Alumnus — July 1, 1945

Page	Title	Summary
1	College lets down hair	Classes dismissed for all-college picnic; photo.
1	Branch school opens	Schools open in Algona, Missouri Valley, and Red Oak.
1	Journalists serve Hot Copy	Revive journalism banquet tradition.
2	May music festival	Orchestra and chorus present concerts.
2	Dr. Schaefer heads linguists	Elected to office in Iowa chapter of American Association of Teachers of German.
2	Nancy Price married	Marries Howard R. Thompson, son of Professor M. R. Thompson.
3	Teach world-mindedness, Dr. Bodein	129 students receive degrees or diplomas; Dr. Bodein delivers address; student awards presented; photo.
5	New faculty faces at Teachers College	Short sketches of new faculty.
6	Faculty chooses queen	Ferne Rapp selected at spring formal; photo.
6	Germans poor hosts	Theodore Adams describes experiences as POW in Germany.
7	Eye sets eight-year All-American record	Student newspaper earns honors; photo.
8	Joan Piper teaches the blind to swim, play	Description of work at Vinton school; photo.
9	Seniors tour the campus	250 high school students visit.
9	Russell to teach at Michigan	Professor Myron Russell accepts summer position.
10	Thanks for the Alumnus	Emma Olson working in Chicago.
10	The old lady paddles	Aaron Levine describes life in New Guinea.
10	Waiting is weary business	Michael Goodman recounts navy life in the South Pacific.
11	Alumnus of '97 active in research	John O. Berkley still active and in good health in Washington, D. C.
11	Stevens has ten from T. C. on staff	Clarence W. Hach teaches journalism at Stevens College.
11	Boogie-woogie chick-a-biddy?	George Taylor working in advertising.
11	Reunion in hospital	Leo Kagan meets Walter Johnson in Philippines.
12	KXEL assistant resigns	Eunice Baumgartner accepts teaching job; photo.
12	Dickinson back from France	Art Dickinson assumes coaching duties.
12	Teachers College of the Air	Weekly programming schedule.
13	Faculty has long-time record of service	Average term of service of faculty member is eighteen years; roster of those with long service records.
13	The traditional Choric Hymn Singers	Choric Hymn Singers perform; photo.
14	U. S. S. Bartlett lowers flag	Flag lowered for de-commissioning ceremony on April 28, 1945; photo.
15	Faculty members resign	Short sketches of Professors Dietrich and Horns and Dr. Durfee.
15	Professor Lambertson dies	Died of heart attack on June 3, 1945; obituary; photo.
16	Birkhead to study with opera star	Jane Birkhead will study with Lotte Lehmann.
16	Quinine hunter returns	Professor Grant describes experiences of searching for cinchona trees; photo.
16	Miss Hankamp gets NEA post	Accepts executive secretary position.
17	The Roll of Honor, Sgt. Barton E. Weaver	Died in a prison camp in Germany; reported missing since December 17, 1944; enlisted in the Army Reserve in September, 1942; entered active service, March 20, 1943. A member of the 99th Division Band; survived by his mother and a sister of Hawarden, Iowa.
17	The Roll of Honor, Lt. Glenn W. Dexter	Killed in a plane crash, April 4, at Tucumcari, N. M.; stationed at Dalhart Field, Texas, as a P-37 pilot; had been in the Army Air Forces since September, 1942; survived by his wife and four-month-old daughter Patty, of Des Moines, and his mother.
17	The Roll of Honor, Lt. Lloyd Miller	Killed in June while serving with the Marines on Okinawa. He entered service in 1943. He is survived by his parents, who live at Reinbeck, Iowa.
17	The Roll of Honor, Technical Sergeant Dale Nuss	Killed in Germany on April 11, 1945, while serving with the 348th Army Combat Engineers. His jeep struck an enemy mine. Surviving him are his wife, formerly Thelma Werkeiser, son, Harlan Arthur; his parents, and a brother, Ens. Dean Nuss, in the Pacific.
