Book Notes and Literary Picks in Boon Tan Fiction
A compact roundup lists notable fiction and non fiction titles. Notable works include The Robe by Lloyd C Douglas Time of Peace by Ben Ames Williams The Valley of Decision by Marcia Davenport Driving Woman by Elizabeth Chevalier and non fiction entries such as On Being a Real Person by Harry Emerson Fosdick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd C. Douglas
William Saroyan
Hervey Allen
Ben Ames Williams
Marcia Davenport
Elizabeth Chevalier
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Vincent Sheean
John Hersey
Capt
Edward V. Rickenbacker
Quentin Reynolds
Mutiny in January and Seven Came Through book reviews
Carl Van Doren’s Mutiny in January analyzes the 1781 Pennsylvania line mutiny at Mount Kemble and its moral complexities amid war. Edward V. Rickenbacker’s Seven Came Through is praised for its stark, direct recounting of the Pacific crash ordeal and survivor psychology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl van Doren
Viking
van Doren
Pennsylvania Line
Anthony Wayne
Mount Kemble
New Jersey
Wayne
Philadelphia
Congress
Pennsylvania
Princeton
N. J
Mr. van Doren
Rickenbacker
Pacific
Eddie
The Greatest Stories of All Time Selected by Maugham
W Somerset Maughams choice of one hundred short stories from England France America and Russia is presented with a lengthy introduction. Doubleday Doran offers this anthology at a popular price as a compact guide to the masters of the short story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Somerset Maugham
Doubleday
Doran
Mr. Maugham
England
France
America
Russia
Beware of Parents by George Jean Nathan reviewed
The piece surveys George Jean Nathan's book Beware of Parents from Farrar and Rinehart noting its sharp eye for word choice and humor. It contrasts Nathan with H. L. Mencken and highlights his bachelor stance on parenting wisdom amid quoted laws and a few grudges, including a dig at luck in love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hervey Allen
Allen
Nathan
J S&s
George Jean Nathan
Farrar and Rinehart
H. L. Mencken
Mencken
Mr. Nathan
Westminster Church to Present The Holy City Oratorio
The Westminster Presbyterian choir will sing Gaul's The Holy City on Sunday April 11 at 7 30 p m at the church. Directed by Helen Kacena Stark the soloists are Eloise Basler Helen De Wees Ruth Massey Esther Krabbenhoff Harold Reeves and Rev James H Blackstone Jr Alice Mae Ottilie Andrews is pianist and Marjorie Cook organist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Holy City
Gaul
Helen Kacena Stark
Eloise Basler
Helen de Wees
Ruth Massey
Esther Krabbenhoff
Harold Reeves
James H. Blackstone
Alice Mae Ottilie Andrews
Marjorie Cook
Local club meetings schedule this week
The international relations study group meets Thursday at 2 pm with Mrs Sherman Yates 335 Crescent St SE and Mrs L E Vavra in charge The creative writers group gathers Wednesday at 7 30 pm at 1547 Washington Ave SE led by Mrs Joseph Rust who will discuss Odds and Ends of Current Publications Attendees should bring manuscripts The evening current literature group meets Wednesday at 8 pm with Miss Terry Palmer 525 Knollwood Dr SE assisting hostess Mrs Roger Sherman Miss Roberta Lubbock discusses War Poetry Mercy Hospital Alumnae meet Monday at 3 30 pm in the Mercy hospital library
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Yates
Crescent Street SE
L. E. Vavra
Creative Writers Group
W. C. Pickard
Washington Avenue
Joseph Rust
Terry Palmer
Knollwood Drive
Roger Sherman
Roberta Lubbock
Coe Scholarships for Cedar Rapids Music Pupils
The Coe college music department offers two scholarships in each division for Cedar Rapids junior and senior high students. First prize covers full tuition for a term of private lessons. second prize is half tuition. Organ is open to seniors only. voice is limited to ages 16 to 21. Entrance blanks are available from the Coe music department office by Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College Department of Music
Cedar Rapids
Eleanor Houts
Joseph H. Kitchen
Stanley Vesely
Howard Ellson
Grace Huddle Lockhoff
Eleanor Taylor
Music Department
Coe Music Department
Mrs Hall Weds Oscar Brown in Olivet Church Parsonage
Mrs Clara Hall and Oscar L Brown united in marriage Friday at 7 45 p m in the parsonage of Olivet Presbyterian church. The double ring ceremony was performed by Rev D Keith Erwin. The couple will reside at 1629 B Avenue NW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Hall
Oscar L. Brown
Olivet Presbyterian Church
D. Keith Erwin
B Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Junior League Official to Arrive in C R This Week
NISS VIRGINIA HOWLETT secretary of the associations war action program will arrive in Cedar Rapids Tuesday to meet the local Junior League board and members She will stay with Mrs Edward M Soboda Jr at 535 Knollwood Dr SE Visits include institute tea meetings at the Soboda home Montrose Hotel and luncheon with board members all during the week with focus on war work and defense council collaboration
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NISS
Virginia Howlett
Community Service Department
Association of Junior Leagues of America
Cedar Rapids
League
Edward M. Soboda
Knollwood Drive
Defense Council
Miss Howlett
Cedar Rapids League
Howlett
Public Welfare Department
Tucson
Ari
Reginald B. Figge
Children's Home Auxiliary Meeting Sets Picnic at Palmer Home
The auxili ary to the Children's Home will meet Wednesday at 1 p.m. for a picnic lunch at Mrs Louisa Palmer's home 1917 B avenue NE. Members bring a dish and prepared dish. business meeting at 2:15 p.m. Hostesses include Bertha Lowder chair and Cecelia Daniels Jessie Bennett Charles Korpus Dean Cooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childrens Home
Fifteenth Street NE
Louisa Palmer
B Avenue NE
Bertha Lowder
Charles Korpus
Dean Cooper
Cecelia Daniels
Jessie Bennett
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Tee
Peery
Boon Tan
Sheean
Armed Service of
United States
Army Air Force
Sanford
Iowa
Marjorie Ochu
Mark Ochu
First Avenue NE
Marjorie Jean
Francis George Stieber
John Stieber
Dubuque
Miss Ochu
Western Auto
Stieber
Loras Academy
A.A. A.W
Creative Writers
Coe
League OF Women Voters
Claassen
George C Claassen
Woodland Drive
E. K. Beane
Cherub Cral' Coiffure
Newman’s
Mrs. Hall
Oscar Brown
Mrs. Lewis
R. H. Miller
J. M. Lewis
Des Plaines
H. Miller
Longwood Drive
C.R
Children's Home Auxiliary
Montieur
Montieur Studio
First Ave. E
Roosevelt
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