Freedom of speech urged at Iowa City commencement by Flexner
Dr. Abraham Flexner urged freedom of expression and majority rule at the University of Iowa commencement. He told 5,000 attendees that opportunity remains despite hard times and praised untram meled speech as vital in America. He received an honorary doctor of letters as rain moved the ceremony to the university armory.
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Iowa City
Abraham Flexner
Princeton University Institute For Advanced Study
University of Iowa
Flexner
America
Dr. Flexner
Eugene A. Gilmore
W. R. Boyd
State Board of Education
Gilmore
Iowa Stadium
University Armory
High School Winners in Cornell Husk Final Issues
The Husk final issues of 1935-36 edited by Prof. Clyde Tull feature Midwest high school winners from the annual Cornell English club contest. Winners include Sonnets for the Young by Betty Lu Schoening and Riding in the Rain by Belva Richardson, with other student contributions from Shirley Weimer, Richard Pohl, Lillian Seidler, and more. Five Cornell students debut in the May issue, with poetry by Harriett Porter, Betty Lyon, and Eddie Shimano, short stories by Lenore Fliege and Louise Rich, and a tribute to Winifred Mayne Van Etten by Prof. Tull.
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Gazette
Mount Vernon
the Husk
Cornell College
Clyde Tull
Cornell English Club
Betty Lu Schoening
Minneapolis
Belva Richardson
Sioux City
Wilson
Stele Smith
Loraine Miller
Husk
Shirley Weimer
Richard Pohl
Wauwatosa
Wis
Lillian Seidler
Rockford, Ill
Joan Hazell
Winona, Minn
Margaret Burns
Chicago
Gladys Gaines
Chicago Heights
Ill
Helen Klingaman
Newton
Virginia Plennes
Milwaukee
H. Grove
Cedar Rapids
Franklin Senior High School
Cornell
Harriett Porter
Betty Lyon
Evanston, Il
Eddie Shimano
Seattle
I—Alpha and Omega. Short Stories By Lenore Fliege of Oquawka
Louise Rich
Lee, Ill
Winifred Mayne van Etten
Atlantic Monthly
May Husk
Prof
Tull
van Etten
Twins Lead Norway High Class in Scholastic Honors
Wallace Tow valedictorian and Jeanette Tow salutatorian of the 1936 Norway High School graduation. The twins, children of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Tow, received medals from the American Legion and are noted leaders in 4-H club work.
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Norway
Wallace
Jeanette Tow
Samuel Tow
Norway High School
American Legion
Williamsbur g delegation heads to Nashville and Cleveland
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Jones travel by auto to Nashville Tennessee for Ruth Jones graduation at Ward Belmont College. They will attend the national Republican convention in Cleveland as Mr. Jones is a delegate and visit Washington on the way home.
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Williamsburg
Ralph E. Jones
Nashville
Tenn
Ward- Belmont College
Ruth
Cleveland
Jones
Washington
Two New Members Join Daily Iowan Staff
IOWA CITY William Merritt of Fort Dodge is named assistant to the publisher and Donald J. Anderson of Iowa City is appointed advertising manager of the Daily Iowan. Merritt previously edited the paper last year while Anderson served on the advertising staff.
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Daily Iowan
Gazette
Iowa City
William Merritt
Fort Dodge
Donald J. Anderson
Fred M. Pownall
Merritt
Anderson
320 Graduates at State Teachers College Cedar Falls
Dr. C H Oldfather of the University of Nebraska gave the address as 320 students received degrees and diplomas at Iowa State Teachers College commencement in Cedar Falls. NE Iowa list includes Belle Plaine through Winthrop with names and degrees in elementary, B A, B S, or rural teaching roles.