17	The Roll of Honor, Lt. Robert Bragg	Previously reported as missing in action, June, 1944; announced as killed in action in May, 1945; Went overseas in December 1943; stationed in Italy with the 15th Air Force as a bombardier-navigator; Survived by parents, A. L. Bragg and a sister.
17	The Roll of Honor, First Lieutenant Robert L. Brown	Reported killed in action February 14, 1943, while piloting a plane over Naples. Co-pilot of a B-24 Liberator Bomber, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters for completing more than 100 combat missions.
17	The Roll of Honor, Pvt. Jack D. Geick	Killed in action with the 87th Acorn Division of the Infantry in France, December 12, 1944. He enlisted in the Army in March 1943, and went overseas in October, 1944. He received training at Alfred University, N. Y. His parents live at Pomeroy, Iowa.
17	The Roll of Honor, Lt. Joel G. Herman	Reported killed in action May 27 on Luzon while serving as a P-38 pilot; survived by his parents and one sister. A brother, Lt. Kenneth J. Herman, was killed in action October 22, 1944, while serving as a Mustang fighter pilot somewhere over Germany.
17	The Roll of Honor, Capt. Homer L. Lund	Died April 25, 1945, in the Philippines while serving as a combat pilot with the "Sky Lancers" and a flight commander of a bomber unit of the Fifth Air Force. He had been awarded the Air Medal for courage and devotion to duty on missions in the Pacific.
18	Women in Uniform, Dorothy M. Smith	Is a service club hostess stationed at Geneva, Nebraska.
18	Women in Uniform, Evelyn Winson Wallace	Is in India serving as an American Red Cross staff assistant. Previously she had taught in Primghar and Fayette, Iowa.
18	Women in Uniform, Maxine Hunter	Assistant Field Director, American Red Cross station hospital, France.
18	Women in Uniform, Vivian L. Newton	WAC, has been assigned to Camp Davis, N. C. Prior to her enlistment, she was associated with the Meredith Publishing Company in Des Moines.
