Alumni News Letter — October 1, 1919

Page Title Summary
1 Henry M. Eicher Eicher, member of State Board, died July 27, 1919 of angina pectoris.
1 Harold E. Christiansen Christiansen appointed College Reporter for Cedar Falls Record, and is Sports Correspondent for Des Moines Capital.
1 Training School enrollment 380 pupils enrolled in Training School.
1 The Summer Graduating Class Students graduated with degrees and diplomas.
1 Summer term commencement 123 summer term students received their diplomas from the president August 21 during Commencement ceremony.
1 Constitution Day Celebration occurred September 17, 1919.
1 Hon. D. D. Murphy D. D. Murphy re-elected as President of State Board of Education.
1 The college year 1918-19
1 The College Eye 1919-20 edited by C. P. Archer, Nelson Hersey, and Eleanor Sweeney. Advisory Board consists of Professors Meyerholz, Perrine, Lynch, Fagan, and Zechiel.
1 The military situation R. O. T. C. endss. Resumption of athletics and physical training.
1 The athletic organization Switch from R. O. T. C. to athletic training is headed by Ivan Doseff.
1 The Summer Schools Enrollment for 1919 listed.
1 Extension special service Professors Alison Aitchison, Charles A. Fullerton, and Charles H. Bailey perform extension services in their fields.
2 Anna E. McGovern McGovern retired July 15 and was assigned limited service for summer. She moved to California.
2 Maude Thompson Thompson elected as Home Economics Head of the State Normal School.
2 Dr. C. W. Stone Stone appointed to be in charge of Official Report of Education in A. E. F. Also elected Acting Professor of Educational Psychology at University of Illinois and Professor at Washington State College.
2 David I. Green Green elected Economics Professor at Kenyon College.
2 Homer H. Seerley President Seerley attended National Education Association meeting, where he was appointed to many committees.
2 Frampton William Frampton, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Frampton, died.
2 Macy Campbell Campbell to make report--"What to do with the Village School."
2 Vacation trips 1 President and Mrs. Seerley traveled to Bozeman, Montana.
2 Hon. B. F. Ketcham Ketcham appointed to replace Eicher on Iowa State Board of Education.
2 William H. Gemmill Gemmill gave address before Society of Progressive Oral Advocates. Has been studying plans in education of the deaf.
2 Hon. Roger Leavitt Leavitt is chairperson of Iowa Committee of National Council of Congregational Churches.
2 Hon. James H. Trewin Trewin is Chairman of Iowa Code Commission.
2 Hon. I. J. McDuffie McDuffie has retired from business.
2 Committee on Conferences Conferences planned with Department of Public Instruction for Consolidated Schools, Normal Training High Schools, and County Superintendents.
2 Gewehr Gewehr in Department of Geography before H. J. Peterson's return.
3 Resignations 10 Belle C. Scofield accepts assistant superintendency at Butte, Montana.
3 Resignations 11 Corinne Brown will accept work elsewhere.
3 Resignations 12 Lou A. Shepherd accepts position of Primary Supervisor at Des Moines College.
3 Resignations 13 Laura L. Remer resigned to pursue advanced study and training.
3 Resignations 14 Hazel Aldrich will go to Columbia University in New York for graduate study.
3 Resignations 15 Letty E. Walsh resigned to pursue advanced study and training.
3 Resignations 16 Miriam Miller accepts teaching position in Des Moines.
3 C. A. Fullerton Fullerton member of Touring Committee for surprise inspections of rural schools.
3 Resignations 1 Harriet B. Case leaving to assist Professor Torrens in New York City.
3 Resignation 2 Mary L. Dougherty accepted position at Minnesota State Normal School at Mankato.
3 Resignations 3 E. Laurence Palmer selected as editor and writer on nature study for the public schools of New York.
3 Resignations 4 J. C. McGlade entered graduate college at State University of Iowa.
3 Resignations 5 William O. Lockhart accepted professorship of agricultural education at University of Tennessee.
3 Resignations 6 Esther Hurwich giving up teaching to tend home.
3 Resignations 7 J. V. R. Hilgert accepts work as instructor in College of Commerce, State University of Iowa.
3 Resignations 8 Wesley M. Gewehr accepts professorship of history at Morningside College.
3 Resignations 9 Hope W. Graham accepts high school history work in Chicago.
3 Professor B. W. Merrill Merrill elected Director of School of Music at Indiana State University.
3 Miss Charlotte M. Lorenz Lorenz appointed to work in Spanish at Laurence University.
3 Miss Ira Roberts Roberts is Home Demonstration Agent in Milwaukee.
3 L. H. Van Houten Van Houten, on leave of absence as Captain in Sanitary Corps, designated Director of Educational Service in Military Hospitals.
