(cover) NEMOSCOPE SUMMER 1955 (page 2) President's Corner The Editorial Board of the Nemoscope is sponsoring a writing contest that will close June 1, 1956. The chief purpose of this contest is to encourage an interest in writing articles centering around historical incidents that have taken place in communities, or articles about men and women who have played a part in the cultural development of the area known as the Northeast Missouri State Teachers College District. This area consists of the following counties: Adair; Audrain; Boone; Callaway; Chariton; Clark; Howard; Knox; Lewis; Lincoln; Linn; Macon; Marion; Monroe; Montgomery; Pike; Putnam; Ralls; Randolph; St. Charles; Schuyler; Scotland; Shelby; Sullivan, and Warren. Any person over eighteen years of age born in this area, or any person who has been living in this area during the past three years may submit a manuscript. It is my understanding that members of college faculties are not eligible to compete for awards. These awards will be judged by competent judges selected by the Editorial Board of the Nemoscope. The writer of the manuscript selected for the first prize will receive $150.00; second award $75.00; third award $25.00; and the fourth award will be $15.00. The Editorial Board of the Nemoscope has set forth the following rules and regulations covering this contest: 1. The article must be no less than 1500 words nor more than 2500 words. 2. The material must be a doublespaced typewritten manuscript bearing the owner's name and address in the upper right hand corner. 3. A statement in letter form must accompany the manuscript in which the writer declares his article in no way contains material copied from other previously published articles unless such quoted material is acknowledged as to source. 4. A statement must also be made showing the sources of the information included in the article. 5. Authenticity, clearness, organization and reading appeal will be taken into consideration in judging the articles. 6. All manuscripts will become the property of the Nemoscope Editorial Board unless the return of those not receiving rewards is requested by the writer within 60 days after the awards are announced. Postage for return must accompany the request. 7. All typed manuscripts must be mailed not later than June 1, 1956, to Dr. Ruth Towne, editor of the Nemoscope, or Miss Berenice Beggs, associate editor, in care of the Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, Kirksville, Missouri. The Editorial Board is looking forward to receiving some very interesting articles concerning the cultural development of Northeast Missouri when the Indians roamed its forests to the present day. There are many incidents in this area that one can use as a basis for an interesting story. I wish to congratulate the Nemoscope Board on the constructive step they have taken to arouse an interest in creative writing for our area. WALTER H. RYLE, President Cover Picture The academic procession at the convocation May 19 showing Dr. Wray M. Rieger, marshal, President Walter H. Ryle, Senator Symington, the commencement speaker, and members of the Board of Regents, followed by administrative officials and faculty. NEMOSCOPE NORTHEAST MISSOURI STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI WALTER H. RYLE, PRESIDENT EDITOR ROBERT L. MCKINNEY (ON MILITARY LEAVE) ACTING EDITOR . . . . Ruth Towne ASSOCIATE EDITORS . . . . Berenice B. Beggs, Ruth Towne CAMPUS EDITOR . . . . C. H. Allen ALUMNI EDITOR . . . . Lula Allen EDITORIAL BOARD . . . . Pauline D. Knobbs, Wray M. Rieger, Orville Bowers VOLUME IX SUMMER QUARTER, 1955 NUMBER 4 CONTENTS THE CHANCE GARDENS . . . . 3 Edith Hoch Kerr COMMENCEMENT ACTIVITIES FOR THE CLASS OF MAY 1955 . . . . 4 FLOYD C. SHOEMAKER, DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS . . . . 5 LA PLATA AND UNIONVILLE OBSERVE CENTENNIALS WITH BIG CELEBRATIONS . . . . 6 FACULTY NOTES . . . . 8 ALUMNI MARRIAGES . . . . 8 ALUMNI NOTES . . . . 9, 10 FACULTY RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS . . . . 11 "LOST ALUMNI" . . . . 11 A quarterly publication issued in November, February, May, and August. Subscription rate is $1.00 a year; single copy $.25. Address all communications to Ruth Towne. Entered as second class mail matter April 29, 1915, at the post office at Kirksville, Missouri, under the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912. Accepted for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized July 26, 1919. (PAGE 3) SUMMER, 1955 NEMOSCOPE PAGE 3 THE CHANCE GARDENS by Edith Hoch Kerr of Centralia, Class of 1925 The "Visitors Welcome" sign at the entrance to the beautiful Chance Garden at Centralia, Missouri, means just that. Visitors throng through the gardens from early spring to late fall to see and enjoy the beauty of one of the popular show places of Missouri. This is a flower and nature lover's paradise created by the late A. B. Chance in 1937 and continued as a memorial to Mr. Chance, a man who spent his life fostering free enterprise in a democracy through the Chance electrical industries which he founded. Begun as a garden in his own backyard, the garden is man-made, but it is so wonderfully conceived that it outdoes nature itself. Mr. Chance planned it for his own and his wife's enjoyment, but wishing to share this beauty with