18	Women in Uniform, Maxine Okerstrom	American Red Cross hospital recreation work, France.
18	Women in Uniform, Edythe Buns	Lt., Army Nurse Corps, Station Hospital, Fort Sheridan, Illinois.
18	Women in Uniform, Beth Dailey	Is in Australia serving in the armed forces as an American Red Cross staff assistant.
18	Women in Uniform, Jean Hoffman	Lt., physical therapist, Army Medical Corps, Hawaii.
19	Walter W. Johnson	T/Sgt., Army, overseas.
19	Kenneth F. Hartmann	Lt., Army, overseas.
19	Gail F. Hein	Lt., Marines, Oceanside, California.
19	James P. Hagerstrom	Capt., Army, Evansville, Indiana.
19	Robert C. Hansen	Lt., Army, overseas.
19	Vernon E. Hansen	Capt., Army, England.
19	Norman G. Hanson	Lt., Army, overseas.
19	Wayne E. Gifford	Sgt., Army, overseas.
19	Kenneth M. Gittins	Lt., Navy, overseas.
19	Harlan H. Goldsmith	Sgt., Army, Galveston, Texas.
19	Perry H. Grier	Cpl., Army, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas.
19	Donald G. Hackett	Pvt., Army, overseas.
19	William H. Frost	Cpl., Army, overseas.
19	Archie W. Frye	Lt., Marines, overseas.
19	Parmi S. Garramoni	Sgt., Army, overseas.
19	Andrew G. George	Capt., Infantry, Philippines.
19	Robert Findley	Lt., Army, Camp Houze, Texas.
19	Robert V. Fisher	Sgt., Army, overseas.
19	Julius B. Flesner	Lt. Marines., Marines, overseas.
19	William H. Frost	Cpl., Army, overseas.
19	Kenneth M. Erwin	Navy, Shoemaker, California.
19	Robert L. Esau	Ens., Navy, Little Creek, Virginia.
19	Robert T. Evans	Ens., Navy, Sioux City, Iowa.
19	Gerald E. Faust	Navy, Ames, Iowa.
19	Robert B. Flesner	Lt., Marines, overseas.
19	John Darwin Davis	S/Sgt., Marines, overseas.
19	Leslie V. Dix	Lt. Col., Army, overseas.
19	R. Leland Dix	Pharmacist Mate, First Class, Navy, Chelsea, Massachusetts.
19	Martin Thomas Dolan	Technician, Fourth Grade, Army, overseas.
19	Howard I. Dunlap	Capt., El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, Santa Ana, California.
19	Craig Clark	Cpl., Army, Ft. Thomas, Kentucky.
19	Blaine K. Coburn	Major, Army Air Forces, Marianna, Florida.
19	A. D. Coffman, Jr.	Lt., Navy, overseas.
19	Paul J. Connolly	Sgt., Army, Camp Wolters, Texas.
19	Duane C. Cumpston	Lt. Army, overseas.
19	James W. Christianson	Lt., Navy, Camp Bradford, Virginia.
19	William F. Burke	Pvt., Army, Madison, Wisconsin.
19	James F. Bush	S/Sgt., Army, overseas.
19	A. L. Camarata	Lt., Marines, overseas.
19	Melvin Case	T/Sgt., Army, Livingston, Louisiana.
19	Kenneth K. Beatty	Lt., Marines, overseas.
19	Bidne, Howard O.	Pfc., Army, Ft. Meade, Md.
19	Howard L. Blanchard	Cpl., Army, Ft. George Meade, Maryland.
19	Fred W. Breckenfelder	Seaman Second Class, Coast Guard, Quonset Point, Rhode Island.
19	William T. Buchwald	Coast Guard, overseas.
19	J. Faner Anderson	Major, Army Office of Supplies, overseas.
19	M. Merle Anderson	Yeoman Second Class, Navy, Joliet, Illinois.
19	Richard Aylesworth	Pfc., Marines, U. S. Navy Hospital, Great Lakes, Illinois.
19	John J. Baird	Capt., Army Air Forces, overseas.
19	Philip Barck	Seaman Second Clss, Navy, Gulfport, Mississippi.
19	Gale C. Anderson	Technician Fifth Grade, Army, overseas.
20	R. Eckels Hutchison	Lt. (jg), Navy, overseas.
20	Wendell Jack Rider	Ens., Navy, Quillaynte, Washington.
20	Purple Heart, Ens. Donald Southall	Was awarded the Purple Heart for injuries received while engaged in the battle at Okinawa; now stationed on a destroyer at Pearl Harbor. He has been overseas since January 1945.
20	Purple Heart, First Lieutenant John D. Scoville	Who was killed in action November 30, 1944, while with General Courtney Hodges' First Army in Germany, was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart Posthumously for gallantry in action.
