(cover) NEMOSCOPE SPECIAL ISSUE News of K.S.T.C. Alumni (page 2) PAGE 2 NEMOSCOPE SPECIAL ISSUE The State Teachers College Raises Professional Standards for Teachers The hour is at hand when those colleges established for the purpose of educating teachers must seriously consider raising their academic standards to a comparable position analogous with those of other professional colleges. The Northeast Missouri State Teachers College has taken definite steps to raise the professional standards and requirements for those wishing to become teachers. We feel that this step is imperative, but it should be considered as only a start in the long road at the Missouri State Teachers College to raise the standards of the teaching profession. The Teachers College has already taken steps to raise its standards for those wishing to receive the Bachelor of Science in Education degree with a life certificate to teach in the public schools of our state. No one will be considered as a candidate for the Bachelor of Science in Education degree who does not have a 1.2 honor-point ratio at the time of completing 135 semester hours of credit. No student will be permitted to enroll in any course in education unless he has a point-hour ratio of 1.2 or better. Those students who attain a total of seventy-five semester hours of acceptable credit without a 1.2 honor-point ratio may not thereafter become a candidate for the Bachelor of Science in Education degree nor take courses in education in this College. This new regulation means that the requirement for the professional degree, Bachelor of Science in Education that carries with it a life certificate to teach, has been raised from a point-hour ratio of 1.1 to a point-hour ratio of 1.2. For those who wish a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Science, or a Bachelor of Music degree, the regulations have not changed. An honor-point ratio of 1.0 is required. This new regulation in scholarship simply means that your College is requiring a higher standard of scholarship for those who receive a professional degree, Bachelor of Science in Education, than for those who receive a non-professional degree such as the Bachelor of Science, the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Music. The The new regulation becomes effective September 1, 1959, but will not raise requirements for persons who have sixty-four or more semester hours of credit on record at that date. Your College is interested in constantly improving the scholarship of those on whom it confers the professional degree, Bachelor of Science in Education. Higher standards make the degree more valuable to those who attain it. No college ever built a great reputation on inferior scholarship. As Joseph Baldwin pointed out a few years ago, "Thorough scholastic training lies at the foundation of a teacher's education." WALTER H. RYLE, President. [photo caption] Walter H. Ryle Dr. Walter H. Ryle, educator, administrator and historian, was named as the seventh president of the Northeast Missouri State Teachers College on August 31, 1937, following the death of President Eugene Fair earlier that month. During his presidency, the Teachers College has experienced its greatest growth; and due to the President's unswerving demand for the best in teaching, the academic, standing of the faculty has improved year by year. The Teachers College has grown in enrollment, curriculum and facilities with five major buildings just completed on the campus. A native of Randolph County, Dr. Ryle entered the First District Normal School, now the Teachers College, in September of 1913 and received the elementary certificate, the 90 hour diploma and the Bachelor of Science in Education degree from the College. He holds the Master's and the Ph.D. degrees from George Peabody College for Teachers. President Ryle had a distinguished career in classroom teaching and school administration in several Northeast Missouri school systems before joining the faculty of the Teachers College in 1928 as professor of social science. He is the author of three books and a number of other articles and publications. He is an active member in a number of professional, honorary and civic organizations. Alumni and friends of Dr. Ryle and the Teachers College honored him with a banquet on October 17, 1957, celebrating his 20th anniversary as president of the College. Alumni Club Elects Officers Varrel Ted Lemen was elected president of the Graduate Alumni Club at the annual spring banquet held in the Brewer Hall dining room on April 6. Other officers include Leland Easterday, Brookfield, vice-president and Mattie Faye Bramblet, Hannibal, secretary-treasurer. President Lemen is the Superintendent of Schools at the North Harrison R-3 School in Eagleville. He received the Bachelor of Science in Education degree in 1955 and the Master's degree in 1957. His undergraduate work was in history while his graduate work was in city school administration. Mr. Easterday received the Bachelor of Science in Education degree in 1954 and theMaster's degree in 1957; Mrs. Bramblet received the Bachelor of Science in Education degree in 1952 and the Master's degree in 1954. The annual banquet featured an address by President Walter H. Ryle on the subject of "Standards in Teacher Education." Some 95 members of the club attended the dinner. The Cover Picture Members of the Philippine Alumni Association include from left to right, seated, Remedios Graza, Ester Melegrito, Emperatriz S. Tensuan, Fern n Harrington, Adriana Ramos Maria Edralin, and Mrs. Ninta Miranda. Standing from left to right are Rufino Chungaiao, Eulogio Dizon, and Telesforo N. Boquiren. THE NEMOSCOPE VOLUME VII SPECIAL ISSUE NUMBER 4 (page 3) SPECIAL ISSUE NEMOSCOPE PAGE 3 A Word From the Alumni Secretary . . . Many hours of work and pleasure have been spent in the preparation of this first special Alumni Issue of the Nemoscope, and I sincerely hope that you as an alumnus enjoy hearing from your alma mater and your fellow graduates. Only a small percentage of the thousands of graduates of the Teachers College can be mentioned in such a publication, but we have tried to bring you up to date on a few members of each class from 1900 on through the years. Plans are to publish an alumni issue every few months, and your class mates and friends would like to hear from you, so please forward current information on yourself to the Alumni Office. Suggestions for the improvement of the issue will also be welcomed so feel free to send any along. I hope that you will always keep the Alumni Office informed of your current mailing address and occupation so that our alumni records can be kept accurate thus creating a closer relationship between you and your alma mater. Sincerely, R. RUSSELL HARRISON '55 Alumni Secretary ALUMNI NEWS 1901 . . . Susan Nicholas Dunnington, now resides at 2307 S. Campbell Rd., in Springfield, Missouri. Mrs. Dunnington taught for several years at the Ivirksville High School following her graduation from the Normal School. Her husband, Dr. B. L. Dunnington, died in 1945. Edna Baker Dralle, is now retired and makes her home at 2302 Sixth St., in Sanger, California. Mrs. Dralle taught for a number of years. Elmer A. McKay is now retired from the teaching profession and he and Mrs. McKay, the former Mary Asberry, live at 714 Maryland, in Columbia. 1902 . . . T. W. Imbler is actively engaged in farming on his farm located near Kirksville. His mailing address is Rural Route Four, Kirksville. Bertha Evans McCartney is at home at 1111 S. Josephine in Denver 10, Colorado. Her husband, an electrical engineer, died in June of 1948. Maud Kennen Waddock, is now living at 5799 McPherson in St. Louis. Mr. Waddock passed away several years ago. 1903 . . . Ray Barker is now retired and resides at 805 S. Franklin in Kirksville. Mr. Barker taught for ten years after graduating and did office work for a number of years. Grover C. Allen, owns and operates a chemical laboratory in Kansas City. He resides at 3624 Chestnut in Kansas City. Clara Blackwell taught for some 46 years including 37 years in the Kansas City Public Schools before retiring in 1953. Her address is 9423 Independence Ave., Kansas City. 1904 . . . DeEtta Broadbent Garlock retired in 1958 after a long teaching career, having taught for a number of years in Joplin. Her address is 527 N. Wall in Joplin. Margaret Brewer McKasson is now retired and resides at 104 N. New in Kirksville. Mrs. McKasson was secretary to the superintendent of schools in Kirksville, for a number of years. Dr. Ida Adele Jewett retired from teaching in 1958, after a long and distinguished career. Dr. Jewett served on the faculties of the Teachers College, the University of Missouri, and Columbia University. She is nationally known for her writings in the field of English. Her address is 520 W. 122nd. St., New York 27, New York. 1905 . . . Dr. Virgil E. Dickson recently retired from the teaching profession and resides at 2726 Elmwood Ave., in Berkeley, California. Dr. Dickson served as a classroom teacher, principal, and superintendent at a number of western schools during his career. Elbert M. Dorsey retired several years ago from his occupation as ticket clerk for the Northern Pacific Railroad and resides at 111 S. Union St. in Walla Walla, Washington. He taught for a number of years following his graduation. Carl C. Eisiminger is an active farmer and stockman residing near Bolchow, Missouri. Mr. Eisiminger taught for several years before turning to farming. 