Cornell registrar Walter Gray resigns after Owl group disclosure
Cornell college announces the resignation of Walter B. Gray effective August 31 with services ending June 4. Gray, long tied to the college since 1926, faced recent disclosure of his Owl sub rosa group membership and will leave after decades of alumni work admissions and personnel duties. He served as president of the Mount Vernon Board of Education.
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Russell D Cole
Cornell College
Walter B. Gray
Mr. Gray
Owl Sub-Rosa
Gray
Harlan Updegraff
University of Minnesota
H. J Burgstahler
Frank D Cole
Cornell
U.S. Navy
Navy
Office of Naval Officer Procurement
St Louis
J M Macaulay
J B Magee
Mr Gray
Mt Vernon
Four Cornell Concerts to Open May Music Festival
Cornell's May Music Festival presents four concerts May 5 to 7 featuring Isaac Stern 28, Mack Harrell, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Cornell Oratorio Society with Nancy Carr. Stern joins a distinguished violinist list. Harrell adds vocal and concert credentials. Brahms, Tarini, Wieniawski, and modern works anchor the programs with Alexander Zakin at the piano and Tauno Hannakainen conducting. Adams: 150-voice choir, Chicago Symphony, and notable soloists perform Brahms German Requiem and Beethoven Seventh among other pieces. Elizabeth Mershon returns from a health meeting.
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Cornell
Isaac Stern
Mack Harrell
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Cornell Oratorio Society
Nancy Carr
Chicago
Stern
San Francisco
New York
Columbia Records
Australia
Europe
John Garfield
King Memorial Chapel
Tartini
Brahms
Wieniawski
Alexander Zakin
Chicago Symphony
Johannes Brahms
Jacques Jolas
Jolas
Tauno Hannakainen
Symphony
Haydn Hannakainen
Hannakainen
Boston Symphony Orchestra
United States
Hans Lange
Mt. Vernon
Weber. Franck
Samuel Barber
Wagner
Miss Entwhistle Resigns From Registrar Office
Miss Maxine Entwhistle secretary to the registrar submitted her resignation to take effect June 4. She has served in the Registrar's office since 1940 and earned an AB from Cornell in 1943. Four Cornell women will attend the Athletic Federation of College Women meeting at Wisconsin next week.
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Maxine Entwhistle
Miss Entwhistle
Cornell
Athletic Federation of College Women
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Lois Temple
Pricilla Toppen
Jean Ann Trego
Lois Nelson
Week of campus events calendar highlights
A sequence of campus activities lists events from April 30 to May 6 including field courses, recitals, open houses, installations, oratorios, Red Cross instruction, music performances featuring Isaac Stern and Mack Harrell, and university clubs. Highlights include the Altoona Open House and May Festival performances in the chapel.
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McGregor
Joanne Curnutt
Joanne Lindt
Altoona
McGiffert
Chicago Theological Seminary
Red Cross
Men’s Glee Club
Ruth Ray
Isaac Stern
United World Federalists
New Exhibit Shows Purpose Of Modern Art
A Cornell student led exhibit titled The Value and Purpose of Modern Art will open May 5 in the Armstrong hall Exhibition room. Warren Landolt coordinates a show fully created by Cornell art students with some Iowa City sculptures, aiming to explain modern art to the layman through architecture, sculpture, painting, and related arts. The display runs through May 21 and invites students, faculty, and May Festival visitors.
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Armstrong Hall
Warren Landolt
Cornell
Iowa City
Cornellian Dinner Set For May 3 At Cedar Rapids
A Cornellian dinner will honor students who write and edit the Cornellian. The Knotty Pine outside Cedar Rapids hosts the May 3 event with plans to invite Tait Cummins, WMT sports director, to give a short after dinner talk on journalism and radio.
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Cornellian
Cedar Rapids
Tait Cummins
WMT
Altoona Open House Showcases Individuality at Hall
Altoona hosts an open house at The house with individuality in Altoona hall from 7 to 9 Sunday evening. The house council led by Proxy Herb Heberling welcomes public and assures guests will be fed in the lobby and in separate rooms, stressing this is no ordinary event.
