University of Northern Iowa - Old Gold Yearbook (Cedar Falls, IA)

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THE PHILOMATI-IEAN SOCIETY CBY JAY T. COLGROVEQ Before the I. S. N. S. completed its first year the students began to feel the need of that training which is given only in a literary society and a movement was started to organ- ize a society composed of men and women. This request was denied by the faculty, but the idea of a literary society was not abandoned and on January 18, 1877, the Philomathean sO:iety was organized. R. O. Benton, D. K. Bond, L. E. Churchill, Clelland Gilchrist, NY. J. Hunt, M. P. Lichty, G. B. Phelps, VV. A. Richardson, L. S. Scott and J. S. White, were charter members. D. K. Bond is now a prominent physician of VVaterlOo. Clelland Gilchrist entereil the ministry and has always been an earnest worker and strong preacher of the Gospel. NV. J. Hunt has achieved eminent success in business. ll. P. Lichty is a successful farmer. G. B. Phelps is one of lowa's most eminent lawyers. On January 27, 1877, was given the Hrst program, which was as follows. Reading, L. S. Scott, Essay, L. Churchill, Reading, J. S. White, Debate-Resolved: That the ballot should be restricted to an educational qualification. Affirmative, G. B. Phelps and R. O. Benton, negative, W. A. Richardson, and D. K. Bond. That the Philos have ever been noted for consistent and thorough work is proven by the large number of members who have achieved more than ordinary success in the battle of life. Drs. Hearst and McAlvin, Profs. C. A. Fullerton, Robert Fullerton, G. W. Newton, H. C. Cummins and VVilbur H. Bender are well known to all students of the Normal School. It would also be unjust not to mention G. S. Dick, superintendent of schools at Red Oak, Iowa, E. R. Nichols. president of Kansas State Agricultural College, Edward Chassel, who has been a member of the lowa House and Senate, E. H. Griffin, one Of the most able members of the NVashington State Senate, Charles Jolmson, state secretary of the Y. M. C. A., George Chandler, author of Iowa and The Nation, and Mr. A. Grundy. The greatest literary events of the school year are the inter-state Oratorical contest and the Ames-Normal debate. Up to the present time Iowa has won the oratorical con- test only once, the winner being Percival Hunt, a member of the Philo society. The Philos have placed two more men on the debates with Ames than either of the other societies. While in the struggle for places on the debates with Ames, Drake and Kansas this year three Philos were chosen as debaters and two as alternates. The Philomathean society has had its trials, its defeats its victories and has con- : r tinued to grow stronger. NVith all members working harmoniously together that healthy growth must continue. The Philo roll for 1904-5 is as follows: 1. C. C. 1lANTLE 12. R. RODENREUQ JAMES S'rRAwN 2. BIAURICE PEARL 13. A. N. WRAY J. L. CHERNEY 3. VB. D. ATCI1l,liX' 14. CECIL BANGS GEORGE KRAMER 4. Lv1.E HAWK 1.3. JOHN BUTLER B. T. BAY 5. F. BRLTINS 16. JACOB JOHNSON D. H. RUMMEL 6. F. H. S'rEwAR'r 17. H. C. SNODGRASS ORLOW BANc:s 7. A. W. BIOORIZ 18. LESLIE WENNER FRANCIS GILREY 8. F. C. RAIISH 19. A. J. BIEYER F. E. FORD 9. S. A. COHACAN 20. VV. W. MILLER JOHN DONAHUE 10. JOHN LUNDRV 21. FRANK BRYANT LESTER CRAVVHALL 11. A. E. VELINE 22. J. T. COLGROVE S11'HORt's GATEs 28

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THE ALPHA SOCIETY CBY GLADYS KAYE.D It was a few months after the I. S. N. S. came into existence that among the leading students Of the institution a sentiment prevailed that a literary society would be a desirable thing, and further, that a society composed Of both men and women would be most desir- able. Accordingly, the faculty were petitioned for their consent. It was only after much heated discussion that that august body, not blind to the charms of the fair enthusiasts nor the susceptibility Of the masculine representatives and remembering their Own youthful tend- encies, decided that for the sake of the literary character of the societies the men and the women must have distinct organizations. And so it was that in the spring of 1877 two terms after the Philo society had been Organized, the Alphas, a company of seven young women gave themselves the name which, borne by their successors, has endured a fitting emblem Of the character Of the society. Alpha has stood first. True, her career has not always been the one Of unruflied prosperity that we know today. In the early years many were the circumstances that arose to test her stability. Imagine in September Of 1885 a society Of but eleven members, each having the usual generous amount of required work, appearing On the program almost every week for the sake of keeping alive an organization dependent for its members upon those who wished to do literary work for the world's sake. Not until a year later did society work become Compulsory. lt was after this that the election of a president plunged the society i11tO civil strife. The story Of this quarrel, curiously enough, savors of the spirit of the Reformation. The result of this trouble was the creation of the Shakespearean soci- ety, but Alpha lived and grew and prospered. The Alphas have made their society mean more than a business Organization. This is the explanation of the Alpha spirit One hears so much about. The Alpha events of the past year include the initiation parties Of October, the farce, 'tThe Mouse Trapfl given in December followed by the informal good time in which the Philo brothers participated and the Open Session of January 27. Besides these Alpha was particularly interested in the First Annual VVomen's Oratorical Contest in which her rep- resentative won first place, and in the Preliminary Inter-State Contest i11 which three Alphas entered. June must come, and June to many means good-bye to the old crowd. Of all the songs that are sung by the gay-clothed throngs that parade the campus On Society Day, none can express more to any heart than the Alpha song to the Alpha girl. ALPHA ROLL 1 ALMA CRAFT FLORENCE GRIMES ELIZABETH BALR 2 EFFIE WISEBAIQD GRACE BRAKEL ALICE CRAMER 3 4 O 6 7 S ALICE KINSLEH' CAROLINE SHULTZ GERTRUDE SMITH NELL WISE FAYE STRAVYN GRACE ATCTNTOSH IEssIE STUART EDNIK LONG HEI.EN PACKARD WINIITRED MUHs MARGARET KELLEY TXIARY VVILLIA M sON OLIVE GOODYEAR LUCY ROYCE ANNE JOHNSTON VERNA HALLOWELL KA'l'HARINE JENNESS BEss CHASE 9 WINIFRED JENNINGS LILY ROBINSON CLARA JACKSON 10 131355113 FARNULI DOROTHY HOBBY MARGARET STRUBEL 11 12 ERMA KEENE ALICE GRAHAM IEssIE HOPKIRK JESSIE LITTLE KATHARINE STICHTER HELEN PERKINS 13 EDNA WALKER LILIAN HIANSON LUCILE HIGH 14. EsTIIER FITzsIMMONs SUSAN FRENCH GLADYS KAYE 15 MAE RAYMOND MYRA GAULT 30x