1906 . . . Ava Zea Finegan Gaberdiel owns and operates a small cabin camp near Sylvia, Kansas. Mrs. Gaberdiel taught for a number of years following her graduation. F. B. Nance now retired from teaching resides at 4400 Washington Rd. in West Palm Beach, Florida. Mr. Nance owns a trucking farm in the Everglades region of Florida. Floyd C. Shoemaker is Secretary, Librarian and Editor of the State Historical Society of Missouri with headquarters at Columbia. Mr. Shoemaker, the author of a number of publications, joined the staff of the Society in 1910. 1907 . . . Vera Finegan Williams now resides at 8225 St. Lawrence Ave., in Chicago, Illinois. Mrs. Williams is a former member of the Teachers College faculty and taught in high schools in the Middle West for a number of years. Edna McKenzie Tucker is now living at 403 Sixth Ave. So., in nampa, Idaho. Her husband, L. S. Tucker, died several years ago. Arleigh P. Shibley has retired after a long career as a classroom teacher and school administrator. Mr. and Mrs. Shibley, the former Effie Pearl Enyear, 1908, now reside at 4343 Fifty-first St., in San Diego, California 1908 . . . Elton Lewis Marshall is a member of the law firm of Watson, Ess, Marshall, and Enggas of Kansas City. His address is 4618 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City. Mr. Marshall taught for several years before receiving his law degree in 1915. George H. Jamison has retired from the mathematics faculty of the State Teachers College. He is Director of the College Travel Bureau and conducts tours all over the world for the College. Mr. Jamison resides at 807 S. Halliburton in Kirksville. Warner Mills is president of the National Bank of Kirksville and quite (page 4) PAGE 4 NEMOSCOPE SPECIAL ISSUE active in the civic organizations and projects of the city. Mr. Mills resides at 315 E. Harrison St., in Kirksville. 1909 . . . George E. McFadden is living at Charleston, Missouri. He taught social science and science at Anniston, Missouri, before his retirement several years ago. Harvey L. McWilliams lives at 1616 Mon roe Street in Hollywood, Florida. Mr. McWilliams attended the University of Wisconsin and the University of Illinois following his graduation from the Teachers College. James E. Baltzell resides at 715 East 128th Street, Tacoma, Washington. Mr. Baltzell taught in the Lutheran Girls College in Tacoma prior to his retirement. 1910 . . . Dr. Ross C. Allen, 1910, is an active dentist with offices in the I.O.O.F. Building in Kirksville. He and Mrs. Allen reside at 316 South Mulanix in Kirksville. Elsie Fish Blackhurst is an elementary teacher in the St. Charles Public Schools and resides at 911 Kingshighway, St. Charles, Missouri. Eunice Wattenbarger Hiller lives in Tucson, Arizona. She has had a long and active teaching career including several years as a member of the faculty of the State Normal School at Emporia, Kansas. 1911 . . . Dessy Daugherty Ransom is librarian at the public library in Payette, Idaho. Mrs. Ransom taught music in Idaho before accepting the post at the library. Clyde A. Dorsey is a realtor in Monterey, California. His address is 91 Rio Road, Carmel, California. Clive M. Finegan is a Certified Public Accountant with offices in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Finegan was a teacher for a number of years before beginning his present work. S. T. Frazier is pastor of the Sugar Creek Methodist Church in Kansas City. Mr. and Mrs. Frazier reside at 1715 Overton, Kansas City, Missouri. 1912 . . . George V. Baskett is a mortician and furniture dealer at Wyaconda, Missouri. Mr. Baskett was Superintendent of Schools at Wyaconda for several years. Sylva Browne is a member of the library staff at the Teachers College. Miss Browne resides at 608 East Patterson in Kirksville. Walter B. Fell is a retired school administrator now engaged in the real estate and insurance business. His mailing address is 320 East Court, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Frances E. Nance has retired from the teaching profession and now resides in Pattonsburg, Missouri. Miss Nance has made several tours of Europe and is the publisher of ten brochures entitled "Homes of the World." 1913 . . . Eunice Adams Gentry Grassle formerly taught Latin in the Santa Ana, California, city system. She holds the Master's degree from the University of California. On December 4, 1958, she and F. Karl Grassle, also a 1913 alumnus, were married at Santa Ana. He has retired after 42 years with the Bank of America. Pearle Netherton is a first grade teacher in the Kansas City Public Schools. She holds the Master's degree from the University of Kansas City. Wayne R. Fuller is Director of Research for the Grand Rapids Varnish Corporation in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller reside at 814 Gladstone Drive, Grand Rapids. Mary Kirk Newcomb is a housewife in Jacksonville, Illinois, where her husband, Dr. Warner Newcomb, is a physician. 1914 . . . James B. Rogers is an oil dealer in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers live at 1506 Wilshire Boulevard. Leota Eubanks Hayward now resides at Plattsburg, Missouri. The Haywards have two daughters. Marion Gardner Jayne is a housewife living in Kirksville, where her husband, E. M. Jayne, is an attorney. 1915 . . . John G. Farmer is an insurance agent in Vermillion, South Dakota. He holds the Master's degree from Columbia University and is married and has three children. Orlando C. Corbin is a branch manager for the National Cash Register Company in Miami, Florida. Frankie Gentry King retired from elementary teaching in 1958 and now resides at 421 North Main, Santa Ana, California. She had taught for a number of years. Nellie Myers Calhoun retired from teaching in 1958 and resides in Norco, California. She has done graduate study at the Flagstaff, Arizona Teachers College and at San Francisco Teachers College. 1916 . . . David E. Neale is Southwestern Manager of Lyons & Carnahan. He and his wife reside in Dallas, Texas. They have three children. Lena Newmyer Jones resides at 804 Jackson in Macon. Her husband, Paul [photo caption] The Beautiful College Auditorium (page 5) SPECIAL ISSUE NEMOSCOPE PAGE 5 Jones, is president of the Macon-Atlanta State Bank. Roy T. Neff operates a farm near Shelbina, Missouri. He was a class room teacher and school administrator for a number of years. 1917 . . . Katherine Andrews lives at 418 North Rubey, Macon, Missouri. She received the Master's degree from Columbia University Teachers College and taught several years before her retirement. Lucille Van Pelt Sorensen is teaching social science in Brunswick, Missouri. She has attended the University of Chicago, University of Missouri, University of Manitoba and Mexico City College since she graduated from the Teachers College. Dr. Arthur Reed is an Osteopathic Physician in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His mailing address is 212 Pythian Building, Tulsa. 1918 . . . Gertrude Thale is head of the science department, Little Rock High School. She holds the Master's degree from the University of Arkansas. Her home address is 623 Rock Street, Little Rock, Arkansas. Georgia Tatum resides at 101 South 17th Street, Blue Springs, Missouri. She retired in 1955 after holding the position of Professor of History in the Mississippi Delta State Teachers College in Cleveland, Mississippi, for twenty-nine years. 