University of Northern Iowa UNI ScholarWorks The Alumni News Letter UNI Alumni Association 1-1-1921 The Alumni News Letter, v5n1, January 1, 1921 Iowa State Teachers College Let us know how access to this document benefits ouy Copyright ©1921 Iowa State Teachers College Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/alumniletternews Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Iowa State Teachers College, "The Alumni News Letter, v5n1, January 1, 1921" (1921). The Alumni News Letter. 13. https://scholarworks.uni.edu/alumniletternews/13 This Newsletter 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 Alumni News Letter by an authorized administrator of UNI ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Alumni News Letter IOWA ST ATE TEACHERS COLLEGE VOL. V. CEDAR FALLS, IOWA, JANUARY 1, 1921. No.1 GENERAL with a score of 14 to O in favor of the 30, 1920, dosed the recruiting of the Home Coming Day- October 30, Teachers College. In the evening class of 1920, when the following 1920, was assigned to the Studeruts occurred the all •schiool party at which number received thei!r diplomas: and the Alumni as the first annual joy and pleasure reigned supreme Critic Teacher , 1; Teacher of Rural home coming celebration. It began until the closing hour, eleven o'clock . Schools, 4; Commercial Education, with a preliminary meeting of the The Student Cou rucil is a strong, ef­ 1; Home Economics Education, 2; S'tudents the night before in a " pep" fective organization and together Manual Arts Education, 1; Kiruder­ meeting. The program in general with the Sponsors selected from the garten Education, 1; Primary Educa­ consisted of Mass Meeting at 9: 00 a . Faculty, have given an administration tion, 5; The J unior College Diploma, m. at which time brief addr esses were to the social activities of the College 13; Bachelor of Arts in Educati-on, 6. miade by Presiderut Seerley r epresent­ that deserves the h ighest commenda­ Total, 34. The section would have ing the Faculty, Milton Methfessel tion. been larger had school boal'dJs not per­ representing the s tudents and George Athletics- The Hawkeye Confer- suaded the candidates to Ieave before •================================• THE FOOT BALL TEAM, 1920 •===============================• Vernon Orr, 1908-1910, W aterloo, ence w~s r,eorganized Monday, No­ t hey graduated by offering unusual representing the Alumni. There were vember 29, 1920, by the attendan ce salaries for such early appointment. music, songs and yells and much en­ at Cedar Falls of representatives from 'l'he National Education As.sociation thusiasm to add to the s,pirit. Then Iowa State Teachers College, BuenJa will be held early in July, 1921, at at noon occurred the home comi111g Vista Colleg,e, Ellsworth College, Des Moin,es, Iowa, giving Iowa teach­ dinner participated in by all und·er Lenox College, Upper Iowa Univer­ ers and thiose of the Northern Missis­ the management of the Student Coun­ sity and Columbia College. Ivan si'ppi Valley an unusual opportunity cil, the alumni being guests of the Doser!', of Teachers College, was to a ttend this great educational con­ students by assignment to the various elected Pres<id'ent, Glenn C. Smith, ot vention. classes for their entertainment. In Ellsworth College, Secretary, and C. Lecture Committee - Professom the a fternoon occurred the football H. Bailey, I. S. T. C. , Chairman of Leslie I. Reed, J. B. Paul and John g;ame between the Teachers College Faculty Committee. Barne s ar,e managing the Entertain­ team and the Parsows College team Fall Tenn Graduates- November ment Course and Moving Picture Programs this year. The Course of­ $250.00 to foreign work, $170.00 for to o btai,n one of these students must fered this year consists o f Frances speakers. have a net speed of from 40 to 55 Ingram, Contra1to; Benno Moisei­ Athletic Coach - The Athletic words a minute. Misses Vesta Rugg, wlt11ch, Pianist; Zoellner Quartet, Board secured the services ,of Dr. F. Claire Jewell, Alice Rodgers and Stringed instruments; Maude Balllng­ E. Powers, a practicing physician of Ardis Swords each won a gold medal ton-Booth, Lectur,er; John Drin,k­ Cedar Falls to assist in coaching the and an •engraved certificate. Students water, Lecture recitals; Ralph Dennis, football squad durin,g the fall term. awarded these prizes are required to Lecturer; Sydney Thompson, Reader. He was a former member of teams have a net speed of 55 words a This couirse will cost $2,500.00 as ex­ at Iowa, St. Loui-s Un,iversity and minute. penses go this, year and has giv•en the Creighton. The Iowa State School Board Asso­ best of •satisfaction. Mrs. Elizabeth Detached Service--The Finance ciation--'The school boards of Iowa