others, the gates are now open at all times. Even the upper balcony of the former Chance home can be used as a vantage point to view the garden from above. In 1953 Mrs. Chance moved to a new home, and the house at the garden was made into a guest house for visiting officials of the various branches of the Chance Industries. It is not a spacious garden. Concentrated into an area about one hundred and fifty feet by two hundred and fifty is a fairyland rather than a rock garden. There are more than seven hundred varieties of plants and flowers including forty-six kinds of roses, twenty varieties of lilies and two hundred and forty types of cacti. The cacti are given special care furing the winter, being moved to storage. There is a riot of color during the blooming season from the hundreds of plants gathered from all over the world, because they are not strictly Missouri flora. Plants are removed as they fade and are replaced with a later variety just ready to bud. Each plant has its own soil mixture. The garden is tended by a skilled gardener. The garden has its own watering system to supply moisture directly to the plant roots. The small size of the garden prohibits the extensive use of trees in its landscaping. Those used are so arranged as to complement the surroundings. The garden is outlined with poplar and weeping willow. In the garden are Yew, Silver Tips, Blue and Green Spruce together with Magnolia, Linden and Weeping Silver Birch. The front entrance to the garden is an oriental arch which is an exact replica of the arch used as temple entrances in the Orient. From the entrance the garden is sunken. Going down steps to the garden level one may wander in and out of the many interesting spots by way of a meandering red flagstone walk. Terracing the garden plots are rocks strictly of Missouri origin. Over three hundred tons have been gathered from all parts of the state including some of the finest rock specimens in the world. White rock from the Hannibal area has the most unique formations because in many of the rocks may be seen the prints of the swimming reptiles of the Paleozoic Age. The rocks are so placed as to appear to have been in the garden from the beginning. All this is accomplished by the careful use of cement which holds the rocks together. Throughout the garden are placed about a dozen huge pottery amphoratype vases. Some are glazed; others are of the natural red-brown unglazed color of the earth. These vases are made from Missouri clay and were fashioned and fired by an amateur potter. The glazing ranges from brilliant yellow through deep greens, blues, purples and black and represent intricasies in ceramics unusual in the production of such large pieces in these beautiful glazes. Balancing the garden on the east is the old watermill built of red rock. This is a small model that calls up nostalgic memories of the old mills so common throughout Missouri as late as a generation ago. This mill stands at the end of the lily pool which flows through the garden. In the pool is a red lighthouse with a stranded boat near by representing some mariner who has just made port. Prominent in the garden is the oriental pergola inspired by a world cruise the Chance family had enjoyed. This is situated in the left-hand side of the garden and serves as a shelter house and holds the registration book for guests. This is the part of the garden developed first and became the nucleus of the completed garden, fashioned from stone columns which had been a part of the Chance home. During a re-modelling job the pergola [photo caption] A SCENE IN THE CHANCE GARDENS AT CENTRALIA (page 4) PAGE 4 NEMOSCOPE SUMMER, 1955 was built in the plot of ground back of the house. From this beginning the rock garden gradually assumed its present plan and beauty. On the wall of the pergola is a case containing souvenirs gathered by Mr. Chance on his trip to Egypt, Greece and the Near East. Adjoining the pergola is the rock grotto. It is built partly below garden level and above is a large mound of highly eroded rock, moss and plants. A spring, fed by a pump, gushes down the side and follows a rock bed to the lily and gold fish pool below. Inside the grotto is made up of the cave of onyx and calcite crystals which range in color from crystal to pinkish red and jet. These formations were brought from almost inaccessible Missouri caves. Cleverly concealed behind the formations of crystal are multicolored light bulbs that may be turned on to give colored glows to the rocks. In the grotto is a miniature alabaster replica of the famed Taj Mahal and the lighting effect gives the illusion of moonlight. This replica was obtained in India during the world cruise made by the Chances in 1927. Near the center of the garden is the wishing well and a very large stone arch both built from the peculiarly red colored Potosi rock dating an estimated four million years ago. Stepping down rustic stone steps one reaches a platform from which a stream of water rises which is the "fountain of youth." Around the stone arch is the cactus bed containing the many varieties of cacti seldom seen in ordinary collections. Near by is found the reproduction of the island where Moses was found in the bulrushes. This reproduction in miniature is built in the same shape and is supplied with the same type of vegetation consisting