1919 . . . Marvin F. Beach is Superintendent of Schools at Armstrong, Missouri, where he was a member of the mathematics faculty for several years before being elected to the superintendency in 1958. Dr. Richard H. DeWitt is an Osteopathic Physician with offices in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Dr. and Mrs. DeWitt reside at 814 Market in Parkersburg. Lloyd J. Graham is an insurance agent with offices in Berkeley, California. Mr. Graham taught in the public schools of Northeast Missouri for a number of years. Herman G. Hayes is the owner and operator of Hayes Furniture and Upholstering Co., in Twin Falls, Idaho. Mr. Hayes also taught in Missouri and Idaho for several years following his graduation. Dr. Zoa Ruth Musick is a member of the faculty of Fairmont State College in Fairmont, West Virginia. She holds the Master's degree from the University of Iowa and the Ph.D. degree in English from Columbia University. 1920 . . . Wilmer K. Armstrong operates a farm near Unionville, Missouri. His mailing address is Route 4, Unionville. Mr. Armstrong was a school administrator for a number of years following his graduation. George W. Davis is a physical science teacher in a high school in Des Moines, Iowa. He will retire from the teaching profession in June of 1959. John H. Haferkamp is Iowa State Salesmanager for Capper Publications, Inc., with headquarters in Cedar Falls, Iowa. His address is 815 Main St. in Cedar Falls. Dr. Louis Unfer is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Illinois in Champaign. He holds the Ph.D. degree from the University of Illinois. 1921 . . . Harvey H. Alderson is Promotion Superintendent of Ben Franklin Stores with offices at 4122 Utah, St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Alderson joined the firm in 1940. Mary R. Grubbs is commercial teacher at Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri. She holds the Master's degree in Education from Columbia University. Dr. Eugene M. Sparling is an Osteopathic Physician at Hot Springs, Arkansas. He is married and has four children and resides on Rural Route 5, Hot Springs. 1922 . . . Berenice Beggs retired in 1958, from the faculty of the State Teachers College in Kirksville. Miss Beggs had served as Assistant Professor of English Education for a number of years. She now resides at 900 W. Reed St. in Moberly. Matilda Mahaffey Elsea now resides at 728 Benson in Moberly. Mrs. Elsea is the author of thirteen text books and the editor of several others. She holds the Master's degree from George Peabody College for Teachers. Frank L. France is head of the industrial arts department of Roseburg public schools in Roseburg, Oregon. His address is 633 Bellview Ave. in Roseburg. Willard Goslin is Professor of Education at the George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, Tennessee. He was Superintendent of Schools in Pasadena, California, before joining the college faculty. Ila Maude Kite is chairman of the English department of Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri. She resides at 5050 Oak St. in Kansas City. 1923 . . . Richard S. Dabney is Director of the Special Education Section of the Missouri State Department of Education in Jefferson City. The Dabneys reside at 2116 Forest Drive in Jefferson City. Nadah Epperson Eddins is an elementary teacher in Evelyn Hamblen Elementary School in St. Augustine, Florida. She holds the Master's degree from the University of Missouri and [photo caption] Pershing Building (page 6) PAGE 6 NEMOSCOPE SPECIAL ISSUE has done further graduate work at Washington University and the University of Florida. Dr. Warren W. Yocum is Professor of Horticulture at the School of Agriculture at Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas. Dr. Yocum holds the Ph.D. degree from the University of Nebraska. Dr. Leo G. Gosser is Professor of English at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute in Auburn, Alabama. Dr. Gosser is the author of the Ethmological Dictionary of Old English. 1924 . . . Dr. Jesse Frank Baker is an Osteopathic Physician with offices in Teague, Texas. Mrs. Baker is the former Evelyn H. Baker, a 1929 graduate. Edith England Dabney has retired from the Speech Faculty of Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, and is now making her home at 2116 Forest Drive in Jefferson City, Missouri. Ralph E. Valentine is Associate Professor of Music at the State Teachers College and resides at 706 S. Franklin in Kirksville. Mrs. Valentine is the former Anna Leona Lemen, a 1931 graduate. 1925 . . . Dr. Mildred Chaffee Beckwith is Professor of History at Winthrop College in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Dr. Beckwith holds the Ph.D. degree from Ohio State University. Cliff Cornwell is Director of Information at the Kirksville College ofOsteopathy and Surgery. Mr. Cornwell joined the K.C.O.S. staff in 1946, after serving on the Teachers College faculty for a number of years. Leona Ellen Decker is a Curriculum Consultant in San Benito County, California. She resides at 301 Locust in Hollister, California. Durward G. DeWitt is Director of Youth Activities for Consumers Cooperative Association in Kansas City. The DeWitts reside at 4246 S. Benton Ave. in Kansas City. Charles E. Garner is Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum Development in Webster Groves, Missouri. The Garners reside at 829 Newport Ave. in Webster Groves. 1926 . . . Katie M. Adkins is County Home Agent for Carroll County and resides at 208 S. Virginia St. in Carrollton. She has served as Home Agent for Carroll County since 1932. Frank D. Austin is Business Manager of the Amarillo, Texas, public schools. The Austins reside at 3607 S. Lamar St. in Amarillo. Joe M. Barnes is Director of Elementary Education in the public schools of Columbia, Missouri. Mr. Barnes is also a member of the summer faculty of the Teachers College. Bessie M. Browning is catalog librarian at the State Teachers College. Miss Browning joined the College staff in 1954, and resides at 516 E. Randolph. Cecile Day Komarek is president of the Minnesota Division of the American Association of University Women, Mrs. Komarek is a housewife and resides at 729 Fifth Ave. in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Earl Smith Garland is Superintendent of Schools at Udell, Iowa. 1927 . . . Opal Hinton Barnard is Assistant Director of Audio-Visual Education of the Cedar Rapids, Iowa public schools. She and her husband, William Barnard, 1924, reside at 1807 Bever Ave. in Cedar Rapids. Ruth Bailey Beal is Dean of Women at the State Teachers College and resides at the Fair Apts. Mrs. Beal received the Master's degree from the Teachers College in 1949. Jennie Eloise Craig is Assistant Professor of Art at Pan American Colin Edinburg, Texas. Her address is 610 1/2 North Eighth in Edinburg. Dr. Robert S. Ell wood is Head of the Department of Education at Chadron State Teachers College in Chadron, Nebraska. Dr. Elhvood is the author of a number of articles and publications in education. Dr. William Francis English is Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Missouri. Dr. English was the commencement speaker for the August division of the 1955 graduating class at the Teacher's College. Dr. Gertrude Lippert is Professor of Languages at Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi. Dr. Lippert received a Fulbright Fellowship to attend a seminar for American teachers of German held in Munich, Germany, in 1956. Paul A. Wickless is superintendent of schools at Unionville, Missouri. Mr. Wickless served as president, of the Northeast Missouri Teachers Association in 1959. He received the Master's degree from the Teachers College in 1949. Dr. Jesse J. Wimp is the Adair County Representative to the Missouri General Assembly in Jefferson City. Dr. Wimp is a physician at the Grim-Smith Memorial Hospital in Kirksville. 1928 . . . Martha E. Jones is County Hornet Agent for Lafayette County with offices in Higginsville, Missouri. She was presented the United States Department of Agriculture Superior Service Award by Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson in Washington, D. C., recently. [photo caption] Brewer Hall (page 7) SPECIAL ISSUE NEMOSCOPE PAGE 7 Evah Western Kelley is principal of Benton Elementary School, in Kirksville. Mrs, Kelley holds the Master of Arts degree from the Teachers College. Dr. Conrad White is Missouri State Supervisor for Farmcraft Feeds, Inc. Dr. White holds the Ph.D. degree in agriculture from Michigan State University and taught for a number of years before resigning in 1958 to accept his present position. 