Issue Contents
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| The Purple and Gold serves in far places | Eighty-nine alumni live or work in US territories or foreign countries; Lindberg sisters, who teach in Puerto Rico, relate experiences; photo. |
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| Oldster C. Ray Aurner recalls student life in the Nineties | Alumnus recalls experiences of living on College Hill and going to school in the 1880s and 1890s; recalls faculty, serving as secretary to President Seerley, selling schoolbooks, rooming houses. |
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| The buildings | Additions to campus in 1937: swimming pool and men's dormitory nearly completed. |
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| Streamlining the faculty | Faculty Senate implemented to handle matters more expeditiously; consists of fourteen department heads and fourteen elected members; roster of current senators. |
| This was also accomplished | 1937 changes include: abolition of Bachelor of Science degree, course consolidation, freshman orientation, addition of mandatory "Contemporary Affairs", and social usage course for men. |
| Optional attendance is here | Junior and senior classes, with some limitations, have optional attendance policy; implemented after careful statistical study. |
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| Horace Mann still lives | Profile of Mann and his influence on Principal Gilchrist and the school. |
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| Elizabeth Hart Bennett | Editor of primary publications for Silver-Burdette. |
| Bess White reads character over telephone | Alumna Bess White gathers news for papers over the telephone; photo. |
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| From Clarence and Redfield | Several schools report that their staff is nearly 100% ISTC alumni. |
| Job-getting bureau reports on high record | Placement Bureau continues to help alumni after graduation; reports placement rate of over 90%. |
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| Untitled | New swimming pool nearing completion; photo. |
| Ticklers prepare fleet | Preview of Tutor Ticklers acts. |
| Traveling debaters | Travel to California on debate tour. |
| Alumni in foreign lands | Roster of alumni who are living in other countries and the countries in which they are working. |
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| Mr. Shillinglaw tells what he saw in Europe | Analyzes political situation in Germany and Austria. |
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| Dr. E. O. Finkenbinder | Died September 19, 1937; obituary; photo. |
| Miss Anna Wild | Died November 7. 1937; obituary; photo. |
| Arthur U. Edwards | School principal in Charleston, Illinois. |
| Loretto Walker | Marries Dr. Frank N. Wheelan. |
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| Forty years of service bring honor to Owen | A. T. S. Owen honored for forty years of service as superintendent in Farmington; photo. |
| Dorothy Breckenridge | Will marry George Mohr. |
| A poet writes of loneliness | Ella L. Furuseth writes book of poetry; selection. |
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| Candid camera steals upon professor at work | Professor Brock Fagan in series of photos in class; photo. |
| Should teachers marry? Here are some answers | Three responses to the earlier question about married women being allowed to teach. |
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| Nordley's cage team gets off to flying start | Early season record is 3-1; season preview. |
| Following last year's fine season . . . . | 1938 wrestling season preview. |
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| Panther football squad reviews tough season | Record was 2-4-3; season wrap-up. |
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| These people visited the Alumni Bureau | Brief information about people who have been to campus lately. |
| Here's to some Panthers on the All-Star team | Urges support for ISTC players in college All-Star game in Chicago. |
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| Mr. and Mrs. Elbert W. Harringron | The former Marjorie Mayberry and her husband live in Boulder, Colorado. |
| Mrs. Elmer Lensby | The former Marjorie G. Thorburn was a penmanship teacher and supervisor in schools in Iowa and Illinois before her marriage. |
| Mr. and Mrs. Mauritz Peterson | The former Fern H. Flatt and her husband live in Spirit Lake, Iowa. |
| Etta B. Fluke | Librarian at the Fenger High School in Chicago, Illinois. |
| Mr. and Mrs. John M. Garrett | The former Hazelle Hornaday and her husband live in Moulton, Iowa, and stay in Washington D. C. during the sessions of Congress. |
| Elmer P. Schindler | Principal at the high school in Madrid, Iowa. |
| Gaylord L. Archer | Superintendent of the schools in Turin, Iowa; his wife is the former Ruth C. Groth. |
| T. C. Ruggles | Dean of the Centerville, Iowa, Junior College. |