of Egyptian lotus, Nile flag and bulrushes. Throughout the garden are rock built retreats where guests may rest and lose themselves momentarily from the outside world. Miniature fountains in the shape of frogs are placed along the banks of the pool. Others in the shape of the seven dwarfs peep out among the flowers in the rock garden. Sunlight on the water gives a glow and a freshness to the beds of flowers. There are beautiful flowers in the Chance Garden from very early spring until the winter freeze. But officially the garden is open from mid-May until October and whether the visit is during the day or the evening, it is a pleasant surprise and an experience to be remembered. Hundreds of lights, many of them concealed in the flower beds, in the pool or in the rock formations, light the garden at night and give an added enchantment. This is indeed a beauty-spot of Central Missouri. [photo caption] THE CHANCE GARDENS AT NIGHT COMMENCEMENT ACTIVITIES FOR THE CLASS OF MAY 1955 Baccalaureate services for the graduating seniors were held Sunday, May 15, at 8:00 p.m. in Kirk Auditorium. Reverend Arthur R. Steidemann of the Trinity Episcopal Church, Kirksville, gave the address, using as his subject, "The Courage Not To Understand." Musical selections were given by the college choir accompanied by Mr. Frederic Kirchberger of the Music Department. The Annual Senior Banquet was held Monday, May 16, at 7:00 p.m. in the Blanton Hall Cafeteria. "Changing Times, 1918-1955" was the subject of the address given by Dr. Lucy Simmons, Head of the Division of Social Science. Gene Weber, a member of the Senior Class, sang two solos, accompanied at the piano by his wife, Marilie Weber, also a graduating senior. Climaxing the activities were the Commencement exercises which were held on Thursday, May 19, at 10:00 a.m. in Kirk Auditorium. The speaker was the Honorable Stuart Symington, United States Senator from Missouri. He spoke to a large and responsive audience on the subject, "Disarmament, The Way to Lasting Peace." Special music was furnished by Mrs. Charlotte Herrick, a music major, who sang, "Where'er You Walk," by Handel. A total of one hundred ten degree^ were conferred as follows: Bachelor of Science in Education, eighty-three, Bachelor of Science, sixteen; Bachelor of Music, one; Bachelor of Arts, ten; Master of Arts, eleven. [photo caption] The Honorable Stuart Symington, Senator from Missouri, addressing the graduating class of the May Division of the Class of 1955. (page 5) SUMMER, 1955 NEMOSCOPE PAGE 5 Distinguished Alumnus . . FLOYD C. SHOEMAKER [photo caption] DR. FLOYD CALVIN SHOEMAKER New honors have recently come to one of'the distinguished alumni of the Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, Floyd Calvin Shoemaker. Dr. Shoemaker's 40th anniversary as Secretary of the Missouri State Historical Society was May 5, 1955. On that day the Missouri State Senate passed a resolution of congratulations and appreciation calling attention to the outstanding progress of the Society under Dr. Shoemaker's direction. Dr. Shoemaker has served as director of the Society longer than anyone else in a similar capacity in any other state. During the 40 years of his service the membership of the Society has increased from 350 to 7,599, the largest state historical society in the United States. The publication of the Society, the Missouri Historical Review, is recognized as one of the ranking historical quarterlies in the country. In addition, Dr. Shoemaker's work in preserving priceless records of Missouri history and in making the history of Missouri known throughout the nation has been outstanding. Floyd Calvin Shoemaker was born in Kissimmee, Florida, in 1886, but his family soon moved to Bucklin, Missouri, where he was reared. In 1903 he entered the State Normal School at Kirksville from which he received the Bachelor of Pedagogy degree in 1906. Entering the University of Missouri in 1907, he earned the A.B. in 1909 and the A.M. in 1911. He is the recipient of two honorary Doctor of Laws degrees; the first conferred by Central College at Fayette in 1942 and the other by the University of Missouri last year. Since 1915 Dr. Shoemaker has served as secretary and librarian of the State Historical Society of Missouri and editor of all of its publications. He is the author of numerous works in Missouri history including Missouri's Struggle for Statehood, Missouri's Hall of Fame, The Pageant of Missouri, A History of Missouri and Missourians; Missouri, Mother of the West; Missouri and Missourians, Land of Contrasts and People of Achievements; and The State Historical Society of Misscuri, a Semicentennial History, 1898-1948. He is author or editor of eighty-five volumes of history and documents relating to the state, and in addition he has written and edited many articles and brochures relating to Missouri history. Among the many honors which Dr. Shoemaker has received were membership in Phi Beta Kappa and the Wells Key of Sigma Delta Chi, National Journalistic Fraternity for distinguished service to the fraternity. He holds memberships in many organizations includihg the American Association for State and Local History; American Historical Association; Arkansas Folklore Society; Association of American Archivists; Mississippi Valley Historical