1929 . . . Dr. Thomas D. Adams is principal of Bristol School in Webster Groves, Missouri. Dr. Adams received the Ph.D. degree from Washington University and he and Mrs. Adams reside at 428 Larkhill in Webster Groves. Everett T. Diehl is instructor of science and mathematics at the Jefferson Junior High School in Charleston, Illinois. The Diehls reside at 43 Madison in Charleston. Noble G. Griffith is vice-president in charge of manufacturing at the Vernon Company in Newton, Iowa. The Griffiths reside at 321 W. 9th St. in Newton. Harry A. McDonald is teaching science and general agriculture at the Cairo High School. The McDonald address is Rural Route 2, Moberly. Dr. Kenneth Milstead is Director in Regulatory Management of the Food and Drug Administration in Washington, D. C. The Milsteads reside at 4519 Gladwyn Drive, at Bethesda, Maryland. 1930 . . . Ruby Belle Dieterich is a primary teacher in the E. C. Meservey School in Kansas City. She resides in Marceline during the summer vacations. William Wirt Downing is principal of East St. Louis High School in East St. Louis, Illinois. The Downings reside at 122 Julian in East St. Louis. Rev. Ralph D. Evans is minister at the First Presbyterian Church in Boulder, Colorado. The Evans resideat 760 S. 41st Street in Boulder. Dr. Eugene R. Fair is Program Executive of the U. S. Information Agency in Washington, D. C. The Fairs reside at 4723 River Road in Washington, D. C. Dr. Fair holds the Ph.D. degree from the University of Iowa. 1931 . . . Leo E. Barnes is Superintendent of Schools at Stockport, Iowa, after accepting that position in 1957. Mr. Barnes has had a number of years of experience in school administration. Dr. Harold J. Bingham is Professor of Social Science at the State Teachers College in New Britian, Connecticut. Dr. Bingham received the doctoral degree from George Peabody College for Teachers. Eva Gooch Sauceman is the fifth grade teacher in the Big Shoal Elementary School in North Kansas City. She joined the school staff in 1955, and resides at 821 E. 22nd Ave. in North Kansas City. Laura F. Kessler has been an art instructor at the Macon High School for the past 16 years. The Kesslers reside at 311 Jackson St. in Macon. 1932 . . . James T. Ator is an industrial arts teacher at the Lincoln High School in Des Moines, la. The Ators reside at 1504 Fifty-Seventh St. in Des Moines. Dr. Joseph L. Love is an osteopathic physician with offices in Austin, Texas. The Loves have one son and one daughter and reside in Austin. Alma French Boone is principal and business education teacher at the Revere Consolidated School in Revere. Mrs. Boone has taught in the public schools of Missouri and Iowa for the past 27 years. 1933 . . . Henry Clive Freeland has recently been named administrator of the Sullivan County Hospital in Milan. Mr. Freeland had been serving as Superintendent of Schools at Humphreys. He holds the Master's degree from the State Teachers College. Edna Finnell Minks is mathematics and science teacher at the Brunswick High School. She and her husband reside in Brunswick. Delmas D. Cleeton is president and manager of the Schneider Equipment Company in Cape Girardeau. The Cleeton's residence is 1554 Whitener St. James J. Dougherty is commercial manager for Radio Station KIRX in Kirksville. Mrs. Dougherty, the former Marie Wheatcraft, was also a member of the 1933 class and teaches in the public schools of Kirksville. Lawrence G. Rowe is Associate Professor of Chemistry at LaCrosse State College in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. The Rowe's reside at 1503 S. 22nd Street in LaCrosse. 1934 . . . Dr. Ferdinand Del Pizzo is principal of the Maplewood-Richmond Heights High School in Richmond Heights. Dr. Del Pizzo holds the Ph.D. degree from Washington University. Floyd R. Dunham is superintendent of buildings and grounds at the Grand Island, Nebraska, public schools in Grand Island. The Dunhams reside at 413 N. Cleburn St. Frances Eubank Morris is head of the social science department and librarian at Colorado Lutheran High School in Denver, Colorado. She has [photo caption] A View of Brewer, Nason, and Blanton Halls Taken On Top of New Heat Plant (page 8) PAGE 8 NEMOSCOPE SPECIAL ISSUE done graduate work at Denver University and the University of Colorado. John R. Harrington owns and operates Harrington Jewelry Store in Kirksville. His wife is the former Louise Werner, 1940, and they have three children. The Harringtons reside at 512 E. Scott. 1935 . . . Mildred Baskett Riordan is a second grade teacher in the Franklin School at Sterling, Colorado. Her husband is a barber in Sterling, and they reside at 531 Taylor in Sterling. Thelma Dossey Cook is a science and mathematics teacher at the junior high school in Alhembra, California. The Cooks reside at 1628 S. Date Avenue in Alhambra. Raphael E. Elsea is superintendent of schools in Milo, Iowa, and holds the Master's degree from the University of Iowa. Dr. Peter H. Heinze is an Agricultural Administrator for the U. S. Department of Agriculture with offices in Beltsville, Maryland. Dr. Heinze received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Maryland. Kenneth T. Moore is a sales representative for the World Book Encyclopedia in Eastern Missouri. Mr. Moore received the Master's degree from the Teachers College in 1955. The Moores reside in Palmyra. 1936 . . . A. Verne Baker owns and operates the Baker Abstract Co. in Macon, and is one of the leading insurance authorities in Northeast Missouri. Mr. Baker has taught several insurance and investment classes on the Teachers College campus in recent years. Fred W. Faurot is the manager of the Mitchell Dairy Co. in Kirksville. The Faurots have two children and reside at 1608 E. Normal. Dr. Wayne A. Frederick is head of the department of history at Newman School in New Orleans, Louisiana. He received the doctoral degree from the University of Wisconsin. The Fredericks reside at 4641 Rosedale Drive in Metairie, Louisiana. A. Lee Jones is principal of the Berrian Elementary School in Quincy, Illinois. Mr. Jones received the Master's degree from the Teachers College in 1954. Mrs. Jones, the former Juanita Huffman, is a 1935 graduate of K.S.T.C. Woodrow T. Rider owns and operates Rider Drug Store in Kirksville. The Riders have three sons and reside at 502 E. Normal in Kirksville. 1937 . . . Doris Louise Davis is Assistant Professor of Speech and Hearing at the State University of New York, in Buffalo, New York. The department is a part of the College for Teachers of the university. Dr. J. E. Dinger is a physicist in the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D. C. Dr. Dinger received the Ph.D. degree from Iowa State College. Dr. and Mrs. Dinger, the former Alta Derksen, a 1940 Teachers College graduate, and their three children reside at 3704 Andover Place in Washington, D. C. William J. Fremon, is an attorney for the Chicago and Northwestern Railway with offices in Palatine, Illinois. Catherine Hensley Brownell is a teacher in the Wyman Elementary School in St. Louis. The Brownells reside at 4146 Botanical Avenue in St. Louis. Verle Marie Kerby Menozzi is a business education teacher at the Wrightstown High School. The Kerbys and their four children reside at DePere, Wisconsin. 1938 . . . Joe D. Bailey is an instructor at the Missouri Military Academy at Mexico, Missouri. The Baileys reside at 215 Grand Avenue in Mexico. Mary Alice Bunney is an elementary teacher in Shelbyville. The Bunneys reside near Shelbyville and have a daughter. Harold Epperson is owner and manager of Stout's Music House in Kirksville. The Eppersons reside at 712 E. Normal in Kirksville. Dr. Kenneth H. Freeman is President of Christian College in Columbia. He holds the Ph.D. degree from the University of Missouri and was named to the Columbia post in February of 1957. Leo Jeffries is science and mathematics teacher at the junior high school in Batavia, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffries, have two children and live at 412 N. Prairie in Batavia. Kenneth Charles Newcomer is a stock broker and a partner in the Mid-America Investors, Inc. with offices in Springfield, Missouri. The Newcomers have two sons and reside at 828 S. Rogers in Springfield. 1939 . . . Capt. Gail Albright is operations and training officer of the 4674th Ground Observer Squadron based in Georgia. The Albright residence is 408 Terrydale Drive, Marietta, Georgia. O. Wayne Phillips is Superintendent of Schools in Kirksville. The Phillips' residence is located at 706 E. Orchard in Kirksville. Burke. Workman is an attorney and a certified public accountant with offices in the Cape-Harper Building in St. Louis. 