Grand Army of the Republic

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# Title Date Summary
1 College Band entertains G. A. R.
College Eye 19:12, p.5 		Women's Relief Corps held party for Grand Army of the Republic.
2 Armistice Day program
College Eye 17:23, p.7 		Includes talk on cruelty of war and addresses by veterans.
3 Famous words of General Ulysses S. Grant
College Eye 13:33, p.5 		Professor Loughridge quotes General Grant in GAR letter.
4 English Department
College Eye 13:19, p.2 		News about English faculty; Professor Gist is candidate for commander of Iowa GAR.
5 Dr. W. W. Gist
Alumni News Letter 6:1, p.3 		Professor William W. Gist serves as the Iowan delegate to the Grand Army of the Republic Encampment in Indianapolis, Indiana.
6 Dr. W. W. Gist
Alumni News Letter 6:1, p.1 		Professor Gist delivers an account of the gathering of the Grand Army of the Republic in Indiana, which he attended as a delegate from Iowa.
7 English Department
College Eye 13:6, p.5 		News about faculty members and their activities.
8 English Department
College Eye 13:3, p.2 		Professor Hogrefe replaced Professor Benedict; Charlotte Bockenthien appointed in dramatic work; Anna Marie Sorenson appointed for other work.
9 Dr. W. W. Gist
Alumni News Letter 5:3, p.4 		Professor W. W. Gist, professor of English and Chaplain in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, is elected delegate at large by the state encampment.
10 Lincoln Memorial to be observed Monday
College Eye 12:21, p.2 		GAR will attend as will student veterans.
11 Dr. W. W. Gist
Alumni News Letter 4:4, p.3 		Professor Gist was absent for a month to attend National Encampment of G. A. R. C. Ray Aurner's son substituted.
12 Gist to attend G. A. R. encampment
College Eye 12:2, p.3 		Professor Gist is national chaplain for G. A. R.
13 Dr. W. W. Gist
Alumni News Letter 4:3, p.4 		W. W. Gist, as Chaplain in Chief of Grand Army of Republic, made an official visit to Washington D. C., at request of Secretary of War. Visited son and daughter, Julian Gist and Ruth Gist.
14 Washington's birthday celebrated
College Eye 11:21, p.1 		Program for Washington's birthday was given.
15 W. W. Gist
Alumni News Letter 3:4, p.3 		Gist elected Chief Chaplain of the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic.
16 Dr. W. W. Gist
College Eye 10:27, p.5 		Professor of English and Grand Army Post member will give Memorial Day speech to the G. A. R. in Cedar Rapids.
17 School honors Prof. Arey; fitting services held in College Auditorium
College Eye 9:1, p.1 		Recognize Professor Arey's fifty years in educational service; Professor Gist and others spoke in tribute.
18 Mr. J. E. Robinson
College Eye 3:2, p.48 		Appointed to post in Iowa GAR.
19 Official notes
College Eye 2:3, p.2 		Freshman home economics class enrolls about one hundred students; James Robinson busy supervising construction of organ loft, college hospital, and Training School Building.
20 Memorial service at the college
College Eye 2:32, p.2 		Service includes music, readings, and speeches; about forty members of the GAR attended.
21 Memorial services
College Eye 1:11, p.188 		Professors Gist and Arey spoke at chapel exercises about their experience in the Civil War; GAR attends..
22 Special program given; Professor M. F. Arey gives address on Memorial Day to students and old soldiers
Normal Eyte 20:35, p.577 		Program presented in auditorium; Professor Gist in charge; old soldiers attend; Professor Arey spoke on his experiences in the Civil War.
23 Samson at chapel; addresses students on "The Patriotism of Peace" in fine chapel talk
Normal Eyte 20:23, p.382 		Orations given in remembrance of George Washington.
24 Prof. G. W. Walters
Normal Eyte 20:16, p.274 		Donated mounted eagle to the G. A. R.
25 Class gift
Old Gold 0:0, p.49 		Class of 1909 presented the school with a plaque of the Gettysburg Address.
26 The Grand Army
Normal Eyte 19:17, p.269 		GAR will attend celebration of Lincoln's birthday.
27 Memorial Day program
Normal Eyte 18:32, p.511 		Schedule for Memorial Day activities in Cedar Falls.
28 Lincoln's birthday
Normal Eyte 18:20, p.319 		GAR and Women's Relief Corps held patriotic exercises.
29 Those who had the privilege
Normal Eyte 17:30, p.466 		Professor Colegrove will deliver his address on George Washington on Memorial Day.
30 Mrs. Gertrude (Clark) Parer
Normal Eyte 17:8, p.121 		Visited the West.
31 Many Normal students attended
Normal Eyte 16:16, p.253 		GAR and WRC installation.
32 Globe: "Major S. H. M. Byers Des Moines lectured in the Normal Auditorium Friday evening."
Normal Eyte 13:7, p.102 		Spoke on prisoners of war during the Civil War.
33 The Normal committee
Normal Eyte 12:18, p.281 		Extends special invitation to local GAR post to attend lecture by Genera O. O. Howard.
34 Wm. A. Dinwiddie's funeral
Normal Eyte 12:9, p.131 		Description of the ceremonies honoring Major Dinwiddie; photo.
35 Commencement exercises
Normal Eyte 11:35, p.856 		Description of extensive program of activities.
36 Brief history of the two siege guns presented by James Brownell Post G. A. R. to the State Normal School
Normal Eyte 11:34, p.833 		Brief history.
37 The funeral services
Normal Eyte 11:33, p.811 		Description of ceremony for Alexander Martz.
38 The Normal is indebted
Normal Eyte 11:27, p.667 		GAR arranges for cannon and cannon balls to be delivered to campus; will be placed near flagpole.
39 The Grand Army of the Republic of Cedar Falls
Normal Eyte 10:20, p.487 		Seeking two cannon from the War Department to be placed on ISNS campus..
40 The I. S. N. S. Cadet Corps
Normal Eyte 10:15, p.356 		Detailed look at the history and current activities of the Student Battalion.
41 The battalion accepted the invitation
Normal Eyte 9:33, p.788 		GAR asks Student Battalion to participate in Memorial Day activities.
42 Program of exercises for Memorial Day
Normal Eyte 7:34, p.14 		Exercises will include Student Battalion.
43 The Military Department
Normal Eyte 6:33, p.434 		History of the Student Battalion.
44 Attention, Comrades!
Normal Eyte 6:30, p.357 		Special fares to Iowa GAR encampment in Des Moines.
45 The Presbyterian male choir
Normal Eyte 6:24, p.284 		Sang at G. A. R. meeting.
46 The cadets and band
Normal Eyte 5:33, p.332 		G. A. R. invites them to Memorial Day ceremonies.
47 Decoration Day
Normal Eyte 4:34, p.534 		Detailed description of activities; Professor Loughridge gives address.
48 Attention G. A. R.!
Normal Eyte 4:26, p.412 		Railroad offers special rates for travel to Shiloh battlefield reunion.
49 Military Department
Normal Eyte 4:16, p.251 		Full ranks for winter term; two companies will drill on Monday and two on Wednesday.
50 Hereafter there will be an annual competitive drill
Normal Eyte 4:14, p.214 		Student battalion companies will compete for GAR prize.