Association; Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis; Missouri Library Association; Missouri Press Association and Missouri Writer's Guild, of which he was one of the founders, and a life membership in the State Historical Society of Missouri. While a student in the Kirksville Normal School he was interested in debating and music. He continues to play the. piano, violin and guitar for his own enjoyment. In the 1920's for two summers he was a visiting lecturer in Missouri history in the Northeast Missouri State Teachers College. While there he conducted the first historical tour over the state in spite of the fact that at that time Missouri had relatively few miles of hard-surfaced roads. PARENTS' DAY AND HOMECOMING Plans are under way for the 1955 Parents' Day, which will be Friday, September 23, and for Homecoming, October 21 and 22. Parents' Day will feature the traditional assembly, campus tours, luncheon, and a football game between the Bulldogs and Missouri Valley. It is anticipated that the number of parents attending will be even larger than last year. At the Founders' Luncheon Saturday, October 22, the class of 1905 and the class of 1930 will be honored. At 2:00 p. m. the K.S.T.C. Bulldogs will play the Iiolla School of Mines. The Homecoming activities will close with a dance in Kirk Auditorium Saturday night. The administration, faculty, and students hope to see a large group of alumni on the campus that weekend. ALUMNI NOTES Dr. Bob Rothschild, 1947, is vice-principal of the junior and senior high school at Portola, California. Ferdinand Del Pizzo, 1934, of Richmond Heights, received the Ph. D. degree from Washington University, June 8. James F. Collings, B. S. in Ed., 1940, M. A., 1949, has been elected superintendent of schools at Lancaster. He had served as superintendent at Mercer since 1951. Clara Straight, 1941, assistant professor of housing and design at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, attended the International Design Conference held at Aspen, Colorado, June 13-19. Sgt. Andrew L. Jorgenson, 1952, has returned to his home in Green Castle after three years of duty with the Army Chemical Corps. He has received a commendation for participation in field tests at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. Keith Kreitner, 1949, assumed his duties as rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Kirksville, August 1. Rev. Kreitner is also a graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary and has served as chaplain to Episcopal students at the University of Hawaii. Lois Sinele Ogle, 1955, sailed from New York, May 26, aboard the SS United States for Germany where she will join her husband, Lewis Ogle, 1954, who is stationed at Mannheim. Mrs. Ogle plans to teach in the elementary army school while in Germany. (page 6) PAGE 6 NEMOSCOPE SUMMER, 1955 LA PLATA AND UNIONVILLE OBSERVE THRONGS OF VISITORS AND FORMER RESID After twenty-five weeks of planning, La Plata held a week-long celebration honoring the one hundred years of growth of the community. From Sunday, July 3, to Friday, July 8, many types of celebrations, exhibits, contests, and festivities marked the program of the centennial. More than six hundred people finally participated in the planning. Starting with a committee of about two hundred and fifty members, the numerous demands drew in an additional three hundred and fifty members, all working cooperatively to one end, namely, civic pride in displaying the progress made by La Plata in its first century of existence. In accordance with what would have been the wishes of the founding fathers, the first day of the celebration, Sunday, July 3 was devoted to religious observance with Dr. Frank Johnson Pippin of Kansas City as the chief speaker. Monday, July 4, quite appropriately was celebrated as Armed Forces Day, with a parade and the Historical Pageant, as the chief features of the observance. Tuesday was Old Settlers' Day with the Historical Spectacle "Centorama" as the central attraction. Because the economy of the community is based on agriculture, Wednesday was Agriculture Day. The hope of the future, La Plata's youth, had their day on Thursday, with all of the events centering around youth interests. This well-planned celebration closed July 8 with Labor and Industry Day, giving evidence of the continued growth of La Plata along these lines. The Historical Spectacle, "The Centorama," was offered each evening in Hastings Park so that all might be aware of the stages of the community's development. The name La Plata means "River of Silver." Certainly this ably-planned and cooperatively-executed celebration left a continuous stream of silver and golden memories on the minds of all who were privileged to witness all or parts of the festivities. May La Plata have another such celebration one hundred years hence, with added evidence of progress. PAULINE D. KNOBBS [photo caption] A group of participants in the Unionville Centennial Celebration posed before "Old No. 35," the historic railroad engine displayed by the Burlington Railroad. [photo caption] Three hundred weeks on the pagea an outdoor stage 250 eant depicted the f outstanding events in On the F people jam witness a p Add (page 7) SUMMER, 1955 NEMOSCOPE PAGE 7 ENTENNIALS WITH BIG CELEBRATIONS S WERE IN ATTENDANCE AT BOTH AFFAIRS July 15-17 Unionville