Alumnus — July 1, 1943

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1 Today's soldiers Army Air Corps cadet, WAVE, and student pose in front of the Campanile; photo.
1 Hup, two three, four! Military training units bring changes to campus.
1 Private Gene Kirgis Army Air Corps cadet salutes; photo.
2 Campus high school organizes victory corps Survey of curricular and extracurricular efforts bent toward winning the war; includes recycling waste, physical fitness, guidance toward critical occupations, and Red Cross work; photo.
5 Scholarship has its day List of students with GPA of 3 or better; students named to Torch and Tassel.
5 The service flag On display outside President's office.
5 Robinson heads English E. Arthur Robinson heads department while Professor Reninger is in military service; photo.
5 Six All-Americans College Eye wins sixth consecutive All-American rating.
5 Henrikson resigns post Professor Henrikson will take job at University of Denver; photo.
6 Wellborn writes text Professor Wellborn publishes American history text; nominated for Pulitzer Prize; photo.
6 Mildred Holly resigns Married Robert McGranahan; Marian Clappison will succeed as managing editor of the Alumnus.
6 Faculty publish textbook Professors Shepherd and Ritter publish teaching methods book.
6 Miss Lambert resigns Emma Lambert ends thirty-six years of service to ISTC; photo.
6 Aud has its face lifted Auditorium re-painted; curtains cleaned and re-dyed.
7 Service men's directory Long list of those who are in military service.
8 Roll of Honor Three more men have been killed in military service: Andrew Roeder, Franklin Jasper, and James Quentin Irwin.
9 Missing in action Five men have been reported missing in action or are being held prisoner: Robert L. Brown, Leland Usher, John Lichty, Edward Volberding, and Verne Seidel.
10 Civilian soldiers Quick look at alumni and former students who are contributing to the war effort outside of military service.
11 Civilian soldiers Quick look at alumni and former students who are contributing to the war effort outside of military service.
13 Women in war List of women who are doing civilian war work as well as those who are serving in uniform; photo.
15 They're going to midshipman's school in Chicago Nine former ISTC students attended spring 1943 Commencement ceremonies in uniform; photo.
16 Army trains future flyers on the campus Survey of activities and objectives of 80th College Training Detachment; many ISTC faculty teach their classes; students seek recreational opportunities; photo.
20 From New Guinea Orval Nielsen is in military service in New Guinea.
20 T. C.-ers get together Tom Orr sees John D. Brown in training camp in Texas.
20 From "Merrie" England R. C. Cawelti tells about his experiences while in the service in England.
21 Mrs. Eugene E. Garbee The former Mildred Everts took her husband's place at the Appalachian State Teachers College in Boone, North Carolina, while he serves in the Army.
21 Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Josephson The former Frances Johnson and her family live in Boone, Iowa.
21 Mrs. Marie Nibel Housemother at Iowa State College in Ames, Iowa.
21 Mr. and Mrs. Russell A. Holy Mr. Holy works for the Jam Hardy Organization in Chicago, Illinois; his wife is the former Edna Merrill.
21 Dr. Frank Hovorka Director and professor of chemistry at the Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
21 Mr. and Mrs. Ivon McRae Pike The former Oneta Haney and her family live on a farm near Caruthers, California.
21 Gladys E. Lynch Assistant professor of speech at the University of Iowa.
21 Mrs. G. F. Montgomery The former Reva Milroy lives in Wichita, Kansas.
21 Mrs. G. Ray Martin The former Myrtle Daggett lives in Ada, Oregon.
21 Dr. Grace E. Field Works with the Chicago Health Department.
21 Margaret Geuder Art instructor at the Boys Industrial School in Lancaster, Ohio.
21 Samuel T. Neveln Superintendent of the schools in Austin, Minnesota.
21 Mrs. H. W. Snyder The former Miriam Beanblossom and her family live in San Antonio, Texas.
21 Genevieve Bendorf Coble Overseer of the poor in Page County; lives in Clarinda, Iowa.
21 Rev. and Mrs. C. C. Hobson The former Frances Blayney and her husband live in Olds, Iowa.
21 Nellie Inglethron Teaches at Round Lake, Minnesota.
21 Mary Ann Roller Mail order saleslady in Twin Falls, Idaho.
21 Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Chatman The former Nellie R. Hansen and her family live in Osage, Iowa.
