Central College Gospel Team charts banner year plans
The Gospel Team committee of the Y M and Y W led chapel services with Henry Nyhof presenting a yearly work report. Connie Muyskens outlined plans for a banner year while Catherine De Vries played The Butterfly. Glee Club visits postponed V W to welcome members and Rev Gerrit Rozenboom, a former Centralite, spoke about his early preaching experiences.
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Y. M
Y. W
Henry Nyhof
Connie Muyskens
Catherine de Vries
Glee Club
Missionary John Firth Reflects on India Work After 36 Years
Rev John Firth spoke in chapel on his thirty six years as a missionary in Assam. He described phases of his work including the conversion of a young Hindu student. Despite aging features his outlook remained youthful and he asserted that Christianizing India is just beginning.
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John Firth
Assam
Altho
India
Tite disc game of the Nason on Wemike sfucrewn
A peculiar conference game between Attica’s team and Wemike sfucrewn produced a quiet scoreless stretch and a lopsided 17 to 2 final. Upcoming schedule lists Drake on May 1 and Des Moines on May 21 with several others at home and away as tennis and track events continue through May.
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Wemike Sfucrewn
Attica
Cing
S—Drake
Upper Iowa
Mon
Luther
Des Moines
Penn
Simpson
May calendar and college events overview
The May calendar lists events including the Junior-Senior banner on Thursday May 9, drama class plays Saturday May 11, Founders' Day Friday May 17, and exams the last week of May before commencement. Memorial Day falls between two days. Senior class selects Channing Pollock's The Fool for Commencement. noted readings by Professor Brings of Minnesota. Gus Glee Club concert Friday evening. admission thirty-five cents. The Melody Lingers On.
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Channing Pollock
Professor Brings
Minnesota
Hankamp
Synod of
Iowa
Orange City
Gus Glee Club
College News
Reward Offered For Flower Thieves
Lincoln school grounds suffer plant thefts as hedge plants along the east yard are dug up at night. Authorities seek the culprit and Lincoln school children contribute ten dollars for information leading to detection and punishment of the offender or offenders.
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Lincoln School
Plang
Large Crowd Hears Him About Heathen Lands Missionary
Rev John Firth a 36 year ABFMB veteran spoke at the Baptist church on his Assam field in North Lakhim ar near India. He described the vast effort, costs, and logistics of missionary work with ox-cart travel, literature demand, and native customs, noting the need for continual outreach and the challenges of teaching, translation, and cultural adaptation.
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India
John Firth
American Baptist Foreign Mission Board
Baptist Church
Firth
North Lankimar
Assam
London
America
Revival Draws Crowds in Village Led by Youth Speaker
A speaker claimed only royalty and the wealthy lack friends, recounting a village gathering where fear kept people distant. He started with children in their language, gradually drawing in elders, and a great revival followed as attendance grew and hope spread.
Big Day For Tennis At Oskaloosa
Central team dominated Penn with five wins out of six despite cold and wind. Kuyper Turbeville 6-4 6-4, Tysseling Moniger 5-7 6-2 9-7, Te Selle Sparks 6-2 6-1, pressalicik Eulee Vander Kolk Turbeville Moniger dropped, Te Selle Wesselink Reece Sparks 6-3 6-3. Pella High beat Oskaloosa on country club courts with Langerak 15-13 6-0, Vander Kolk 6-3 5-7, Baron 6-8 6-2.
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Central
Penn
Central Netsters
Kuyper
Tysseling
Marin
Turbeville
Moniger
Te Selle
Sparks
Pressalicik
Eulee Bea
Uyper
Eling
Wesselink
Reece
Pella
Oskaloosa High
Willard Langerak
Ponies Vander Kolk
Fred Faassen to Be Heard Here at First Church
Organist Fred Faassen of Zion City will perform on the First church’s new organ next Tuesday evening May 7 at 7 45. A leading national organist with conservatory training, he has held posts in Zion Tabernacle and on WCBD radio, and served in the Navy with Sousa’s Battalion Band during World War I.
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Fred Faassen
Zion City
Faassen
American Conseratory
Wilhelm Middelschulte
Clarence Eddy
Walter Knupfer
Leo Sowerby
Ilinois
National Association of Organists
American Guild of Organists of
Zion Tabernacle
Zion
Ill
WCBD
Kimball Organ Company
Great Lakes
Great Sousa
Faassen’s Home Concert Delights City of Pella Residents
The renowned musician Mr. Faassen has performed concerts nationwide, with the number exceeding five hundred. Born and raised in Pella, his mother Mrs. J. B. Faassen still lives here. Formerly a member of the First Reformed Church, the upcoming event is described as a home concert.
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Faassen
Pella
J. B. Faassen
Our City
First Reformed Church
Two Sciences Every Man Ought to Learn Quote
A Socrates quotation notes two essential sciences for men the first is speech the second is silence. The maxim emphasizes balance between talking and restraint and reflects classical wisdom on communication.
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Socrates
Observe Music Week Next Sunday May 5 to 11
National Music week is set from May 5 to May 11 with all of Pella urged to place music first. Colleges and high schools will feature special chapel music each morning and readers are invited to attend. Churches will host special music services on May 5. The Chamber of Commerce Music Committee led by Geo. F. Sadler George Ramsey and Tunis Kempkis is promoting Music Week.
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Pella
Chamber of Commerce Music Committee
Geo. F. Sadler George Ramsey
Tunis Kempkis
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Theatre
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Valentine
Haines
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Firestone
Willard Batteries
Northwest Corner
Judanas de Vries
Remps
AaMatica
Waterloo
Johnson
Farmers’ Co-op
Exchange
Oskaloosa
Bob Baron
Clea
Goodrich
Pella, Iowa
Right Price Store
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