Alumnus — July 1, 1936

Page Title Summary
1 The George T. Baker Hall opened for use Baker Hall dedicated on May 27; Governor Herring attends ceremony; others, including Mr. Baker, make brief remarks; short description of facilities; photo.
2 Dr. Christiansen reports on tumors Alumnus publishes article.
2 Great grandmother, 81, awarded honorary degree Lillian H. Gist receives degree from MacMurray College.
2 Owen P. McElmeel Debating coach at St. Thomas.
3 Professors take honors Several professors win awards, publish material, or make presentations
3 And so do the students Several students honored.
3 Future Wars vets have fun Report of activities of Veterans of Future Wars.
3 Students limit activities Students may hold one major and two minor organization offices; experiment with optional class attendance in several classes.
4 America just coming of age, says Commencement speaker 319 students receive degrees or diplomas; C. H. Oldfather delivers address; description of ceremony.
4 Miss Strayer studies in New York Supervisor of costumes for Broadway play.
4 Robb is strong for Teachers Half of the agents of a local investing firm are ISTC alumni.
5 Teachers "Hollywood Starlet" shines abroad Lorinne Crawford, former Old Gold Beauty, tells about her experiences in show business; photo.
6 And the vote war rages on Professors publish new material.
6 Ancient history pictures stir memories, C. W. Roadman avers C. W. Roadman remembers the early days of the school.
7 Here's a new kind of teaching to stir you Profile of Charles F. Johnson, who is a leader in the education of troubled boys; photo.
9 Educators mourn Stinson death Obituary of alumna Maude Stinson, a life-long teacher; photo.
10 H. Trachsel at science confab Profile of Herman H. Trachsel.
10 Anna Gertrude Childs Sails for summer visit to Europe.
10 Dr. Colegrove, first Education head at Teachers College, dies Obituary of Chauncey P. Colegrove, who died June 7, 1936.
11 "That cornerstone"; an eyewitness report Fred C. Gilchrist, son of first principal, offers account of laying of Old Gilchrist Hall cornerstone; recalls selling lemonade at the event; differs substantially from other accounts.
12 Joe S. Wright Moves with wife Mabel B. McNally Wright to Arizona to work on conservation program.
13 Graduate of '16 directs huge high school band at Elgin Profile of U. K. Reese; wins awards with his Elgin, Illinois, band; photo.
14 Polk County unit picnicks at Des Moines; Fearing presides Group hopes to reorganize.
14 Francis E. Ball Teaching in Spokane.
15 Chicago alumni dine a plan November get together Group still rounding up Chicago area alumni.
15 Dr. Pelzer, M. Di., '01, writes of cattlemen Publishes book on trans-Mississippi cattle industry.
16 Sixtieth anniversary celebration set for October 8, 9, 10 Schedule of activities for college 60th anniversary includes speakers and convocations; celebration preceded by survey of the college and its facilities; survey conducted during week of May 18; list of survey team members; brief history of college.
17 Library in twenty-fifth year Brief history of library facilities at ISTC.
18 Purple Panther looks to 1936 and finds outlook dark, grim 1936 football season preview; season schedule
18 N. Birss Curtis Receives master's degree and scholarship.
19 Tracksters win second straight loop crown 1936 season wrap-up.
19 Athletes awarded trophies, letters; Olin gets medal Terry Olin wins scholarship award; roster of other letter winners.
20 Mrs. V. N. Valgren Received law degree and was admitted to the bar in Washington, D. C.
20 Baseball team makes good showing despite inexperience 1936 team finishes 8-6; season wrap-up.
20 Racqueteers win in conference Tennis team wins conference singles and doubles titles for second year in row; season wrap-up.
21 June Emry Studying for the doctoral degree and helps teach English at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon.
21 Sister Mary Alphonse The former Grace A. Rock is celebrating her silver Jubilee and now teaches at St. Joseph Academy in Des Moines, Iowa.
