Seven Gold Stars and Five Red Stars Honor Cornell Alumni
Seven gold stars honor seven Cornellians who died serving the country and five red stars mark those missing or prisoners. The Chapel service flag shows 746 Cornell alumni in uniform. 125 are abroad. Army deaths include Lt. Thomas Baldwin and Allen Joseph, Ensign Ray Kropf, Floyd McCreery, William Richardson, Russell Stark, and Wendall Wilson. Missing or prisoner cases include Captain Howard Merkel and Lt. John Titus, with Lt. William Watson listed as missing.
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Dorthy Thompson
Cornell
Thomas Baldwin
U. S. Army
California
Allen Joseph
Ray Kropf
Glenview
Corpus Christi
Texas
Naval Reserve
Jacksonville
Florida
Floyd McCreery
Philippines
William Richardson
Russell Stark
Continental
United States
Tice
Wendall Wilson
Howard Merkel
Australia
John Titus
U. S. Army Air Corps
South Pacific
William Watson
Fancy Of Christmas at Little Theatre in Armstrong Hall
The Little Theatre at Armstrong Hall presents Flight of Fancy a Christmas play at 2 30 Saturday afternoon for Mount Vernon youngsters and college students. Albert Johnson wrote it and Marian Hatfield and Mary Stevenson direct with a cast from speech classes led by Leora Foster and Marilyn Milner among many others. Evelyn Snyder is stage manager and Marilou Stiles the technician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Theatre
Armstrong Hall
Albert Johnson
Marian Hatfield
Mary Stevenson
Mount Vernon
Leora Foster
Marilyn Milner
Claire Distelhorst
Marcella Killey
Lynn Sawtell
Peg Newberg
Les Johnson
Ruth Thompson
Virginia Berg
Pat Gatewood
Elaine Morrison
Ellen Ohlson
Lois Kaylor
Dorothea Medal
Betty Jo Sheeley
Jim Compton
Ber
Servicemen Free Cornellians Get Home News Weekly
A.W.S. and C.C.A. plan to send about 150 copies of The Cornellian weekly to Cornellians in service. Each man receives the paper every fourth or fifth week, with Doris Jean Baldwin overseeing files and dispatches. A committee including Timmie Hynes Betty Donnan Sue Swift Mickey Ortmeyer Anita Mummert Mickey Hauck Esther Sumner Norma Kracht Jean Luce and Lois Kaylor supports the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Martin
Cadets Detail Rigors of Training and Fly Day Experiences
Excerpts from letters describe the Army Air Forces training as rugged and disciplined yet essential. Cadets Bob Simmer Keith D. Quayle and others share preflight studies, pressure chamber experiences at 28 000 feet, cross country flights, and bombardier gunnery school near Las Vegas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornellian
Army Air Force
Bob Simmer
San Antonio
Texas
Keith D. Quayle
Army Air Corps
Las Vegas
Nevada
Santa Ana
Desert
December events schedule at campus chapel and halls
On Friday December 3 at 7 30 free movie The Howards of Virginia screens in the chapel. Saturday December 4 at College Recreation Hall Armstrong from 8 to 11 p m. Monday December 6 Writers Club meets at 4 00 in the Grill. Wednesday December 8 at 4 30 Freshman meeting at the Cornellian Office to elect the editor for Fresh Cornellian. Friday December 10 Christmas Party planned.
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the Howards of Virginia
College Recreation Hall
Armstrong
Cornellian
Guest Artists Set for Cornell Messiah by Oratorio Society
Two visiting soloists Florence Manning and William Miller join Ruth Pinkerton and Francis German for Cornell’s 39th annual Messiah performance by the Oratorio Society and Cornell Symphony Orchestra on Sunday December 12. Manning is a New York soprano with a record on radio and with major societies. Miller is a seasoned tenor with a strong Chicago presence.
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Cornell
Oratorio Society
Cornell Symphony Orchestra
Florence Manning
New York
Philadelphia
Miss Manning
New
Chicago
Ruth Pinkerton
Francis German
Cornell Conservatory
Ballad Singers To Give Folk Songs At Cornell
Cornell welcomes the American Ballad Singers a six member ensemble led by Elie Siegmeister presenting native American folk songs. The program features Kentucky moonshiner tunes Negro spirituals and Siegmeister compositions including Johnny Apple Seed and Ballad of Douglas MacArthur. Singers Helen Yorke Ruth Fremont Rebekah Crawford Earl Waldo Thomas Edwards and Nelson Magill bring opera concert and radio credentials to a lively folk history in a formal tea style concert Saturday December 11 at 8:00 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elie Siegmeister
Kentucky
Music Hall of the Air
Rebekah Crawford
Earl Waldo
Salem Civic Opera
Prince
Palmolive
General Motors
Thomas Edwards
Nelson Magill
Chautauqua Opera Company
Freshmen to Edit Cornellian Issue This Year
In a yearly program freshmen editors will run the Cornellian with editors and staff chosen by the freshmen. The edition will be produced by the freshmen from news gathering to proofs with help from Charles Dickey and Gloria Sorensen. A meeting is set for next Wednesday at 4 30 in the Cornellian office Main Hall basement opposite the book store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornellian
Fresh
Messiah
Charles Dickey
Gloria Sorensen
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Cornell Music Conservatory
Handel
Siah
Harold Baltz
Ternoon
Lloyd Oakland
Soloists
Cornellians
T Cross
Donald Fish
Waco, Texas
Pete Ries
Lemoore
Calif
Washington
Seattle
Sacramento
Portland
Ore
U.S.A
Writers Club
Lian
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