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University of Northern Iowa UNI ScholarWorks The Alumnus UNI Alumni Association 9-1982 The Alumnus, v66n3 [v67n3], September 1982 University of Northern Iowa Alumni Association Let us know how access to this document benefits ouy Copyright ©1982 University of Northern Iowa Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/alumnusnews Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation University of Northern Iowa Alumni Association, "The Alumnus, v66n3 [v67n3], September 1982" (1982). The Alumnus. 94. https://scholarworks.uni.edu/alumnusnews/94 This Magazine is brought to you for free and open access by the UNI Alumni Association at UNI ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Alumnus by an authorized administrator of UNI ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Alumnus University of Northern Iowa September 1 982 SCIEITIFIC llllTEIICY CLOUDS NATION'S FUTURE! Appreciation These May graduates, applauding their families at the close of commencement, were also thanking another important group of people: UNl's alumni and friends. Support from the UNI Alumni Association and the UNI Foundation provided many of the scholarships and special programs these students enjoyed at UNI. Without such support, the academic procession would have been a little shorter, the years of work a little longer. Less than a month later, the 1982 crop of UNI freshmen started arriving on campus for summer orientation, the vanguard of the Class of 1986. Education never ends, nor does education's needs. Support the UNI Alumni Association and the UNI Foundation. Keep the applause coming. UNI Alumni Association University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614 (319) 273-2355 The Alumnus University of Northern Iowa Volume,.66, Number 3 September 1982 01 Homecoming/Reunion: October 7-10 / 4 "Famous Firsts" is the theme for this annual celebration for alumni and students. Panthers' toughest foe? / 11 Declining private support of UNI athletics has resulted in an expanded fund raising effort. Science and math illiteracy / 14 A shortage of students and teachers in math and the sciences poses serious Page 4 economic and political questions. Getting into UNI today / 18 New admissions requirements, scheduled for 1984, will add some teeth to existing admissions "recommendations." UNl's first lady / 20 During just two years of teaching, Frances Webster left her mark on the early history of UNI. Fox still challenges / 24 Page 14 A recently published selection of the writings of Josef Fox is not a memorial but "a continuation of his life." Departments Director's Medlee / 7 Campus News / 8 Alumni Happenings / 7 Class Notes / 26 Page 20 UNI Alumni Association Board of Directors Nick Teig, B.A. '63, President Harold B. "Duke" Strever, B.A. '68, Vice President Lee Miller, B.A. '52, Secretary James L. Bailey, Treasurer Editor / Kevin Boatright Donald Eichelberger, B.A. '63 Alumni Director / Lee Miller Shirl ey Hagemann, B.A. '29 Designer / Elizabeth A. Conrad Noreen Hermansen, M.A. ' 71 Photographer / Bill W itt Joan Mccann, B.A. '55 University Publications David Oman, B.A. '74 Francis S. "Jack" O rr, B.A. ' 26 Administrator / Susan M. Chilcott David E. Pike, B.A. '73 Michael Sheehan, B.A. '65 Margaret Willoughby, B.A. '47, Immediate Past President The Alumnus is publised quarterly by the University of Northern Iowa, 1222 W. 27th St., Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614. Postal number USPS 016-080. Second class postage paid at Cedar Fal Is, Iowa 50614. UNI Alumni Association membership dues, including The Alumnus subscription, are $16 annually. Signed letters to the editor are welcome and will be printed provided space is available. Send letters to: The Alumnus, Office of Public Information Services, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614. UNI is a member of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). The University of Northern Iowa is a nondiscriminatory educational institution and employer. For information, contact Dr. James Martin, vice president for academic affairs and provost. 3 Football and much more! Homecoming/Reunion: October 7-10 UNl's 1982 Homecoming/Reunion is coming up October 11:30to 12:30 Carillon recital, Campanile 7-10, and a very full weekend is scheduled for returning alumni 1 to 4 p.m. Gallery of Art open, Communication Arts and friends. Center The classes of 1932, 1942 and 1957 will receive special 1 :30 Homecoming football game with the recognition, but homecomers of any age will find this weekend University of Idaho, UNI-Dome a delightful time to visit the campus and join in its activities. 