Students of All Nations Gather In Convention at Detroit
The Eighth International Student Volunteer convention, held in Des Moines Dec 31 to Jan 4, drew about 8,000 students from 800 colleges and 40 countries. Prominent speakers included Dr. John R. Mott, Robert E. Speer, Geo Sherwood Eddy, and Dr. Samuel Zwemer. Delegates debated Mexican, South American, Chinese, and Indian issues and showcased mission-field needs in posters and books.
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United States
Des Moines
Iowa
John R. Mott
Robert E. Speer
Geo. Sherwood Eddy
Samuel Zwemer
America
Junior Carnival set for January seventeenth at Albion
Albion college previews a big Junior Carnival with plans for unique features and a lively, rollicking event. The piece notes student activities including debate teams, football captain selection for next year, a social dancing course at Ypsilanti Normal, and Maurice Armstrong listed sick in Grand Rapids.
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Ypsilanti Normal School
Maurice Armstrong
Grand Rapids
Alumni Missionary to Return This Summer
The Ningpo Baptist Academy in Ningpo China hosts a letter from a 1919 issue of Dear Index noting alumni activities and fundraising. The writer forecasts a 1920 homecoming while reflecting on past reunions and alumni ties across miles and time. Margaret Ryan ex-18 visits from Detroit for holidays.
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Dean Williams
Kazoo
F. C. Wilcox
Margaret Ryan
Detroit
Quiet Ladies Hall During Vacation Quietly Attended
The Hall was quiet as most girls left for break leaving Dean Abbott Lucie Dietz and Mrs Wheaton. Lucie Dietz stayed in Kalamazoo part of the holidays while Mrs Wheaton visited Chicago and Jackson. Marthe Colin visited Champagne Illinois and Saint Louis Missouri visiting friends from wartime in France.
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Dean Abbott
Lucie Dietz
Mrs. Wheaton
Kalamazoo
Chicago
Jackson
Des Moines
Marthe Colin
Champagne
St. Louis
France
Eurodelphians Meet to Review Annual Magazine
The Eurodelphians gathered in Ladies’ Hall for the last meeting before Christmas to present the annual Euro magazine. Contents include editorials, a serial, short story, jokes, fashion and advertising, all directed by Evelyn Dressel. After critique, Harry Carpenter urged more interest in oratory and debate among Kalamazoo College girls. Junior society officers were elected: Edith Kurtz president, Helen Hough vice president, Frances Case secretary, Mildred Sagendorf treasurer, Helen Norse chaplain, Ruth Perry index reporter. Kenneth Ring visited Petoskey with Phineas Wheat.
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Ladies’ Hall
Ethel Dennis
Margaret Stewart
Marguerite van Zee
Ruth Hudson
Grace Field
Ruth Vercoe
Evelyn Dressel
Richard Hudson
Harry Carpenter
Kalamazoo College
Edith Kurtz
Helen Hough
Frances Case
Mildred Sagendorf
Helen Norse
Ruth Perry
Orange and Black Quintet Meet Farmers in First Home Game
A campus note lists former chemistry students visiting at dinner hosted by Prof. and Mrs. Smith on the last day of 1919. Guests include Merril Hart, Robert Ensing, Charles Barkenbus, Herman Kurtz, Harris Hopkins, and President Stetson. Harold Hoekstra led the Physics lab in Prof. Worth's absence. Prof. Smith assigned class work. The Index notes Prof Worth’s improving condition. Dorothy Harter Smith of Chicago greeted old friends on campus Monday.
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Orange
Mrs. Smith
Merril Hart
Robert Ensing
Charles Barkenbus
Herman Kurtz
Harris Hopkins
Pres. Stetson
Harold Hoekstra
Prof. Worth
Prof. Smith
Lewis Smith
Dorothy Harter
Chicago
Mid-Year Elections Reported For Kappa Pi Societies
The Senior Kappa Pi girls held a December 18 meeting at Beatrice Hall to elect winter term officers: Norda Schoonmaker president Grace Gilman vice president Dorothy Gregg recording secretary Nellie Jacobs corresponding secretary Charlotte Little treasurer Frances Mishica house treasurer Ruth Fitch chaplain. The Junior Kappa group met December 19 and elected Katherine Bennett president Caroline Little vice president Christel Vander Horst secretary Helenoise Tuttle treasurer Mary Howlett chaplain. Ardith Youngs underwent tonsil surgery during holidays.
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Kappa
Beatrice Hall
Norda Schoonmaker
Grace Gilman
Dorothy Gregg
Nellie Jacobs
Charlotte Little
House
Frances Mishica
Ruth Fitch
Junior Kappa Society
Thief
Katherine Bennett
Caroline Little
Christel Vander Horst
Heloise Tuttle
Mary Howlett
Marian Hoek
Charlotte Pinckney
Students discuss League of Nations referendum plan
A 1919 telegram outlines a nationwide student referendum on the League and Treaty ratification. It urges January 13 votes on four propositions, proposes faculty and student ballots, and seeks debate events while keeping results confidential and strictly nonpropagandistic.
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New York
N. Y
Senate
League
Kalamazoo Faces Muskegon Y In Early Season Showdown
Kalamazoo College basketball notes Muskegon Y defeated Kalamazoo 21 19 and Holland Y 21 9 in December. Kazoo hosted M A C next, aiming to rebound from 1919 East Lansing defeat and seek home court edge with Hoekstra and McKay key in scoring.
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Muskegon “Y
Kazoo
Kalamazoo
East Lansing
Muskegon
Holland
Muskegonites
Upstaters
Heeres
McKay
Hoekstra
Kalamazooo
Muskegon Y
Riloss
Hoeksrta Heeres Oo
McKay R. Hooker
Wattles B. Hooker
Vroeg Peterson
R. Gueeee Strome
Hines
Wattles
Lambke
Vroeg
Tuttle
Hinga
Pieters
Kloss
Hooker
Seniors Plan Class Day Program and Activities
A Dec 16 business meeting assigned class day duties for the seniors with B Hall as historian and D Powell as prophet. A Rich chairs a committee with L Davis and M Larsen to pick the senior play. Other items include Prof Praeger’s science meetings and visits, Ruth Martin’s Navy Department posting, and Avis Thomas’s upcoming Oberlin graduation visit.
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B. Hall
D. Powell
N. Schoonmaker
Sutherland
H. Jacobs
J. Schensul
M. Larsen
A. Rich
L. Davis
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Students of All Nations
Wolverines
Michigan
Santa Claus
Albion College
Earlham and
Depauw
Athletic Board of Albion
the Pleiad
Frank Benish
Ningpo Baptist Academy
Ningpo
China
EUROS
Eurodelphians
Kenneth Ring
Petoskey
Phineas Wheat
Kappa PI
Junior Kappas
Ardith Youngs
Lodge and
Hitchcock
Hadley
Yale
Butler
Columbia
Lowell
Harvard
Hibben
Princeton
C. E. Stouch
Broadway
Frederick FP. Benedict
Columbia Spectator
John M. Harlan
Daily
Princetonian
Fifield
Harvard Crimson
Bowen Hall
Mrs. Praeger
Minneapolis
Prof. Praeger
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Shaw Botanic Gardens
Ruth Martin
Navy Department
Washinon
D. C
Prof. Simpson
Avis Thomas
Conservatory of Music
Oberlin
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