Nelson--Martin Johan [Dean of the Faculty]

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1 Alumni House, Honors Cottage saved from demolition at BOR meeting
Northern Iowan 118:21, p.1 		The Alumni House and Honors Cottage have been saved from demolition for the moment, though it can be brought up again at the next Board of Regents meeting in February; photo.
2 Presidents House turned Honors Cottage
Northern Iowan 118:19, p.5 		The Honors Cottage, first called the President's House, has been home to many different people and clubs, and it currently houses the university's honors program.
3 A new president at the helm
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.103 		Biographical sketch of Malcolm Price; President Price's initial views and objectives; photo.
4 Curriculum and related matters, 1940-1950
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.132 		Detailed coverage of curriculum change, especially the movement to reformulate general education.
5 Efforts to evaluate and improve the teaching-learning process
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.189 		The college studies the effectiveness of its teaching; cooperation with other institutions; photo.
6 Enrollment and staffing
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.151 		Meeting the challenge of post-war enrollment increases; photo.
7 Financial matters
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.145 		Meeting the challenge of post-war inflation; developing the residence hall system; starting the Price Lab School complex; photo.
8 Graduate work at the Teachers College
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.185 		The College establishes the framework for graduate study; photo.
9 President Price resigns; an assessment
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.169 		Tributes to President Price's achievements; photo.
10 The Educational Policies Commission
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.154 		The foundation and role of the EPC; its early work; its relationship with college administrators; photo.
11 The evolution of the institution
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.212 		Establishing the PDL system; defeat of an honor system; the theft and cheating ring; coordination with the other Regents universities; the change from ISTC to SCI and then to UNI; the organization of the colleges; photo.
12 The impact of World War II
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.111 		President Price manages the college during the War; effects of the WAVES and the Army Air Corps; the effects of the returning veterans; photo.
13 The new president at the helm
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.177 		Biographical sketch of President Maucker; early views and objectives; photo.
14 Kessler receives Nelson award
UNI Century 3:1, p.6 		Dorothy Kessler honored.
15 Grant recipient
Northern Iowan 71:14, p.7 		Dorothy Kessler wins Nelson award.
16 Martin J. Nelson
Alumnus 56:2, p.9 		Died November 1, 1970.
17 Dean Nelson dies
Northern Iowan 67:14, p.3 		Obituary of Martin Nelson.
18 Services Pending for Dr. M. J. Nelson, UNI Dean Emeritus
Public Relations News Release 1970:152, p.1 		Funeral services for M. J. Nelson, 76, are pending at Nottger Funeral Home in Cedar Falls; biography of Nelson
19 Regents appoint Wilson head of chemistry
Northern Iowan 64:32, p.1 		Regents make several administrative appointments and title changes.
20 Dr. Martin Nelson to lead Homecoming parade tomorrow
Northern Iowan 64:8, p.1 		Details on the parade and its participants; photo
21 Graduate agrees with Dean Nelson's grading system
College Eye 60:7, p.2 		Agrees with Dean Nelson in that the five point grading scale is unfair.
22 Obiter Scripta: Former dean gives suggestions for better education
College Eye 60:4, p.2 		Suggests that more attention should be given to grading, course objectives, and examinations.
23 Memorial scholarship established
College Eye 59:8, p.5 		Will honor Cora Nelson, wife of Martin Nelson; Mrs. Nelson died August 16, 1964.
24 Mrs. Cora Nelson; wife of emeritus dean
Alumnus 49:3, p.20 		Died August 16, 1964.
25 Commencement
Old Gold 0:0, p.47 		At the 82nd annual spring Commencement in June, approximately 320 students received the Bachelor of Arts degree. Another 35 students received their Masters. Dean M.J. Nelson presented the students to President Maucker who handed out the degrees; Photos.
26 President Maucker
Alumnus 45:1, p.3 		Looking, with Dean Lang, at portrait of Dean Nelson; photo.
27 New dean on job
College Eye 50:34, p.3 		William Lang has taken over from Martin Nelson; photo.
28 Dean Nelson Directs the Facility
Old Gold 0:0, p.88 		Dean M. J. Nelson is responsible for the instructional program and is the personnel of the college; the four divisions are: Instruction and Research, Student Personnel, Field Services, and Business and Plant; photo.
29 Instruction and Research Handles Registration Procedures
Old Gold 0:0, p.92 		The Division of Instruction and Research has charge of admissions, registration, credits for courses, transcripts for graduation, and records of grades and schedules for every student on/off campus; the Registrar's Office keeps all the statistics; photo.