3 Mary E. Martin Martin resigned to attend Library School, but her health does not permit completion of plans.
3 Ethel Baxter Baxter accepted place as New York City librarian.
3 Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs Representatives listed.
3 R. F. Seymour Seymour wrote from New York City on his fifteen day leave.
3 W. W. Gist Gist elected Chief Chaplain of the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic.
3 Vacation trips 2 Monica Wild, Doris E. White, and Madeline Nisbet vacationed at Glacier National Park and Pacific Coast.
3 Vacation trips 3 Lowell E. M. Welles traveled through Canadian Rockies to Pacific Coast.
3 Vacation trips 4 John B. Knoepfler spent vacation at Walthill, Nebraska.
4 F. O. Smith Smith gave lecture on "The Measurement of Intelligence" and has devised a method of survey.
4 Margaret Benbow-Cochrell Benbow-Cochrell now living in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
4 Esther Benbow Benbow continues work in Eldora, Iowa.
4 Vernon R. Eggleson Eggleson is president of Iowa Rural Letter Carriers Association.
4 Raymond B. Leland Leland is Principal of San Jose High School, California.
4 Florence N. Reese-Aitken Reese-Aitken living in Montana with husband.
4 Henrietta Radell Radell receives highest salary of any teacher in Iowa.
4 Oscar D. Longstreth Longstreth completed army service in good health.
4 George H. McManus McManus decorated with distinguished service medal.
4 J. L. St. John St. John at State College of Washington filling position of Assistant State Chemist.
4 George D. Eaton Eaton accepts superintendency of Laurens, Iowa, after returning from service.
4 Arben L. Young Young received commission of Second Lieutenant and began overseas service.
4 New appointments in the faculty 10 Alice Hanthorn appointed. Credentials listed.
4 New appointments in the faculty 11 Leah Bowker is Critic Teacher. Credentials listed.
4 New appointments in the faculty 12 Alice Foster is Critic Teacher. Credentials listed.
4 New appointments in the faculty 13 Ruth Rath is Critic Teacher. Credentials listed.
4 New appointments in the faculty 14 Sadie Tow is Critic Teacher. Credentials listed.
4 Harriet Keeler McGee and Rev. J. Ralph McGee J. Ralph McGee is pastor in Brookline, Massachusetts. Son, Homer, completed first year in Boston Latin School.
4 In-person commencement bill introduced Roadman appointed head of Rural Leadership department at Upper Iowa University.
4 Walter B. Geiter Geiter is Superintendent of Schools at Belgrade, Montana.
4 Carl E. Axtell Axtell is breeder and promoter of shorthorn cattle with an eight hundred acre ranch.
4 New appointments in the faculty 4 Abi E. Beynon appointed to School of Business. Credentials listed.
4 New appointments in the faculty 5 Ivan Doseff appointed Athletic Director and Professor of Physical Education.
4 New appointments in the faculty 6 Grace Van Ness is instructor in Physical Education.
4 New appointments in the faculty 7 Elinor Schroeder is instructor of Physical Education. Credentials listed.
4 New appointments in the faculty 8 Samuel G. Bridges to take the place of Gewehr in History Department.
4 New appointments in the faculty 9 Charles Warren Helsley is Critic Teacher. Credentials listed.
4 New appointments in the faculty--Theodore R. Gundry Gundry appointed Director of Orchestra and Professor of Violin.
4 New appointments in the faculty 2 Victor H. Ries appointed Professor of Natural Sciences.
4 New appointments in the faculty 3 Ivan L. Pollock appointed Professor of Economics. Credentials listed.
5 Louetta Sprague Sprague is general agent for Frontier Press Company in New Orleans.
5 May E. Polley Polley is author of geography written for Filippino schools.
5 Thomas Peter Christensen Christensen is principal of Academy of Grand View College.
5 Alsina M. Andrews Andrews, Principal of Happy Grove Industrial School, is in U. S. studying at Chicago University.
5 Dorothy J. Cooledge Cooledge accepted work in St. Paul.
5 Thomas E. Hawk Hawk is instructor and member of Advisory Committee in Minneapolis Y. M. C. A.
5 S. A. Potts Potts elected to superintendency of Muscatine, Iowa.
5 Johanna Hansen Hansen elected Associate Professor of Applied Art at Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.
