Festival included: two art exhibitions (1) Drawing and the figure, 1400-1964 and (2) The President and the portrait: Presidents of the State University of Iowa from 1862-1964; Museum of Natural History exhibitions; lectures by Dr. Harlow Shapley, Dr.…
The Finkbine Dinner began in 1917 to honor campus leaders and give them an opportunity to meet administrators, faculty, fellow students and alumni. The dinner is named after William O. Finkbine, a Des Moines businessman and an 1880 UI law graduate.