30 Dean Nelson discusses TC future
Alumnus 44:2, p.14 		Offers views on curriculum, athletics, and the graduate program; photo.
31 Dr. William C. Lang replaces Dean Nelson
Alumnus 44:2, p.8 		Short biographical sketch; photo.
32 Lang to replace Nelson as Dean of Instruction
College Eye 50:27, p.1 		Profile of Professor Lang; photo.
33 Dean Nelson announces retirement
Alumnus 43:4, p.11 		Plans to retire July 1, 1959; biographical sketch; photo.
34 Dean Nelson to resign after 35 years of service
College Eye 50:11, p.1 		Profile of and tribute to Martin Nelson; photo.
35 TC adopts open class attendance
College Eye 50:1, p.1 		Students will no longer need excuses nor will they need to count cuts; students will be responsible for attendance and the consequences.
36 Commencement
Old Gold 0:0, p.34 		Approximately 230 students received the Bachelor of Arts degree at the 80th annual commencement held in the Men's Gymnasium; photos.
37 Phi Delta Kappa, Newest Honorary
Old Gold 0:0, p.211 		Description of the fraternity that was installed on campus in the Spring of 1957; photo.
38 The Administration
Old Gold 0:0, p.88 		Description of the resposibilities of the administration; photos.
39 The Administration
Old Gold 0:0, p.32 		The Administration consists of four divisions: Instruction and Research, Student Personnel, Field Services, and Business and Plant; the College Relations Bureau also provides an information and public relations service and a publications direction; photo.
40 Winter "I" Queen
Old Gold 0:0, p.102 		Miss Pat Banks was named as the "I" Club Queen; three freshman attendants, Martha Lindholm, Donna Musgrove, and Sharon Small were presented as well; photo.
41 Dean M. J. Nelson on study group
College Eye 48:30, p.3 		Serves on Regents coordination group.
42 Writers' Conference will be on campus next week-end
College Eye 48:9, p.8 		Conference of Christian writers will be held; highlights of the program.
43 Administrative Divisions
Old Gold 0:0, p.83 		Brief description of the faculty; photo.
44 President's message
Old Gold 0:0, p.81 		Brief description of the message; photo.
45 Administration Has Newly Created Field Service
Old Gold 0:0, p.70 		Description of the new field service division and the role it took at Teachers College. Also noted is the passing of Dr. Joseph H. Gamet; photos.
46 All-College Auctions Fund Hits New High
Old Gold 0:0, p.46 		Description of the auction and some humorous photos of the student and faculty; photos.
47 Graduate Council
Old Gold 0:0, p.77 		Photo of the members of the Graduate Council sitting around a table and a description of what they do; photo.
48 Committee plans for future needs
College Eye 46:31, p.7 		Interinstitutional committee meets.
49 Attend certifying meeting in Capitol
College Eye 46:30, p.9 		Offer reactions to certification.
50 Hold education seminar at SUI
College Eye 46:30, p.8 		ISTC faculty involved in effort.
51 Creative efforts of faculty on display near Crossroads
College Eye 46:16, p.3 		Display of 175 books and articles done by faculty in last five years.
52 Field Service Division included in administrative reorganization
Alumnus 38:3, p.3 		Daryl Pendergraft will head Field Service Division which will coordinate activities of extension, placement, alumni, public school relations, and radio-TV; now 4, rather than 11, officers will report directly to the President; Nelson now Dean of College.
53 Nelson marks 30th year here
College Eye 45:40, p.2 		Profile of Martin J. Nelson; photo.
54 News in brief
College Eye 45:38, p.4 		Quick news from around campus.
55 Dr. M. J. Nelson
Old Gold 0:0, p.20 		Administration; photo.
56 Plan new division of administration
College Eye 45:31, p.1 		Daryl Pendergraft will head new Field Services Division; will reduce the number of officers reporting directly to the President from 11 to 4; new division will include extension, placement, alumni, public school relations; will take effect July 1, 1954.
57 Students and faculty confer throughout USA
College Eye 45:19, p.1 		Many faculty and students are travelling to other cities for conferences.
58 School spirit high during Homecoming
Alumnus 37:4, p.10 		Description of activities; photo.
59 Faculty members to take part in analysis program
College Eye 45:10, p.8 		Teams will visit other colleges.
60 Staffers assist in publication of series dealing with atomic energy education
Alumnus 37:3, p.11 		State publishes five-volume series.
61 P.T.A. sets leadership meet here
College Eye 44:39, p.1 		Conference highlights.
62 Administration
Old Gold 0:0, p.20 		The Board of Education, and Doctors M. J. Nelson and Daryl Pendergraft are pictured; photo.
