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University of Northern Iowa UNI ScholarWorks The Alumnus UNI Alumni Association 7-1944 The Alumnus, v28n3, July 1944 Iowa State Teachers College Let us know how access to this document benefits ouy Copyright ©1944 Iowa State Teachers College Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/alumnusnews Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Iowa State Teachers College, "The Alumnus, v28n3, July 1944" (1944). The Alumnus. 167. https://scholarworks.uni.edu/alumnusnews/167 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]. IF YOU LET US KNOW! BUT ·. .. MARKS THE SPOT where you're Alumnus will go if you fail to tell us when you move. Uncle Sam's postmen can't find you if you don't "tell all" - at least about where you are! Last year's JULY ISSUE failed to find over 600 of the 17,500 readers, and all for the want of a penny postcard giving us their NEW address. So if you move - let the spirit move you to tell us where. If your're planning ta move or have moved send us your new address. LAWTHER HALL, NEWEST WOMEN'S DORMITOR'I THE ALUMNUS IOWA STATE TE ACH ERS COLLEG E, CEDAR FALLS, IOWA "Cry Havoc" Thrills Audience ~lie CAMPUS TODAY Life in a Bataan underground air-raid shel ter was vividly "brought home" to Teachers College theater-goers, April 28 and 29, by the Enrollment Holds Its Own spring play, "Cry Havoc." LATEST TABULATIONS REVEAL that the en The all-women cast, under the direction of rollment for the summer quarter may equal or Miss Hazel B. Strayer, associate professor of exceed that of last summer. Figures at the end speech, scored a hit as it realistically portrayed of the second day of registration showed 806 the gallant volunteer nurses under fire on the students enrolled for 12 weeks as compared besieged peninsula. The situation and charac with 799 on the campus at the end of the first ters, having conflicting temperaments ranging day of school last summer. Since many of the from assured Doc to a quick-tempered Irish public schools were still in session when regis gal, were brought out as more important than tration began May 31, late enrollment was ex the plot. pected to be heavy. Complete with cement-like walls and pin-up Considerable additional registration was ex boys over the bunks, the set, designed by James pected for the 6-week session on June 19. Schaeffer, B.A. '42, contributed to the atmos With the 398 students enrolled in the three here of a bombshelter. branch summer schools at Mt. Ayr, Atlantic, and Estherville at the end of the first day, the Teachers College had a total of 1,204 students Play Conference Draws* 400 beginning their first week of studies. The The 13th annual Play Production Confer branch figure includes both the 6 and 12-week ence held here on the afternoon of April 29 sessions, smce they operate simultaneously at was attended by over four hundred people from these schools. all over the state. Though formerly an all-day conference, this Year's activities of registration, presentation Gove rnor Speaks to* Waves of the play, "Cry Havoc," and a tea in the Speaking to the graduating class of Wave Drama Shop were condensed into one after yeoman in the Auditorium May 1, Governor noon. Bourke B. Hickenlooper admonished each mem ber of the group to "never slacken in her duty, Number 3 for a whole campaign might be spoiled because Volume XXVIII July, 1944 of one person's mistake." THE ALUMNUS is entered as second class moil Training received while in the armed services, at the post office in Cedar Falls, Iowa, with the the governor pointed out, will help women to Iowa State Teachers College as owner of the meet the responsibilities they will face after the magazine. As such it is not forwordoble without extra cost . Without charge to alumni, 17,000 war as a result of their having a larger place in copies ore printed and distributed quarterly. Edi the changed political and economic system of torial and technical duties ore handled by the the country. Bureau of Publications. Preceding the graduation exercises, the Gov: George H. Holmes __ __ ________ __ __ __ _ Ed itor ernor reviewed the class of yeomen as they . Director, Bureau of Publications marched beneath a bright sun and cloudless Gladys Hass _ ___________ _____ _ Alumni News sky. Benjamin Boardman ______ _ _ Business Manager Big Names on Lecture Series all the devices known to feminine pulchritude Though last on the '43-'44 Lecture Concert to "stay feminine" for the fellow who expected series, Mona Paulee's concert April 20 was by it. "But why be elaborate among women?" no means the least offered during the year. Miss Paulee, one of the nation's leading No Fooling * mezzo-sopranos, is a member of the Metropoli "Starbeck Announces All-Coed Football tan Opera Company and came directly to T earn," "Explosion Rocks Campus - Prof. Teachers College from Ch1cago at the time of Getchell Missing," "Smoking Rules Are Re the opera company's engagement there. Besides laxed on Campus," "Commons Wages Raised her work in opera, she has sung frequently in to $1.25 per Hour." radio and concerts. Those were the headlines carried on the While on the campus Miss Paulee was in baby blue April Fool issue of THE CoLLEGE stalled as an honorary member of the local EYE. However, the four inner pages carried chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota, national honorary the caption, "You Can Believe This." Where professional music fraternity for women. do you think the article about the coeds "c0ld shouldering" the kaydets for studies was found? Stress Needs of Junior High School In a conference * held :it the college April 17, Librarian Anne Duncan* Dies twenty-one junior high school principals from Miss Anne Stuart Duncan, who served as the entire state met with members of the State head librarian at Teachers College for 30 years Department of Education and representatives having retired from public service only last of the faculty and administrative body here to September, died at her Cedar Falls home on discuss the problem of introducing into our col Tuesday, March 28, after an illness of several lege curriculum special courses for the training months. of junior high school teachers. Miss Duncan left a library five times the The group generally agreed that junior high size of the one she took over in 1913. teaching should be accorded equal standing Miss Marybelle McClelland, formerly ref er with teaching at any other level in the eyes of ence librarian who has been on the staff since the profession and the public. 1929, has succeeded Miss Duncan since her It was repeatedly brought out that junior resignation last fall. Miss Duncan's work is high teaching should emphasize guidance and discussed in full on another page of THE the pupil rather than subject matter, that more ALUMNUS. emphasis is needed on psychology of adoles cence , and that junior high teachers needed Students Combine *War Work, Studies four years of college training with a broad edu Several war-minded T . C. students met the cation in several fields rather than specializa plea to help relieve the labor shortage and are tion in one particular area. working in plants and offices in Cedar Falls and Waterloo. Men Abhor Slouchy *Slacks Some have found it possible to arrange their The "battle of the sexes" raged anew on the classes so that they have an entire morning or campus during the spring quarter (despite the afternoon free for work at the Viking Pump manpower shortage) with Joe Male attacking Co!<lpany of Cedar Falls, John Deere's and the coeds on a subject vital to all - their dress. Rath's in Waterloo. The encounter climaxed in a page of pro Others organize their schedules in order to and con oi,,inions complete with pictures in have their mealtimes free to help feed the army The College Eye. Joe Male carried the torch and navy units. Many Commons employees for feminimity while Betty Female stood firm give up a late weekend morning's sleep to be on for comfort in her mode of attire. However, duty at military breakfast time. she didn't hesitate to state that she would use ( Continued on page 1 2) Page Two THE ALUMNUS July Fifty-Year MedalistS- Eighteen m e mbers of the class of 1894 re ceived 50-yea r g old m edals from President Malcolm Price at t heir re union he ld on t he ca mpus June 6. Th e day's activit ie!i included a di nne r in the faculty dining room, a campanile concert, listenin g to t he recording of the voice of forme r Preside nt Hom£r H. Seerl ey, and the making of o recording of th e class singing, "Auld Lang Syne." Standing - le ft to right - Mrs. Maude Humphrey Palmer, M.Di., Waterloo; Mr. Michae l H . Thielsen, M.Di., Grund y Center; W. Wolter Wilsom, M.Di., '92, Traer; Orianna Wesche, B.Di., Spirit Lake; Erd ene Rose, B.Di., Cedar Falls; Mrs. Lu c ie Sm ith Ensign, M.Di., Iowa City; Ha rlin H . Hollis, B. Di. , Hud son; Groce Potwi n, B.Di., Inde pendence; Mrs.