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University Reporter
Iowa State University, Iowa City, Johnson co., Iowa
October 15, 1877

The University opens with a large attendance; the enrollment being 335 in the Academical Department, and 100 in the Law.

Sophomore officers are as follows: President, S.H. Snyder; Vice President, Lulu Younkin; Secretary, Belle Gilcrest; Treasurer, O.S. Fellows.

Personal
-Rosa Cowgill, '80, is again in school
-Emma V. McKenzie, '77, has a place at Hampton.
-W.H. Coutts has returned to school again - enters with Freshman class.
-Dr. Burbank of Waverly, stopped a few days visiting his son, Frank.
-J.J. Bowles, '80, the genial countenance of the same can again be seen among us.
-H.J. Bell, '80, is not with his class this year. It is sorry to lose such a valuable member.
-Dora Brown has gone to the oil regions of Pennsylvania, she will be back, ere long, we hope.
-Minna R. Brant, '78, and Leona Call, '79, are teaching in Webster City High School.
-R.M. Haines, '72, Law '74, has been nominated for State Senator for Poweshiek and Tama counties.
-Rev. Dennis Murphy, '74, is stationed at Marengo this year. He ranks high among our clerical alumni.
-Daniel B. Ellis, '77, has not begun "barking" yet; he is overseeing a stock farm in Illinois a few miles from Clinton.
-W.E. Bradford, '80' disappoints his classmates by not returning this year. Success, Will, wherever your lot may be cast.
-Miss Nellie McClintock is at her home in West Union and will not be back this year. Hope she will be back next year.
-Martin N. Johnson, '75; Law '76, has received the Republican nomination for the state senate. Glad to see our boys in the legislature.
-F.G. Hersey, formerly class '79, is in Des Moines assisting in Wm. McClaine's flourishing Academy. He expects to return next year.
-Fred S. Hebard, '80, on his return from Pike's peak before going to Columbia College, N.Y., stopped at home one day to say good-bye to his many friends. "Some go east and some go West."
-Herbert Johnson, '80, after teaching a year in St. Louis, has a place in the hight school at Winterset. He has succeeded wonderfully - he's married.
-Frank T. Lyon, '77, wields the sceptre over the Onawa schools. He gets $1000 for his work at Superintendency. He was one of our most worthy boys.
-Mamie L. Loring, '79, has been called home on account of her ill health. She expects to return next term to the place in her class which she alone can fill.
-A.T. Free, several years since a student of the University, is principal of the Brooklyn High School. We assure him that his pleasant countenance is not forgotten.
-Robert M. Goshorn, '77, has charge of one of the departments of the Winterset school. Capt. Bob's military science tells with good effect. He has the model school just as he had the model company.
-Ed W. Craven, '75, spent a short time at his Alma Mater looking fresh and hearty. His wife, also, was here visiting friends. Ed gives forth wisdom at Glenwood this year.
-Miss Lizzie Thacher, passed the summer in Iowa City. She is teaching "Bell's visible speech" in Indianapolis.
-J.J. McConnell, '76, was elected principal of the Oskaloosa High School. He was taken sick at the opening of the year and his place was temporarily supplied by John J. Seerley. Glad that Mac has recovered and resumed business.
-W.W. Cook, '79, sauntered a little while upon the classic pavements of the Athens of Iowa. Has interviewed the "injuns" since last heard from. His scalp is firm as ever.
-J.S. Gillespie, '71, who has been teaching in the Deaf and Dumb Institution at Council Bluffs, was sent to Boston during the past season to study up Professor Bell's system of vocal physiology, which is to be introduced at Council Bluffs the coming year.
-D.K. Thomas, a former member of the University, has been engaged as principal of the High School at Tama City, for the last three years. As an educator Mr. T. has met with unbounded success. He has recently been admitted to the bar and will practive law in that place.
-J.J. Seerley, '75, after a few weeks teaching at Oskaloosa, has gone to Burlington where he is building up a practice.

Married - Clyde-Wedgewood. In Waukon, July 19th, 1877, by Rev. John M. Wedgewood, Mr. J.F. Clyde of Mitchell county and Miss Hattie I. Wedgewood of Allamakee county, daughter of officiating clergyman. Mr. Clyde, as many well know, is an honorable graduate of '77, and will be principal of the Mitchell High School the coming year. The REPORTER, seconded by a host of friends, hastens to send the happy couple its heartiest congratulations, trusting that the future, with no scant hand, may crown their lives with richest gifts.