21 Mrs. Roy A. Redfield The former Ruth Marsh and her husband live in Spokane, Washington.
21 Paul F. Voelker President of the College of Applied Science in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
21 David Patten Principal of the Beacon Hill School in Seattle, Washington.
21 Guy S. Lowman Professor of physical education at the University of Wisconsin; his wife is the former Lynne Barnum.
21 Margaret Roberts Teaches at the Adams School in Seattle, Washington.
21 Mrs. F. H. Seeman The former L. Mabel Nash teaches at the James A. Toshay Junior High School in Los Angeles, California.
21 John P. Gillin Son of Etta Shaffner Gillin and member of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Utah.
21 Mrs. George W. Lane The former Lillian McCullock and her husband live on a farm near Newburg, Iowa.
21 Mrs. W. C. Thompson The former Mary L. Loveland resigned from her position at the school in Maynard, Minnesota.
21 Emma A. Grau Head of the Grau Business College in Long Beach, California.
22 Mrs. Merrill Thuirer The former Lucile Knudson and her family live on a farm near Spencer, Iowa.
22 Mrs. B. R. Van Zyl The former Hilda Leona Eason and her family live in Cicero, Illinois.
22 May Adelphia Mitchell Working toward a Ph. D. in geography at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
22 Ethel Kahley Owns a business in Spencer, Iowa.
22 Mrs. Charles W. Preston The former Bernice Page and her family live on a cattle ranch near the Black Hills near Sturgis, South Dakota.
22 Nellie Sheehy Teaches in the High School Teacher Training Department in Wells, Minnesota; visited the college.
22 Mrs. G. S. Becker The former Georgia Ruff is associated with the Guarantee Life Insurance Company of Davenport.
22 Laura Remer Owns and operates a private pre-school in Houston, Texas.
22 Louise Sallander Associated with the Department of Health in San Francisco, California.
22 Florence Fallgatter Appointed Chief of the Home Economics Education Service in the Vocational Division of the United States Office of Education.
22 Helen Schenck Editor of "The Iowa Business Woman" and teaches kindergarten at the public schools in Centerville, Iowa.
22 Mrs. Henry A. Fenske The former Pauline Anderson and her family live in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
22 Mrs. Lena Bedenbender Hecker Received the Ph. D. degree at the University of Iowa.
22 Tom E. Alyea Contracting architect in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
22 Mrs. George DeVries The former M. Vey Wolliscroft lives on a farm near Redwood Falls, Minnesota.
22 Marie Garwood Principal of the consolidated school in Aurum, Nevada.
22 Gertrude Helen Klein Teaches at the Scott School in Chicago, Illinois.
23 Jessie Waln Principal in West Liberty, Iowa.
23 Mrs. La Fel Barney The former Mary A. Desmond and her family live in Aurum, Nevada.
23 Mrs. Roy Poulson The former Olive Thompson received the Primary Education Diploma.
23 Luella Specht Teaches primary grades at the Lucas School in Des Moines, Iowa.
23 Earl C. Wolfe Instructor at the high school in Downers Grove, Illinois; was selected as a Hi-Y layman representative appointed from the State of Illinois.
23 Henry E. Foster Superintendent of the schools in Nora Springs, Iowa.
23 Mrs. Albert J. Stratmeyer The former Ruth Seidel and her family live in Chicago, Illinois.
23 Iver Christoffersen Opened a law office in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
23 Dr. Russell A. Holy Superintendent of the schools in Casa Grande, Arizona.
23 Orie L. Jones Manual training instructor in Bedford, Iowa.
23 Earl J. Stout Liaison Representative of the American National Red Cross in Des Moines, Iowa.
23 Mrs. F. J. Zink The former Mary L. Hart is director of research for the Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Company and lives in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
23 Alvie Natvig Coach and commercial teacher in Iowa Falls, Iowa; photo.
23 Mrs. Lucy Herbrechtmeyer Larson Teaches fourth grade in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
23 Mrs. Elizabeth Hart Bennett Head of the English Department of the Township High School in Antioch, Illinois.
24 Bernice Bjork Deputy in the County Treasurer's Office in Primghar, Iowa.
24 Mildred Wright Teaches clothing and manual training at the high school in Kansas City, Missouri.
24 Mrs. Paul T. Betz The former Bessie Troutner is executive vice-president at the Lincoln National Bank in Lincoln, Illinois.
