Each spring for the past 15 years Iowa State has polished up the handle of her big front door and invited Iowa to come in and see what her sons and daughters have been doing. The 1936 Veishea promises to be the biggest yet. It looks like all Iowa will be on hand for Open House and the dozen other varieties of educational and entertaining features offered on the campus during the three days, May 14, 15 and 16.

To select a department for a major is no easy task. In the hope that these brief reviews of departmental work will prove helpful, The Homemaker prints the talks given by senior women every Monday morning over WOI.

"Yes, I suppose I should take a little of Mr. X's chemistry and a dash of Miss A's economics. And isn't Miss L's type of applied art interesting?"

How would you like to choose your own instructors and courses, and plan your educational diet much as you would pick out a well-balanced meal in a cafeteria? There has been much discussion pro and con over the advisability of the student's choice of faculty members. Some feel that we have judgment enough to choose wisely.

How are your manners? Careless and happy-go-lucky? Or careful, tactful and gracious? The ability to put others at ease will bring upon you that compliment of compliments, "I like to be with her. She never stumbles through an introduction, gets the jitters in a new situation, or embarrasses me by being conspicuous. She knows the score."

Cover by Allene Nelson

Circles on Your Calender by Vera Joyce Horswell, page 1

Manners Make You “Tops” by Peggy Schenk, page 2

Mrs. Friley Prefers Informal Entertainment by Kay Hoffman, page 3

Sportswear Dictionary by Rosemae Johnson and Stella Mae Brinkman, page 4

Alums at Work – And Some Go to Europe by Gay Starrak, page 6

Doorknobs Are Polished for Veishea by Lola Wilcox, page 7

After Graduation, What Can I Do? by Elizabeth Brann and Marian Reinke, page 8

Picnics – Sixty Campus Opinions on Them by Dorothy Fedderson, page 9

What’s New in Home Economics, page 10

Behind Bright Jackets, page 12

Should You Balance your Educational Diet? by Ida Ruth Younkin, page 13

Try Bread if You’re Food Conscious by Clara Gebhard Snyder, page 14