Iowa University 100th commencement honors 1250 graduates
The Iowa University first commencement in 1856 listed 59 men and 48 women with six graduates. This year 1250 graduates received degrees, Dexter Edson Smith of Jews City earned the first modern degree, and five others received diplomas from the formal department. Francis Wilcox urged higher pay for teachers while contrasting Soviet education and American spending. Wilcox, a 1930 BA, 1931 AM, and 1933 PhD holder, warned against anti intellectualism and called for greater recognition of educators.
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Efficiency Gains Expand Liquor Commission Operations
The State Liquor Commission reports higher volume and sales with fewer workers after a 1938 efficiency study. January revenue rose to 2,576,032 and April sales reached 2,854,855. staff at stores dropped from 622 a year earlier to 305 by April, while liquor gallons sold slightly increased.
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Commencement Address Opens Reunion Weekend at SUS
President Virgil M Hancher urged graduates the university suits the scene for men to meet today's challenges. He spoke of life of the mind and the power to shape a new heaven or hell. Alumni return for Jahnsi reunion weekend with campus tours and events ending with James Van Allen talk.
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Iowa Regents Warn 20 Percent of Iowa College Buildings Faulty
Arthur Walsh of the State Board of Regents reports 20 percent of classroom and lab buildings at Iowa State University Iowa State Teachers College and the University of Iowa are hazardous or obsolete. He tells educators at the Iowa junior college workshop that decades of underfunding have left campuses under maintained and urges support for a long range financing plan with a 60 percent bond threshold for general school bonds.
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East Jowans Receive Service Commissions
Forty nine army and air force ROTC cadets at the University of Iowa were commissioned as second lieutenants Friday morning during spring commencement exercises. Recipients include Arnold Prosser Thames Shaheen Robert J Wyler Rolyn J Bandh Charles McComas David Kechmarje Ferald B Lambert Wolford Northup Rochau Brenholdt with hometowns Cedar Rapids Homestead Iowa City Maquoketa Newhall Sigourney Vinton Wellman.
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Reports Circulate on Lainson Retirement Talk
Reports resurfaced at the State Board of Control meeting that Percy Lainson, Iowa Penitentiary Fort Madison warden, may retire this year. Lainson offered no retirement comments, but board officials skeptically viewed a fall decision. The board approved a policy banning outside jobs for doctors and other professionals at state institutions and discussed a Tremvyell plan letting psychiatrists treat inmates in prisons.
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Medical students honored at UI Convocation
Iowa City The University of Iowa convocation honored 20 top medical students with scholarships and awards including the Warken Farmer and George Ojemann memorials. A student, Howard Hogshead of Hudson, died when a tree he was chopping fell, his body found south of here.
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