celebrated its first 100 years as county seat of Putnam County with a three day program of varied events. Friday, a 11 style show featuring authentic costumes representing different periods in the life of Unionville was presented and Sara Lou Pollock was crowned queen of the centennial. The parade on Saturday included about 75 units and required slightly over one-half hour to parade around the square. Many of the floats depicted pioneer ways of life contrasted with those of the present. Special features of the parade were a Conestoga Wagon and Concord Stage Coach brought to Unionville by Army personnel from the Fort Leavenworth Museum and another old stage coach furnished by the management of the Rodeo which appeared as a part of the centennial celebration. An unusual feature of the parade was the prairie schooner drawn by a team of oxen in which rode Mrs. Martha Porter of Lucerne, Putnam County's oldest resident who was born in 1853. The town was gaily decorated and many of the merchants' windows featured interesting relics donated by residents of the community. The Burlington Railroad had on display at the station an early locomotive and mail car. "Old No. 35" was an American type engine built in the 1890's but later modified to duplicate earlier models. The mail car was a replica of the first railway car in which mail was sorted en route. These exhibits attracted approximately 6000 persons. Many persons declared the pageant presented Saturday night depicting [photo caption] Mrs. Martha Porter, the 1855 Centennial Queen, as she appeared in the parade at the Unionville celebration. pictures are by the State Department and used e courtesy of J. G. Mor- of the Unionville Re- and Member of the Mis- Highway Commission. La Plata Cuts La Plata Home Press bracticed four 000 people on ffeli. The pag- La Plata and since 1855. ly an estimated 20,000 greets of La Plata to miles in length. ion following page (page 8) PAGE 8 NEMOSCOPE SUMMER, 1955 an episode in the early history of the church in the area was the best single feature. The story, written by the Rev. Dayton Grover, pastor of the Methodist Church, was based on the attempt of a minority to preserve slavery even if it meant the disruption of the church. The three-day program climaxed a series of Wednesday night shows which featured the Kangaroo Court, old time spelling matches, medicine shows, and square dances. Old fiddler's contests and a beard growing contest were also a part of the celebration. RUTH TOWNE RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP Mrs. Charlotte Mittler, M.A., 1949, has received a scholarship from Harvard University to study from July 6 to August 24 in the field of the history of the Far East. Mrs. Mittler, the wife of Eli Mittler, head of the Division of Extension Service, is instructor in social science at the Ophelia Parrish Junior High School in Kirksville. FACULTY NOTES President. Walter H. Ryle attended the annual N.E.A. convention in Chicago July 3 to July 8. Mr. Pete Nicoletti, business manager of the College, attended a workshop for business officers of colleges and universities held at the University of Omaha July 25 through July 30. Dr. Charles E. Kauzlarich, head of the Division of Business Education, spoke at the opening session of the Illinois Business Education Conference at the University of Illinois on July 11. Dr. Hamilton Easton, Dr. Gilbert Kohlenberg, Dr. Lucy Simmons, and Dr. Ruth Towne of the Social Science Division attended the forty-eighth annual meeting of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association in St. Louis April 28 through April 30. Compositions by Frederic Kirchberger and Leon Karel of the music faculty were among those by eight contemporary Missouri composers played at a concert in the new Jesse Auditorium at the University of Missouri, May 15. "A Song Cycle," a group of five songs, by Mr. Kirch- berger and "Sonata for Trombone and Piano" by Dr. Karel were the numbers chosen to represent the Kirksville musicians. ALUMNI MARRIAGES Patricia Ellett, 1955, became the bride of Paul Danclovic of Kansas City in a ceremony in Kirksville, June 4. Rosemary Anderson, 1953, home demonstration agent in Lewis county, was married to Robert Taylor of Canton, April 10. Clyde Ransom, 1952, was married to Joyce Lunceford of Oak Grove, Missouri, May 20. Mr. Ransom has taught at Oak Grove the past two years. Philip Dean Carson, 1955, married Mary Sue Machin at Mexico, Missouri, July 1. Mr. Carson has been teaching music in the Hardin Junior High School in Mexico. Martha Jones, 1949, became the bride of Billy Keith McClaskey of Milan, May 20. Mrs. McClaskey is an English teacher at the Ophelia Parrish Junior High School in Kirksville. Marvis Holt, 1951, of Galt, was married to Rev. Harry B. Davis, pastor of the Marsh Avenue Methodist Church in Independence, June 5. Mrs. Davis has been teaching in the Bethany public schools. Esther Sadler, 1929, and Dr. Ralph W. House, professor of remedial reading, Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, were married in Kirksville, May 29. Mrs. House is an instructor in social science at the Ophelia Parrish Junior High School in Kirksville. Catherine Clark, B. S. in Ed., 1943, and M. A., 1949, was married to Stanley Parda of Greenfield, Massachusetts, June 19. Mr. Parda has been employed by McDonnall