Rawstern--Eliza Jane (Classes of 1879 and 1880)

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# Title Date Summary
1 Oldest classes at reunion, June 2, Alumni-Faculty Dinner
Alumnus 24:3, p.26
Oldest were Matilda Palmer Scheeler, 1878; Eliza Rawstern Wright, 1880; John P. McMurray, Viola Russell Gates, and Kittie Sheridan from 1885; Eva Cadwallader Reeves from 1888. All who had graduated fifty or more years ago received gold medals.
2 Normal faculty establishes the school's prestige
College Eye 28:5, p.1
Profiles of early faculty members.
3 Commencement of 1880 ended with student-faculty wedding
College Eye 26:41, p.1
A look back at the Commencement of 1880.
4 Wm. Harwood, '79, gave name for first student newspaper
Alumnus 18:4, p.4
Alumnus made suggestion to Principal Gilchrist; recalls early days of school.
5 Mrs. D. Sands Wright
Alumnus 16:4, p.19
Visited her son Joseph and his wife this summer; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wright are directors of physical education at a school in Chicago; daughters Ruth and Luella made trip to West Coast.
6 Two minute rule was shattered by Professor Wright fifty years ago
College Eye 21:37, p.1
Professor Wright married Eliza Rawstern despite rules of association of men and women.
7 Marriage to a college professor
Public Relations News Release 1929:541, p.1
Eliza Rawstern graduated and married Professor D. S. Wright on the same day fifty years ago.
8 Love affair, marriage, suicide all make history for building
College Eye 21:27, p.1
Historical highlights about Central Hall.
9 Jessie L. McLaughlin
Alumnus 14:2, p.26
Agency secretary of the American Bible Society, of Chicago, Illinois, visited Mrs. Henry Harmon and daughter, Ada Joy Harmon, Professor D. S. Wright and President Emeritus Homer H. Seerley. McLaughlin was a Methodist missionary in the Phillippines.
10 Mrs. D. S. Wright
Alumnus 14:2, p.32
Elias Rawstern, the twin brother of the former Eliza Rawstern, died at his home in Hitchcock, South Dakota on December 25, 1929. He is survived by his wife, nine sons, and three daughters.
11 Eliza Rawstern
Normal Eyte 9:7, p.153
Resides in Cedar Falls since graduation; in high standing with the community.
12 Married
Students' Offering 4:13, p.9
Professor David Sands Wright and Eliza Rawstern were married on the evening of June 24, 1880, in the Normal parlor by Principal Gilchrist; Miss Rawstern graduated earlier in the day; list of attendants.
13 Commencement exercises
Students' Offering 4:13, p.1
Twenty-five students complete two year Elementary course; three complete the three year Didactic course; two complete the four year Scientific course; lengthy excerpts from Commencement orations; ceremony lasts five hours.
14 Alpha Society
Students' Offering 4:12, p.7
Meets every Saturday evening.
15 The regular installation of officers
Students' Offering 4:12, p.3
Vina Warr succeeds Eliza Rawstern as Alpha president; music, essays, and debate follow installation.
16 Societies
Students' Offering 4:11, p.7
Philos meet every Saturday at 7PM; Alphas meet every Saturday evening.
17 Teaching
Students' Offering 4:10, p.5
Description of the acts and methods of teaching.
18 Miss Maude Gilchrist
Students' Offering 3:9, p.7
Miss Gilchrist and McGovern returned to complete their fourth year; Misses Rawstern, McManus, and Cooke will complete their third year.
19 Alice McManus and Eliza Rawstern
Students' Offering 3:9, p.6
Attending the Normal School.
20 Early English literature
Students' Offering 2:8, p.6
21 Professor Wright
Students' Offering 2:7, p.7
Receives book of Bryant's poetry presented by Eliza Rawstern on behalf of second year class.
22 Catacombs of Rome
Students' Offering 1:4, p.3
Description of the catacombs.