Alumnus — October 1, 1944

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1 Lecture Concert Series Schedule of season performers; will include Eleanor Streber, Ralph W. Sockman, Isaac Stern, Alexander Brailowsky, and the Budapest String Quartet.
1 Enrollment increases 8 per cent Fall 1944 enrollment is 866; 785 women and 81 men; special activities for freshmen; photo.
2 Man captures top honors Jack Kruegel has highest grades for spring 1944.
2 $10,000 in war bonds and stamps Five thousand attend bond show at Stadium on July 4; purchase $10,000 in bonds and stamps; WAVES buy $17,000 in bonds and stamps.
2 Teachers College of the Air Schedule of radio programming.
2 Join publications staff Betty Willhoite and Gail Fluhrer join staff.
3 Alumnus follows grads to many distant lands Description of system used to get Alumnus delivered safely to all alumni; subscription list now at 18,000; photo.
4 Province directors Olive Barker is province president of Sigma Alpha Iota; Frank Hill is province governor of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia; photo.
5 Teachers College prepares for G. I. Education Registrar preparing to deal will college credit earned while in service; college accepted first student under G. I. Bill of Rights last March; three more veterans were enrolled during the summer term.
6 Lt. Robert E. Ludtke Training with ferrying division in Texas.
6 Member of art faculty dies Professor Agnes B. Cole died July 29, 1944; served ISTC for twenty-three years; photo.
6 First Lieutenant Craig K. Fullerton Promoted to captain in Medical Corps in Texas.
7 Teachers College receives citation for service Receives award for meritorious service from Army Air Corps; brief description of Corps training on campus; photo.
9 Service men's directory Roster of men in military service, who have graduated from or attended ISTC.
11 Bookkeeping in Naziland Sister says that brother Ed Volberding is teaching bookkeeping classes in German POW camp.
11 Can hear rattle of dishes Donald Goslin misses ISTC campus and its activities.
11 Reunion in Saipan Fred Ritze met friends during operation on Saipan.
12 Have a piece of shrapnel? R. J. Cutshall commands PT boat.
12 Like a letter from home Aldo Podesta appreciates news; now recuperating from injury in Canada.
12 Air strips, goal lines--same as gridders R. M. Hackler recalls good old days on campus.
12 Postcard from Germany James C. Jensen recounts experiences as POW.
12 History real for lady lieutenant Gelia Clemens Clyde has visited many interesting sites in North Africa and Italy.
13 Roll of Honor Brief accounts of the ISTC men who have died in military service: John R. McElroy, Thorvald Anderson, Robert Hagerstrom, Dale F. Smith, and Robert Gray.
13 He's done a great job Gene Bovee commends soldiers serving in France.
14 Dr. Trimble leaves On leave of absence to do research with the Office of Scientific Research and Development..
14 Music, humor, drama Summer lecture series includes ISTC faculty.
14 Radios are miraculous, cats are, too Mr. Hake's cat gives birth to kitten in Patty Hake's lap during radio broadcast.
14 Starbecks lose second son Clyde Starbeck, Jr., dies of embolism on August 29, 1944, just three months after his brother Karl died.
14 A night of thrills Students present "A Night at the Inn".
15 Let's face the future, says Norman Cousins 124 students receive degrees or diplomas at summer Commencement; Norman Cousins delivers address; awards announced.
15 Early graduate dies Obituary for Charles Lincoln Johnson, who died September 4, 1944; graduated in 1881.
15 Vernon H. Kruse Promoted to the rank of captain in the Army Air Force in England.
16 Students reclaim dormitories as Air Corps closes campus unit Men students are back in Baker Hall; women students still in Lawther Hall and back in Seerley Hall; Bartlett Hall still used by WAVES; photo.
20 Mae E. Ruppel Will be in Australia as Red Cross recreation worker.
20 British king honors Olsen King George VI confers Distinguished Flying Cross on Roy Olsen, who was killed in action on June 23, 1943.
20 Mrs. Emma Shillinglaw Mother of six ISTC graduates and students died May 2, 1944.
20 Girl flier rescues cadet Virginia Streeter works as test pilot; ferries repaired planes from place to place; picks up cadet who had landed in a small field.
20 Women in uniform Roster of women in military service and their current assignment.
21 Ten new names on faculty rolls Roster of new faculty and their appointments; photo.
22 Shares Alumnus with cousin Randall Bebb serves in Signal Corps.
23 Purple Hearts Three men have recently been awarded Purple Hearts: Maynard Newhouse, Gerald A. Pieres, and James Vaughn.
