Alumnus — January 1, 1942
| Page | Title | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | On the way to a dance | Two couples leave for a dance; photo. |
| 1 | Words fly high | Debaters from seventeen colleges meet on campus. |
| 2 | Seven star final | Concert and lecture program for the year includes Carl Sandburg; photo. |
| 2 | Campus jottings | Governor Wilson visits campus; crowns Homecoming Queen. |
| 3 | Campus school lives democracy | Program of studies and activities in Training School aimed at building strong and patriotic Americans; photo. |
| 6 | Best wishes for 1942 | Alumni Association President John G. McDowell extends greetings; photo. |
| 7 | Circle letter goes round and round | Letter has been circulating among group of friends and classmates for forty-eight years; photo. |
| 8 | Mighty Midgets do it again | Win second consecutive football conference championship; photo. |
| 9 | Nordly rebuilds basketball quintet | Season preview; photo. |
| 10 | Wrestling season | 1942 season preview. |
| 11 | Leaders for Iowa public schools | 190 alumni are Iowa school superintendents; list of names and schools; photo. |
| 13 | Don't forget your job insurance | Outlines Placement Bureau procedures; record of placements for 1940-1941; photo. |
| 14 | Miss Thomes dies | Isabel Thomes died November 11, 1941; brief obituary; photo. |
| 15 | Epsy L. Jones | Lives in Windsor, Colorado. |
| 15 | Dr. N. W. McGee | Professor of political and social science at Upper Iowa University. |
| 15 | Elizabeth Bisbee | Now lives in Kansas City, Missouri. |
| 15 | Vera Gallery | Now lives in Richmond, Indiana. |
| 15 | Sister M. Agnella Keefe | The former Edna Keefe is principal of the Immaculate Conception High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. |
| 15 | Lulu E. Sweigard | Physical education instructor at New York University. |
| 15 | Mrs. LeRoy B. W. Light | The former Una Nicoll now lives in Booneville, Arkansas. |
| 15 | Pauline Schwartz | Teaches at the New Haven Teachers College in New Haven, Connecticut. |
| 15 | Mrs. Alfred Bellmar | The former Clara Kyler now lives in Los Angeles, California. |
| 15 | The students of Western State College of Colorado | Dedicated their yearbook to Lucy E. Spicer, who taught Latin and served as registrar there. |
| 15 | Mrs. Emily G. Bogert | The former Emily M. Gardner is State Commander of American Society for the Control of Cancer in Colorado. |
| 15 | Mrs. H. E. Moody | The former Edith Miller, daughter of Bessie Litchfield, writes that her son got married. |
| 15 | Mr. and Mrs. Frank Craig | The former Mary Houlsworth and her husband have moved to Anthon, Iowa. |
| 15 | Dr. A. E. McMahon | Member of the Menomonie Clinic in Wisconsin. |
| 15 | Edgar A. Ford | Retired from work as a water supply contractor in Marshalltown, Iowa, and moved to Los Angeles, California. |
| 15 | Della F. Northey | Lives in Florida; serves as editor and cataloger for the Union Catalog of Floridiana. |
| 15 | Deborah Davis | Teaches in Boise, Idaho, and wrote a textbook for seventh and eighth grades. |
| 16 | The Alumnus goes to a football game | Photo essay on going to a football game at Drake; photo. |
| 18 | Mr. and Mrs. P. A. DeBeer | The former Eleanor Ellinger and her husband now live in Holland, Minnesota. |
| 18 | Mary Entwisle Keenan | Author of a story that appeared in a magazine called "Children's Activities". |
| 18 | Blanche L. Kenning | Married Victor L. Johnson on June 21, 1941. |
| 18 | Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Kern | The former Alma Jeanette Oleson and her husband moved to Baltimore. |
| 18 | Mrs. Everett W. Milner | The former Laura E. Hughett and her husband live in Sanford, North Carolina. |
| 18 | Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Bogard | The former Evelyn Patterson and her husband live in Peoria, Illinois; Mr. Bogard is manager for the Bankers Life Company. |
| 18 | Helen Rosemary Cole | Head of the Department of Modern Languages at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska. |
| 18 | John Day | Now lives in Lusk, Wyoming. |
| 18 | Mr. and Mrs. Niles Blake | The former Mildred L. Porch and her family live near Atlantic, Iowa. |