24 Mrs. Theodore Bradwell The former Winifred M. Nelson and her family live in Garner, Iowa.
24 Mrs. Marguerite Chester In charge of a class of handicapped children at the schools in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
24 Mrs. Alfred J. Hochberger The former Clara Aimee and her family now live in Frederika, Iowa.
24 Bernice H. Martin Teaches the third grade in Estherville, Iowa.
24 Dorothy M. P. Hall Principal and instructor in commerce at the junior high school in Albert City, Iowa.
24 Earl L. McMurray Principal of the junior high school in Sioux Rapids, Iowa.
24 Lillian Madson Teaches science at the North Junior High School in Sioux City, Iowa.
24 Mrs. R. G. Patton The former W. Blanche Sexsmith is secretary of the Y. W. C. A. in St. Clair, Michigan.
24 Mrs. H. Rademacher The former La Veda Olney and her family now live in Wall Lake, Iowa.
24 Mr. and Mrs. Elbert W. Harrington Mr. Harrington teaches history and speech and acts as the dean of men in Mayville, North Dakota.
24 Mrs. Arthur Hewlitt The former Carol Bernice Golly and her husband live in New Hampton, Iowa.
24 Laura E. Robbins Teaches and manages an orphanage in Polo, Illinois.
24 Merton K. Bratton Superintendent of the Buck Creek Consolidated School; he lives in Hopkinton, Iowa.
24 Don Finlayson Does radio work.
24 Frances Elliott Received the Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration at the Municipal University of Omaha, Nebraska.
24 Beulah Idelle Golden Teaches fourth grade in Hammond, Indiana.
25 Nell Ursula Doherty Head of the English Department at the University High School in New Mexico, New Mexico.
25 Mrs. G. C. Chandler The former Margaret Troutner and her family live in Williamsburg, Iowa.
25 Doris E. Young Principal and instructor of commerce and music in Wellsburg, Iowa.
25 Louis Carstensen Doing civil service work in Washington, D. C.
25 Ward Chambers Superintendent of the schools in Grant, Iowa; his wife is the former Ellen Clausen.
25 Florence E. Dawes Teaches fifth and sixth grades in Ida Grove, Iowa.
25 Leslie V. Dix Circulation manager and secretary of the Board of Directors of the Shaw Publishing Corporation.
25 Argel Beavers Instructor in Leon, Iowa; photo.
25 Bernice Kellogg Teaches home economics in Popular, Montana.
25 J. A. McFadzen Commercial instructor at the high school in Lindsay, California; author of bookkeeping tests.
25 Corinne Martin Kindergarten teacher in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
25 Mrs. R. J. Norman The former Grace West and her family live on a farm near Shelby, Iowa.
25 Ruth K. Piper Teaches first grade at the Rogers School in Marshalltown, Iowa.
25 Mabel Spratt Teaches home economics in Avoca, Iowa.
25 Mr. and Mrs. Milo Bixler Mr. Bixler is employed as a member of the research staff of the Hoover Vacuum Company; Mrs. Bilxer is the former Elizabeth Coder.