4 p.m. All-Greek Alumni Reunion for Greek The June UNI Century contained a complete schedule of alumni of UNI and other colleges, Homecoming/Reunion events, some of which have been UNI-Dome parking lot or Maucker changed or added to. Here is a more recent schedule, correct Union (in case of bad weather) as of August 1 : 6 to 9 p.m. Alumni Invitational art exhibition opening reception (free and open to the public), Thursday, October 7 Gallery of Art, Communication Arts 7 and 9 p.m. Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Variety Show, Center [Inaugural event of the 75th Russell Hall anniversary celebration of the UNI 7:30 p.m. Richard Harrow, chair of an American Bar Department of Art] Association task force on violence in 7 p.m. Tau Kappa Epsilon dinner and dance for sports, will speak on that topic and alumni, members and famil ies, location show a film, University Auditorium to be announced 8:lSp.m. Theatre UNI/UNI Lyric Theatre presents 7 p.m. Sigma Alpha Epsilon dinner and dance for Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado, alumni, members and families, Ramada Strayer-Wood Theatre Inn Penthouse, Waterloo 8 to midnight Homecoming Dance, featuring Friday, October 8 "Tennyson," University Hall, Maucker 4 to 6 p.m. Registration and social gathering, Union (alumni, students, faculty and Commons friends invited) 6 p.m. President's Reunion/Awards Gala, plus 8:15 p.m. The Mikado, Strayer-Wood Theatre dinner, Commons 7 p.m. Awards presentation for Alumni Sunday, October 10 Achievement, Alumni Service and 1 to 4 p.m. Gallery of Art open, Alumni Invitational SO-Year Club, Commons through November 4, Communication 8 p.m. Photographs of special reunion classes, Arts Center Commons 8:lSp.m. The Mikado, Strayer-Wood Theatre 7 and 9 p.m. Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Variety Show, Russell Hall 11 :15 p.m. Bonfire and pep rally at Latham Field, with snake dance to Campanile Midnight " Campaniling," with cider and a sing-along, Campanile Saturday, October 9 9 a.m. to noon Registration and coffee, Commons 9 a.m. Stacy Miller Scholarship Run (in honor of a UNI woman athlete killed in an accident in 1981)* 10 a.m. 1982 Homecoming Parade, starting at 18th and College (Grand Marshal: "Micki" Dirks Lounsberry, '42) 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Homecoming "Pignic" pig roast, Campanile 11 a.m. Alpha Delta Pi reception for alumnae, families, members and parents, 2222 Gary Kelley 01 ive Street 4 This Homecoming/Reunion schedule could till have some Strayer-Wood Thea tre: (319) 273-6381 furth r additions and changes. A fi nal schedule will b Gallery of Art: (3 19) 273-6114 avai lable at registration. Greek Adviser: (3 19) 273-2683 The regi stration deadline for ti kets to the Friday night Gala Football ticket : (319) 273-6131 and th e Saturday afternoon ga me i Thursday, September 30. Phi Mu Variety Show: (319) 273-2024 Gala ticket are $10 per per on ( 9 for Alumni Association members), while game tickets are $7 per per on ($6.30 for As o iation m mber ). If you have mislaid the regi !rati on form from the June U Cenlury, on ta t the U I Alumni Services Office, Cedar Fa ll , *The run is open to women only. It will probably b about five mile long, but the exact route ha not yet been chosen. Proce ds from entry Iowa 50614 or all (3 19) 273-2355. For more information about fees and ponsor hips will be u ed to e tabli h a women' ro s particular event , such as thea tre, art or Greek activities, conta country holarsh ip fund at U I. For information, conta t Mike the e offices directly: Froehle or Stacy Roberts at Sport Afoot, (319) 277-3124, Cedar Fall . Afraid of Homecoming? How I faced my 'infamous first' by Kevin Boatright I had to admit the word was apt. stay longer, glad that I had come. What Driving up to the tree-lined campus on a happened in just 24 hour to rid me of my cri p fall morning did feel I ike a fears, fear that anyone might have at the " homecoming," my first since graduating thought of a college homecoming? even years before. Yet all my good feelings about being back were mixed A revival meeting with fears . Homecoming was a day I The smartest thing I did was to take my dreaded. wife, a non-alumnus, with me. She knew There were no reasons to fear about my fears and she helped me forget homecoming, but fear don't always need them. I could tour the campus with her, reasons. I wa still very positive about the explaining what everything was, and recall college. I kept in tou h, sent money, cared my memories through her without being and all that. Homecoming is really just a no ta lgic and sad. I originally thought she harmles tribal custom, I thought, but the wouldn't want to go to homecoming, but fears were there all the same. I'm glad she wa there.