1940 . . . Maxwell Barclay is a supervisor in the personnel division of the Los Angeles city schools. The Barclays have two daughters and reside at 1250 Daveric Drive in Pasadena. Bill Bealmer is Director of Art Education of the State of Illinois with offices in Springfield. The Bealmers have two. children. Helen Virginia Brown is a classroom teacher in Cooley School in North Kansas City, Missouri. Her address is [photo caption] The Fair Apartments (page 9) SPECIAL ISSUE NEMOSCOPE PAGE 9 304 E. 29th Avenue in North Kansas City. Louis A. Burkel, Jr. is director of instrumental music of the Beatrice, Nebraska, public schools. He holds the Master's degree from the Teachers College and is married and has three children. Myers Eggert is supervisor of vocational education in the Poplar Bluff public schools. He and Mrs. Eggert, the former Charlotte Burdette, a 1939 graduate, have two daughters. Albert H. Sadler is Superintendent of Schools at Paris. He is married and has two children. 1941 . . . John R. Amedei is Superintendent of Schools at Bevier, where he had served as high school principal for several years before being named to the superintendency at the beginning of the 1958 school year. Glen T. Byram has served as Superintendent of Schools at the Athens, Illinois, Community Unit Schools for 7 years. Mr. Byram has been in the Athens school system since his graduation. Kenneth E. Cooley has recently joined the Technical Services Department of Monsanto Chemical Company's Organic Chemical Division at St. Louis. He is married and has three children. Clifton Cornwell, Jr. is Assistant Professor of Speech at the East St. Louis Division of Southern Illinois University. The Cornwells reside at 444 N. 39th St. in Belleville, Illinois. Nicholas T. Hagan is assistant principal of Cohn High School in Nashville, Tennessee. The Hagan family reside at 1010 Downey Drive in Nashville. Della Thoroughman is an elementary teacher in the Wright City elementary school. She resides in Marthasville. Dr. Dale M. Yocum is Dean of the Kansas City College and Bible School. He received the Ed.D. degree in 1957 from the University of Kansas. 1942 . . . Allen DeVore is a plumbing and heating contractor in Chariton, Iowa. He holds the Master's degree from the Iowa State College. Norma Erwin Colyer is mathematics teacher in the Bloomfield high school in Bloomfield, Iowa where the Colyers reside. They have two children. G. E. Grossnickle is Adair County Assessor with offices in Kirksville. He previously served as sheriff of Adair County and is married and has two sons. Anna Hacker Mack is an elementary teacher in Milan. She and her husband, a farmer, live near Milan. Bernard Hartman is a chemistry teacher at Kemper Military Academy in Boonville. He is married and has two sons. Evelyn Marie Scott is assistant public relations director for Blue Cross Insurance in the State of Missouri. Her offices are located at 3254 Delor St. in St. Louis. 1943 . . . Francille Bailey is director of school-community relations of the Jefferson City public schools. She is in charge of a daily radio program over Radio Station KWOS in Jefferson City. Doris Byers is assistant to the president and assistant corporate secretary of the Kansas City Public Service Co. Her residence is 414 W. 33rd St. in Kansas City. Ruth Gentry Snarr is director of elementary education of the Montgomery County R-II Schools. She holds the Master's degree and lives in High Hill. Leonard O. Griffin is a member of the music faculty of the Pontiac, Michigan public schools. The Griffins reside at 6915 Rainbow Court in Waterford, Michigan. Clifford O. Thomas is a senior research engineer in The Autonetics Division of North American Airlines in Downey, California. 1944 . . . Helen Irene Albertson is an elementary teacher in the Kansas City public schools. She fives at 300 E. Armour in Kansas City. Seaton A. Bonta, Jr. is assistant superintendent of schools of Hannibal. He served as president of the Northeast Missouri Teachers Association in 1957-58. Gordon O. Johnson is Supervisor of Industrial Education of the Missouri State Department of Education in Jefferson City. He received the Master in Education degree from the University of Missouri. He and Mrs. Johnson, the former Alice Ruth Morelock, a 1950 graduate of the Teachers College, have one son. May Nimmo is a social science teacher in the Brookfield public schools. She received the Master of Arts degree in elementary school administration from the Teachers College in 1958. 1945 . . . Lowell R. Gudka is assistant division superintendent of the Corn Products Co. with offices in North Kansas City. The Gudkas reside at 3706 E. 47th Terrace in Kansas City. Ruth Jones Janshorn is Assistant Professor of Food and Nutrition at the University of Nebraska. The Janshorn home is at 1041 S. 36th in Lincoln. Robert E. Rufener is Director of Bands at Alma College in Alma, Michigan. His wife, the former Mary Evelyn Thurman is a 1946 graduate of the Teachers College. The Rufeners conduct a baton twirling and marching clinic on the college campus each summer. Carol Jean Trunnell Conkin is home economics teacher at the Kirkwood Senior High School. The Conkins have a daughter and their address is 139 Sweetbriar Lane in Kirkwood. 1946 . . . Pauline Barrickman is an elementary teacher in the McKinley School in Silvis, Illinois. Her address is 136 Ninth St. in Silvis. Wilfred L. Byram is an industrial arts teacher at the North Junior High School in Joplin. He and Mrs. Byram, the former Dorothy Ellis, 1945, live at 519 Ozark, Joplin. Virginia Ellis is an elementary art teacher in University City. She has done graduate work in art at Columbia University and her address is 6234 Delmar in St. Louis. [photo caption] New Heat and Power Plant (page 10) PAGE 10 NEMOSCOPE SPECIAL ISSUE Dr. John C. Fox is Assistant Pastor and Student Director of the First Baptist Church of Kirksville. Dr. Fox received the Doctor of Religious Education Degree from Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City. Frances Zurcher Washam is director of special education of the Marceline public schools. Her husband, William Washam, is a 1940 graduate of the Teachers College. 1947 . . . Faye N. McCart is instructor of history at the Moberly Junior High School. The McCarts live on a farm near Moberly. Helen Nickerson Hayden is an elementary teacher in the Richardson School in Fort Madison, Iowa. The Haydens live at 6 Storms Court in Ft. Madison. Veryl B. Young is a school administrator in Munden, Kansas. He received the Master's degree from the State Teachers College in 1950. 1948 . . . Fred Biesemeyer is athletic director and basketball coach at Boonville High School. The Biesemeyers have one daughter and reside on W. Walnut St. in Boonville. Helen Cox Bross is an elementary teacher in St. Louis County. The Bross family of three sons live at 3810 Raymond in Bridgeton. Robert William Delaney is Professor of History and Social Science at Durango, Colorado. He holds the Master's and Ph.D. degrees from the University of New Mexico. William B. Drakes is assistant director of trade relations for Olin-Mathieson Chemical Corporation in Alton, Illinois. The Drakes reside at 912 Main in Alton. 1949 . . . Martin E. Darling is a social science teacher in the junior high school at Douglas, Wyoming. The Darlings have two daughters and reside in Douglas. George B. Deason is associate general agent of Deason Insurance Agency in Hannibal. He is married and has two children and is quite active in Hannibal civic affairs. Paul J. Diefenbach is principal of Highland High School in Highland, Illinois. The Diefenbachs and their two children live near Highland. He holds the Master's degree from Washington University, St. Louis. Robert Wayne Thomas is assistant principal of the high school Ottumwa,Iowa. He received the Master of Arts degree from the Teachers College in 1958 and is married and has a daughter. 1950 . . . Vera M. Gares is instructor in Business Education at the Teachers College having joined the staff in 1957. She holds the Master's Degree in business education from the Teachers College. John Goeke is assistant principal and speech teacher at the Ophelia Parrish Junior High School in Kirksville. The Goekes and their three children reside at 1016 S. Davis St. Darrel Gourley is head track coach and assistant football coach at William Jewell College. Gourley also holds the Master's degree from the Teachers College. Fred "Fritz" Lauer is a dentist with offices in Liberty. The Lauers have one son born in January, and reside at 606 Hurt St., in Liberty. Joseph A. Lopat is a draftsman for the American Bridge Co. in Gary, Indiana. He resides on Rural Route Two, Crown Point, Indiana. Stephen R. Melvin is a member of the music faculty of the high school in Marshalltown, Iowa. He received the Teacher of the Year Award given by the Marshalltown Chamber of Commerce in 1958. His wife is the former Zolene Perry, 1951. 