25 Mrs. John Cassidy The former Gwendolyn Marie Herrick teaches in Laurens, Iowa.
25 Mary Alice Cole Secretary to Bert Smith, operator of a magazine agency, in Rowley, Iowa.
25 Hazel Duvall Teaches commercial subjects in Hartsburg, Iowa.
25 Reverend Don Munger Gury Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Watertown, Wisconsin.
25 Jerome E. Jacques Employed by the Sears Roebuck Company in Sioux City, Iowa.
26 Merlin Westwick Coaches in the junior college in Waukon, Iowa.
26 Angeline R. Broffel Supervisor of the fourth grade at the State Teachers College in Superior, Wisconsin.
26 S. Ferne Carver Teaches second grade in Mingo, Iowa.
26 Alice Deegan Teaches physical education and arithmetic in the grades at a public school in Des Moines, Iowa.
26 Virginia Hunter Teaches primary in Hamburg, Iowa.
26 Florence Katherine McLennan Graduate assistant at the University of Iowa and traveling to Europe.
26 Samuel J. Wassom Superintendent of the schools in Walcott, Iowa.
26 Bethel M. Dahl Teaches in Lowell, Indiana.
26 Elzan Mae Morris Teaches commercial subjects at the Bryant and Stratton Business College in Buffalo, New York.
26 Hadwen L. Zoller Instructor in physics, band, and manual arts in Williams, Iowa.
26 Jack Arends President of the Fine Arts Club of Teachers College at Columbia University and teaches at the Horace Mann School.
26 Ted Hansen Married Madelyn Bergstrom; photos.
26 D. Argel Beavers Instructor at the Senior High School in Leon, Iowa.
26 Margaret J. Conrardy Teaches at the high school in Grafton, Iowa.
26 Bob Cunningham Program director of the Central States Broadcasting System in Omaha, Nebraska.
26 Evelyn Fish Teaches English, civics, and supervises study for the first and second grades in Nemaha, Iowa.
26 Mrs. J. F. Harriman The former Zelda Holland and her husband live on a farm near North English, Iowa.
26 Mrs. Herbert L. Lindblom The former Ann M. Howell is employed as a typist by William Ottsen for the Federal Land Bank in Omaha, Nebraska.
26 Mrs. E. J. Niemann The former Ruth B. Bornholdt and her family live on a farm near Shelby, Iowa.
26 Ruth Pratt Teaches first and second grades in a rural school near Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
27 Loretta Loraine McFadden Teaches fourth grade at the Jefferson School in Muscatine, Iowa.
27 Roy Vinall Traffic agent of the Illinois Central System in Waterloo, Iowa.
27 Mary McAdams Married Joseph C. Shortall on July 3, 1935.
27 Harold Elliott Married Alberta Schindler in July, 1935.
27 Paul P. Caslavka Coach and principal in Alvord, Iowa.
27 Donald E. Finlayson Does promotion, publicity, and continuity work in Lincoln, Nebraska, with the Central States Broadcasting System, KOIL, KFAB, KFOR, and WIIH.
27 Margaret Fitzgerald Teaches clothing at the Sloane Wallace Junior High School in Waterloo, Iowa.
27 Roger Herrmann Associated with the McNamara Supply Company in Des Moines, Iowa.
27 Lillian Mary Kuehl Teaches seventh and eighth grades in Dinsdale, Iowa.
27 Grace Rummens Teaches commercial subjects in Newhall, Iowa.
27 Don Baker Study hall supervisor in Des Moines, Iowa.
27 Frances Bjork Teaches at a rural school near Paullina, Iowa.
27 John Carl Bliese Works in the Department of Botany at Columbia University and teaches nature lore at the Y. M. C. A. in Des Moines, Iowa.
27 Robert Guilford Teaches commerce and drafting in Iron Mountain, Michigan.
27 Alvie M. Natvig Wresting coach and commercial teacher in Iowa Falls, Iowa.
27 Luella M. Raab Substitute art teacher at the Immaculate Conception Academy in Dubuque, Iowa.
27 Mildred Rector President of the Waterloo Business and Professional Women's Club.
27 Maxine Harned Got married; photo.
27 Ruth Finkenbinder Teaches departmental geography and physical education in Stockton, Illinois; Eleanor Finkenbinder teaches primary grades in Winslow, Illinois.