| Mr. and Mrs. Homer Burcham | Now live in Rudd, Iowa, where Mr. Burcham is a manager of a Farmers Exchange; his wife is the former Mamie Van Eaton. |
| T. P. Ebersole | Now lives in Ft. Dodge, Iowa. |
| W. Claude Jarnagin | Editor and publisher of the Storm Lake, Iowa, Pilot-Tribune and governor of the combines Iowa and Nebraska District of Kiwanis International. |
| Anna E. Heller | Now lives in South Pasadena, California. |
| Vivian Turner | Professor of speech at the Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. |
| Claude C. Dickey | Works for the United State Commission of Education at the Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Backbone State Park in Lamont, Iowa. |
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| L. D. Patten | Special representative for The Texas Company in Eastern North Dakota; his wife is the former Helen McCulla. |
| Hugh F. Seabury | Head of the Department of Speech at the Southwest Texas State Teachers College in San Marcos, Texas; his wife is the former N. Marie Stansberry. |
| Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Furjanick, Jr. | The former Priscilla T. Southgate and her husband live in Long Beach, California. |
| Mrs. G. W. Hanuske | The former Blanche Alcock has traveled in the South, the West, and Cuba; she now lives with her husband in Charles City, Iowa. |
| Mrs. George A. Kuntz | The former Geneva E. Beucher and her family live in Ridgeway, Iowa. |
| Martha Meyer | Member of the demonstration faculty at the University of Iowa. |
| Morris Miller | Superintendent of the schools in Buckeye, Iowa. |
| Cora Ebert | Supervisor at the Western State Teachers College in Kalamazoo, Michigan. |
| Hilda M. Peterson | Lives with her family in Audubon. |
| Phyllis Lenore Benson | Works for the Rural Electrification Administration and lives in Washington, D. C. |
| Bonita Damman | High school librarian in Ames, Iowa. |
| Clarence W. Failor | Director of the Vocational Guidance and Placement Service at Proviso Township High School in the Chicago suburbs. |
| Helena Rude | Music instructor at the public schools in Hobson, Montana. |
| Merle M. Sliter | Vocal music teacher at the public schools in Clarinda, Iowa. |
| Ruth Anton | Teaches first grade at the Wells-Carey School in Keokuk, Iowa. |
| Mrs. Marvin O. Clement | The former Esther Mae Gibson is a local editor for her husband's newspaper in Canby, Minnesota. |
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| Murvle Hanawalt | Traveled with his wife, the former Mary Wheat, in British Isles, New York City, and Washington, D. C., where they visited Louis Carstensen. |
| Louis W. Armstrong | Teaches in Villisca, Iowa, along with his wife, the former Margaret Mill. |
| Doris Barnett | Works in the Interior Decorating Department for the Weilboldt Stores, Inc, in Chicago, Illinois. |
| Dwane R. Collins | Band and orchestra instructor at the Algona Schools. |
| Robert Schuyhart | Chaplain in the Navy Department; lives in Washington, D. C. |
| Lois M. Mortiz | Head Girls' Worker at Kingsley House in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
| F. Theodore Paige | Instructor in the industrial Arts Department at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio; his wife is the former Helen I. Tisdale. |
| Mr. and Mrs. Russel O. Partington | The former Dora Siemsen and her family live in Muskegon, Michigan; Mr. Partington is the social science instructor at the Muskegon Senior High School. |
| Dorothy Wood | Teaches in Davenport; photo. |
| Mrs. H. F. Ricketts | The former Kathryn Larrison operates a private kindergarten at the Whittier School in Mitchell, South Dakota. |
| Wilfred L. Gimpsey | Instructor and chairman of the English Department for the Boys' Vocational School in Minneapolis, Minnesota. |
| Liberty Maye Mattson | Teaches first, second, and third grades at the Government School for Crow Creek Agency in Lower Brule, South Dakota. |
| Clair C. Stanard | Principal of the high school in Cedar Falls, Iowa; his wife is the former Verona Bush. |
| Helen S. Shields | Teaches third grade in Tama, Iowa. |
| M. E. Bixler | Lives in North Canton, Iowa, with his wife, the former M. Elizabeth Coder. |
| Mrs. Kenneth C. Acrea | The former Viola Tucker now lives in Logan, Iowa. |
| Ida M. Braden | Teaches at the junior high school in Spirit Lake, Iowa. |
| Mrs. John Dahms | The former Beulah G. Bosch and her family live in a farm near Toledo, Iowa. |
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| Vernon L. Brandes | Representing the Charles E. Merrill Book Company of Chicago, while living in Waterloo, Iowa. |
| Irene A. Stearns | Teaches third grade in Spirit Lake, Iowa. |
| Rosamond L. Rathbone | Teaches commercial subjects at the Clarion High School. |
| Mrs. Lloyd Fiscus | The former Neva Sloan and her family live in Washington, D. C. |
| Mrs. Arthur Jacobson | The former Laura Hjelm and her family live in Havelock, Iowa. |
| Leonard O. Olsen | Instructor in the Physics Department at the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland, Ohio. |