21 Mrs. George H. Buckman The former Lucy Crary lives in Charles City, Iowa.
21 Emma C. Curtis Retired from active teaching and lives in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
21 F. C. Rausch Lives in Perry, Iowa.
21 Alta Gallagher Teaches high school English in San Diego, California.
21 Mrs. Carl L. Hirleman The former Joy Smock lives in Shelby, Michigan.
21 Mrs. J. M. Williamson The former Lizzie M. Ellis lives in Argentina.
21 Mrs. F. A. Ballard The former Adah Snedicor lives in Hollywood, California.
22 Bailey resigns position Professor Charles Bailey resigns as head of Department of Arts and Industrial Arts; Professor Harold Palmer will serve as acting head of the department effective with the start of the 1943 summer session; photo.
22 Mrs. Louis Maifeld The former Evelyn Schneider lives in Vancouver, Washington.
22 Mrs. Elmer Melberg The former Ruth Papke is a matron in a boys' teenage cottage at the Iowa Orphans' Home in Davenport, Iowa.
22 Mr. and Mrs. Harold H. Nelson The former Myrtle G. McIntosh lives on a farm near Massena, Iowa; taught at a rural school near Massena.
22 Mr. and Mrs. Lester C. Nieland Mr. Nieland works as a state highway patrolman; they live in Blairstown, Iowa.
22 Rigmor K. Nielsen Lives in San Mateo, California.
22 Norbert L. Noecker Translated a French manuscript on vitamins; will conduct research on vitamins.
22 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Till The former Helen A. Sailer and her husband live in Prospect, Illinois.
22 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Morgan The former Jessie Storie teaches at an Eskimo school in White Mountain, Alaska.
22 Gilbert Grummon Lives with his family in Lauderdale, Florida.
22 Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Krueger The former Gertrude J. Grisier and her family live in LaPorte, Indiana.
22 Dr. and Mrs. Grant MacKenzie The former Katherine Edmonds and her husband live in Dearborn, Michigan.
22 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fox The former Fern Bappe lives on a farm near Odebolt, Iowa.
22 Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Johnson The former Helen M. Hoskins lives on a farm near Cromwell, Iowa.
22 Mr. and Mrs. W. Glenn Wesp The former Clarice Ellefson lives in San Bernardino, California.
23 Celebrate golden wedding Professor and Mrs. Freeman Hersey celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on June 14, 1943.
23 Mr. and Mrs. Dan Jensen Chairman of the music department at the Greenville High School in Greenville, Mississippi.
23 S. J. Maxson Teaches industrial arts at the Detroit, Michigan, schools; his wife is the former Geraldine Wiest.
23 Lois E. Anderson Lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
23 Rena E. Clark Chairman of the girls' physical education department at East Bakersfield High School in Bakersfield, California.