| 18 | Margarette Ball Dickson | Midwest regent for nine states of Midwest Federation Chaparral Poets. |
| 18 | Allen Walker Read | Associated with the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago; published article on the derivation of the term OK; was Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. |
| 18 | Mrs. O. E. Tomlinson | The former Juanita M. Johnson now lives with her husband in Detroit, Michigan. |
| 18 | Rev. William C. Conradi | Pastor at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Pueblo, Colorado. |
| 18 | Mrs. George Wolever | The former Martha J. Dawson teaches a life saving class at the Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana. |
| 18 | L. Ruth Cadwell | Teaches at the State Teachers College in St. Cloud, Minnesota. |
| 18 | Mr. and Mrs. Rezin B. Domer | Operate Domer's dress shop in Lake View, Iowa. |
| 18 | Rev. Frank Obbo Johnson | Pastor in Vincent, Iowa. |
| 18 | Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Murner | The former Marjorie Mullarky and her husband, who is a construction engineer, live in Los Angeles, California. |
| 19 | R. M. Schwyhart | Lives in New York, New York; serves as chaplain in the US Navy. |
| 19 | Anna Nelson | Teaches near Shellsburg, Iowa. |
| 19 | Mrs. Fred O'Neil | The former Pauline M. Groff and her family live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
| 19 | L. O. Gittins | Principal and instructor of industrial arts at the high school in Panora, Iowa. |
| 19 | Harald C. Jensen | Now lives in Lake Bluff, Illinois. |
| 19 | Miriam Baker | Public health nurse for Greene County, Iowa. |
| 19 | Mrs. Wm. A. Follmer | The former Grace L. Pope and her family live in Stanley, Iowa. |
| 19 | Mr. and Mrs. Glenn B. Stutz | The former Helen Margaret Gustafson and her family live in Moline, Illinois. |
| 19 | Condit Bowie | Owns the Fort Dodge Carpet and Linoleum Company in Fort Dodge, Iowa; his wife is the former Mary Maxine Park. |
| 19 | Irene H. Wagner | Teaches fourth grade at the schools in Phelps, Wisconsin. |
| 19 | Mrs. S. C. Dyson | The former Helen Shields and her husband now live in Clayton, Missouri. |
| 19 | Liberty Maye Mattson | Teaches at the Spring Creek Day School in St. Francis, South Dakota. |
| 19 | Mrs. Otto Hirsch | The former Marie Pearl Hocke now lives in Churdan, Iowa. |
| 19 | Mrs. W. H. Magdefrau | The former Anna E. Miller now lives in Manchester, Iowa. |
| 19 | Joseph L. McConnell | Teaches economics at the University of Illinois. |
| 19 | Vernon R. Carstensen | Associate professor of history at Washington College of Education in Ellensburg, Washington. |
| 19 | Bonita Damman | Librarian at the Itasca Junior College and Greenway High School in Coleraine, Minnesota. |
| 19 | Mrs. Raymond E. Piner | The former Katharyn Hogan moved to Springfield, Missouri. |
| 19 | Bert L. Woodcock | Field representative for the Division of Safety Education of the Iowa Department of Public Safety; his wife is the former Lora Axtell; they live in Eldora. |
| 19 | Mrs. G. Raymond Balderson | The former Florence Merrick and her family live in Fairfield, Iowa. |
| 20 | Harold McKnight | Industrial arts instructor at Oak Street Junior High School in Burlington, Iowa; his wife is the former Audella Monson. |
| 20 | Mrs. Leigh Peasley | The former Sara Higby and her husband live in Traer, Iowa. |
| 20 | Bertha M. Ball | Head of the boys' and girls' room of the new main library in Toledo, Ohio. |
| 20 | Don Barker | Assistant in the law office of W. H. Soper in Eldora, Iowa. |
| 20 | Mr. and Mrs. Laurence D. Hungerford | The former Irma Kathryn Rolfes and her husband moved to Manly, Iowa. |
| 20 | Mr. and Mrs. Haven Paulsen | The former Katherine Sarset and her family moved to Sioux City, Iowa. |
| 20 | Mrs. William J. Caddy | The former Martha M. Cochran is doing staff nursing at Harper Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. |
| 20 | Rene E. Dahm | Teaches at the Red Rock Indian School in Gallup, New Mexico. |
| 20 | Lyle W. Durham | Director of the Band Department at the schools in Cleburne, Texas. |
| 20 | Cornelius Landhuis | Superintendent in Magnolia, Iowa. |
| 20 | Valborg Pladsen | Teaches social studies at the public schools in Hammond, Indiana. |