5 Anna C. D. Hansen-Fossgreen Hansen-Fossgreen resigned work to recover from illness.
5 Margaret Struble Fettes Fettes has resumed teaching in her hometown.
5 Mrs. Pearl G. Cruise Cruise accepted position at War Risk Insurance Department at Washington, D. C.
5 F. J. Stamper Stamper returned from army and accepted superintendency of Hull, Iowa schools.
5 J. C. Sanders Sanders accepts superintendency of Avoca, Iowa schools.
5 J. Percival Huget J. Percival Huget's mother died and they visited Cedar Falls. Huget is pastor of a Congregational Church in Brooklyn. Son and daughter in college.
5 Erma Krout Krout appointed superintendent of Mahaska County; succeeded A. J. Jones who is going into automobile business.
5 Mrs. Edith Eighmey Curtis Curtis is school nurse at LeMars, Iowa.
5 Florence L. Sage Sage is home economics teacher at Cedar Falls High School.
5 Mrs. Blanche Black-Walters Black-Walters is high school principal at Oelwein, Iowa.
5 George F. Failor Failor is superintendent of Newburg Consolidated School.
5 John L. Dixon Dixon is foreman in Illinois Central Railroad Car Shops. Sister, Phoebe Dixon, teaches in Sacramento, California.
5 Starr G. Wilson Wilson is president of Emmetsburg National Bank.
5 Mrs. W. E. Rhoades (Gertrude E. Kinsman) The Rhoades now reside in Durant, Oklahoma.
5 Julia A. Pierson-Pipal Piersol-Pipal joins her husband in overseas service in Bohemia.
5 Mrs. Charles Jacob Shutt (Edna Poor) Edna Poor Shutt now resides in Chicago with her husband.
5 Master's degrees Master's degree given to Mother Mary Leo Gallagher and Sister Mary Constance Walsh.
5 Mrs. Lura Kingman (Emma Lura Chase) Emma Lura Chase Kingman given year's leave of absence for rest.
6 Samuel F. Hersey Hersey employed in Conservation Section of the War Risk Insurance Company.
6 H. H. Maynard Maynard is Professor of Economics at Vanderbilt University.
6 T. B. Homan Homan is teacher at State Normal School at Duluth, Minnesota.
6 George H. Hilliard Hilliard is Professor of Education at Earlham College.
6 R. E. Newcomb Newcomb is Superintendent at Plymouth, Iowa.
6 Frances Dearborn Dearborn is supervisor of primary work at Detroit City Normal School.
6 Harold Shoemaker Shoemaker accepted position assisting Japanese students in preparation of entrance to American and English Universities.
6 John C. Parish Parish is staff member at Iowa State Historical Society at Iowa City.
6 George Balzer Balzer is principal of Washington High School in Milwaukee.
6 Harry H. Huffman Huffman appointed agent for A. Flanagan and Company of Chicago.
6 Gladys Norris Norris will take work in Graduate Department at Washington Square.
6 C. Ray Aurner Aurner commended for authorship of "Iowa Stories."
6 S. A. Cohagen Cohagen resigned post as Y. M. C. A. secretary to reinstate the former secretary.
6 Clyde O. Ruggles Ruggles offered position in commercial research with Curtis Publishing Company.
6 Romanzo C. Adams Adams wrote "History of Taxation in Nevada."
6 Walter I. Griffith Griffith accepts work as salesman for Keystone View Company.
6 Bertha Hansen Hansen becomes Director of Cafeteria at State Normal School in Huntsville, Texas.
6 Jessie Elizabeth Mechem Mechem placed in charge of Physical Department of Waterloo Y. W. C. A.
6 Guy S. Lowman Lowman is Director of Courses in B. S. Degree in Physical Education at University of Wisconsin.
6 Fred S. Stimson Stimson is Field Manager for Ohio and Kentucky for Keystone View Company.
6 Eugene J. Feuling Feuling is publisher of the New Hampton (Iowa) Tribune.
6 Paul Wartman Wartman appointed assistant in quantitative chemistry at the University of Wisconsin.
6 Mary D. Bond Bond published handbook for elementary teachers.
6 James Henry Lees Lees had exhibit of work done in Iowa by the Geological Board.
6 Sophus Jacobsen Jacobsen participated in the war, then entered Harvard Law School in September. Visited Cedar Falls in August.