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Cornell
Altoona
Altoona Hall
House Council
Herb Heberling
Ballot stuffing delays school primaries into Thursday
Ballot stuffing forced a one day delay in the school elections primaries held Wednesday. A rerun was conducted Thursday with top contenders announced for each office including Dick Bishop and Rodger Snook for Student Council president and Jane Graham and Mary Pat Eliason for secretary.
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Student Council
Dick Bishop
Rodger Snook
Jane Graham
Mary Pat Eliason
Leo Thomson
Phyllis Lukenbach
Men’s Senate
Bob Cooper
Bill English
Joe Morton
Phil Mondragon
Roger Dierks
Bud Kudart
Five Cornell Seniors Win Graduate Study Awards
The history and political science department announced graduate study awards for five Cornell seniors. Robert Salm receives a liberal fellowship for public administration at Maxwell School, Syracuse. Norman Thomas gets a research assistantship at the University of Minnesota. James Vaughan earns a research fellow position at Louisiana State University. Darlene Olesen secures a library school scholarship at the University of Michigan. Wally Farnham wins a Lydia Roberts fellowship in history at Columbia University.
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History and Political Science Department
Cornell
Robert Salm
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Syracuse University
Norman Thomas
University of Minnesota
James Vaughan
Louisiana State University
Darlene Olesen
Library School
University of Michigan
Wally Farnham
Lydia Roberts
Columbia University
Atomic Energy Day Proposed For Next Fall
Miron A Merrill acting dean presents a tentative plan to dedicate a fall day at the campus for atomic energy discussions. Prominent scientists and a faculty student committee would explore social implications on business technology and industry. Cornell cooperation is sought with H A Wilhelm from Iowa State College Institute for Atomic Research. Morrill notes plans are provisional. If approved Cornell would be first to host such a day, with other institutions watching for potential adoption.
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Miron A Merrill
Atomic Energy Day
G E Holmes
State College Division
Cornell
H A Wilhelm
Iowa State College Institute For Atomic Research
Iowa State Department of Instruction
Morrill
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Lisbon
Salon
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Illinois Alumni Meet Aug 28 Picnic Near Polo Illinois
An early invitation invites Cornell students in Sterling Rockford Freeport Illinois to the White Pines State Park Polo area for an alumni picnic on August 28. Organizers say the planned event followed a successful touring schedule by Mr and Mrs Orville Rennie and a Chicago meeting drawing about 125 alumni. Dr Miron Morrill acted as main speaker at the gatherings.
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Cornell
Sterling-Rockford-Freeport
Ill
White Pines State Park
Polo
Illinois
Orville Rennie
Chicago
Toppy” Tull
Russell D Cole
Results of Liquor Poll Made Known
President Russell D Cole released the Cornell student poll on drinking. Dick Pearson noted many blanks in questions 3 4 and 5 reduce clarity. Only 561 of 740 students participated, affecting certainty of attitudes.
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Russell D Cole
Cornell
Chapel
Dick Pearson
Student Council
Art Students Attend Kuniyoshi Lecture at Iowa City Conference
Members of the Art Students League attend a lecture by Yasuo Kuniyoshi during the 19th Annual Art Conference at the State University of Iowa. Kuniyoshi discussed his painting and modern art. A synchronized swimming demonstration by Mrs Beulah D Gundling is scheduled for May 2 in the Alumni gymnasium.
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Art Students League
Iowa City
Yasuo Kuniyoshi
State University of Iowa
Kuniyoshi
New School of Social Research
New York City
Artists Equity
Beulah D Gundling
Gundling
Iowa
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Metropolitan
Greenville
Texas
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Elizabeth Mershon
North Central
American Student Health Association
Winona
Minn
Glenn Frye
China
AWS
Dinny Soper
Jan Hangar
Pris Toppen
Jean Bently
Diane Biddick
Darlene Langhoff
Ruth Temple
Jo Cash
Iris Davis
Marge Crosley
Llinois
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