| 20 | Norma Tenney | Teaches fourth grade and coaches girls basketball in Reinbeck, Iowa. |
| 20 | Hattie Ruth | Now lives in Des Moines, Iowa. |
| 20 | Harold A. Simmers | Now lives in Marengo, Illinois. |
| 20 | John Brindley | Teaches science at Wilson Junior High School in Des Moines, Iowa. |
| 20 | Louis H. Kohl | Teacher of industrial arts at the junior and senior high school in Luverne, Minnesota. |
| 20 | Melvin B. Ingebritsen | Serving in US Army, with rank of Master Sergeant at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. |
| 20 | Merle J. O'Brien | Partner with G. Frank Wilson in the firm Wilson & O'Brien Real Estate, Insurance, Loans in Newton, Iowa. |
| 20 | Mrs. Dwight R. Ferrell | The former Bertha Klotz now lives in Independence, Iowa. |
| 20 | Thorrel B. Fest | Assistant professor of speech at Albion College in Albion, Michigan. |
| 20 | Louis P. Carstensen | Weather forecaster for LaGuardia Field, Long Island, New York. |
| 20 | Mary Jo Read | Assistant professor of geography at Milwaukee State Teachers College in Wisconsin. |
| 20 | Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Burbank | The former Gladys Prescott moved from one part of Waterloo, Iowa, to another. |
| 20 | Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Zickefoose | Associated with International Harvester Company in Iowa Falls, Iowa; his wife is the former Helen M. Johnson. |
| 21 | Luella Kuethe | Teaches fourth grade at the Sherman School in Tacoma, Washington. |
| 21 | Adeline Miller | Teaches first grade in Manson, Iowa. |
| 21 | Marian Nelson | Lives in Dayton, Ohio, with her family. |
| 21 | Mrs. Lynn Bickett | The former Margaret Wilkie now lives in Farragut, Iowa. |
| 21 | Mrs. Robert R. Melrose | The former Merle D. Miller is receptionist director at the Independence State Hospital in Independence, Iowa. |
| 21 | Lillian E. Myers | Assistant director of vital statistics for the State Department of Health in Des Moines, Iowa. |
| 21 | May Gravon | Teaches primary grades at the public schools in Redlands, California. |
| 21 | J. Elizabeth Anderson | Enrolled in a physical therapy course at the Children's Hospital in Los Angeles, California. |
| 21 | David Berninghausen | Assistant circulation librarian at the Teachers College. |
| 21 | Eleanor Cade | Accepted a position in Sac City, Iowa. |
| 21 | Margaret Davenport | Married Clifford L. Fagan, who is a commerce instructor at Ellsworth Junior College in Iowa Falls, Iowa. |
| 21 | George H. Mohr | Connected with the Department of Special Education and principal at the Taylor School in Davenport, Iowa. |
| 21 | Mrs. Herman Alt | The former Aletha Tietjen and her family now live in Alta Vista, Iowa. |
| 21 | Ray Kettler | Assistant to the state comptroller of Oklahoma, lives in Oklahoma City with his wife, who is the former Dorothy Carritt. |
| 21 | Lloyd R. Olson | Powder and explosives chemist in Burlington, Iowa; his wife is the former Nadine Belding. |
| 21 | G. Gordon Ellis | Men's counselor and in charge of the Testing Bureau at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa; his wife is the former Dorothy L. Hamilton. |
| 21 | George E. Dana | Now located in Hampton, Iowa. |
| 21 | Tom McClelland | Principal in Knoxville, Iowa. |
| 21 | Mr. and Mrs. Herb Planbeck | The former Frances Marie Hahn and her husband now live in Des Moines, Iowa. |
| 22 | Harriet Morris | Associated with the National Research Institute in Des Moines, Iowa. |
| 22 | Beulah Nunamaker | Accepted a position at Marycrest College in Davenport, Iowa. |
| 22 | Richard A. Gibson | Located at Wheeler Field in Medical Dispensary, Hawaii. |
| 22 | Mrs. Randall J. Henely | The former Harriett Chilcote and her family live in Inglewood, California. |
| 22 | Ivan G. Ingraham | Superintendent in Thornburg, Iowa. |
| 22 | Leevern Johnson | Attends and teaches at the University of Denver in Colorado. |
| 22 | John W. McGilvrey | New coach in Cleghorn, Iowa. |
| 22 | Josephine Matthiesen | Teaches in Gowrie, Iowa. |
| 22 | Veryl E. Nilsson | Instructor of mathematics, English, and social science at Orange Township School in Waterloo, Iowa. |
| 22 | Ruth E. Robinson | Teaches English and speech at the junior high school in West Des Moines, Iowa. |