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Cedar Falls
C. H. Oldfather
University of Nebraska
Iowa State Teachers College
Iowa
Belle Plaine
Edrie V. Adams
Blairstown
Carol I. Bruch
Brandon—S. Jeanette Briggs
Helen D. Hausner
Elaine Rouse
Gretchen Williams
Brooklyn
Edith E. Neff
Calamus
Carrie A. Olson
Cedar Rapids
Catherine Wise
Louise Neckville
Center Point
Lois L. Lanning
Clutter
Gladys H. Caslavka
Columbus Junction
Mildred L. Williams
Conrad
Ada M. Bueghly
DeWitt
Catherine E. Wallace
Earlville
Irma Hunt
Edgewood
Catherine L. Densmore
Elgin
Coronel Rothlisberger
Garwin
Audrey N. Hall
Gladbrook
Helen L. McDowall
B. A. Grinnell
Rachel E. Barns
Grundy Center
Ruth M. Hostetter
Cecil E. Hell
Hawkeye
Treva Carmichael
Hedrick
Mildred E Yoakum
Independence
Dorothy V. Winter
B. A
Maquoketa
Mary E. Hamilton
Marion
Elliott C. Hutton
B. S
Mechanicsville
Ella M. Kiehl
Monona
Helen Dorothea Hazlett
Montour
Norman Mikkelson
Mount Vernon
Doris A. Ellis
Bonnybel M. Kirkpatrick
McGregor
Elizabeth L. Trygg
Newhall
Helen M. Boddiker
Delwein Keith Thomas Smith
Eleanor M. Cade
Olin
E. Mae Felter
Postville
Martis E. Weihe
Reinbeck
Leila A. Miller
Spillville
Bernice H. Bernatz
Stanwood
Antoinette Walker
Strawberry Point
Wayne L. Barr
Toledo
Lucille M. Beem
Traer
Robert H. Henry
Laney L. Kroger
Great-Grandmother Earns Doctor of Letters at 81
Mrs. Lillian Hurlburt Gist of Cedar Falls, 81, received MacMurray College for Women’s Doctor of Letters. A 1875 graduate, she resumed studies at 79 at Claremont College and earned a Master of Arts last year in classics and philosophy. Her late-life scholarly path followed raising eleven children and supporting her minister husband and college professor.
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Jacksonville
Ill
MacMurray College For
Agnes Samuelson
Shenandoah
Iowa
W. W. Gist
Iowa State Teachers College
North Liberty youth wins University of Iowa scholarship
The University of Iowa announced five scholarships totaling 1100. Robert J. Adams of North Liberty receives the 500 Sanday graduate scholarship. Law scholarships of 150 go to Wilbur Dull Greenfield John E. McCracken Thornburg Richard Matson Sioux City Howard Remley Anamosa and George Van Allen Pleasant junior law student.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Robert J. Adams
North Liberty
Sanday
Wilbur Dull
Greenfield
John E. McCracken
Thornburg
Richard Matson
Sioux City
Howard Remley
Anamosa
George van Allen
Ig Pleasant
Law Stuent
State Liable for City Highway Bills
The state highway commission may fund city street paving as state highways run through towns. Administrative engineer C Coykendall said funds limit cooperation, with $15.5 million annual revenue and major bond and maintenance costs. Last year the commission spent $342,756 in cities and towns plus $342,756 on city streets tied to state routes. A Bloomfield delegation urged new paving on thirteen blocks, seen as just.
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AMES
INS
State Highway Commission
C. Coykendall
Coykendall
State Commission
Highway Commission
Commission
Bloomfield
Herring
Neighbors Hurt in Separate Accidents Near Greeley
In two crashes near Greeley two farm families the Olsons and the McMahons were injured. The Olson car rolled after a speeding driver forced it off a gravel road and the McMahon vehicle was broadside and overturned as it entered a farm yard. Seven people were hurt including Mr Olson with possible internal injuries and Mrs Olson in shock.
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Greeley
Peter Olson
Bert McMahon
Olson
McMahon
Harold
High School Pupils Begin Brain Derby in Iowa City
Nearly half of 1 062 candidates started exams for Iowa s high school intelligence championships at noon. The brain derby tests, part of a 17 examination program lasting 1 hour 50 minutes, continue Tuesday with subjects including economics American government English correctness and Latin. qualific
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa College of Education
Child Drowns in Stock Watering Tank Near Eagle Center
Beverly Ann Jacobsen two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs S M Jacobsen living on a farm south of Eagle Center was drowned in a stock watering tank Sunday in La Porte City AP report.
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LA Porte City
Beverly Ann Jacobsen
S. M. Jacobsen
Eagle Center
Iowa Highway Toll Reaches 154 for 1936 Year
The death of Mrs. Edward S. Gay, 37, of Des Moines, raised Iowa’s 1936 highway toll to 154. Two other fatalities occurred over the weekend: Robert Hodgins, 48, in Des Moines. Kristian Larson, 41, Osage. and James Krogh, 26, Cedar Falls, with Krogh dying in a Sumner area crash and Larson in Osage.
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Edward S. Gay
Des Moines
Iowa
Gay
Robert Hodgins
Kristian Larson
Osage
James Krogh
Cedar Falls
Krogh
Sumner
Larson
Hale Rummell, Olin merchant, dies at 59
Hale Rummell a Hale merchant died here Sunday of heart disease at age 59. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist church in Olin, his former home. He ran a local grocery for ten years and was born in Olin. he married Maude Walker in 1918.