1951 . . . Paul A. Andereck is high school program consultant for television Channel 9, KETC Educational TV in St. Louis. He received the Master of Arts degree from the Teachers College in 1957. Rollie R. Houchins is supervisor of special education in Topeka, Kansas, public schools. The Houchins reside at 3040 Colfax in Topeka, Kansas. Penn Jones is a kindergarten teacher in the St. Louis School System. The Jones family lives at 4215 Botanical Avenue in St. Louis. Jo Ann Shelton Lake is an elementary teacher in Hammond, Indiana. Her husband, Leon Lake, 1951, is a special agent for the F.B.I. They have one son. Roy L. Walker is a member of the LaPlata High School faculty and resides at 1501 E. Harrison in Kirksville. Nancy Yager Bughman is an elementary teacher at the Jefferson School in Keokuk, Iowa. The Bughmans reside at 2720 Decatur in Keokuk. 1952 . . . Burleigh J. Arnold is an Assistant Attorney-General of Missouri with offices in Jefferson City. Mrs. Arnold, the former Mary Brookhart, is also a1952 graduate. Dwight A. DeRosear is a postal employee in the Memphis post office. The DeRosears have two children and reside in Memphis. Oren S. Gale is a department manager for Sears & Roebuck Co. in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. The Gales have three children and reside at 2223 North 8th St. in Ft. Smith. Margaret F. Lea is an elementary teacher in Riverview Gardens. She received the. Master of Arts degree in 1958 from the Teachers College and resides in Lucerne. Richard H. Turner has been named an instructor in the Department of Osteopathic Medicine at the Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery. Dr. Turner received the D.O. degree from K.C.O.S. in 1952. 1953 . . . Wilma Pagett Baker is an elementary teacher in the Moberly public schools. The Bakers reside at 406 Halleck in Moberly. Olen Gene Bradshaw is an instructor of business education at Hannibal-LaGrange Junior College in Hannibal. He received the Master's degree from the Teachers College in 1957. Laverne E. Dabney is coach at the Edina High School. He received the Master's degree from the Teachers College in physical education. He is married to the former Joyce Arnold of Edina. Conrad T. Hafner is business education teacher in the high school at Reedley, California. He received the Master's degree from the Teachers College in 1958. 1954 . . . Chester L. Boren is a business education teacher in Monroe City after receiving the Master's degree from the Teachers College in Administration. Mrs. Boren is the former Nancy Cundiff, also a 1954 graduate. Virgil C. Luman, 1954, is associated with his father in operating several large farms in Adair County. Mr. Luman and his wife and two children live near Kirksville. Dorsie W. Merrell, Jr., has been named Superintendent of Schools at Ewing for the 1959-60 school year. He (page 11) SPECIAL ISSUE NEMOSCOPE PAGE 11 plans to receive the Master's degree at the Teachers College, this summer. James W. Neilson is Associate Professor of History at North Dakota State Teachers College in Mayville, North Dakota. Dr. Neilson received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Illinois in 1958. Walter H. Ryle, IV, is Assistant Professor of Western Hemisphere History at the Teachers College. He holds the Master's degree from the Teachers College and has done graduate work at Oxford University. The Ryles live at 820 E. Patterson St. in Kirksville. 1955 . . . William S. Bowles has been named head football coach at the Centralia High School effective September 1, 1959. Bowles has been head coach at St. Charles. He and his wife, the former Gerri Orwiler, have two children. Gary Cameron is an attorney with offices in Fairfield, Iowa. Gary is married and has two children. The Camerons reside in Fairfield. Dean Carson is director of instrumental music in the public schools of Eddyville, Iowa. The Carsons have a son. James Goeke is speech correetionist for the public schools of Wapello County, Iowa. He is married and has two children. The Goekes reside in Ottumwa. Ronald Mac Howard is an elementary music teacher in the Dallas, Texas, public schools. He lives at 1230 8. Montreal in Dallas. Verrel T. Lemen is Superintendent of Schools at North Harrison R-3 School in Eagleville. Lemen who received the Master's degree from the Teachers College in 1957 is president of the Graduate Alumni Club. Ray F. Mach is head football coach at the Marshall High School. He holds the Master's degree from the Teachers College and is married to the former Shirley Wares. They have two children. James Wesley Sanders is athletic director and head basketball coach at the Shelbina High School. He and his wife have three children. 1956 . . . Roy W. Blackford is engaged in farming near Shelbyville. Roy is married and has two children. H. O. Brough is supervisor and coordinator of adult and vocational education at the Davenport High School, Davenport, Iowa. He is married and has two children. He will receive the Master's degree from the Teachers College in May. Dean Gould is a science instructor at the Riverview Gardens High School. He and his wife, the former Judy Hassall, 1957, reside at 9744 Glouscester, St. Louis 15, Missouri. Lyle Hellyer, is superintendent of schools at LaBelle. Lyle, who holds the Master's degree from the Teachers College, is married and has two children. Estalene Purvis Eyler is elementary principal at Knox City. She and her husband reside in Baring. 1957 . . . Jane L. Barnett is physical education teacher at the Mesnier Elementary School in Affton. Her address is 240 S. Forest Ave. in Webster Groves. She holds the Master's degree from the Teachers College. Mary Jane Brown is an elementary teacher in Decatur, Illinois. She and her family reside at 551 W. Grand Ave. Mrs. Brown received the Master's degree from the Teachers College in 1958. Alfred S. Cooley is the representative of the New York Life Insurance Company in the Kirksville area. Al resides at 801 E. McPherson in Kirksville. Glen A. Easterday is a member of the English faculty at the Senior HighSchool in Keokuk, Iowa. The Easterdays and their daughter reside at 150 Blvd. Road in Keokuk. Howard Warner McCollum is head track coach at the Kirksville High School. He is married and has a son. Elaine Wellborn Armbruster is speech correctionist for the Macon County public schools. Her husband, Dave Armbruster, 1957, is a student at the K.C.O.S. The Armbrusters and their son live in Kirksville. 1958 . . . Audrey Anson is an elementary teacher in the Enos School of Springfield, Illinois. She resides at 715 E. Cook in Springfield. Richard Flaspohler will join the faculty of the Division of Social Science at the Teachers College effective September 1, 1959. He is a graduate student at the College during the current school year. The Flaspohlers reside at 910 S. Marion. Linda Sue Galloway is an elementary teacher in the Canton public schools. She resides at 200 S. Fifth in Canton. Frances P. LaBar is an elementary teacher in Park School in Marceline. The LaBars reside at 601 E. Santa Fe in Marceline. Geraldine Leber Debo is an elementary physical education teacher in Hancock School in Lemay. The Debos reside at 4166a Shenandoah in St. Louis. PHILIPPINE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED An alumni association of Teachers College graduates from the Philippine Islands has been formed, and the first organizational meeting of the group was held in December at Baguio City in the Philippines. Officers of the association include Telesforo N. Boquiren, 1956, of Baguio, president; Eulogio R. Dizon, 1948, of Guimba, vice-president; Rufino Chungalao, 1958, of Ifugao, secretary-treasurer; and Mrs. Emperatriz S. Tensuan, 1957, of Pasay City, public relations officer. All of the officers hold the Master's degree from the Teachers College, Mr. Dizon being the first person to be granted an M.A. degree from the Teachers College. Other members of the association include Maria S. Edralin, 1953, Clac, N. Ecija; Fern Harrington, 1937, Baguio City; Remedios M. Graza, 1954, Guimba, N. Ecija; Mrs. Nimfa M. Miranda, 1952, Baguio City; Mrs. Ester D. Melegrito, 1957, Grimba, N. Ecija; and Adriana Ramos, 1953, Grimba, N. Ecija. The group will meet annually with the 1959 meeting scheduled for December 27 and 28 in the Central Luzon Agriculture College in Guimba, Nueva Ecija. A Constitutional