Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
Election Results -- Family -- FXL Fired -- No Smoking -- Mollenhoff on Politics by Richard Blazek -- Alumni Band -- Energy Crisis by Susan Burden -- Jolly Good T.V. by Dave Helland -- Minority Voices by Richard Blazek -- A Unique and Primary Place...
The growing tertiary level hub of Iowa's health care system, the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, offers human concern not often found in such large hospitals. -- An interesting performance by an interesting Iowa musical group, the...
Mrs. Mary Louise Smith -- Basketball: Lute Olson -- Thieves Market -- The Military at Iowa -- Jim Dougherty and Jazz -- Deceased -- Life Members -- Alumni Notes -- Pioneer 11: Jupiter Revisited -- Sinology -- Grappling -- Basketball --...
A Biological Breakthrough: UI researchers have found that the disease causing fungus Candida is really a quick-change artist. Their discovery could help in the treatment of millions of people who suffer from this virulent pathogen that causes...
DOING GOOD: Whatever the challenge, volunteers work to make a difference. In these stories, we focus on people who reach beyond themselves to spread a little cheer, help their neighbors, heal the sick, and befriend children they otherwise wouldn't...
SCHOOL WORK: Most University of Iowa students work to make ends meet. Caught between their aspirations and the perspiration it takes to achieve them, they're learning skills that will transfer to the careers they pursue after graduation. -- WHEN...
Iowa's Own: With a smile on her face and her sleeves rolled up. President Mary Sue Coleman is directing the UI toward its goal of becoming one of the ten best public research universities in the nation. -- Striking Accord: Even a nursery rhyme can...
Chuck Swanson (age 55) talks to his employee, Ken Schumacher (age 59) about the Iowa flood of 2008 and its effect on Hancher, a performing arts space in Iowa City where both Chuck and Ken work.
A New Magazine: Alumni Association Publishes "Prologue" for UI Juniors, Seniors -- Wanted: Nurses. UI College of Nursing is Starting Point for Future RNs --Hawks Go to Rose Bowl --Winning Season: First in 20 Years --Network Offers Students...
Impact of Federal Regulations at University -- Iowa Basketball '78 -- New Home for the College of Education -- Martha Sheil: New York Opera Debut -- Faces of Iowa -- Ordination provides a channel for her energy -- Iowa Women's Day -- Center for New...
DRIVE THE BUDGET: Getting what it takes to run the UI is getting harder. How can a university prove what it's worth to a state? -- DENTAL COLLEGE CENTENNIAL: 100 years of history have brought the UI dental school to national prominence and some...
Tuition: The bane of students becomes a pay increase for the faculty. Though no one's particularly happy with the 12 percent increase, tuition at the UI remains the lowest in the Big Ten. -- No more ivory towers: After conducting statewide...
Bionic Ears: Researchers already know the mechanics, if not the mysteries, of the ear and hearing. The UI's cochlear implant program offers the deaf artificial sounds that make -- Of Dinosaurs and Killer Comets: What relegated dinosaurs to museums...
A TRIUMPHANT LIFE: Helene Scriabine never imagined she would see her Russian homeland again, but thanks to Glasnost the UI professor emeritus is returning to see work begin on a film inspired by her life. -- ENVIRONMENT BECOMES A HOT ISSUE: The...
THE RUN FOR THE ROSES: The Hawkeyes played "never say die" football in the 1991 Rose Bowl before falling to Washington, 46-34, and Iowa fans never faltered. -- RADIO DAYS: For over 70 years, the UI has been on the air, broadcasting news, music,...