Burney-Schmidt is an advis-ory mem­ Committee of t he Iowa State Board held their first annual meeting No­ ber of the committee. of Education h a.is approved a plan for vember 18, 1920, at The Chamber­ Student Volun.tecrs-The students detached service for the retiring lain Hotel at Des Moines, Iowa. Ad­ pl.e dged to undertak•e missionary members o f the Faculty who have d•resses were- given by State Superin­ work in some fi eld' as soon as pre­ spent twenty-five years or more of tendent P. E . McClenahan on School pare d are this year Jennie McCuskey, their lives in the d epartments of the Board Problems and by Professor Ames; Ma-rl-on Palmer, Emmetsburg; Teachers College•. This plan will Macy Campbell, of the Iowa State Marie Cline, Marion; Hazel Wetter, assign them certain duties connected Teachers College, on Facts and Rocle Falls; Anna Sauter, George; with .the institution that are mutual­ Figures in Consolidation. Gaylord Archer, Troy; Marcia New­ ly agreeable and· wm pay them pro The Cedar Falls Playground Aisso­ ton, Ruby Stone and Mildred Newton, rata for the ·ruumber of days such cia.tion m.anages a city play,ground Cedar Falla. service is given. With the large between 15th and 16th Sts. on Clay that is we11 patronized and much ap­ The Consolidated School-D€cem• development of the division of exten­ sion and the expansion in other lines preciated by the children ot that part ber !i and 10, 1920, occurred the Iowa of the city. M.rs. Robert Santee Cousolidated School Conference at or activity thes'e older memben; re­ main in the Faculty and continue the (!\far~, E,irdsall, 1898) and Mrs. Wil­ Cedar Falls. This an'Il!ual conference liam C. Nuhn, (Anna Rall, 1894) are is held under the joint auspices of the amount of work and ireceive the com­ pensatio rn t hat their assignments two of the active members of the Department of Public Instruction and Board, Mrs. Santee being President. of the Iowa State Teachers Collrege. grant. Prof. John Ross Frampton, piano At the last annual m eeting Monica It gives an opportunity for the school R. Wild, 1911-1912, assistant head boards, the superintend,ents and the and organ instructor, presented in recital for both instruments Miss of the department of Physical Educa­ teachers of these schools to have an­ tion at the Teachers College, was nual review and discrnssion of the Esther Bley, ot Oedar Falls at the College Auditorium, October 7, 1920. electe d as a member. This playground problems and plans and special I)eeds was the gift of Hon. H. C. Hemen­ of this new kind of a rural school Her ,program consisted of piano num­ bers from ]3/ach, St. Saen's, Grieg, way, former pres-ident of the first which is •reaching a total ot-five hun­ board that organized the Iowa State dred and has extended and improved Zucca, Henselt, and Paderewsky, and number from Dett, Gallearts Normal S chool-the present Teach­ rura l education more t han all other ot •organ ers College. plans of the last fifty years combined. and Widor. The r eci.tal wa,s a credit to both teacher and student and· was The Football T~m for this year There are more important education­ had the following record: al opportunities in this kind of a highly complimented by those who school thian there are TI/OW in the cit­ are quaJ.ified to decide. I. S. T. C. 0-Coe 10. ies and towns of the state. Consolidated School Boards-At I. S. T. C . 14-Buena Vista 0. Debating-"Resolved that t he Fed­ the Consolidated School Conference I. S. T. C. 21-Penn 0. eral Government should enact legi~ held at the College, December 9 a nrl I. S. T. C. 21-Upper Iowa 0. lation embodying the principleis of 10, 1920, the members of the school I . S. T. C. 14-Parsons 0. the Kansa,s law providing for a settle­ boards in attendance perfected an or­ I. S. T. C. 30-Ellsworth 14. ment of industrial disputes" was dis­ ganization, electing for the first year I. S. T. C. 14--Col'llmbia 14. cussed in the annual tri-angulair de­ Charles E. Hearst, President of the I. S. T. C. 0- Des Moines 7. bate betweew Morningside, Simpson Board of the Ideal Consolidated The Normal Training Conference-­ and the Iowa State Teachers College, School District, Southwest of Cedar October 11 and 12, 1920, were the Friday ,evening, December 3. The Falls. It is the pla n to have an an­ dates f,or the High School Normal three negat ive teams debated from nual conference in connection with Training Conference held under the the p"latforms of their opponents with the Consolidated Sch•ool Superintend­ auspices ot the Teachers College and Simpson at Morningside ; Teachers ents Conference, n.ow held for the conducted by the Department of Pub­ College at Simpson and Morningside fourth ye,a.r, and get the benefit of lic Instruction, M.