Florence Hood Miner (1909-2009) graduated in 1929. She joined the Delta Zeta sorority and studied Journalism. In addition, Florence studied dress design in Paris for a year. Florence said her family did not experience hardship during the Depression.
Frank Kuntz (1909-2012) graduated in 1933. Frank majored in Athletic Education; and he joined a fraternity, but left due to the expense. In fact, Frank worked as a dishwasher and a janitor to make ends meet during the Depression.
Franklin Allen (1914-2005) was a member of the Class of 1937. He joined the Farmhouse fraternity and was the Senior Editor of the <em>Illinois Agriculturalist</em>. Franklin felt the strain of the Great Depression during college, and he took time off from college and held jobs to cover expenses. However, he thought he had good luck in life.
Fred Turner had a fifty year career at the University of Illinois. He began in 1918 as a student and retired in 1968 as the Dean of Students. He talks about his career and the people he worked with. For example, he discusses Thomas Arkle Clark and University Presidents Draper and James. Additionally, Turner mentions the Chief, Founders' Day, and other celebrations.
In this 1975 interview with Daily Illini reporter, Greg Miller, Fred Turner discusses Thomas Arkle Clark's personal style of managing students, as well as how this approach changed during Turner's own tenure as dean when he delegated student interactions to several assistant deans. Turner also discusses the history of fraternities on campus including his own involvement with the organizations as a University of Illinois student.
In this 1967 interview with WILL reporter Jennifer Johnson, Fred Turner talked about his first years working for longtime Dean of Men, Thomas Arkle Clark culminating with his replacement of Clark after his retirement in 1931. Turner reflected on the shifting role of faculty in the University and the development of the University's administration during his tenure as Dean. Turner also traced the origins of UI institutions, such as Founders Day, Dad's Day, the Daily Illini and Chief Illiniwek.
Fritz Plous has worked as a freelance writer and journalist for the Chicago Sun-Times and United Press International. In his sophomore year, he discovered traditional music when he heard a freshman student, Jarvis Rich, playing a five-string banjo in the dormitory room across the hall. At Rich's suggestion, he soon became a member of the CFC, where he joined the board and was named editor of the monthly newsletter, the Autoharp. Fritz Plous currently serves as director of communications for a Chicago firm that leases railroad rolling stock and works to promote passenger-rail transportation and urban transit options in Illinois and throughout the United States.
