THE MORNINGSIDER Vol. 6 O CTOBER, 1947 No. 2 Morningside Is Repre­ sentative College Morningside College to Have New Gym Registrar's Records Show Wide Range of Honors George M. Allee Home States, Religion of Newell for His Final tabulation of enrollment statistics by the registrar's office amply illustrates Contribution that Morningside is a representative col­ lege. A sampling of the population from all A Buena Vista county farmer has given extremities of the United States as well his name and a generous cash contribution as from foreign countries is found on the to a new gymnasium at Morningside Col­ campus. lege, Nelson A. Price, vice president, has The present statistics show that the col­ announced. The donor is George Matthew lege has one of the largest enrollments in Allee of Newell, Ia., whose $32,000 pledge its 50 years of history, this terms registra­ was accepted by the Morningside board of tion standing at the 1,143 mark. trustees as the "naming gift." Dr. Price Of that total, 929 students are from Iowa said the new building, to be constructed while 145 are out-of-state. Of the latter at an estimated cost of $302,500, will be group, 18 students are registered from out­ named t he "George M. Allee Gymnasium." side the United States. A further break­ The gymnasium will stand on a site just down in the statistics shows that of the north of Bass athletic field to replace the 929 from Iowa 572 are from Sioux City present Alumni Gymnasium, built in 1913. proper. Plans and an architect's estimate are ready, While the 145 students who make up but the date that work may begin will de­ the registration from outside Iowa hail pend on the collection of funds. A public from a total of 21 states, Illinois leads the campaign for additional funds for the struc­ li st with 46 students. George Matthew Allee ture was launched October 17 and will con­ Other states and the number of students tinue through December 31. Active solicita­ enrolled include: Alabama, 1; Arkansas, 2; tion will come in November and December. California, 3; Indiana, 2; Kansas, 2; Ken­ Allee gymnasium will be the next new tucky, 1; Maryland, 1; Massachusetts, 1; New Officers to Be Installed building on the Morningside campus. Now Michigan, 3; Minnesota, 11; Missouri, 2; nearing completion as the first in an ex­ Nebraska, 32; Nevada, 1; New J ersey, 3; tensive program is the A. W. Jones Hall New York, 13; North Dakota, 1; Ohio, 1; More than 850 ballots for Alumni Officers for 1947-48 were returned to t he Alumni of Science, a $250,000 structure, which will Oklahoma, 1; Oregon, 1; Pennsylvania, 2; be ready for occupancy at the opening of Rhode Island, 1; South Carolina, 1; South Office by the deadline, September 10. As Dakota, 13; Tennessee, 2; Washington. 1; a· result of the balloting, which was close the second semester, February 2, 1948. There Wisconsin, 6, and Wyoming, 1. for every office, the following were elected will be a formal dedicatory ceremony but The 18 students who are enrolled from and will be installed at the annual busi­ no definite plans have been made as yet. outside the United States represent five ness meeting following the Homecoming Mr. Allee, a native Iowan, is a Harvard countries. Malaya leads the list of foreign dinner on November 8. man, having received an A. B. degree at the countries by having five students on the President-Lowell Crippen, '30. eastern university in 1904, after gradua­ campus. Other countries include: Canal President-E lect-William B. Danforth, '30. tion from Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Zone, 2; China, 3; Hawaii, 2, and Pana­ First Vice-President-Elaine Barnt Rog- Ia., in 1901. In his Harvard class was ma, 4. ers, '25. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the late president. Although Morningside may properly be Second Vice-President-Lorraine Verste- He assisted his father, Jesse J. Allee, in spoken of as a denominational school, the gen, '40. supervising their extensive farming and statistics show that it is hard to refer to Recording Secretary-Helen Bottom, '33. stock breeding operations until the elder any one denomination. Represented by the Treasurer-Ira J . Gwinn, '22. Allee's death in 1923, when he took charge students on the campus are a total of 32 Executive Committee Members - Alice of the estate. different faiths. Of the 32 denominations Hall Dawson, '27; Edgar W. McCracken, '38. As early as 1907, Mr. Allee began corn represented, the Methodist Church leads Alumni Trustee-Simeon M. Hickman, '25. experiments which involved crossing va­ with 427 students stating it as their pref­ rieties of open pollinated corn in search erence. The Catholic and Lutheran Churches for an improved strain. This led in later are in second and third places in number Reunion of Maroons of '17 years to extensive work with hybrids. At