7 Anne Seaton Johnston Anne Seaton Johnston married Irving Grimert Miller August 20, 1919.
7 Mrs. Hazel H. Ott Ott elected Greene County Superintendent.
7 Harry Jewell and Frank Jewell The Jewells have returned to Harvard.
7 Arthur D. Coffman Coffman purchased controlling interest in First National Bank of Hawarden. Albert J. Meyer is director.
7 Frank Porter Frank Porter married Grace Day.
7 Pearl B. Hartman Pearl B. Hartman married Hjalmar Ostergaard August 21, 1919.
7 Hazel Lucile Flagler Hazel Lucile Flagler married Myron L. Begeman July 15, 1919.
7 Florence L. Falkler Florence L. Falkler married Herbert E. Steyh August 20, 1919.
7 Katherine Helen Caffrey Katherine Helen Caffrey married W. Carlton Walker.
7 Helen Moore Helen Moore married William De Fore.
7 James P. Degnan Degnan returned from service and resumed study at Iowa City.
7 Bertha Wise Wise is instructor in deaconess school in Illinois.
7 W. Homer Veatch Veatch is Head of Public Speaking Department at Dakota Weslyan University.
7 Elsie Ottosen Elsie Ottosen married John McAllister July 23, 1919.
7 Ferne Fay Fisher Ferne Fay Fisher married Dwight L. Piper June 17, 1919.
7 Marian Marcella Jenkins Marian Marcella Jenkins married William L. Boxler July 23, 1919.
7 Elizabeth M. Davis Elizabeth M. Davis married William T. McGrew September 10, 1919.
7 Cynthia Hazel Wallace Cynthia Hazel Wallace married Rudolph Olson September 8, 1919.
7 Evelyn Morton Evelyn Morton married William J. Miehe.
7 Eunice Lee Eunice Lee married Stanley L. Workman June 18, 1919.
7 Daphne L. Ives Daphne L. Ives married Carl G. Kauffman May, 1918.
7 Bertha Bishop Bertha Bishop married F. D. Pierce.
7 Florence G. Smith Florence G. Smith married John Henry Kelly June 28, 1919.
7 Helena Jongewaard Helena Jongewaard married Thomas Fraser McDonald June 2, 1919.
7 Ruth E. McQuilken Ruth E. McQuilken married William H. Longman July 10, 1919.
7 Bertha McCluskey Bertha McCluskey married A. E. Fraser July 15, 1919.
7 Dorothy Sherratt Dorothy Sherratt married Leslie S. Johnson June 20, 1919.
7 Leo V. Ebersold Leo V. Ebersold married Gladys M. Braley August 14, 1919.
7 Sylvia Ufford Sylvia Ufford married Rex C. Haight July 31, 1919.
7 Gertrude I. Magoon Gertrude I. Magoon married Arthur H. Ferris August 29, 1919.
7 Myra Eleanor Lumry Myra Eleanor Lumry married William Dewees September 7, 1919.
7 Anna Hinkson Anna Hinkson married William Armentrout and Nellie Hinkson married Claire F. Sherriff.
7 Pauline Anderson Pauline Anderson married H. Fensky July 5, 1919.
7 Eva McDonald Eva McDonald married Lee Roy Weisbard August 6, 1919.
8 Mrs. O. N. Oleson Lula A. Gates Oleson died after a long illness in San Diego.
8 Wilbur C. Davis Wilbur C. Davis died in August in Cedar Falls.
8 Mrs. Martin M. Dietz Ella Shaffner Dietz died in auto accident.
8 Mrs. Orville Elder Carolyn L. Rall Elder died after illness.
8 James Christian Hansen James Christian Hansen died of tuberculosis.
8 Campanile fund Total raised between July and October-$49.30. List of those donating funds given.
8 Minna Merriau Minna Merriau married G. W. Madill.
8 Margaret Campbell Margaret Campbell married Charles J. Shaffner September 1919.
365 Ariel Parish Parish has become Manager of Sinclair Oil Company.

 

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