Committee was appointed to draw up a constitution for the association. Thirteen other graduates of the Teachers College from the Philippines are still in the United States so upon their return the association should grow even larger. President Walter H. Ryle sent a message of greetings from the College which was read at the organizational meeting of the group. (page 12) PAGE 12 NEMOSCOPE SPECIAL ISSUE Distinguished Alumnus . . . Basil Brewer Honored By Alma Mater A truly distinguished alumnus of the Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, Basil Brewer of the class of 1901, has been honored by his alma mater with the naming of the new Brewer Hall dormitory for men in his honor. Mr. Brewer was born July 22, 1884, near Rush Hill in Audrain County of Northeast Missouri. At the age of sixteen he entered the First District Normal School and, despite his youth, he made a brilliant scholastic record, being described in a contemporary school publication as "an excellent thinker for science and delves deep into the truth." Though he was to leave science after a brief stint of teaching it at the college following graduation, that bent has reappeared in his son, Given Brewer, a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and head of his own consulting engineering firm. While attending the Normal School, Mr. Brewer worked in a small printing shop his father, a Methodist minister, operated to help support the family while in evangelistic work. This was the beginning of his career in the profession of journalism. After graduate study at the University of Chicago from 1903 to 1905, Mr. Brewer joined the Scripps-Howard newspapers. He was business manager of the Cincinnati Post from 1916 to 1919, and of the Cleveland Press for the following two years; editor and publisher of the Omaha, Nebraska, Bee from 1921 to 1924, and publisher and principal owner of the Lansing, Michigan, Capital News, from 1924 to 1929. Mr. Brewer went East in 1931 to take over management of the venerable but struggling New Bedford, Massachusetts, Standard, an evening daily newspaper, and of the Morning Mercury. A year later, he merged the Standard with the New Bedford Times to form the Standard-Times, a newspaper that has acquired national repute under his direction and has been the recipient of many awards for readership and public service. Two of the distinctions accorded the newspaper reflect the publisher's deep interest in youth. Citations have been won by the Standard-Times for assisting underprivileged children from New York City to enjoy summer vacations in the country and on the seacoast. For nine consecutive years the Standard-Times program for newspaper boy development and recreation was judged best in the United States. No other United States newspaper has won such honors. In addition, the newspaper boy program four times has been held best in New England, irrespective of newspaper size. In recent years, Mr. Brewer has been active in politics. Although himself a Republican, his newspapers have retained their independent outlook and in 1952, gave the burgeoning career of a young Democrat, John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts, a tremendous lift to the United States Senate. Twice the publisher has been elected delegate to Republican National Conventions, voting as alternate to Congressman Joseph W. Martin, Jr., perennial GOP convention chairman. Friendship with the late Senator Robert A. Taft led to Mr. Brewer's being named Massachusetts chairman of Taft's 1952 presidential campaign. Neither time nor circumstance, however, has taken the publisher far from his native Missouri in spirit. To this his associates can emphatically testify. Self-reliance and discipline, and capacity for hard and long work, that Mr. Brewer brought with him to New England in 1931 were largely acquired in a boyhood in Missouri. His father, a product of the Old Midwest, was a circuit rider of the Missouri Methodist Conference and instilled in the son a respect for bedrock principle that, when all else is confusing, serves as a guide. Mr. Brewer is best known to the thousands of Teachers College students and alumni as the author of the College song, "Old Missou" which he wrote in 1902 while teaching science at the Normal School. He has been a faithful friend and supporter of the College and was the commencement speaker in 1949 and 1953. Picture of Brewer Hall is Shown on Page 6 [photo caption] Basil Brewer (page 13) SPECIAL ISSUE NEMOSCOPE PAGE 13 Lt. Col. Joseph M. Flesch Builds Outstanding Military Record One of the many former students and graduates of the Teachers College who have distinguished themselves in the Armed Forces of our Nation' is Lt. Col. Joseph M. Flesch. He attended the State Teachers College from the fall of 1932 through the winter of 1930, coming to the College as a graduate of the high school at Lamar, Missouri. While in college he majored in physical education and played football under Coach Don Faurot for four years. He was a member of the famous team that chalked up twenty-seven straight victories and won the M.I.A.A. Conference championship for four consecutive years. The University of Missouri and St. Louis University were among the victims of the Bulldogs in those years. Lt. Col. Flesch began his military career when he joined the National Guard in Kirksville in 1933. He was ordered to active duty on December 23, 1940, with Company K of the 138th Infantry. During World War II, he served for a time with the 35th Division and was later assigned to the Alaskan Command in the Aleutian Islands. In December, 1944, he was ordered to the European Theater and served as Commander of the 3rd Rattalion of the 324th Infantry Regiment of the 44th Division. Lt. Col. Flesch reported to his unit in Luneville, France, January 11, 1945, and went into defensive operation along the Maginot Line in the Alsace-Lorraine sector. From that time until the armistice of May 8, there were only four days when he was not under fire. On March 15 the big offensive of General Patch's Seventh Army, to which Flesch was attached, started. His combat team crossed the Rhine at Worms, with the objective of forcing crossing of the Neckar River. This was done, and the surrender of Heidelberg followed. Then came an order to advance on Blaufelden in a combat unit with two other battalions; however, the other two were held up and Flesch's battalion had to fight alone. With only two men killed and seven wounded, the group captured 570 Germans and killed approximately 200. The battalion advanced from Blaufelden the next morning and fought for 14 days and nights without stopping. Flesch's battalion advanced to the Danube with the 10th Armored Division where they received orders April 28 to seize the city of Ulm immediately. His were the first troops to enter the city, as again the other battalions of the combat team were held up. When they regrouped their forces they found none killed, and only two wounded, while a stockade of 700 Germans had been captured. After arrival of reinforcements the combat team was in possession of the entire city of Ulm, 1,500 prisoners, and a lot of loot. In 1945 Flesch assisted in the organization of the 25th Combat Team in an effort to determine how best to utilize colored personnel in the United States Army. From 1948 to 1951 he was infantry instructor at the Engineers' School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. In 1952 he was assigned as a G-4 of the 3rd Infantry Division in Korea. Following the Korean duty, he was sent to Fort Benning, Georgia, where his division was directed to develop tests in infantry organization for employment on an atomic battlefield. This mission included the organization and direction of logistical functions to support the new battle formations. Since 1957 Lt. Col. Flesch has been assigned to the Department of Army Intelligence in the Pentagon in the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for National Security Affairs. He and his family reside in Arlington, Virginia. His major decorations include: the Silver Star, the Bronze Star with two oak leaf clusters, the Purple Heart, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Ribbon with one battle star, the European Theater Ribbon with two battle stars, the Korean Campaign Ribbon with three battle stars, and the Combat Infantry Badge with two awards. Lt. Col. Flesch left the United States April 8, 1959, for a six weeks' study of the southeastern countries of Asia. He visited the capitals of the Philippine Islands, Burma, Thialand, Laos, Viet Nam, Malay, Singapore, Hongkong, and