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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1948
Page
10
Coe College president Byron S. Hollinshead told about 250 new students that education is their own responsibility. He urged seeking diverse views, testing ideas in discussion, and praised campus freedom for faculty and students as essential to learning.
Dr. T. Z. Koo spoke at a Coe faculty dinner in Cedar Rapids explaining China’s graft through centuries of government by personality. He noted 1946 constitutional moves toward rule of law, urging inertia toward true progress and citing his role with the Chinese delegation at the U N.
The Navy announced that Waves will begin overseas service this Wednesday at selected bases. The plan includes rotating Waves between domestic and overseas assignments in the future.
Coe College opens its evening college office in Main hall room 12 for fall term registrations. The program offers 50 courses across academic, vocational, and cultural subjects and begins next Monday with daily hours 7 to 9 pm and all day Saturday Sept 18 for those enrolling.
Ten Iowa instructors plus Cornell colleagues will teach courses this semester. Joseph B. Baldwin will lead great plays discussions weekly, David Cornell will run argumentation and debates, and William Eller will teach speed reading. Other Iowa offerings include politics, foreign policy, retail sales, and international topics. Cornell staff cover psychology for daily use, family living management, and labor relations. Tuition is 10 per credit, with most courses two credits and audits at 15 for the semester.
Edwin E. Chase of Orrs Island Maine returns to lobster fishing after 27 years in the grocery trade. On applying for a license the state fisheries department issued him license No 3011, the same number he held when he quit fishing in 1921.
Veterans with 0 percent or more disability should file for the newly announced dependent-eligibility compensation without delay, says Stanley Langer, VFW post 788 service officer. Retroactive pay applies if dependency proof arrives by December 31. otherwise, benefits start from receipt date. Eligible veterans may contact Langer for guidance on the procedure.
The Linn county draft board is collecting returns on sent questionnaires and will start classification of registrants sometime after Sept 20. With many veterans registered in upper age groups, few draft eligible men are expected. younger registrants are mostly without military service. Twenty-year-olds born in 1928 register Monday and Tuesday. those born in 1929 register Wednesday and Thursday.
Harold Davis of 1311 Fourth Street NW and Clarence Paulsen of 1342 Hinkley Avenue NW were injured while changing a flat near Independence Sunday. Davis was hurt when a slipping jack trapped his hand under the fender. Paulsen was injured when the jack slipped again as he raised the car. The men called Independence for aid.
Cedar Rapids marine corps reservists Sergeants Ray Nichols and Steve Mihalak push interservice rivalry by challenging army and naval reserve units in pistol and rifle shooting. The pair aim to arrange meets with ROTC units high school shooting clubs and other service teams. contact at the marine recruiting station Federal Building.
A. H. Harmeier, 66, of Iowa City died Monday in a car crash on highway 218 near North Liberty seven miles north of here. His wife and daughter, Rosemary, were passengers and escaped injury when the daughter seized the steering wheel and steered the car to a side road as her father was stricken en route to Detroit where Miss Harmeier teaches.
The Iowa Progressive party filed its slate of candidates with the secretary of state for the November 2 general election becoming the sixth party in the Iowa race. The list includes candidates across various offices.
Henry A. Wallace for President and Senator Glenn H. Taylor of Idaho for vice president head a batch of Progressive filings in Iowa. U S Senate hopeful Seymour Pitcher of Iowa City and Governor candidate C E Biederman of Mitchell appear among first district and other district filings. Charles Dengler of Davenport and Allen Heard of Cedar Rapids seek congress seats in their districts. Simon Trossem of Frimghar is tipped for the Eighth district. The party filed for only part of state offices.
Miss Signi Falk, professor at Coe College, earned a Doctor of Philosophy in English from the University of Chicago. Her dissertation, The Vogue of the Underworld Comedy, 1602 1610, analyzes seventeen Jacobean plays including Eastward Ho and The Alchemist. Falk previously earned a BA from Cornell College and an MA from the University of Hawaii.
The English department at Princeton faces the legacy of an outstanding figure in Jacobean drama who previously served as a faculty member at Colby Junior College for Women.
In New London New Hampshire Dr Fake joined the Coe College faculty in the year 1947, marking a notable addition to the institution.
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