| Winifred Willey | Teaches second grade at one of the public schools in Burlington, Iowa. |
| Genevieve Rivers | Teaches first and second grades in Thornburg, Iowa. |
| Dr. and Mrs. Wilbur C Thatcher | The former Bernice Brand and her family live in Fort Dodge, Iowa. |
| Kenneth A. Trites | In charge of Radio Sales and Service in Melrose, Massachusetts. |
| Vernon Brandes | Enters commercial field; photo. |
| Mrs. Deane Davis | The former Maxine R. Morrison and her family live on a farm near Adel, Iowa. |
| Mrs. Fred Prichard | The former Helen Bobo and her family live in Fontanelle, Iowa. |
| Roger L. Ranney | Supervising Statistician for the Iowa Bureau of Labor in Des Moines, Iowa. |
| Mary Jo Read | Doing graduate work at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. |
| R. W. Sandven | Coach at Northern Montana State College in Havre, Montana. |
| Mrs. C. Melvin Olson | The former Ann Perry and her family live in Niagara Falls, New York, where she directed her three-act play called "May Day Delight". |
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| Vera M. Flatt | Married Virgil Black on June 9, 1937. |
| Gladys Dukes | Married J. D. McConnell on June 29, 1937. |
| David E. Misner | Director of Physical and Health Education at the Marcy Center in Chicago, Illinois. |
| Wendell Rider | Now in Rock Rapids; photo. |
| A. F. Faber | Married Carrie Eugenie Geis on October 4, 1937. |
| Mina C. McCleary | Married J. B. Randolph on June 15, 1937. |
| Ethel A. Marks | Married H. M. Falk in June, 1937. |
| Julia H. McKibben | Married J. H. Miner on June 14, 1937. |
| Lelah Hanson | Norge Home Economist for Nebraska. |
| Jessica Lowry | Instructor in sociology in the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Minnesota. |
| Wendell Rider | Music supervisor in Rock Rapids, Iowa. |
| Harold E. Charter | Now lives in Moscow, Idaho. |
| Herman J. White | Employed as chemist for the Lever Brothers Company in Hammond, Indiana. |
| Dorothy M. Wood | Teaches penmanship and literature at the Frank L. Smart Junior High School in Davenport, Iowa. |
| Don Barker | Teaches social science at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, Iowa. |
| Paul Smith | Agency manager for the Des Moines Register and Tribune in Eagle Grove, Iowa. |
| Goldie Berryhill | Teaches in a suburb of Los Angeles, California. |
| Richard Christensen | Teaches at the Southern California Military Academy. |
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| Helen Lenore Wissler | Married Wilbur H. Seubert on June 8, 1937. |
| Harriet Pauline Brindley | Married Duane M. Stewart on November 25, 1937. |
| Irene B. Swedberg | Married D. S. Kupker on August 18, 1937. |
| Eva Mae Clark | Married Walter Swartz on January 16, 1937. |
| Eva Herndon | Recently married Vernon B. Ladd. |
| Margery Esther LaDoux | Married Paul Reddington on December 20, 1936. |
| Ruth Seasholtz | Married Lawrence T. Witte on August 15, 1937. |
| Lola Stephens | Recently married Russell L. Olney. |
| Sadie A. Monson | Married John Corcoran, Jr., on June 30, 1937. |
| Helen C. Nelson | Married Rolf B. Rasmuson on September 12, 1937. |
| Aldine E. Rainbow | Married Frank C. Nanke on January 1, 1937. |
| Helen A. Justus | Married Don A. Luntz on July 8, 1931. |
| Cleo Jeanette Horsfall | Married Percy Olson in May, 1937. |
| Richard Christensen | Teaches in California; photo. |
| Anna P. O'Neill | Married Robert A. Fahey on July 28, 1937. |
| Lyle I. Schmidt | Married B. D. Orr on May 30, 1937. |
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| Dorothy Butler | Married to E. M. O'Connor; photo. |
| Frances Kleese | Married Eldin Bauer on January 9 1937. |
| Alice Petersen | Married Ralph O. Mortensen on August 25, 1937. |
| Louise Azeltine | Married Paul E. Greenfield on May 30, 1937. |
| Osa Callen | Married Ralph R. Freeman on May 29, 1937. |
| Miriam Carolyn Brooks | Married Robert K. Burley on June 6, 1937. |
| Mollie Jespersen | Married Frank Ingwers on June 4, 1937. |
| Agnes M. Johnson | Married Herbert H. Hauser on July 23, 1937. |
| Doris Esther Young | Married Joseph C. Robinson on July 26, 1937. |
| Rita Boyle | Married Alfred M. Kirsch on June 12, 1937. |
| Lucille S. Bucher | Married Clifford O. Wilson on July 22, 1937. |
| Florence Ella Gallimore | Married Maynard J. Smith on September 11, 1937. |
| Lois Curtis | Married Theron S. Renner on August 15, 1937. |
| Helen June Harkins | Married George Gersema on August 1, 1937. |
| Lora M. Hayward | Married Russell Bond on July 30. |
| Marguerite Helm | Married Cliff A. Peterson in June, 1937. |
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| Margaret Alice Blossom | Married Sigurd Julius Fardal on June 11, 1937. |
| D. Victor Bovee | Married Lois Munderloh on September 12, 1937. |
| Helen Bugbee | Married Duane Burk on August 8, 1937. |
| Reva Kincade | Married Dr. L. F. Allison on June 28, 1937. |
| Priscilla Harman | Married Matthew Alfred Beddow on December 26, 1936. |