Aircraft Corporation in St. Louis. The bride has been teaching in Ferguson. They will make their home in Normandy. Betty Goad, 1955, and Laverne Gregory, 1952, were married in Kirksville, May 28. Their honeymoon will be spent touring Europe and the Holy Land. While in Europe they will attend the Baptist World Alliance in London in July. Upon their return, they will enroll in Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Kansas. [photo caption] A familiar sight on La Plata's streets during the celebration were these oxen driven by Ernest Clarkson, chairman of Agriculture Day, and R. H. Hiles, who pastured the oxen during their stay in La Plata. (page 9) SUMMER, 1955 NEMOSCOPE PAGE 9 ALUMNI NOTES James Russell Moore, 1932, died at his farm home near Bethel, April 2. Donald Truitt, 1950, received an M. S. degree from the University of Missouri June 8. Max Quentin Freeland, 1941, was awarded the Doctor of Philosophy degree by Iowa State College, July 20. His major was analytical chemistry. Cpl. Franklin D. Wayman, 1953, has returned to his home in Kirksville after completing 14 months of service in the Far East with the Second Amphibious Support Brigade. Charles W. Baldwin, 1933, Farmers Home Administration County Supervisor at Edina, received a Superior Service Award recently from Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Benson at Ceremonies in Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Van Sickel, the former a 1924 graduate, celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary May 22. Mr. Van Sickel retired last year as superintendent of schools of Kirksville after fifty years of teaching. Mrs. Myrtle Smith Lee, 1952, died May 28 at Milan. Mrs. Lee was a past president of the Northeast District of Classroom Teachers and a member of the legislative committee of the Missouri State Teachers Association. She was first grade instructor at Milan at the time of her death and was working on her master's degree at the Teachers College. Her daughter, Barbara, is a member of the August division of the class of 1955. Anson Eugene Van Eaton, 1925, received a Ph. D. degree at the June 8 commencement at the University of Missouri. Mrs. Ruth Howerton McKenzie Erbe, 1925, died early in May in Lakeport, California. She was a music major and had taught in California until her health failed. Dr. John Rinehart, 1934, will join the faculty of Harvard University this fall. Dr. Rinehart has been in research work for the government for several years and is now stationed at the China Lake nuclear project in the Mohave desert area. Cecilia Tabler, 1951, has been awarded the Delta Gamma Alumnae Association scholarship in special education at the University of Michigan to prepare for teaching the visually handicapped. She has been teaching seventh and eighth grades in the Missouri School for the Blind in St. Louis. The Master's thesis of Mrs. Eutopia Bailey, B. S. in Ed., 1951 and M. A., 1954, was printed in the April issue of the Missouri Historical Review, quarterly publication of the State Historical Society of Missouri. The thesis, entitled "The Small Town in Twentieth Century Fiction," was directed by Dr. Nan E. Wade, professor of modern languages, and was submitted to the Division of Language and Literature in the summer of 1954. Mrs. Bailey teaches in the high school at La Plata. Dr. George Deimer, 1911, President of Central Missouri State College at Warrensburg, was honored May 20 by the residents of Warrensburg as their "most outstanding citizen." James F. Walker, Jr., 1951, won the $150 Pauline Palmer award for a drawing at the 58th annual exhibition by artists of Chicago and vicinity. Mr. Walker is a teacher at the Chicago Art Institute. Russell C. Vannoy, Jr., 1955, of Shelbina, has been awarded a fellowship in philosophy at the University of Illinois for the 1955-56 school year. Mr. Vannoy was the first honor graduate of the May division of the class of 1955. Richard F. Watkins, 1954, was graduated February 26 from the five months officer basic training course at the Marine Corps School, Quantico, Virginia, and has been transferred to the Marine Corps Air Station at Cherry Point, North Carolina. Lt. Watkins is the husband of the former Shirley Truitt, 1953. Johanna Zeigel, 1948, sailed May 25 for Germany where she has a two-year assignment as recreation leader with the American Army in the service club section of special services. Since her graduation Miss Zeigel has been studying voice in St. Louis. She also sang and supervised stage production with the St. Louis Grand Opera Guild, the Light Opera Guild, the St. Louis Choral Society, and the Central Opera Association. Miss Zeigel plans to continue her vocal studies while in Europe. Again this summer a number of workshops and conferences were held on the campus as a part of the regular summer program. A part of the group of teachers attending the workshop in the Teaching of the Social Studies: Citizenship Education, June 13 to 17 are shown at the left listening to an address by Dr. Ray Roberts of the State Department of Education. The participants in the workshop in Conservation Education are pictured at the right in front of the main entrance to New Science Hall. (page 10) PAGE 10 NEMOSCOPE SUMMER, 1955 ALUMNI NOTES Rev. John Fox, 1946, student director of the First Baptist Church at Kirksville, received