23 Extension Service expanded Sixteen faculty now engaged in extension work around state.
24 Helen Ileen Stolle Teaches at the Roosevelt School in West Missoula, Montana.
24 Mrs. Ralph C. McKinney Margaret Tift lives in Los Angeles, California.
24 Mrs. A. W. Price The former C. Alda Martin lives in Linden, New Jersey.
24 Mrs. Lorna Lengfeld The former Lorna Seabury is the instructor of speech at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
24 Mrs. Robert Lammer Teaches at Hawthorne School in Waterloo, Iowa.
24 Nanette Waldman Teaches at the East Junior High School in Waterloo, Iowa.
24 Mrs. F. Keith Young The former Mary Barnett lives in North Ogden, Utah.
24 George Failor Retired and lives in Arvada, Colorado.
24 Mrs. L. R. Chapman The former Alice Grier is an assistant principal at the Washington School in Sioux City, Iowa.
24 Mr. and Mrs. William Lyman The former Lorna Flagler is a member of the American Association of University Women in Bremerton, Washington.
24 Mrs. A. H. Ferris The former Gertrude Magoon will teach the primary grades in South English, Iowa.
24 Mrs. Alexander H. Bradford The former Marguerite Griffen lives in Bellevue, Washington.
24 Thomas U. McManus, Jr. A Major in the Army; son of Dr. and Mrs. McManus.
24 Mrs. Adah E. Ballard The former Adah E. Snedicor lives in Hollywood, California.
24 Jessie Miller Wright Lives in San Diego, California.
24 J. Ernest Carman Retired as head of the geology department at Ohio State University but remained on the staff as a teacher.
24 Mrs. Jessica Dunn Simmons Director of student nurses and supervisor of men's occupational therapy shop at Montana State Mental Hospital in Warm Springs, Montana.
24 Ella Shaffner Dietz Has a grandson in the service in Burma.
24 Mrs. George I. Gillespie The former Emma Shaffner has two grandsons in the Navy.
24 Brig.-Gen. George Henry McManus Lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
25 L. H. Shepoiser Lieutenant in the navy and stationed in Plattsburg, New York; formerly the superintendent of the schools in Independence, Iowa.
25 A. James Ebel Assistant professor of electrical engineering at the University of Illinois.
25 Josephine K. Goldsmith Principal of the high school in Clarion, Iowa.
25 Mrs. Ivyl F. Pirtle The former Ivyl Leora Fleming teaches third grade at Stuart Elementary School in Stuart, Florida.
25 Mrs. John H. Catlow The former Olive Winn reported that her husband died on June 1, in Barrington, Illinois.
25 Ora Natvig Teaches at Lowell School in Waterloo, Iowa.
25 Esther L. Compton Works at the University Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.
25 Julia M. Rowe Assistant auditor for the business manager of Iowa State College in Ames, Iowa.
25 Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Jones The former Margaret Metcalf lives in Boone, Iowa.
25 Hildegard Wellhoefer Liebers Lives in Jamaica on Long Island, New York.
25 Eleanor M. Volberding Teaches psychology at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri.
25 Darrel D. Slocum Superintendent of the schools in Lewis, Iowa.
25 Everett Davies Member of the Iowa Falls High School coaching staff in Iowa Falls, Iowa.
25 L. F. Tellier State conservation officer for Delaware and Dubuque Counties.
25 Leonard A. Steger Superintendent of the schools in Webster Groves, Missouri.
25 Mrs. Fred B. Lewis The former Ruth A. Balm lives in Grand River, Iowa.
25 E. S. Cortright Assistant professor of speech at the Oregon State College in Corvallis, Oregon.
25 Mrs. Thomas C. Kelley The former Dorothy Wald teaches an adult education class at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
25 Laura E. Robbins Works for Scott's Run Settlement in Morgantown, West Virginia.
26 Mrs. Lloyd Moats The former Lucile E. Livingston and her family live in Roundup, Montana.
26 Harriet Hallett Lives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
26 Lt. and Mrs. William B. Fagan Jr. The former Lois Kendall and her husband live in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
26 Edwin Ball Does research on penicillin for the Lederle Company in New York City.
26 Mrs. Everette Foster The former Blanche Pfaltzgraff teaches piano in Waterloo, Iowa.
26 Carl C. Speck An ensign in the Naval Reserve.
26 Mrs. O. E. Koontz The former Beryl Dowden visited her husband in Minneapolis, Minnesota; she lives in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
26 Elsa Anderson Teaches at the junior high school in Grundy Center, Iowa.
26 Lt. Robert E. Wilkinson Serves with the army in England.
26 Lorene Campbell Teaches at the high school in Springfield, Illinois.
26 Ruth Kyhl Teaches second grade in Davenport, Iowa.
26 Nora Bowen Teaches music in Des Moines, Iowa.
26 Harriet Zlatohlavek Taking course at the University of Southern California for occupational therapy.
26 Word received by Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Stout Their son, Donald W. Stout, is sick with malaria.