23 Mrs. Ernest Eness The former Ruth Swandahl and her husband live on a farm near Ames, Iowa.
23 Mrs. Robert S. Grant The former Alice C. Ryan teaches kindergarten in Manchester, Iowa.
23 Wilhelmine L. Haley Works at the Marjorie Webster schools in Washington, D. C.
23 Mrs. Forrest M. Henderson The former Laurel Hoffmeister teaches in Preston, Iowa; lives in Wheatland, Iowa.
23 Philip Peak Chairman of mathematics at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
23 John Redenius Superintendent of the schools in Winnebago, Illinois.
23 Mrs. C. D. Welty Teaches in Patterson, Iowa; lives in Winterset, Iowa.
23 Mrs. William H. Wooster The former Doris King lives with her family in Marshalltown, Iowa; does private nursing.
23 Mrs. Harold R. Albrecht Secretary in a law office in East Union, Iowa.
24 Mrs. Nellie J. Wood The former Nellie Johnson lives in Colfax, Iowa.
24 Letha West Works for the Railroad Retirement Board in Chicago, Illinois.
24 Mrs. Mildred Williams The former Gladys VanArsdale trains second grade teachers at the Central State Teachers College in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
24 Mrs. M. W. Grimes The former Lorna Smith and her family live in Spencer, Iowa.
24 Mrs. James L. Little The former Helen S. Erickson lives in Los Angeles, California.
24 Mr. and Mrs. William H. Freeseman The former Evelyn M. Arends and her family live near Clarksville, Iowa.
24 Garrett Lenhart Radio news and sports writer for the WHO station in Des Moines, Iowa.
24 Mrs. N. K. Rosenberger Lives in Altoona, Iowa.
24 Mrs. G. West Sandve The former Margaret Detlie and her family live in Webster Grove, Missouri.
24 Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Bennett The former Mabel V. Smith and her family live in Davenport, Iowa.
24 Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Burley Mr. Burley teaches manual arts at the Englewood High School in Englewood, California; his wife is the former Miriam Brooks.
24 Mrs. A. J. Casey The former Dora Nykvist and her family live in Remsen, Iowa.
24 Mrs. Thelma Eggert Christiansen Manager of the Taylor Made Hamburger Shop in Princeton, Illinois.
24 Albert G. Dumont Assistant boys' advisor at the Wingate Vocational High School in Ft. Wingate, New Mexico.
24 Mr. and Mrs. Leland Fisher The former Viola Patten and her family live in Jesup, Iowa.
24 Mrs. Wilbur C. Thatcher The former Bernice Brand lives in Fort Dodge, Iowa, while her husband is in the Army medical corps.
24 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tompkins Works for the Durochrome Manufacturing Company in San Marino, California.
24 Charles W. Vincent Superintendent of the schools in Arcadia, Iowa.
24 Mr. and Mrs. Wayne H. Wehrle Mr. Wehrle teaches geography and aeronautics at the Paseo High School in Kansas City, Missouri; his wife is the former Ada E. Pike.
24 Theodore R. Adams Works in the editorial department of the Omaha World-Herald; lives in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
24 Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Allen Mr. Allen teaches bacteriology and parasitology at the University of Nebraska's College of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska.
24 Mr. and Mrs. Howard Odell The former Carrie C. Christensen and her husband live in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
24 Clarence A. Paulson Head football coach at the McKinley High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
24 Marjorie Paulus Teaches social science and girls' physical education in Ketchikan, Alaska.
25 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Shuert The former Alice Steffen and her family live in Ottumwa, Iowa.
25 Carl B. Strand Instructor in the Army Air Force Technical School at Fort Logan, Colorado; wrote a book on salesmanship.
25 Mr. and Mrs. Emery D. Stewart The former Bernice Van De Water and her family live in Randolph, Nebraska.
25 Mrs. O. E. Wente The former Gwen Newlin and her family live in Sacramento, California.
25 Warren L. Wymore Superintendent of the Lacey Consolidated Schools in New Sharon, Iowa.
25 Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lake The former Marjorie Snell and her husband live in Des Moines, Iowa.
25 Clermont D. Loper Boys' work secretary at the Y. M. C. A. in San Jose, California.
25 Mrs. Floyd McClain The former Minnie Nugent and her family live in Harris, Iowa.
25 Clay W. Seaton Works in the offices for the Cuneo Press in Chicago, Illinois.
25 Clarice Shawver Teaches in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
25 Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Sherman The former Alice Charlesworth lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
25 Graham H. Hovey Foreign war correspondent for the International News Service in Africa; his wife is the former Mary Jean Landgraf, who is a librarian.
25 Webster Hughes Lives in Des Moines, Iowa.
25 Mr. and Mrs. R. Boyd Hunt The former Zelpha Leksell and her family live in Chicago, Illinois.
25 Eckels Hutchison Member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, D. C.
25 Ellis A. Juhl Detail officer and an assistant in personnel at the Harvard Naval Training School; lives in Cambridge, Mass.