the Doctor of Religious Education degree May 12, at the Central Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Kansas. Dr. Barrett Stout, 1915, former instructor in voice at the Teachers College, has retired as head of the music department at the University of Louisiana. He was honored with a reception given by the entire faculty at the Faculty Club May 26. William A. Deskin, 1948, has been elected to membership in Phi Lambda Upsilon, national honorary chemistry fraternity, and to associate membership in Sigma Xi, national honorary science fraternity. Mr. Deskin is working toward the Ph. D. degree in chemistry at the University of Iowa. Wirt Downing, 1930, has been promoted from assistant to the principal to principal of East St. Louis High School. His football teams have won 144 games, lost 18, and tied 7 during his 25 years as coach there. James C. Hardy, 1952, has been awarded a Missouri Congress of PTA scholarship for further study in exceptional child teacher training. Mr. Hardy, who teaches at Poplar Bluff, will study at the University of Iowa. Sfc. Lloyd Collins, 1948, returned from Germany in April after being stationed there for three years. He has been assigned as recruiting sergeant at Mexico, Missouri. Sfc. Collins is the son of Sherod Collins of the College faculty. The autobiography of Margaret ("Jennie") Foglesong Ingram, 1905, has been published by Comet Press Books under the title Toward an Education: The Autobiography of an American School Teacher. Mrs. Ingram and her husband, Earl B. Ingram, live in Miami, Florida. In addition to her latest book, Mrs. Ingram writes poetry, plays, and magazine articles. In her autobiography, Mrs. Ingram gives a nostalgic account of her school days in Kirksville where President John R. Kirk preached the gospel of work. He helped her obtain a principalship in a small high school in Montana and remained her friend and booster up the ladder of success. Fred E. Patrick, 1913, retired from teaching in May after 53 years spent in the profession. For the past eight years he has taught at the Aurora High School where a special assembly was held in his honor at the close of the school year. Dr. Mary Beauchamp, 1930, is the co-author with Howard Lane of a book entitled Human Relations in Teaching: The Dynamics of Helping Children Grow published by Prentice-Hall. Dr. Beauchamp holds an Ed. D. degree from New York University. Samuel D. Sellars, 1954, pastor of the Brashear Methodist Circuit, has accepted an appointment as pastor of the Riverdale Methodist Church in Gloucester, Massachusetts. While living in Massachusetts, Rev. Sellars will study at Boston University. Dr. W. Francis English, 1927, was named dean of the faculty of the College of Arts and Science at the University of Missouri May 1 succeeding Dr. Elmer Ellis who was elevated to the presidency of the University. Dr. English, who received his master's degree and doctorate from the University, has been a member of the faculty since 1943. He will continue as professor of history in addition to his new duties. While a student at the Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, Dr. English was president of the student council, editor of the Index, and a member of Blue Key, honorary service fraternity. RATED BEST COLLEGE PAPER IN STATE The Teachers College Index was rated the best newspaper in class A for 1955 competition with all Missouri colleges and universities with more than 1,000 enrollment by the Missouri College Newspaper Association. This was the first year the Index had competed in class A. Last year the Index won the plaque in class B, which includes four year colleges of less than 1,000 enrollment. [photo caption] Miss Agnes Slemons, Index adviser, and the 1954-55 editors admire the plaque won by the Index as the state's best college newspaper. Seated is Linder Heimer, winter editor. Jim Thornton, fall editor, and Barbara Kerls, spring co-editor with Jim, are standing. ALUMNI GRADUATES AT KCOS Delbert E. Maddox, 1937, was graduated from the Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery June 4. He was formerly head of the Department of Health and Physical Education at the Northeast Missouri State Teachers College. He holds a Master's degree from the University of Missouri and has worked toward the Ph.D. at Columbia University and the University of Iowa. Glenn R. Ellis, 1953, of Tarkio, Missouri; Oliver Eshenaur, 1954, of Point Pleasant, West Virginia; Warren B. Hamilton, 1951, of Kirksville; Glen F. Warren, Jr., 1955, of Green City, Missouri; Ernest E. Williamson, 1950, of Anderson, Missouri; and Daniel Lee Wisely, 1951, of Twin Falls, Idaho, were also members of the graduating class at the Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery June 4. (page 11) SUMMER, 1955 NEMOSCOPE PAGE 11 FACULTY RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS The faculty of the Northeast Missouri State Teachers College regularly contributes much in the way of books, articles and papers to the field of scholarly research. The following constitutes a partial list of such products of research completed between January 1, 1950, and May 1, 1955: Books and Monographs Biological Conservation--John D. Black, Professor of Zoology; McGraw & Hill; 1954. Description: College text in conservation of renewable resources, especially wildlife. Recorded