as head of the department. Since the death of Dean Wilcox three years ago H. G. Plum has been acting head. ______________________ KAPPA SIGMA IN CONCLAVE Breen Represents Iowa Chapter at Semi-Centenial Convention Edward Breen of Fort Dodge is representing the Beta-Rho chapter of Kappa Sigma at the semi-centennial conclave of the fraternity which is being held at Washington, D. C. this week. Breen is the only University man in attendance. Headquarters for the convention are at the Washington hotel, one block from the White House. An interesting event in connection with the convention will be the sealing of a copper box containing letters and souvenirs of the conclave to be laid away in safety until 1969 when it will be opened at the centennial conclave. Letters from each officer of the fraternity to the man who will occupy his position fifty years hence will be placed in the box. An airplane flight is also anticipated. Some Kappa Sig flyers in the East will undertake a flight from Washington to Charlottesville. The conclave closes June 25. _____________________ BOARD AUTHORIZES MEMORIAL The state board of education in its meeting here yesterday authorized the million dollar memorial hall project which was presented to them by C. M. Dutcher of the committee.
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THE DAILY IOWAN The Student Newspaper of the State University of Iowa VOL. XVIII-NEW SERIES VOL. III IOWA CITY, IOWA, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1919 TWO ALUMNI AMONG APPOINTMENTS TO TEACHING STAFF Incomplete List of Liberal Arts New Faculty Members Released Yesterday OLIN WILL SUCCEED HIXON Political Science and Economics Each Receive Two Additional Staff Members Two alumni are among the nw liberal arts faculty members appointment by the state board of education in its meeting in the President's office yesterday afternoon. All staff appointments have not yet been decided upon. The following is the most complete list available. Dr. H. L. Olin takes the position of associate professor of chemistry to succeed Dr. A. W. Hixon who has been on leave of absence during the war and has resigned to accept a professorship in Columbia University. Dr. Olin is a graduate of the University of the class of 1918. He has since taught in Oklahoma and at Vassar. He was granted his Ph. D. degree from the University of Illinois. During the war Dr. Olin held the rank of captain in the ordnance department and was stationed at Edgewood arsenal, one of the largest chemical plants in the country. At present he is connected with an industrial chemistry plant in New [obscured...] with the United States Department of Agriculture. At present he is head of the division of fruit investigation and in that capacity visits the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific. During three summer sessions he has been in charge of the department of botany at Rutgers college, New Jersey. The appointment of two additional members to the economics department was made public yesterday. Dr. Frank H. Knight, associate professor of economics, was granted the degree of bachelor of arts and master of arts from the University of Tennessee and that of doctor of philosophy from Cornell University. Dr. Knight has taught at both Cornell and the University of Chicago. Van der Zee on Leave Dr. W. W. Jennings, assistant professor of economics, was granted his B. A. and Ph. D. degrees from the University of Illinois where he is at present an instructor. During the year's absence of Prof. Jacob Van der Zee, Dr. Harry T. Nightingale will act as assistant professor in political science. Dr. Nightingale is on the faculty of Oberlin college. Dr. Kirk H. Porter will also have the rank of assistant professor in the department of political science. Dr Porter, who succeeds Dr. Ivan L. Pollock, received his B. A. and M. A. degrees from the University of (Continued on page 4) ________________________ WILL SAIL FOR SOUTH AMERICA IN AUGUST Albert Wilcox ,a graduate of the University in the June clas of 1919, will sail Aug. 10 for Buenos Aires, South America, to work in a branch office of the New York National City Bank. Mr. Wilcox has been in the training class of the National City Bank for the past two summers, where his work consisted of foreign banking ,and French and Spanish conversation. In South America his work will be to visit consulates and shipping ministries for information on foreign trade conditions. Six other young men will sail Aug. 10 for South America to work for the same bank. ________________________ FIRST UNIVERSITY REGATTA TO BE ON IOWA RIVER TODAY Any Student Who Can Manage a Canoe May Participate in the Spectacle WOMEN ARE ELIGIBLE ALSO Photographs of the Massed Canoes Will Be Snapped From Iowa Avenue Bridge Any student who is able to handle a canoe may participate in the regatta which it to be held on the Iowa river this afternoon 'at 4:30. under the auspices of the departments of physical education. The regatta is the first event of its kind ever attempted at the University. It is the plan that as