of students stating their religious pref­ the age of 70, he is still seeking superior erences. hybrids, inbreds and single closses. November 15 has been designated by the Long interested in young people, Mr. athletic department as Notre Dame Day Allee is a leader in Y. M. C. A. and Meth­ First Concert Will for those men who played for the Maroon odist Church activities. He has been a against Notre Dame in 1917-18. They will steward and trustee of the church since Be November 10 be guests of Morningside and will sit on 1912 and served 23 years as superintend­ the bench when the present-day Maroons ent of the Methodist Sunday school. The annual fall Sioux City concert course play North Dakota State here. They played He recently gave $22,500 for an Ameri­ sponsored by the Sioux City Civic Music against the great George Gipp when he was can Legion community building at Newell. Association, will open with its first pro­ in his prime, coached by the one and only gram on Monday, November 10, at 8:15 Knute Rockne. p.m. To Speak at Homecoming The performances which have been ar­ December 8-Schuster, 'cellist, with Sioux ranged for the fall course include such City Symphony. Dr. G. Sam Nichols, '23, pastor at the noted musicians as the following: January 27-Arthur Rubinstein, pianist. Wesley Foundation at Iowa State College, November 10-Arthur Gold and Robert March 1-Blanche Thebom, mezzo-soprano has accepted the invitation of the Alumni Fitzdale, "Duo Pianism," with Sioux City star. to deliver the Homecoming sermon on Sun­ Symphony. March 22-Paul Draper, tap dancer; day morning, November 9, in Grace Meth- November 20-Milstien, master violinist. Larry Adler, harmonica virtuoso. odist Church. Entered as second class matterJuly 1. 1944 at the post office at Sioux City, Iowa, under the act of August 24, 1912 -- Published monthly from September to June, inclusive, by Morningside College Page 2 OCTOBER, 1947 NEW FACULTY MEMBERS SERVING ON STAFF EIDSMOE SMITH BLACK LLOYD WILCOX TAYLOR Education Home Economics Chemistry French Biology Commercial BURKS BARON COLLINS SIMOND SWEET STEWART English English Bus. Administration Mathematics Piano Voice previously taken undergraduate work at Le­ Among the new faces on the Morningside of chemistry at Oklahoma A. and M. and high, Pa. faculty this fall are the following new ap­ in the department of general chemistry and pointees, announced by President Earl Road­ qualitative analysis at the University of Corinne Taylor man: Wisconsin. Miss Corinne Taylor of Sedalia, Mo., is Russell M. Eidsmoe Dr. Black is a member of the following a new member of the business administra­ professional societies: American Chemical tion staff and is instructor in secretarial Russell M. Eidsmoe, former director of Society, Electrochemical Society, American the department of education at Yankton science. A graduate of the central Missouri Association for Advancement of Science, State Teachers College, Warrensburg, Mo., College, Yankton, S. D., is the new head Oklahoma Academy of Science, Franklin of the Department of Education and direc­ Miss Taylor received her master's degree Institute, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon from the University of Missouri. She has tor of the Teacher Placement Bureau. Mr. and Phi Kappa Phi. Eidsmoe received his bachelor's degree from taught courses in business administration Yankton College, did post-graduate work The new department head lauded the ex­ and secretarial science for several years at the University of South Dakota, the cellent collection of data which has been and also served as secretary to the presi­ University of Minnesota and Chicago Uni­ compiled under the auspices of Dr. James dent at Monticello College, Godfrey, Ill., versity, and received his master's degree Coss. It was comparable and superior to · and secretary to the dean of the school- of many such collections with which he has business at the University of Missouri. from the University of South Dakota. had association, he said. Ruby Smith Merrillie Mather Miss Ruby Smith, formerly a teacher at Betty Lloyd Miss Merrillie Mather, Ray Burks and Jacksonville, Ill., is in charge of the de­ Miss Betty Lloyd, formerly a language Mrs. Stanley Baron are additions to the per­ partment of home economics which was professor at Northwestern University, Chi­ sonnel of the English department. Miss inaugurated this year. Approximately-_ 30 cago, is teaching French in the language Mather has been a graduate instructor at women students have enrolled in classes department. After receiving a B. A. and Boston University while working for her in food preparation, textiles, and home fur­ M. A. degree at Northwestern University; doctor's degree, which she received this past nishings offered by the department. The Miss Lloyd studied abroad at Florence and summer.