Wright--David Sands (Mathematics Faculty)

Displaying 51 - 90 of 90 in reverse chronological order
# Title Date Summary
51 Beginning of the Seerley administration
Fifty Years at the Teachers College 0:0, p.109 		Professor Wright's account of the early, difficult days.
52 The Principal-Elect
Fifty Years at the Teachers College 0:0, p.101 		Professor Wright's biography of Homer Seerley.
53 Alumni
Fifty Years at the Teachers College 0:0, p.97 		Notes on early alumni who achieved prominence.
54 Students' Day
Fifty Years at the Teachers College 0:0, p.75 		Students imitate professors and run the school for a day.
55 South Hall (Gilchrist Hall)
Fifty Years at the Teachers College 0:0, p.81 		Description of the construction and facilities of Old Gilchrist Hall.
56 The Students' Offering
Fifty Years at the Teachers College 0:0, p.84 		Professor Wright's account of the first student newspaper.
57 Courses of study
Fifty Years at the Teachers College 0:0, p.93 		Description of the early curriculum and the early graduates of the Normal School.
58 The June Commencement of 1886
Fifty Years at the Teachers College 0:0, p.98 		Homer H. Seerley is elected in place of Principal Gilchrist.
59 The state examinations
Fifty Years at the Teachers College 0:0, p.89 		Professor Wright's account of the visits of the State Examining Board to the Normal School.
60 Hon. Herman C. Hemenway
Alumni News Letter 6:2, p. 		Biography of Hemenway, including personal letter and photograph; photo.
61 Prof. D. Sands Wright pays tribute to H. C. Hemenway
College Eye 13:25, p.3 		Continuation of tribute from last week's issue.
62 Denominationalism and Bible study
College Eye 9:26, p.1 		Y. M. C. A. is interdenominational.
63 The S. T. A. and religious education
College Eye 8:8, p.7 		State Teachers Association discusses the importance of religious education.
64 Bible study in colleges; credit system grows
College Eye 7:5, p.1 		Believes the moral and religious instruction of youth needs to improve dramatically.
65 The college ideal
Normal Eyte 20:1, p.5 		Professor Wright talks about trends in higher education since the founding of the Normal School.
66 Limits
Normal Eyte 18:13, p.205 		One session of the Central Association of Science and Mathematics conference talked about the "Theory of Limits".
67 New terms in geometry
Normal Eyte 18:3, p.37 		Professor Wright defines new terms for students.
68 The first faculty, 1876
Normal Eyte Annual 0:0, p.10 		Brief profiles of the original Normal School faculty; photo.
69 Official; the 1903 meeting of the North-Central Association of colleges and secondary schools
Normal Eyte 13:28, p.434 		Professor Wright reports on the NCA meeting in Chicago.
70 Official; beginnings of the Iowa State Normal School; the Students' Offering
Normal Eyte 11:34, p.830 		Professor Wright's account of the first student newspaper.
71 Official; beginnings of the Iowa State Normal School; students' day
Normal Eyte 11:33, p.807 		Professor Wright recalls the old days when students lampooned faculty.
72 Official; beginnings of the Iowa State Normal School; "generals'
Normal Eyte 11:32, p.782 		Professor Wright discusses long, tiresome recitations.
73 Official; beginnings of the Iowa State Normal School; the state examinations
Normal Eyte 11:31, p.759 		Professor Wright discusses the ordeal of the state examination of ISNS students.
74 Official; beginnings of the Iowa State Normal School; the students' volunteer religious work
Normal Eyte 11:30, p.734 		Professor Wright discusses the foundation of religious work on campus.
75 Official; beginnings of the Iowa State Normal School; the first steward
Normal Eyte 11:29, p.710 		Profile of Steward William Pattee; photo.
76 Official; beginnings of the Iowa State Normal School; the establishment of the State Normal School
Normal Eyte 11:24, p.578 		Professor Wright writes about the passage of the bill to establish the Normal School.
77 Official; Beginnings of the Iowa State Normal School . . . North Hall
Normal Eyte 11:23, p.554 		Professor Wright's account of the construction and early history of the Orphans' Home building, later Central Hall.
78 Beginnings of the Iowa State Normal School
Normal Eyte 10:21, p.506 		Professor Wright gives a brief history of the development of normal schools.
79 Prof. J. C. Gilchrist as a man and as a teacher of teachers
Normal Eyte 7:16, p.5 		Professor Wright's tribute.
80 The beginnings of the State Normal School
Normal Eyte 6:33, p.390 		Professor Wright offers his views of the early days of the school; includes several humorous anecdotes.
81 Twentieth century schools
Normal Eyte 6:4, p.40 		Professor Wright predicts the future of education.
82 Hurry
Normal Eyte 5:11, p.85 		Talks about the American disposition toward hurrying.
83 Literary societies in two neighboring state normal schools
Normal Eyte 2:10, p.75 		Professor Wright writes about the literary society organization at Kirksville and Emporia.
84 At Hampton Falls, N. H.
Normal Eyte 2:2, p.11 		Tribute from Professor Wright on the death of John Greenleaf Whittier.
85 Arithmetical analysis
Students' Offering 8:32, p.8 		Professor Wright presents four step method.
86 Proof of multiplication by casting out the nines
Students' Offering 6:23, p.4
87 Origin of English words
Students' Offering 5:15, p.5 		Professor Wright talks about the languages used to create English vocabulary.
88 Practical examination questions--respectfully submitted to normal teachers
Students' Offering 4:10, p.6 		Professor Wright offers a list of items that teachers should know.
89 Questions and answers
Students' Offering 2:5, p.6 		Professor Wright answers questions.
90 Scientific: some curiosities of arithmetic
Students' Offering 1:4, p.2 		Professor Wright offers some interesting math problems.