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Blairstown
Clarisa Mayhew
Mabel Miner
John Burrows
Belle Plaine
Clarisa Miner
Hiram Miner
Spirit Lake
Osander Mayhew
Mayhew
Fred Kern
Jesse Mettler
Alburnett
Charles Laman
Tom Miner
Floyd Miner
Keystone
Oscar Miner
William Curtis
Elmer Mayhew
Watkins
Ella Powers
Sumner
Merle Mayhew
Vinton
R. L. Howell
Mound Cemetery
Mount Auburn
C. V. Chrisopher
Christopher
George Lormor
Gerald Lee
Waterloo
William Christopher
la Porte
Ed Ellsworth
H. J. Peers
Mount Auurn
Grand Mound
William Grage
Arnold Kracht
Edward
Rock Island
William Singelman
Anna Jensen
Rockford
Pete Blunck
Henry Bloom
Redmond Walrod
California
Methodist Church
W. D. Bostrom
Hawkeye
Lydia Schmidt
Joseph Schmidt
Center Township
Fayette County
Methodist
F. Cass
Hale
Roy C. Rummell
Hale Merchant
Olin
Rummell
Maude Walker
Nursing Director to Speak at National Nurses Meeting in Los Angeles
Miss Helen Willis, nursing director at the psychopathic hospital in Iowa City, is invited to present at the American Nurses Association biennial convention in Los Angeles from June 22 to 26. A 1918 Central Maine General graduate and 1932 Western Reserve alumna, she earned a Johns Hopkins psychiatric nursing certificate in 1921 and organized the Cleveland hospital’s psychiatric unit before moving to Iowa in 1932.
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Iowa City
Helen Willis
Psychopathic Hospital
American Nurses’ Association
Los Angeles
Calif
Miss Willis
Central Maine General Hospital
Western Reserve University
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Cleveland
Ohio
Iowa
Willis
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Theo. Rottman
M. St. Ann
M. Casmir
St. Patrick’s Convent
Lepha Blackwell
LaVerna Dahnk
Amelia Lipsius
Gail Stockton
Kathleen McGivern
Regina Steele
Kathleen Franey
J. H. Shipton
Wiley Whitehead
Virginia Bridge
Chillacothe
Business College
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James Bell
John Albers
Wayne Gulick
Fred Riley
Edwin Hill
Harold Chambers
Ivan Pollock
Marjorie Wiese
Stella Welton
Ralph Schlotfelt
Hopkinton — High School
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H. E. Morrow
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Mervin Blanchard
Lois Marolt
Dale Allen
Paul Ferguson
Erma Gillilan
Rachel Glanz
Charles Glanz
Arthur Kelly
Wendell Kirkwood
Foster McNeill
Vera Pierce
Hilabeth Reeve
Russell Saunders
Lester Stock
Lloyd Wilson
Cascade
St. Mary’s Church
Alberta Nevens
Bernard Davis
J. B. Albers
Nicholas Neiers
Bobby Devaney
L. J. Green
Frederick Neiers
Jay Nevens
Robert Kremer
Anna Ne
John F. Davis
St. Martin’s High School
Alvina Otting
Wisconsin
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Davis Farm
West Union
Virgil E. Welch
Upper Iowa University
W. H. Antes
Board of Education
L. A. Steger
Lavern Alcorn
Kenneth Anderson
Horace Barnhouse
Raymond Blockhus
Robert Barrett
Keith Granger
Elden Hjelmeng
Robert House
Eugene Michel
Leslie Nesvick
Gordon Peterson
Milton Pixier
Walter Pratt
Roger Reeder
Wesley Schreiner
Bill Wright
Myra Jean Clark
Ruth Crain
Helen Fritz
Louise Grimes
Donna Maxine Lane
Roxena Lohr
Virgie Mosby
Betty Northrop
Belva Olson
Mary Rolfes
Dorothy Sturn
Betty Jean Sullivan
Arlene Walvatne
Mary Wilbur
Barbara Wright
Eva Woodson
Decorah
Madison Lutheran Church
Esther Tveter
Martin Tveter
Madison Township
Donald Stoddard
Edward Stoddard
Martinus B. Quill
Gladys Aselson
Manchester
Minn
Robert Stoddard
Mrs. Stoddard
Mr. Stoddard
Hilla and Stoskopf
First Ave
Kneip Markets
DIAL
Wendell J. Rider
Marcia E. Traer
Walker
Catherine L. Jacobs
Wapello
Josephine Cover
Merle R. Cannon
Margot Musser
Leona Plumb
Pauline B. Engelman
Viola E. Kelting
Annabelle M. Holden
Dorothy W. James
Winthrop—Harvey Smith
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Brain Derby
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