25 Maurice A. Kramer Secretary for the Chamber of Commerce in Davenport, Iowa.
25 Mrs. Richard Baker The former Lyola Gage and her family live in Waverly, Iowa.
25 Wendell H. Bragonier Assistant to the director of the Industrial Science Research Institution at Iowa State College in Ames, Iowa; his wife is the former Alice Dowden.
25 Dolores M. Dodge Works in the ordnance department at the War Department in Sidney, Nebraska.
25 Gerald Glass Works in the regional office at the United States Railroad Retirement Board in Chicago, Illinois.
26 Rosamond L. Rathbone Teaches shorthand at the Van Sant School of Business in Omaha, Nebraska.
26 Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Shepard The former Luella Scurry and her husband live in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
26 De Maris Sohner Graduated from the Highland School of Nursing; lives in San Anselmo, California.
26 Mrs. Regis Duffey The former Gwendolyn L. Graves and her family live in Boone, Iowa.
26 Hazel Griffis Teaches second grade in Royal Oak, Michigan.
26 Mr. and Mrs. Bert E. Kezar The former Priscilla Harman and her family live in Stockton, California.
26 Mrs. Ralph Kitley The former Blythe Hawks and her husband live in San Carlos, California.
26 Mrs. Don J. Meggers The former Mary Evelyn Prenosil is a rural teacher in Buchanan County.
26 Mr. and Mrs. Ray A. Papke Mr. Papke is a special searcher for the United States Railroad Retirement Board; lives in Chicago, Illinois.
26 Mrs. A. T. Bailey The former Mary E. Dunkle and her family live in St. Paul, Minnesota.
26 Agnes E. Conger Supervisor of a diet kitchen at the Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
26 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Anderson, Jr. The former Betty Feddersen and her family live in Park Ridge, Illinois.
26 Death ends Wright family's long association with ISTC Eliza Jane Rawstern Wright died April 8, 1943; obituary.
27 John Henry Smith Senior statistician in the Bureau of Labor Statistics; lives in Washington, D. C.
27 Mildred Thierman Teaches business subjects at the junior college in Estherville, Iowa.
27 Roy A. Vinall Freight service agent for the Illinois Central System in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
27 Mrs. William D. Wesselink The former LaVina Haahr and her family live in Independence, Kansas.
27 Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Wittmer The former Edith M. Halverson and her family live in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
27 Mrs. Lloyd Ambrosen The former Mary Elizabeth Covey and her husband live in Romney, West Virginia.
27 Mrs. F. L. Patterson The former Marian Byerhoff teaches second grade in Harlan, Iowa.
27 Mr. and Mrs. Lyal Orr The former Eudora Roberts lives on a farm near Oxford, Iowa.
27 Mrs. Carl B. Palmer The former Jessamae Pedersen and her husband live in Langley Field, Virginia.
27 Rachel Rosenberger Teaches in the music department at the Western Carolina Teachers College in Cullowhee, North Carolina.
27 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Seltenrich The former Ruth G. Brown and her family live in Rochester, Minnesota.