many students who can provide themselves with canoes shall assemble below the Iowa avenue bridge as soon as possible after 4:30. A number of photographs will then be taken of the massed canoes. The pictures will probably be taken from the Iowa avenue bridge, facing toward the Burlington street bridge. The work will be done fy the University photographer, Mr. Kent. For Demonstration "The object of the regatta," said "Dad" Schroeder, of the department of physical education, "is to demonstrate to students and others the opportunities for enjoyment afforded by the Iowa river, and to make plain the value in pleasure and exercise of the sport of canoeing. It will give summer school students the opportunity, also of appearing in the first photograph of its kind ever arranged for at the University." Both men and women are urged to obtain canoes and do their part to make the regatta a success. Those who do not own canoes may rent them at the Gitzgerald boat house at twenty cents an hour. They may appear in canoes individually, in couples, or in groups. Those who desire to decorate their canoes may do so. The plans for the regatta are in the hands of Prof. C. H. Weller ,Mr. E. G. Schroeder, Miss Marion Lyon and Mr. David Armbruster. ________________ NOTICE FROM REGISTRAR The regular registration for the second term of the summer session will begin Saturday morning, July 26 at 8:30. No opportunity will be given for students to register previous to that time. As many students as can complete their registration on Saturday are requested to do so. H. C. Dorcas, Registrar. _____________________ FIFTY RESIGNATIONS ON FACULTY ARE APPROVED BY BOARD Faris Accepts Professorship of Sociology at Chicago University SHIMEK WILL DO RESEARCH Three go to Western States of Oregon, Washington and Colorado Resignations of approximately fifty members of the instructional staff of all colleges of the University were acted upon at the meeting of the state board of education late yesterday. Many of the positions have already been filled and the instructors for the remaining places will be secured before the opening of the University in October. Accepted resignations are as follows: Prof. Bohumil Shimek, head of the Department of Botany is resigning to do research work in the department. He plans to remain in Iowa City. S. H. Sims, associate professor of mechanics, descriptive geometry, and drawing, becomes head of the department of civil engineering at the Oregon College of Mechanical Arts. F. B. Thayer, instructor in journalism, has gone to Pullman, Washington State College. I. A. Opstadt, principal of the University high school, has accepted the position of superintendent of the Canton, S. Dak. Schools. Elsworth Faris, acting director of the child welfare research station will be professor of sociology at the University of Chicago. Miss Helen Donovan, assistant professor in home economics, will establish a women's ready-to-wear show in the Dey building early in the autumn. Miss Lelia McGuire, instructor in home economics, has returned to Ohio State University at Columbus as food expert in the department of home economics. Miss Filomena Plaza, instructor in Romance Languages, who resigned early in June, was recently married to Dr. Frank Rohner of the College of Medicine. Mrs. Grace P. Smith, instructor in Greek, has resigned in order to give full time to her duties as editor of the "Alumnus". W. E. Schoewe, instructor in the department of geology, is to take a similar position in the Colorado School of Mines at Golden, Colo. I. L. Pollock, instructor in political science, now in Washington D. C. on official business for the State Historical society, will leave for Cedar Falls early in September where he is to fill a position in the department of political science at the State Teachers College. Frank Wheeler, instructor in physical education for men, is practicing dentistry in Claremont, N. H. Dr. Martin Dewey, associate professor of orthodentia, has given up his position here to devote all his time to his practice in Chicago. F. B. Homan, assistant in the economics department, goes to the Minnesota State Normal School at Duluth as head of the department of education. Miss Margaret Condit, teacher in the University elementary school who received her M. A. degree at the end of the summer session, will leave soon for Chicago, where she will be (Continued on page 4) WRITES OF MILITIA FOR JULY JOURNAL Cyril B. Upham is the author of an article in the July number of the Journal of Political Science entitled "The Historical Survey of the Militia in Iowa from the Organization of the Territory up to the Civil War." It contains interesting facts about the early volunteer and compulsory militia. In those days ,the article states, there were no commissioned officers and the militia drilled once a year. Mr. Upham received his Ph. D. here in 1918 and has been engaged in writing material of Iowa's part in the world war, which will be published by the State Historical society. ____________________ PROF. DILL RELATES EXPERIENCES ON TRIP TO