20	Robert J. Pattee	First Lieutenant, Army, overseas.
20	Clifford Peck	Patrol Inspector, Army, Bismarck, North Dakota.
20	Donald J. Peck	T/Sgt., Army, overseas.
20	Robert W. Porteous	T/Sgt., Army, St. Petersburg, Florida.
20	Max R. Reinstein	First Lieutenant, Army, overseas.
20	Glenn L. Olsen	Lt., Army, overseas.
20	William H. O'Neill	Pfc., Army, overseas.
20	Carl E. Ortmeyer	Cpl. Army, overseas.
20	Dale H. Ott	Pvt., Army, Assam, India.
20	Joseph K. Park	Sgt., Army, overseas.
20	Orville E. Nichols	Lt. (j.g.), Navy, overseas.
20	Arthur O. Noxon	Yeoman Second Class, Navy, Newport, Rhode Island.
20	Loren R. Nus	Pvt., Army, Fort Lewis, Washington.
20	John Messerli	Cpl., Army, overseas.
20	Willis H. Mevis	Lt. (j.g.), Navy, overseas.
20	Ralph G. Moritz	Technician Third Grade, Army Intelligence Service, overseas.
20	Joseph G. Mueller	Sgt., Army, Fort Lewis, Washington.
20	Woodrow Nelson	Army, Camp Swift, Texas.
20	James M. Maas	Ens., Merchant Marine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
20	Robert Allen Mallory	Lt., Army, overseas.
20	Richard J. Meier	Pfc., Army, overseas.
20	Tom N. McClelland	Lt. (j.g.), Navy, Sampson, New York.
20	Wilfred L. McGimpsey	Lt. (j.g.), Navy, Grosse Ile, Michigan.
20	Henry A. Loats	Lt. (j.g.), Navy, overseas.
20	Robert E. Ludtke	First Lieutenant, Army, Dallas, Texas.
20	Merritt Ludwig	Pvt., Army, overseas.
20	Arthur Latta	Marines, overseas.
20	Eugene LeVine	Pfc., Army, Great Falls, Montana.
20	Aaron Linn	Sgt., Army, overseas.
20	Leo Kenneally	Pvt., Army, Fort Ord, California.
20	Ray Leonard Kober	Lt., Army, Camp River Rouge Park, Michigan.
20	Lorenz P. Krueger	Boatswain's Mate First Class, Coast Guard, Chincoteague Island, Virginia.
20	Herbert M. Kuenstling	Pharmacist Mate Third Class, Coast Guard, Pacific.
20	Tom Lamke	Lt., Army, Warrenton, Virginia.
20	Glenn E. Jesperson	Capt., Army, Great Falls, Montana.
20	Robert L. Jones	Lt., Army, Santa Ana, California.
20	Jerome Kaplan	Lt., Navy, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
20	Ray M. Kendle	Cpt., Army, Columbia, South Carolina.
20	Eugene A. Holdiman	Pvt., Army, overseas.
20	Russell M. Howe	Pfc., Army, Philippines.
20	Marc Ihm	Ens., Navy, overseas.
20	Leonard Janssen	Lt., Army, overseas.
20	Sophus F. Helm	Navy, overseas.
20	Jerry B. Hogan	S/Sgt., Army Air Forces, overseas.
21	Mrs. H. P. Thomas, (Gladys M. Cocking)	Resides in Mora, Minnesota, where her husband is employed.
21	Ethel G. Cocking	Is a supervisor in the Naval Air Station at Peru, Indiana., where she resides.
21	Mr. and Mrs. James McLean, (Mildred E. Challstrom)	Now reside on State Street, Cedar Falls.
21	Major Jean Melin, (Jean B. Horner)	Is a WAC instructor of leadership and administration in the WAC program at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. She has been in the service since July, 1942.
21	Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Louis Schoales, (Leta Duffus)	Reside at Montezuma, Iowa. Leta has been teaching primary grades in various Iowa schools for the past nine years and has been substitute teaching the past year.
21	Haziel Linderman	Is a supervisor of the second and third grades at State Teachers College, Platteville, Wisconsin. Previously she taught in the Garden Country Day School, Jackson Heights, New York.
21	Mr. and Mrs. Arnold E. Luce, (Marjory Garmire)	Arnold, Marjory, and their two children, John, and David, reside in Minneapolis. Arnold is Assistant to the Director of Visual Education Service at the University of Minnesota. He received his M. A. from Columbia University, New York, in 1940.
21	Myrtle E. Haase	Is educational director at the Muirdale Sanatorium at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, an institution devoted to the treatment of tuberculosis. She devotes most of her time to the instruction of Cadel Nurses. She was at South View Hospital, Milwaukee.
21	John E. Barnes, Sr.	Is manager of the Eastern branch of Clay Equipment Company at Binghamton, New York.
21	Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Williams, (Grace Merrick)	Reside at Blencoe, Iowa, where they have a hardware and drug business, and Edwin is the County Treasurer. Their son George is a First Lieutenant in Army Finance. He is serving overseas.
21	Dr. Aubrey C. Grubb and Mrs. Ruth Grubb	John Findlay Grubb, chemistry student at the College, has received the Boehmler Scholarship, awarded to a worthy student in Cedar Falls. He is the son of the late Dr. Aubrey C. Grubb and Ruth Grubb.