Shorthand Dictation--Harold Mickelson, Instructor in Business Education; Southwestern Publishing Company; 1953. Practices in Business Education. Rapid Business Calculations--Vivian Kline; Gregg Division of McGraw-Hill; 1954. Articles "There is No Carp Problem"--John D. Black, Professor of Zoology; The Fisherman; July, 1952. "Another Look at Research"--John D. Black, Professor of Zoology; Author and Journalist; September, 1950. "John Hardy's Deer Hunt"--John D. Black, Professor of Zoology; Ozark Guide; December, 1950. "Make a Hobby of Shortline Railroads"--John D. Black, Professor of Zoology; Man to Man; September, 1950. "Minnow Farming"--John D. Black, Professor of Zoology; Here's How; July, 1951. "The Status of Hadropterus Scierus"--John D. Black and Carl Hubbs; American Midland Naturalist; January, 1955. "A Shorthand Take of Most-Used Phrases"--Harold Mickelson, Instructor in Business Education; Business Education World; April, 1952. "The Development of the Embryo of Zea in Relation of the Ear"--Max E. Bell, Associate Professor of Botany; Iowa State College Journal of Science; August 15, 1954. "A Letter to a Board Member"--Eli F. Mittler, Head of Division of Extension; American School Board Member; June, 1951. "Going to a Convention"--Leon Karel, Associate Professor of Theory; Educational Music Magazine; 1953. Reprinted in American Music Teacher; 1955. "Music from all Sides"--Leon Karel, Associate Professor of Theory; Music Educators Journal; 1954. "Admission to College Theory Book"-- Leon Karel, Associate Professor of Theory; American Music Teacher; 1954. "The Geographer as Coordinator"--Walter A. Browne, Professor of Geography; Journal of Geography; February, 1955. "Three Basic Principles for the Maturity-Centered School"--Ralph House, Professor of Remedial Reading; Journal of Exceptional Children; April, 1951. "Primary Criteria for Adjusting the Curriculum to the Child"--Ralph House, Professor of Remedial Reading; School & Society; January 7, 1950. "Helping Parents of the Unsuccessful Bright Pupil"--Ralph House, Professor of Remedial Reading; N A R T News; January, 1955. "The Classroom, A Training Ground in Democracy"--Berenice Beggs, Assistant Professor of English Education; Missouri Schools; March, 1955. "They Learn to Write by Writing"--Berenice Beggs, Assistant Professor of English Education; English Journal; April, 1955. "Testing Clay"--Nita Patterson, Instructor in Art; Show-Me-Art; April-May, 1953. "The School Newspaper"--Agnes Slemons, Assistant Professor of Journalism; School & Community; 1954. "Teaching Contemporary Piano Music"-- Frederic Kirchberger, Associate Professor of Piano; School Music; November-December, 1954. "Extensional Limits of Aristotelian Logic" --Earl C. Cunningham, Professor of Philosophy; Educational Theory; April, 1952. "Freedom in Public Educations"--Earl C. Cunningham, Professor of Philosophy; Educational Theory; October, 1952. "First Principles for a Modern Philosophy of Education"--Earl C. Cunningham, Professor of Philosophy; Educational Theory; January, 1955. "Rapid Calculations for Secretaries"-- Vivian Kline; Today's Secretary, bi-monthly column. Papers Read Before Professional Societies "The Large-Mouth Bass of Back Bay, A Virginia Estuary"--Dean Roseberry, Professor of General Science; Mid-West Wildlife Conference; December 31, 1954. "The Comparative Rate of Development of the Embryo of Zea in Relation to the Ear" ---Max E. Bell, Associate Professor of Botany; Iowa Academy of Science; April, 1953. "A Fence or a Footpath?"--Leon Karel, Associate Professor of Theory; Missouri Music Teachers Association; 1954. "Cavalcade of Music Education"--Leon Karel, Associate Professor of Theory; Music Educators National Conference; 1955. "LOST ALUMNI" Listed below are a number of alumni of the Teachers College, who have become "lost" so far as the Alumni Office is concerned. Mail addressed to these persons at their last known address has been returned marked "undeliverable." If you have information concerning any of these alumni will you please communicate with the Alumni Office. --EDITOR Class of 1905 Maude Alkire (Mrs. Lee H. Wright) Harriet H. Bartlett Sarah Bliss Burkeholder Elbert M. Dorsey Bessie E. Hale (Mrs. Loetz) Phoebe John Dora E. Johnston W. N. King Bessie Munn Minnie E. Murphy (Mrs. Walter E. Fish) C. E. Temple Cyrus G. Truitt Ethel E. Walkup S. Birchie Woods Class of 1930 Mildred Bailey Beulah Beaven (Mrs. Murl Roy Moore) Dorothy Blanche Bell Martha E. Berry Katherine M. Brunner (Mrs. George W. Nunn) Mildred Buchanan Amy Eloise Busse (Mrs. Samuel B. Smith) Scott Cline Elva M. Collipriest Wilma Cooley (Mrs. Frank Lee) Mary Theresa Day (Mrs. F. H. Hollingsworth, Jr.) Mary Baker Ellis (Mrs. Robert R. Ellis) Daisy Edna Evans Evelyn Forrester Carrie F. Fuller (Mrs. William M. Jackson) Berniece Glahn Novilla L. Haines Agnes G. Handlen Aurora Lee Hayward George R. Hicks Ben C. Humphrey Keith Jaquiss Charles N. Johnston Alva E. Labar Margaret Alma Meek Gladys Kitchen Noble Mabel D. Norris Mariam P. Quinn Veronica Frances Reagan Ruby Lea Robinson Nellie Beatrice Rogers Tillie R. Romine (Mrs.) Florence Anna Rush Pansy Zellars Sagaser C. Armildridge Shunk Agnes Hanlon Taylor (Mrs.) Berlie Elbert Tucker Jessie I. Van Sickle William C. Waters Nella Mae Weber Elliot Whitacre Waldo Evert Whybrew Lyman F. Williamson (page 12)