26 Lt. (jg) Joseph B. Anderson Back in the U. S. after being stationed in Italy; awaiting reassignment.
26 Mr. and Mrs. Roland W. Scott The former Carol Culver and her husband are in India on a missionary trip.
26 L. Von Linder Manager of the Waterloo studios of Radio Station WMT.
26 Helen Jo Jasper Principal of the school in Wilton, Connecticut.
26 Gordon H. Arends Captain in the First Bombardment Division and stationed overseas; his home is in Aplington, Iowa.
26 Mrs. Frank A. Konz The former Helen Kyhl teaches at the junior high school in Kingsport, Tennessee.
27 Saul L. Diamond Received Bachelor of Science degree from Syracuse University; manager of the Syracuse Orange college paper.
27 Rachel Baumgartner Teaches at the Oak Street Junior High School in Burlington, Iowa.
27 Lyle B. Matthews Lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve.
27 Lt. John I. Jenkins Completed the overseas orientation course in Europe.
27 Irene Fockler Lives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
27 Emmamarie Theimer Teaches first grade in Rock Island, Illinois.
27 Merle R. Moothart First lieutenant in the Army Air Force in Galveston, Texas.
27 Jean Miller Teaches in Charles City, Iowa.
27 Mrs. W. E. Morse The former Velma L. Jacobsen works in the contract division at the Naval Air Station in Patuxent River, Maryland.
27 Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Beaver The former Arlys Cummins and her family live on a farm near Harvey, Iowa.
27 Ruth Behrens Vocal music director in Mason City, Iowa.
27 Maurice C. Springer Second lieutenant; edited class book; lives in Shreveport, Louisiana.
27 Lt. William C. Wright Pilot at the Walker Army Air Field in Kansas; his wife is the former Wynona Wilson.
27 Edward Jack Webster An ensign in the Naval Reserve at Corpus Christi, Texas.
27 Apprentice Seaman A. O. Noxon Taking college training at Western Michigan in Kalamazoo, Michigan; finished tour of duty in Brazil.
27 Sgt. Vernelle Miller Part of the airborne division and a musician in New Guinea.
27 Dorothy H. Dubbert Works at the public school in Independence, Iowa.
27 Mrs. Arnold R. Bode The former Ruth Rosenberger lives in Calamus, Iowa.
27 Lt. James Hagerstrom Joined the Army Air Forces in Evansville, Indiana.
27 Marion Brown Teaches in Sioux City, Iowa.
27 M. Katharine Hubbard Works at Leo J. Meyberg Company in Los Angeles, California.
27 Inga G. Gran Teaches third grade at the public elementary school in Bemidji, Minnesota.
27 Mary Elaine Ellerbrock Works for Transcontinental and Western Airlines as an airline hostess; lives in Hollywood, California.
27 Mrs. R. E. Dean The former Marjorie Duffus teaches at the high school in Cambridge, Iowa.
27 Mrs. Marcia Jamerson Teaches at the Edison School in Waterloo, Iowa.
27 Beth Cole Teaches first grade at the Willard School in Des Moines, Iowa.
27 Mrs. Milo L. Lawton The former Charlotte Steinkamp teaches in Hawarden, Iowa.
28 Ruth J. Strahorn Married Edward B. Lovan on August 16.
28 Harriett L. Herron Married Myron Jorstad on January 26.
28 Esther Winger Married Clifford R. Howlett on November 24, 1943.
28 Margaret T. Hanlon Married Leo M. Gallagher on June 7.
28 Grace Heath Married Cpl. Herman W. Schulz on December 30, 1943.
28 Rose Woodward Married M. A. Wiehl on June 8, 1943.
28 Esther Ryan Married Harold Squiers in 1935.
28 Joan O'Neil Spink Teaches at Shellsburg Public Schools in Shellsburg, Iowa.
28 Marian Roose Teaches at a high school in Iowa Falls, Iowa.
28 Richard Van Dyke Teaches at New Hampton High School.
28 Phyllis Reeve Teaches at the high school in St. Ansgar, Iowa.
28 Ruth Lundvall Kindergarten supervisor in Columbus Junction, Iowa.
28 Ruth Patridge Teaches at the high school in Colesburg, Iowa.
28 Jean Elbert Teaches at the North Manchester School in Manchester, Iowa.
28 Miss Helen Sublett Health education director at the Y. W. C. A. in Bellingham, Washington.
28 Joyce McKercher Lives in San Francisco, California.
28 Elvira Locker Lives in Chicago, Illinois.
28 Dolores Dodd Teaches fifth grade at the Lake Mills public school.
28 Ens. and Mrs. Robert Kadesch The former Arline Tow and her husband visited in August; Mr. Kadesch teaches navigation at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.
28 Pvt. F. John Pylman Stationed with the Rainbow Division at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma; he played bass drum and sang tenor.