63 Graduate council
Old Gold 0:0, p.64 		The Graduate Council makes decisions regarding policies relating to the functioning of the new graduate program; photo.
64 SLB passes resolution on discrimination
College Eye 44:30, p.1 		Passes resolution that the college not discriminate on the basis of race, nationality, or religion.
65 Administration
Old Gold 0:0, p.16 		Photos of Sadie B. Campbell, M. J. Nelson, and Paul F. Bender are shown on this page; photo.
66 Joyce Nelson invited to Pi Lambda Theta.
Public Relations News Release 1951:755, p.1 		(insert) Joyce Nelson, daughter of M. J. Nelson has been invited to membership in Pi Lambda Theta.
67 For release to Daily Record and Waterloo Courier for Friday's papers
Public Relations News Release 1951:680, p.1 		M. J. Nelson and his wife will host a buffet supper to honor Dean Sadie B. Campbell. Many college staff members are scheduled to attend.
68 ITSC offers Saturday classes
Public Relations News Release 1951:676, p.1 		Classes offered to teachers who desire to continue their education on a part-time basis while they are teaching and to students who wish to take additional college work or finish a master's degree.
69 Special To: Cedar Falls Record
Public Relations News Release 1951:674, p. 		249 students make winter honor roll, 34 from Waterloo. Names provided.
70 Special To: Waterloo Daily Courier
Public Relations News Release 1951:675, p.1 		249 students make winter honor roll, 34 from Waterloo. Names provided.
71 Driver Education may be a significant factor in Iowa's improving motor vehicle record, according to M. J. Nelson, dean of the faculty
Public Relations News Release 1951:614, p.1 		The introduction of Driver Education courses has shown a 20 percent decrease in motor vehicle accidents since 1948.
72 Twenty-nine members of the instructional and administrative staffs are listed in the 1952 edition of Who's Who in the Midwest
Public Relations News Release 1952:498, p.1 		According to the compilers those included in the publication are of significant reference interest nationally and sectionally, but are identified with the central and midwestern states. Biographical material is given for some of those listed.
73 According to M. J. Nelson, dean of faculty, 221 students are listed on the fall honor roll
Public Relations News Release 1952:547, p.1 		To receive the recognition a student must carry at least 14 quarter hours and achieve a 3.25 grade average. The grades are based on a 4.0 system, straight "a" is 4.0 and a "B" average is 3.0.
74 According to M. J. Nelson, dean of faculty, 221 students were listed on the honor roll
Public Relations News Release 1952:548, p.1 		To receive the recognition a student must carry at least 14 quarter hours and achieve a 3.25 grade average. The grades are based on a 4.0 system, straight "a" is 4.0 and a "B" average is 3.0.
75 Who's Who lists eleven from here
College Eye 43:19, p.1 		A number of faculty listed in Midwest Who's Who.
76 Dr. and Mrs. M. J. Nelson entertained more than 60 persons at two "coffees" at their home
Public Relations News Release 1952:424, p.1 		Nelson is dean of the faculty. Honored guests at the two occasions were faculty members new to the college this academic year and their wives and the heads of the departments to which the new members are assigned.
77 Garcon, garcon
College Eye 43:18, p.5 		Faculty members serving at a dinner for partial fee exemption students.
78 President J. W. Maucker will preside tonight at a dinner meeting of the 14th annual National Farm Institute in Des Moines
Public Relations News Release 1952:428, p.1 		Other engagements scheduled for the president this month include the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) in Chicago and the 1952 regional convention of the American Association of School Administrators.
79 Dining at the college Commons was nothing new for the college students
Public Relations News Release 1952:431, p.1 		Being served by Dean of the Faculty M. J. Nelson presented a new twist. The occasion was a dinner this week in honor of students holding scholarships. Various faculty members served as waiters during the meal.
80 President J. W. Maucker is fitted for a waiter's uniform during a dinner at the college Commons
Public Relations News Release 1952:430, p.1 		The dinner is in honor of students receiving scholarships. Various faculty members served as waiters during the dinner.
81 The tables were turned this week when faculty members tried their hand as food servers
Public Relations News Release 1952:429, p.1 		Reports from reliable sources failed to indicate any patrons doused with split pea soup as the result of faculty action. The occasion was a dinner in the college Commons in honor of students holding scholarships.
82 Special To: Waterloo Courier and Cedar Falls Record
Public Relations News Release 1952:437, p.1 		Twenty-seven students from Waterloo and twenty-three students from Cedar falls were listed on the fall honor roll, which included a total of 221 students, according to M. J. Nelson, dean of faculty. Students listed.