| 22 | Alma G. Schultz | Student at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing of Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. |
| 22 | John A. Healy | Coaches and teaches industrial arts and science at the Ossian Public Schools; his wife is the former Lenore Ketchum. |
| 22 | Lillian Bargmann | Teaches at the public schools in Knoxville, Iowa. |
| 22 | Charlene Bishop | Teaches home economics at William Horlick High School in Racine, Wisconsin. |
| 22 | Walter E. Ditzler | Coach and industrial arts instructor in Worthington, Ohio. |
| 22 | Richard Kadesch | Research chemist for the Columbia Chemical Division of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company in Akron, Ohio. |
| 22 | Mrs. Elmer L. Keith | The former Ireta M. Willits now lives in San Antonio, Texas. |
| 22 | Helen M. Lager | Teaches in the schools in Tama, Iowa. |
| 22 | James J. Mathews | Stationed at March Field, California, as private first class in the Air Corps. |
| 22 | Alice Miller | Teaches at the Brooklyn Public School in Brooklyn, Iowa. |
| 23 | Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Lee | The former Ruth Janet Sea and her husband are the parents of Karen Kay. |
| 23 | Mr. and Mrs. Manford McCunniff | The former Marlys Huyck and her husband are the parents of Merrill Jay, who was born on May 2, 1941. |
| 23 | Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Theobald | The former Theresa Nickelsen and her husband are the parents of William James, who was born on June 12, 1941. |
| 23 | Mr. and Mrs. Paul Garrison | The former Rose Fenner and her husband are the parents of Lynn Wayne, who was born on August 23, 1941. |
| 23 | Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Cormicle | The former Mabel Evans and her husband are the parents of James Frederick, who was born on September 9, 1941. |
| 23 | Mr. and Mrs. Ellis M. Jeffery | The former Helen Long and her husband are the parents of Janice Kay, who was born on July 23, 1941. |
| 23 | Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Sherman | The former Sybil Sheets and her husband are the parents of William Lee Sherman, who was born on February 6, 1941. |
| 23 | Mr. and Mrs. Lester W. Artherholt | The former Irene Lounsberry and her husband are the parents of Lester Gary, who was born on May 14, 1941. |
| 23 | Marvin (Barney) Lewellyn | In charge of all sports and teaches at the Riceville High School. |
| 23 | Pauline Lyon | Teaches at the public schools in Burlington, Iowa. |
| 23 | Myron Messerschmitt | Supervisor of music for the grades and director of high school vocal music in Manchester, Iowa. |
| 23 | Eleanor Molle | Teaches kindergarten and first grade in Runnells, Iowa. |
| 23 | Mrs. Philip Sorenson | The former Gladyce Nasby and her husband now live in Tacoma, Washington. |
| 23 | Mrs. Zula May Couchman | The former Zula May Scott teaches commercial subjects at the high school in Powersville, Missouri. |
| 23 | Loren B. Conry | Now lives in West Des Moines, Iowa. |
| 23 | Donald Dilly | Located in Corpus Christi, Texas. |
| 23 | Lois I. Kettering | Teaches in Akron, Iowa. |
| 23 | Helen Huus | Working on her doctoral degree at the University of Chicago. |
| 23 | Marjorie Otte | Teaches in Monroe, Iowa. |
| 23 | Arlene Tapper | Teaches kindergarten in Dows, Iowa. |
| 23 | Maxine Wollesen | Teaches kindergarten and first grade at the Afton Public Schools. |
| 23 | Roy Olsen | In a course of primary flight instruction at the Palo Airport in King City, California. |
| 23 | Marcella Trottnow | Teaches commercial subjects at the high school in Lorimor, Iowa. |
| 23 | Pauline Varce | Teaches third, fourth, and fifth grades in Alburnett, Iowa. |
| 23 | Grace Wilson | Working toward her master's degree at the University of Chicago. |
| 23 | Mrs. Zola Hosteter Butterfield | Head of the Home Economics Department at the West Virginia Institute of Technology, where she teaches. |
| 24 | Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Ervin | The former Ruth L. Jacobsen and her husband are the parents of Paula Ruth, who was born on September 5, 1941. |
| 24 | Mr. and Mrs. Max E. Strawhacker | The former Neola Rath and her husband are the parents of Janice Lee, who was born on July 4, 1941. |