27 Mr. and Mrs. Loel Ferguson The former Mary L. Albaugh and her family live in Aurora, Illinois.
27 C. Donnan Fiester Teaches industrial arts at the high school in Lake Forest, Illinois.
27 Mrs. Charles W. Grace The former Armina Davis lives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
27 Rev. and Mrs. B. F. Grussing The former Dorothy Harris and her family live in Fullerton, Nebraska.
27 Mrs. Harley Hanson The former Ruth McMillin teaches at the junior high school in Ruthven, Iowa.
27 Bernice Boddicker Taught in the Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, school system.
27 Miriam Buckmaster Camp hostess at Camp Chafee in Arkansas.
27 Mrs. Virgil Cover The former Lois Brauer and her family live in Falls Church, Virginia.
27 James F. Curtis Director of the speech clinic at Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana.
27 F. Ross Cutler Works as a chemical engineer for the Buckeye Cotton Oil Company in Memphis, Tennessee.
27 Mr. and Mrs. Jerold L. Fardal The former Helen Frank and her family live in La Porte City, Iowa.
27 Dr. and Mrs. Frank N. Wheelan The former Loretta Walker and her husband live in Buffalo, New York.
27 Gertrude R. Albrecht Works in the education department of Carl Fischer, Inc. in New York City.
27 Don Barker Works as an investigator for the U. S. Civil Service in Detroit, Michigan.
28 Virgil W. Grain Assistant to office manager of the United States Rubber Company in Des Moines, Iowa.
28 May Gravon Taught in Monterey Park, California.
28 Vern Harper Boys' work secretary at the Y. M. C. A. in Davenport, Iowa.
28 Mr. and Mrs. J. Paul Johnson The former Kathryn Mak and her family live in Wausau, Wisconsin.
28 Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Johnson The former Violet Romine and her family live in Creston, Iowa.
28 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Getchell Jr. The former Helen Byers and her husband live in Bowling Green, Ohio.
28 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Glime The former Mabel Sloan and her husband live on a farm near LaPorte City, Iowa.
28 Mrs. M. C. Dake The former Charlotte Baum moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
28 William B. Devine Superintendent of the schools in Kensett, Iowa; his wife is the former Metta Harman.
28 Lois I. Farquhar Teaches at East Junior High School in Sioux City, Iowa.
28 Faith Frampton Works in the editorial department of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago.
28 Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Sash The former Gladys King and her family live on a farm near Traer, Iowa.
28 Mrs. Jack H. Shrader The former Gladys H. Caslavka and her husband live in Alberta, Canada.
28 Mary E. Willits Lives in Oak Park, Illinois.
28 Mrs. Edward W. Sabatka The former Katherine E. Petersen and her family live in Castana, Iowa.
28 Mrs. and Mrs. J. D. Johnson The former Ruth G. Lake and her family live in Peoria, Illinois.
28 Mrs. Carl E. Newcomer The former Lois Spence and her family live in Opa Locka, Florida.
28 Mr. and Mrs. John Pfieff The former Irma M. Jones teaches at a school near West Burlington, Iowa.
28 Pauline Reed Now Sister Agnes Mary with the Sisters of the Humility of Mary; teaches kindergarten in Cosgrove, Iowa.
28 Mr. and Mrs. Dick DeVries The former Jessie Elder and her family live in Correctionville, Iowa.
28 Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Emmel The former Margaret Robertson and her family live in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
28 Carrie E. Harken Lives in Riverside, California.
28 Mrs. Leonard R. Hoan The former Grace Elizabeth Nymeyer and her family live in Hull, Iowa.
28 Mrs. Emma C. Johnson Principal of the high school in Lake City, Iowa.
28 J. Elizabeth Anderson Works as a physiotherapist at the Carrell Girard Clinic in Dallas, Texas.
28 Evan L. Breeding Athletic coach at the Jesup Consolidated School in Jesup, Iowa.
28 Mrs. Frank Carbee The former Eleanor Marie Rieger and her family live in Lisbon, Iowa.
29 Harriet D. Damborg Teaches part time at the University of Southern California; working on her master's degree.
29 Mrs. Howard England The former Velma Shaull teaches in Bloomfield, Iowa.
29 Mr. and Mrs. Duane Greany The former Mary Eva Aldrich and her husband teach in Garwin, Iowa.
29 Mrs. George M. Hauser The former Martha Brownlie teaches sixth grade in Marshalltown, Iowa.
29 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph S. Smith The former Marietta Ketchen and her family live in Fullerton, California.
29 Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wilken The former Helen K. Wonders live in Naperville, Illinois.
29 Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Anderson The former Thelma I. Leonard teaches kindergarten and first grade in Bayard, Iowa.
29 Mrs. Kenneth Benda The former Lucille Roudabush lives with her parents in Hartwick, Iowa.
29 Paul J. Boysen Commercial instructor at the high school in Jesup, Iowa.
29 Elsie J. Cunningham Teaches second grade in Sac City, Iowa.
29 Mrs. Jerry Olin The former Mavis Jenson lives in Britt, Iowa; visited Brooklyn, New York.