83 Students who have done outstanding work as undergraduates will be aided by an assistantship program according to M. J. Nelson, dean of the faculty
Public Relations News Release 1952:452, p.1 		Each assistantship will carry a stipend of $500 to $750 for the academic year according to the need of the student and the requirements of the job and will include a quarterly fee remission of $29 for each of three of four consecutive quarters.
84 Faculty travels
College Eye 43:15, p.8 		Attend teacher standards meeting in Des Moines.
85 Daryl Pendergraft has been named a member of the Iowa Committee on Secondary School and College Relations effective July 1
Public Relations News Release 1951:339, p.1 		Pendergraft replaces M. J. Nelson, dean of the faculty who has been a member of the committee for the past 20 years. Pendergraft was recommended for the position by J. W. Maucker.
86 Daryl Pendergraft, curriculum coordinator at the college, has been named a member of the Iowa Committee on Secondary School and College Relations
Public Relations News Release 1951:338, p.1 		Pendergraft replaces M. J. Nelson, dean of the faculty, who has been a member of the committee for the past 20 years. Pendergraft was recommended for the position by J. W. Maucker.
87 Nelson to meeting
College Eye 43:12, p.7 		Will attend conference on religion.
88 M. J. Nelson, dean of the faculty, will attend conference on Religion
Public Relations News Release 1951:210, p.1 		Nelson will attend the National State Teachers College Conference on Religion at Yale University, New Haven, Conn., Dec. 15-17. Dean Nelson is a member of the conference planning committee.
89 Dean Nelson returns from New York meet
College Eye 43:4, p.7 		Attends conference on women's role in national defense.
90 Prof. Zoild D. T. San Andres, National Teachers college, Manila, Philippines, is a visitor this week on the campus
Public Relations News Release 1951:70, p. 		The emphasis of San Andres observations of elementary education in colleges and universities in the United States will be in the areas of rural education and laboratory schools.
91 Nelson to help plan Yale religion meeting
College Eye 43:3, p.3
92 Ralph Merriam, Chicago, Illinois, attorney, will lecture on "A Layman's Plato," October 1, in the auditorium
Public Relations News Release 1951:43, p.1 		Merriam has delivered his address on Plato at many universities and colleges throughout the nation. In the lecture Merriam tells why Plato has a strong appeal to him as a lawyer and layman.
93 A matriculation convocation, the first in a series of five all-college events commemorating the 75th anniversary will be held Friday, September 21st
Public Relations News Release 1951:26, p.1 		President J. W. Maucker will speak on "Our Task" during the convocation, according to Frank W. Hill, chairman of the convocations committee. Martin J. Nelson, dean of the faculty, will preside.
94 Seven departments have been authorized by the state board of education to offer graduate level courses leading to the Master of Arts in Education
Public Relations News Release 1951:31, p.1 		In outlining the board of education's decision, Dean M. J. Nelson said graduate work offered by the education departments will be in four areas-elementary teaching, elementary supervisor, elementary principalship, and secondary principalship.
95 Seven departments have been authorized by the state board of education to offer graduate level courses leading to the Master of Arts in Education
Public Relations News Release 1951:25, p.1 		M. J. Nelson, dean of the faculty, announced today that Six of the departments - business education, education, English and speech, science, mathematics, and social science- will participate in the graduate program beginning in the summer of 1952.
96 Campus conferences
Alumnus 35:3, p.6 		Schedule of conferences held recently held on campus includes public school relations workshop; photo.
97 A re-emphasis of life's goals by placing God first is urgently needed in America
Public Relations News Release 1951:12, p.1 		Rev. G. E. Graham spoke Sunday morning at the baccalaureate service in the college auditorium. Two hundred eighty-nine summer students are candidates for graduation Thursday night.
98 Grad Council meets, plans new program
College Eye 42:41, p.1 		First Graduate Council meeting; photo.
99 The appointments of five new instructors in the teaching department have been announced by Dr. M. J. Nelson, dean of the faculty
Public Relations News Release 1951:6, p.1 		They are Wayne O. Aurand, music; Walter J. Gohman, science; Albert Leeland, fourth grade; Melvin F. Salo, rural supervisor, and Marguerite M. Vodicka, third grade.
100 The appointments of six new faculty members have been announced by M. J. Nelson, dean of the faculty
Public Relations News Release 1950:435, p.1 		The appointments include two in art, two in English and speech, and one each in mathematics and women's physical education. They are: Clayton Fowler, William P. Daley, John J. Pruis, Richard Arnold, Harold C. Trimble, and Myrtle Merritt.