Taiwan. [photo caption] Joseph M. Flesch Harold W. See Named To S.I.U Post Dr. Harold W. See, 1943, was named a vice-president of Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, effective April 1, 1959. Dr. See will direct Southern Illinois University's residence centers in Madison-St. Clair counties in Illinois. He took charge of the S.I.U. residence operation in 1955 with offices in the Broadview Hotel in East St. Louis. Classes are offered on the campus of the old Shurtleff College in Alton and the old East St. Louis High School. The program also includes industrial management seminars, on-the-job training courses, and other extension and adult education classes. During his fourteen years in college administration work, Dr. See's career has included assignments as Assistant to the President of Evansville College, in Evansville, Indiana; Assistant Professor of Education at the Teachers College of the University of Cincinnati; and an Education Specialist with the United States Department of Education with the United States Navy. Before joining the Southern Illinois faculty he spent a year as a Fulbright Lecturer in Rangoon, Burma, where he was Chief Consultant to the Minister of Education on the development of higher education. Dr. See and his wife, Helen, and daughter, Barbara, live at Belleville, Illinois. (page 14) PAGE 14 NEMOSCOPE SPECIAL ISSUE Major Building Program Nears Completion on the State Teachers College Campus Five major buildings have been added to the State Teachers College campus during the past two years in the most extensive building program in the history of the College. The new additions to the campus include the beautiful new Auditorium, the Brewer Hall dormitory for men, the Fair Apartments, the Pershing Building, and the new heat and power plant. The Laughlin Building formerly known as the Old Science Hall is being completely renovated as a part of the building and expansion program. The beautiful Auditorium, which was officially opened on April 26, 1959, is considered one of the most modern and best equipped auditoriums in the Middle West. It is located adjacent to Baldwin Hall and will seat 1,432. The Auditorium features a stage with an opening of 60 feet and a depth of 38 feet. The large curtains are operated automatically and can be opened from side to side or raised. The stage is completely equipped with curtains to change its depth, a Cyclorama curtain which may be used as a sky drop, and five sets of leg curtains available for the various needs. The building is completely air conditioned and features automatic lift seating, all types of stage and over all lighting, and a modern sound system including stereophonic sound. Several large classrooms and a number of practice rooms and studios surround the Auditorium. The basement below the stage includes dressing rooms, lounges, and a large set and prop room. The audio-visual education equipment of the Auditorium includes a regular size screen and a cinemascope screen as well the latest equipment in movie projection, colored television, and stereophonic sound. The Brewer Hall dormitory for men joins the Blanton and Nason dormitory units forming a dormitory "U". The building is named in honor of a distinguished alumnus of the Teachers College, Basil Brewer, 1901, and is an exact duplicate of Blanton Hall for women. One hundred forty-eight students are housed in the new dormitory and the double rooms are arranged in suites of two rooms sharing a large bath. The building is furnished in beautiful modern furniture and the large dining room, which is located on the first floor, is equipped with the latest in kitchen and cafeteria equipment. The Pershing Building, located south of the Grim Hall dormitory, features a spacious field house, a one tenth of a mile indoor track and classrooms and offices for the Division of Health and Physical Education. The building has been named in honor of General John J. Pershing, an alumnus of the College. The brick structure is ap- [photo caption] Mr. Karl Webb, Mrs. Irene Dailey and Mr. Fred Young in the Recital Presented by the Music Faculty on April 27 [photo caption] Dr. Stephen G. Hobson Singing at the April 27 Recital Given by Members of the Division of Fine Arts (page 15) SPECIAL ISSUE NEMOSCOPE PAGE 15 proximately 152 feet wide and 270 feet long. Sections of the building originally planned but not included at the present time due to the shortage of funds are a wing for women's physical education and a wing to include an indoor swimming pool and additional teaching areas. The building faces the east, and its entrance is located just west of the present housing units. The Fair Apartments, located north of the Missouri Hall, feature some thirty furnished three-room apartments. The one story, "U" shaped, brick structure is named in honor of Dr. Eugene Fair, president, of the Teachers College from 1925 to 1937. Each apartment consists of a living room, dining area, kitchenette, bedroom, and bath all furnished in modern furniture. Laundry and parking facilities are also provided. Another important addition to the campus is the new heating plant being housed in the new building located just behind the old plant. Other than the new plant equipment, the heating renovation included the replacement of a number of heat lines and all new boilers and coal handling equipment. The Laughlin Hall is being completely renovated for use as a classroom and office building. The top floor of the building provides a large lecture room, several smaller classrooms, and faculty office space. The second floor of the building is being devoted to administrative office space, more classrooms, and faculty offices. The women's physical education department will remain on the first floor of the building until it is possible to add the women's wing to the Pershing Building. All of the improvements were lurgently needed, and a continued housing and classroom building program will be necessary if the Teachers College is to meet the needs of its increased enrollments. McKINNEY ASSUMES COMMAND OF ENGINEER DEPOT Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. McKinney, Assistant to the President, on military leave, has assumed command of the 593rd Engineer Croup (MS) in Granite City, Illinois. Lieutenant Colonel McKinney founded the Nemoscope and served as its editor before being called back to active duty. He and his family visited President and Mrs. Ryle recently. Lieutenant Colonel McKinney formerly was the assistant for supply operations at the depot. The transfer was made in a parade ceremony at the depot April 10. Commissioned in 1912 in the Corps of Engineers at Ft. Belvoir, Va., Lt. Col. McKinney, in the early World War II days, served as an Engineer Officer in the states with ERTC, Ft. Leonard Wood: 727th Engineer Railway Bn. 84th Infantry division, and the 110th Engineer regiment. He served in the European theater for two and a half years as an inspector general in southern base section in England and the OISE Base section in France. Leaving the service in 1946 with his present rank of Lt. Colonel, he joined the faculty of Northeast Missouri State Teachers College in Kirksville. Recalled to active duty in 1951, Lt. Col. McKinney served as special assistant to the Inspector General at the Pentagon in Washington, D. C. He was assigned to the Far East in 1954, attached to the 417th Aviation Brigade in southern Japan. In 1956 he was assigned to Okinawa as Inspector General of the Ryukyus Command and IX Corps. Lt. Col. McKinney went to the Granite City depot in September, 1957, as program coordinator and became depot executive officer in October, 1957. He became assistant for supply operations in January, 1958. A native of Moberly, he attended the University of Missouri, Kirksville State Teachers College, where he received the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1936, and did graduate work at New York University. His family includes his wife, Frances, and two sons, Robert, 7, and Hal, 4. Quincy Alumni Meets The annual meeting of the Quincy Chapter of the Teachers College Alumni Association was held at the Quincy High School in March. Charles J. Elam, director of admissions at the Teachers College, was the principal speaker following the luncheon which was attended by some fifty alumni and their guests. Clell Wade, a graduate alumnus of the College, was elected president for the coming year. [photo caption] Air Conditioning Control Room for New Auditorium [photo caption] Lt. Col. McKinney and President Ryle at the Dedication of the Korean Plaque (page 16)