27 Mildred E. Grafton Teaches eighth grade grammar in Glouster, New Jersey.
28 Adeline Asher Married Raymond Tiedens on May 30, 1936.
28 Sybil Sheets Married W. M. Sherman on April 4, 1936.
28 Katherine C. Ross Married Floyd L. Beardshear on October 31, 1935.
28 Melva Sherman Married Roderick H. Chisholm on December 26, 1935.
28 Irene M. Thompson Married Arthur Larsen on June 15, 1935.
28 Phyllis Whipple Married Roger E. Canfield on March 15, 1936.
28 Doris E. Britton Married Harold Enabint in May, 1935.
28 Glenys Cobeen Married Arnold N. Swedberg on January 1, 1936.
28 Myrtle E. Drake Married J. Donald Magnuson on March 21, 1936.
28 Ruth L. Groff Married Wayne Ryan in November, 1935.
28 Ruth M. Richard Married Willard W. Wells on March 14, 1936.
28 Myrtle Miller Married Frank West on January 29, 1936.
28 Lulu Prull Married George Kramer on May 28, 1935.
29 Lois Roush Married Walter Roben on June 1, 1936.
29 Harold Sissel Married Astrid Svith on May 25, 1936.
29 Ella Cole Married Edward C. Lambert on May 30, 1936.-
29 Madelyn Bergstrom Married Ted Hansen on March 7, 1936.
29 Phyllis E. Reynolds Married Roger Brown on March 13, 1936.
29 Iva L. Roese Married J. Cecil Brannon on August 12, 1935.
29 Ruth I. Rummens Married Estall Brown on May 24, 1935.
29 Ethel Fecht Married Garfield Nielsen on March 8, 1936.
29 Edward Lambert Married Ella Cole; photo.
29 Aurilla E. Blesie Married Robert T. McKenna on April 25, 1936.
29 Michael Klinoff Married Evelyn J. Robbins on May 8, 1936.
29 Mae Lewis Married Ray L. Birkholz on September 6, 1935.
29 Edna L. Pauls Married Walter A. Mess on September 1, 1935.
30 Mr. and Mrs. John Origer The former Esther Buttemore and her husband are the parents of Marvin William, who was born on June 7, 1935.
30 Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Russell The former Wilma Coleman and her husband are the parents of Carolyn Alice, who was born on November 2, 1935.
30 Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Thomas The former Gladys M. Cocking and her husband are the parents of Mary Almina, who was born on November 7, 1935.
30 Mr. and Mrs. Harm J. Kramer Parents of Kermit Dean, who was born on December 23, 1935.
30 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph French The former Harriette E. Shimp and her husband are the parents of John Denis, who was born on March 26.
30 Mr. and Mrs. George M. Bates The former Myrtle Buss and her husband are the parents of Lyla Mae, who was born on January 7, 1936.
30 Mr. and Mrs. Grandon Burnett the former Luella C. Kling and her husband are the parents of Grandon Duane, Jr., who was born on August 3, 1935.
30 Maxine Harned Married William J. Slattery on May 24, 1936.
30 Mahlon A. Hintzman Married Loine Hall on July 6, 1935.
30 Grace Leversee Married Robert Buckmaster on April 12. 1936.
30 Floyd Link Married Elizabeth Wendland on August 22, 1935.
30 John H. Smith Married Agnes Davison on May 23, 1936.
30 Mr. and Mrs. Harold S. Palmer The former Ruth Fullerton and her husband are the parents of Jeanne Juanita, who was born on June 16, 1935.
31 Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Robinson The former Winifred Amber Robson and her husband are the parents of Glenn Bruce, who was born on April 10, 1936.
31 Mr. and Mrs. Lyle B. Fulton The former Rozella Kennedy and her husband are the parents of James Patrick, who was born on March 17, 1936.
31 Mrs. Charles A. Kissinger The former Emily Gosden died on March 30, 1936, in Norfolk, Nebraska.