PACIFIC ISLANDS In Lecture Last Night Taxidermist Describes Trip to Indian Reservation off Sound SEA ANIMALS ATTACK BOAT Tells Thrilling Account of Battle with Whale-Killers - Slides Illustrate Lecture Prof. Homer R. Dill transported a fair sized audience which attended his lecture last night to the island of the Pacific where they viewed hordes of sea lions, were pursued by whale-killers, and associated with Quillayute Indians. Slides illustrated the lecture and added interest to Professor Dill's graphic account of the expedition. Tribute to B. E. Manville, President W. A. Jessup, Col. M. C. Mumma, and Clarence J. Albrecht who aided in fitting out, providing means and securing permits for the expedition was given by Professor Dill. Indian Chief is Guide Legends and customs of the Quillayute Indians proved most interesting to the audience. Chief Howeattle of this tribe acted as one of the guides of the party. Only about 200 Indians remain of what was once a vast tribe, the most war-like and savage on the entire coast. Now, declared Professor Dill, they are as civilized as most of us. Their queer customs of burial were mentioned in his account. Very little is known of the habits of the Steller's sea lion, Professor Dill stated. This is the species captured by Professor Dill. He brought home a large and small bull, a cow, and a calf. The attack on the University men by the whale-killers as the party made their way from the islands to the mainland with their sea lions was recounted by the lecturer. Only after the use of considerable ammunition and the loss of the largest sea lion was the launch freed of its attackers. Whale-killers surrounded the boat, and affairs looked perilous for a time. The islands off the coast at Puget Sound are most picturesque, said Professor Dill. Some of them are swarmed with humming birds. Pictures of some of the rare and beautiful birds specimens collected were shown. Coral Island, one visited, had only a single means of approach, so precipitous were its sides: this they scaled by putting their feet in bird burrows. This island and Jagged Rock Island, another visited, are rich in marine forms and yielded the University party many valuable specimens. ___________________ HEAD FOR HISTORY DEPARTMENT CHOSEN FROM OHIO SCHOOL Dr. A. M. Schlesinger Appointment At Meeting of State Board Yesterday HELD IMPORTANT POSITIONS Is Author of Well Known History and Winner of Justin-Winsor Prize for 1918 Dr. A. M. Schlesinger of Ohio officially became the head of the department of history of the University yesterday when his appointment was ratified by the state board of education at their meeting here. Although a comparatively young man Dr. Schlesinger has achieved distinction in his chosen field and comes strongly recommended by several of the leading students of American history in the United States. He received his bachelor of arts degree from the Ohio State University and holds his master of arts and doctor of philosophy degrees from Columbia. In a few years Dr. Schlesinger has risen from the position of instructor to that of professor in the Ohio State University. He has been successful in dealing with undergraduate students, it is declared. In addition to his success in teaching, Dr. Schlesinger has made a name for himself by means of his publications. Probably the most important of these is a recent book entitled "The Colonial Merchants and The American Revolution." The Justin-Winsor prize was conferrer upon him for this work. The new man is also a member of the board of editors of the Ohio teacher's magazine. During the war he was chairman of the historical commission of Ohio (obscured) body appointed by the government of the state. Dr. Schlesinger succeeds Dean W. C. Wilcox as head of the department. Since the death of Dean Wilcox three years ago H. G. Plum has been acting head. ______________________ KAPPA SIGMA IN CONCLAVE Breen Represents Iowa Chapter at Semi-Centenial Convention Edward Breen of Fort Dodge is representing the Beta-Rho chapter of Kappa Sigma at the semi-centennial conclave of the fraternity which is being held at Washington, D. C. this week. Breen is the only University man in attendance. Headquarters for the convention are at the Washington hotel, one block from the White House. An interesting event in connection with the convention will be the sealing of a copper box containing letters and souvenirs of the conclave to be laid away in safety until 1969 when it will be opened at the centennial conclave. Letters from each officer of the fraternity to the man who will occupy his position fifty years hence will be placed in the box. An airplane flight is also anticipated. Some Kappa Sig flyers in the East will undertake a flight from Washington to Charlottesville. The conclave closes June 25. _____________________ BOARD AUTHORIZES MEMORIAL The state board of education in its meeting here yesterday authorized the million dollar memorial hall project which was presented to them by C. M. Dutcher of the committee.
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