28 Cpl. Kenneth Humphry Serving as a gunner with an anti-aircraft unit; went to England.
29 Harold McConeghey Married Lois Baldwin on August 15, 1943.
29 Dorothy Linnea Hanson Married Pfc. John Alva Barrigar on August 27, 1944.
29 Virginia Wood Married Forrest Rivers on August 19, 1944.
29 Virginia Lee Jowell Married Lt. James P. Hagerstrom on July 25.
29 Sgt. Lloyd H. Clingman Married Catharine Farlow on June 25.
29 Lucetta Cook Married Lt. Donald H. Howard on March 11.
29 Marion Mueller Married Ed Poduska on June 10.
29 Rheon Zack Married Sgt. Joseph P. Lacke on April 21.
29 Lt. Vlasta M. Chalupa Married Lt. Mike Rajcevich on June 19.
29 Ruby Franzenburg Married Henry Rice on August 27, 1944.
29 Bertha E. Wise Married Wilbert W. Kroeger on March 1, 1943.
29 Miss Leona Marie Wheeler Married Dr. Robert R. Baldwin on June 4.
29 First Lieutenant Richard Thomas Eaton Married Patricia Stanley Umstead on August 19.
29 Pvt. Mary E. Pieracci Married S/Sgt. Edwin A. Schwartz on July 28.
29 Miss Ruth F. Hawkins Married Lt. Norman C. Klug on September 12, 1943.
29 Miss Dorothy Hansell Married Cpl. Leon H. Laird on June 24.
30 Rita M. Dunn Married Ralph R. Howe on June 1.
30 Hester Storey Married Ens. K. H. Wise, Jr., on August 31.
30 Bonnie Johnson Married Lt. L. L. Campbell, Jr., on June 10.
30 Beulah Ellen Dawson Married Carl S. Wise on June 10.
30 Ruby Christensen Married Lt. Dewey H. Hollis on July 3.
30 Helen Frances Bowlsby Married Cpl. Charles W. Parker on July 4.
30 Dorothy M. Brobeil Married Lt. Roger V. Kepford on April 15, 1944.
30 Kathryn Ward Married Dick Dewees on March 14.
30 Miss Irene Marie Graber Married Frank A. Branagan on July 20.
30 Helen Risser Married Sgt. Keith Able on June 8.
30 Ens. Charles Carpenter Married Ida Mae O'Loughlin on August 8.
30 S/Sgt. Merritt W. Albright Married Louise Ruth Hall on July 7.
30 Genevieve Rankin Married Lt. Owen H. Scheldorf on March 4, 1943.
30 Sgt. Howard McConeghey Married Antonia Kotthoff on October 19, 1943.
30 Wilma Mae Jochumsen Married Pfc. Calvin O. Brewster on March 30.
30 Julia Elizabeth Entz Married Paul J. Boysen on June 3.
30 Kathryn Kittlesby Married Dale L. Creeden on August 31.
30 Miss Gwendolyn Cakerice Married Miles V. Albright on July 4.
30 Avis Lorraine Fossler Married Pfc. Arthur C. Dense on August 3.
31 Lt. (jg) Jed H. Miller Parents of Judy Kay, who was born on May 4, 1944.
31 Maj. and Mrs. Donald Stout Parents of David McIntyre, who was born on September 8, 1944.
31 Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kelly The former Catherine Schersach and her husband are the parents of Kwin, who was born on November 11, 1943; Mr. Kelly died April 22, 1944.
31 Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Bosch The former Violet Erickson and her husband are the parents of Dennis, who was born on July 9, 1944.
31 Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Lenhart Parents of Garrett A., Jr., who was born on June 5, 1944.
31 Lt. (jg) and Mrs. E. E. Andrews The former Leola Moore and her husband are the parents of John Jordan, who was born on July 25, 1944.
31 Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Ridenour The former Ruth Boardman and her husband are the parents of a boy, who was born on August 30, 1944.
31 Mr. and Mrs. Wyman Walrod The former Phyllis Julius and her husband are the parents of Judith Ann, who was born on July 17, 1944.
31 Miss Doris Anna Jipp Married Charles A. Slessor on August 29, 1944.
31 Mr. and Mrs. Earl H. Bell The former Grace E. Loder and her husband are the parents of Claud Kimball, who was born on June 7, 1944.
31 Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Williams The former Eileen G. Jones and her husband are the parents of Wayne Allan, who was born on February 27, 1944.
31 Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Carver The former Ruth Eells and her husband are the parents of Lowell Craig, who was born on June 29, 1944.
31 Lt. and Mrs. Norman C. Klug The former Ruth F. Hawkins and her husband are the parents of Kathryn Ann, who was born on July 3, 1944.
31 Lt. K. A. Safely Parents of Kathleen Kenny, who was born on July 30, 1944.
31 Josephine Faris Married J. Wayne Gnagy on August 29, 1944.
31 Shirley Orcutt Married Hershal Weidner on May 20, 1944.