21	Bessie Larson	Resides in Hollywood, California. Before moving there five years ago, she lived at Rembrandt, Iowa.
21	Pearl H. Middlebrook	Is an assistant editor for the Silver Burdett Co., Chicago. She received a master's degree from the University of Chicago in 1927.
21	Mrs. James A. Yeager, (Cora L. Mercer) J. Alton Yeager	Cora and daughter, Beth, live at Mazanillo, Texas. J. Alton died January 12, 1944, in Portland, Oregon, and a son, Lt. Mercer A. Yeager, was killed in Germany, November 22, 1944.
21	Mrs. Nina E. Darr, (Nina E. Baumgardner), and Mrs. Edmund Taylor, (Nettie Packard)	Has been teaching in the primary grades at Three Rivers, California, where she and her husband reside. Mrs. Edmund Taylor, (Nettie Packard) lives at Kaweah, about two and one half miles from Three Rivers.
21	Irving J. McDuffie, Jr.	Is in the Sociological Department of the Ford Motor Company, Rouge Plant, Dearborn, Michigan. He resides in Highland Park, Michigan.
21	Mabelle Agnes Payton	After thirty years, she retired from teaching in the New Trier High School at Winnetka, Illinois; taught in Cherokee County rural schools; and in the high schools at Marcus, Shenandoah, and Ames, Iowa.
21	Margarette Ball Dickson	Was elected vice president of the National federation of Poetry Clubs in the recent meeting in Indianapolis. Her son, Lt. Col. Donald Dickson, serves on the Headquarters Staff of General Douglas MacArthur.
22	Dorothy Johnson	Is head of the plastic surgery department of the Red Cross headquarters in San Diego, where she resides. Before accepting this position she taught in the schools at Ontario, California.
22	Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Lee, (Janet Sea)	Have moved to Fremont, Iowa, where he operates a portable feed mill and a feed store. They have two children, Kay and Sandra.
22	Lt. F. W. Schlesselman	Is now assigned to the Atlantic Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Unit doing research work. He was formerly assistant professor of art at Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, for four and a half years prior to accepting his commission early in 1943.
22	Louis P. Ortale	Has been field director with the American Red Cross since September, 1943. In December 1944, he served in France and later in Germany with the Third and Seventh Armies. Previously, he was superintendent at Guttenberg, Iowa, for five years.
22	Mrs. D. J. Querio, Jr., (Colene White)	Is a secretary for the Army Air Forces in Chicago, where she resides.
22	George C. Schultz	Is the safety engineering manager for the Hardward Mutual Casualty Co., Chicago. They reside in Lincolnwood, Illinois. They have a daughter, Patty Lou, and a son, Stephen George.
22	Mrs. E. E. Baran, (Ruth L. Henn)	Is living in Chicago with her two sons, Norval and Conrad. Her husband is a second class petty officer in the U. S. N. R. and is stationed at Corpus Christi, Texas.
22	Ralph G. Nichols	Was advanced to the rank of associate professor and appointed head of the rhetoric department in the College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics at the University of Minnesota.
22	Mrs. Charles M. French, (Elizabeth Fiebelkorn)	Resides in Baltimore, Maryland. Her husband is a Signal Corps Inspector, stationed at a Westinghouse Plant in Baltimore. Her brother, Philip J. Fiebelkorn, is in the armed forces.
22	Eric P. Hansen	Is acting principal and commercial and mathematics instructor at the Springville Consolidated School at Springville, Iowa. They reside in Marion, Iowa. They are the parents of a daughter, Carole Ann.
22	Lewis G. Hersey	Has been appointed Assistant Director of Hospital Service Inc., of Iowa. For six years he worked in Blue Cross service; received his entire education from kindergarten through college on the Teachers College campus.
22	Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Jackson, (Verna Winterfield)	Reside in Detroit, Michigan. They have a daughter, Sharon Lee.
22	Mrs. Clarence McCarville, (Regina J. Gilles)	Has been teaching vocal music in the high school at Riceville, Iowa, for the past year. She is making her home at Riceville with her three small daughters while her husband is in the service.