| 24 | Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ogren | The former Margaret Vandenburgh and her husband are the parents of Paul Joseph, who was born on July 3, 1941. |
| 24 | Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Otto | The former Kathryn Wilkinson and her husband are the parents of David William, who was born on August 20, 1941. |
| 24 | Mr. and Mrs. Clarence B. Luvaas | The former Margaret Hoffman and her husband are the parents of Margaret Jo, who was born on September 15, 1941. |
| 24 | Mr. and Mrs. Roger Barrigar | The parents of Anne Marie, who was born on July 14, 1941. |
| 24 | Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Miller | The former Dorothy Orms and her husband are the parents of Donald Douglas, who was born on July 2, 1941. |
| 24 | Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Andresen | The former Helen Crawford and her husband are the parents of Barbara Dea, who was born on June 22, 1941. |
| 24 | Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Madden | The former Lois Kraemer and her husband are the parents of Ann Kathryn, who was born on September 14, 1941. |
| 24 | Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Gowan | The former Marjorie Mace and her husband are the parents of Barbara Lynne, who was born on June 25, 1941. |
| 24 | A baby daughter, Elaine Louise, was born | Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Duncan announced the birth of their daughter; Mrs. Duncan is the former Esther Sodergren. |
| 24 | Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Harman | The parents of Michael John, who was born in July, 1941. |
| 24 | Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lake Jr. | The former Ruth Anne Girdner and her husband are the parents of Shari Anne, who was born on July 12, 1941. |
| 24 | Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Ervin | The former Ruth L. Jacobsen and her husband are the parents of Paula Ruth, who was born on September 5, 1941. |
| 25 | Helen Mae Kline | Married Robert C. Gaard on June 8, 1941. |
| 25 | Announcement was made in the summer of the secret marriage of Wilma Morgan | She married Merton Blake on June 16, 1939. |
| 25 | Ray A. Papke | Married Dorothea Raether on March 30, 1941. |
| 25 | Gladys Lounsberry | Married Harold W. Baker on June 17, 1941. |
| 25 | Announcement of the marriage of Florence Loveland | Married Martin W. Dettmer on June 28, 1941. |
| 25 | Mr. and Mrs. Ray L. Helt | Mr. Helt is the superintendent of the schools in Clarence, Iowa; his wife is the former Florence Buckwalter. |
| 25 | Juanita M. Springer | Married Harold E. Perdue on May 8, 1941. |
| 25 | Faythe M. Ellison | Married O. D. Green in July, 1941. |
| 25 | Lucille Else | Married John Jakso, Jr., on June 29, 1941. |
| 25 | Irena Steenhusen | Married Gustave Fossell on July 2, 1941. |
| 25 | Ruth C. Melvin | Married Raymond F. Christopher on June 21, 1941. |
| 25 | Bessie J. Tucker | Married Roy O. Phelps on June 11, 1941. |
| 25 | Ruth Arvilla Balm | Married Fred B. Lewis on May 15, 1941. |
| 25 | Ruth Huber | Married David E. Jones on August 23, 1941. |
| 25 | Naoma Langhout | Married Russell W. H. Gillespie on July 1, 1941. |
| 25 | Phyllis Gaughan | Married George B. Adams on August 21, 1940. |
| 26 | Announcement of the marriage of Margaret K. Patton | She married James W. Hanley, Jr., during the summer of 1941. |
| 26 | Evelyn Bretthauer | Married Dewey F. Kuiken on June 24, 1941. |
| 26 | Marjorie Jane Gibson | Married H. D. Leighty on June 15, 1941. |
| 26 | Lucille Muschewske | Married Hoyt Messerer on August 30, 1941. |
| 26 | Dorothy Oleson | Married Richard Ashpole on June 29, 1941. |
| 26 | Margaret Wachtel | Married Russell Hackler on June 23, 1941. |
| 26 | Frances Bradley | Married E. V. Schaefer on June 4, 1941. |
| 26 | Florence Virginia MacLean | Married Lieutenant Thomas E. Corcoran on July 3, 1941. |
| 26 | Marjorie Evelyn Prior | Married Harold C. Rennion on September 28, 1941. |
| 26 | Neva Danielson | Married Melvin Pool on May 31, 1941. |
| 26 | Louise M. Heeschen | Married Leigh Strohbehn on August 14, 1941. |
| 26 | Gretchen C. Korneman | Married Francis J. Pallischeck on June 24, 1941. |