IN CLASS: Engineering students help equip humans for flight. -- The Flight of a Red-Tailed Angel: As one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, Iowa alumnus Luther Smith played a crucial part in World War II— and also helped wage the battle for racial...
Fashionable Physician: A dynamo with a fancy for fine shoes and perfume, transplant surgeon Maureen Martin is a perfectionist, and she is determined to make the nation's organ transplant system work for as many patients as she can. -- Saving for...
Homecoming Is Early -- Can the Football Team Maintain the 1913 Pace -- Frank O. Lowden a Success -- Irving Institute Has a Semi-Centennial -- Literary Reunion in Des Moines -- Many Marriages During Summer -- Cup for Class News -- The Third Annual...
Concerning his sympathy over the illness of his brother; his hope that insanity will not develop, and his suggestion that the word, insanity, be used no more than they can help "for the sake of the family".
Concerning an excerpt from a letter Mrs. Smith - Mr. Lorain's daughter - sent (concerning the division of the property her grandfather left) which his nephew requested
Concerning the amusements at Carr's party the previous evening; his love for her; his desire for news from Brighton; his thoughts on the desirableness of a woman who seeks knowledge without forgetting her "natural tenderness" and femininity.
THE DAY AFTER MAKES A DIFFERENCE: Nicholas Meyer's TV movie about nuclear war drew 100,000,000 viewers and a lot of controversy; four UI professors explain why the film was worth it -- FROM THE CHAPEL TO THE CLASSROOM: With the
objective...
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...
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...
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...
Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.