22	Gena Grubb	Has written an article published in the May 1945, issue of "Midland Schools," of the Iowa State Teachers' Association. It announced the one hundredth birthday of Iowa and emphasizes the assets and importance of Iowa as a state. She resides at Dickens.
22	Mrs. Paul Ludden, (Elna Mae Cummings)	Resides in Rochester, Minnesota. She has one daughter, Marilyn Sue. Her husband was formerly a Methodist minister at Byron, Minnesota, and is now a chaplain with the 186th Hospital in England.
22	Mrs. R. W. O'Connor, (Isabel Murphy)	Resides in Louisville, Kentucky.
22	Mrs. Chester Bridden, (Della Grubb)	And her husband, former receiver and cashier of the Railway Express Company in Boston, now retired, are living at Dickens, Iowa. Chester is serving on the School Board at Dickens, and Della is serving as secretary of the Red Cross.
23	Mrs. Baird McIlroy, (Arlene Archer)	She and her son, Reed, reside in Seattle, Washington, while Lt. McIlroy is with the Naval Reserve.
23	Hospital Attendant First Class Lloyd Ruby	Was recently on campus during a fifteen-day leave. He received his boot training at Farragut, Idaho, and for the past ten months has been in the receiving unit at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Chicago.
23	Mrs. R. C. Pearson, (Catherine Brown)	And son, James Daniel, are living in Cedar Falls. Her husband, Lt. Pearson, is with the Army Air Forces overseas.
23	Lt. Glenn W. Behrens	Was awarded the Silver Star in April for gallantry in action in Germany. He had previously received the Purple Heart and Oak Leaf Cluster and Air Medal.
23	Mrs. Albert Cloud, Jr., (Marjorie Mangold)	Resides in Washington, D. C. She is secretary to Congressman Henry O. Talle.
23	First Lieutenant Kenneth L. Mueller	Was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement as a bombardier on an Eighth Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress while stationed in England. He entered the Army Air Forces in June 1942.
23	Vera M. Beltz	Has been teaching the fifth grade in the Garfield Building at Cherokee, Iowa. Previously she had taught in grade schools at Exira and Vinton, Iowa.
23	Mr. and Mrs. W. Morgan Davies, (Audrey Munson)	Live at Anchorage, Alaska. They are the parents of two sons, John and Jim. Morgan is with the Civil Aeronautics Administration in the Aleutian area.
23	Melvene Draheim	Was one of ninety-four graduate students from thirty-one states, Washington, D. C., Canada, and China, who were awarded fellowships to the University of Chicago. She is a former member of the Hampton high school faculty.
23	Bethel Merrill	Daughter of Harry Merrill, of Cedar Falls, has recently received a Civil Service Appointment with the Navy. She is Junior Library Assistant at the Naval Air Station, North Island, San Diego, California.
23	Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Piper, (Gladys Linderman)	Reside in Seattle, Washington.
23	Rev. and Mrs. Orvis K. Schlesselman, (Florence M. Phipps)	Are living at Colorado Springs, where Orvis is pastor of the Calvary Evangelical Church. He had been pastor of the First Evangelical Church, Fort Dodge, Iowa. They have two children, Marvin and Louanne.
23	Mrs. Marion Thurston, (Catherine Baer)	Is teaching physical education in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, while her husband is serving overseas.
23	Capt. Arley J. Wilson	Was awarded the sixth and seventh Oak Leaf Clusters to the Air Medal on the Fifth Army front in Italy. He was serving as liaison pilot and observer for the artillery of the 88th "Blue Devils" infantry division. He entered the service in January 1943.
23	Gerald E. Faust	Is Navy Mail Clerk of the V-12 unit at Iowa State College, Ames. He recently returned to the states from New Caledonia.
23	Mr. and Mrs. Eric Sheldahl, (Dorothy Freed)	Are living on a farm near Harcourt, Iowa. They have three children, Joanne, Marvin, and Carol. Their address is Fort Dodge, Iowa.
23	Milton A. Wehrle	Teaching at Oakland, Iowa, for the past several years; now superintendent of schools at Joice, Iowa.