List of Students.
Thinking the publication of a list of the members of the Law Department, giving name and residence, would be interesting, and enable them to become more thoroughly acquainted, the REPORTER has accordingly surrendered the space for the following list:
D. Armentrout, Mechanicsville, Iowa
A.M. Appleget, Tecumseh, Neb
P.S. Aslakson, Hader, Minn
Geo. Beisigel, New Buda, Iowa
L.L. Breeze, Irvington, Ill.
A.F. Burleigh, Yancton, Da.*
C. Boradstreet, Primghar, Iowa
L.C. Brown (B.S. Cornell Col. '77), Marion, Iowa
H.J. Chambers (A.B.S. U.I. '76), Boone, Iowa
J.B. Chapman, Tama City, Iowa
L.W. Clapp (B. Ph. S.U.I. '77), Iowa City, Iowa
Geo. W. Clarke (A.B. Osk. Col. '77), Drakeville, Iowa
Geo. R. Cloud, Muscatine, Iowa
S.A. Crandall, Mystic, Conn.
Jno Campbell (A.B. S.U.I.'77), Osceola, Iowa
R.F. Dale, Boone, Iowa
W.C. Dailey, Leon, Iowa
W.E. Dean, Albert Lea, Iowa*
Samuel Decker, Cambridge, Ill.
Chas R. Dillin, Marengo, Iowa
G.L. Dobson, Sac City, Iowa
T.T. Doyle, Muscatine, Iowa
F.A. Duffield, Bloomfield, Iowa
C.W. Doty, Atalissa, Iowa
C.D. Eaton, Iowa City, Iowa
J.H. Faris (A.B. '73, Monmouth, Ill.), Homer, Mo.
C.H. Finn, Bedford, Iowa
L.E. Franklin, Granger, Minn
F.D. Gay, Kankakee City, Ill.
G.S. Griggs, Charles City, Iowa
S.F. Gibbs, Brooklyn, Iowa
E.E. Gibbens, North English, Iowa
D.H. Glass, Mt. Sterling, Ill
H.C Hadley, Boston, Mass.
M.G. Haggerty (A.B. '64, Un. Paris), St. Paul, Minn.
A.N. Harrah, Newton, Iowa
E.C. Hawley, North Chili, N.Y.
W. Heard, Blooming Valley, Pa
E.P. Heizer, Galesburg, Ill.
W. Holcombe (B.A. '75 Harvard), Chicago, Ill
W.F. Hindman, Iowa City, Iowa
C.D. Hine (B.A. '71, Yale), Norwich, Conn.
H.B. Holzman, Guthrie Centre, Iowa
C.M. Howell, Fostoria, Ohio
E.A. Hendrickson (B.S. & C.E. '76, Un of Minn), St. Paul, Minn
G.T. Hedges, Durant, Iowa
G.L. Iles, Davenort, Iowa
W.B. Ingersoll, Greeley, Iowa
A.W. Johnson (B.Ph. '77, Osk. Col), Logan, Iowa
T.J. Jones, Bangor, Iowa
C.B. Jack (A.B. '75 & B.D.'77, S.U.I.), Iowa City, Iowa
C.B. Kennedy, Delaware, Iowa
M. Kavanagh, Des Moines, Iowa
W.C. Lewis, Highland, Iowa
C.A. Lovelace (B.Ph '75, S.U.I.), Iowa City, Iowa
K. Lorenz, Muscatine, Iowa
N.C. Laws, Lewistown, Ill.
F.J. Macomber (B.S.'75 S.U.I.), Iowa City, Iowa
T. Mattison (A.B. & B.D. S.U.I. '73), Wilton, Iowa
C.M. Muffly, Dakota, Ill.
G.A. Mathews, West Union, Iowa
J.I. Myerly, Spring Hill, Iowa
G.L. Montgomery, Lincoln, Neb
J.E.E. Markley, Cedar Falls, Iowa
S. Maher, Great Bend, Kan
S.C. Nash, Sheldon, Iowa
A.H. O'Connor, Washington, D.C.
M.T. Owens, Waterloo, Iowa
E.A. Owens, Charles City, Iowa
S.A. Oren (M.D.'77 Col Ph & Surg, Keokuk), La Porte City, Iowa
A.L. Pascal, Grand Mound, Iowa
C.F. Peterson, Otisville, Iowa
W.M. Prentice (B.S.'75, Gr'd Riv. Ins), Jefferson, Ohio
G.C. Preston (C.E.'77, Mil Acad. Chester, Pa), Davenport, Iowa
C.N. Patty, Bloomfield, Iowa
H. Russell, Bedford, Iowa
E.C. Rice, Oskaloosa, Iowa
F.D. Reyburn, Grand Mound, Iowa
J.J. Russell, Muscatine, Iowa
H.D. Rowe, Sac City, Iowa
F.C. Schulze, Clayton City, Iowa
G.S. Simonds, Grandville, Ill.
J.M. Scott, Clearmont, Iowa*
G.A. Smith, Kankakee City, Ill.
T. Stapleton, Keota, Iowa
J.J. Sullivan, Harvard, Ill.
M.J. Sweeley, Adel, Iowa
O.H. Steele, Erie, Ill.
W.H. Stafflebach, Davenport, Iowa
A. Smith, Keokuk, Iowa
W.D. Tisdale (A.B. '75 S.U.I.), Ottumwa, Iowa
F. Triplett, Brooklyn, Iowa
C.E. Thompson, Plainfield, Ill.
J.A. Vanatta, Newton, Iowa
W.P. Whipple (P.Ph. '75 S.U.I.), Vinton, Iowa
C.E. White (A.M. '76 S.U.I.), Washington, D.C.
J.C. Warnock (A.B. '77 S.U.I.), Coal Valley, Ill
A.E. Yearous, Highland, Iowa

[*transcribers notes: Da. is for Dakota; Albert Lea is in Minnesota; Clearmont = Clermont; transcribed by S.F., December 2012]

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