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. |