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Newspaper

The Cornellian

Location

Mount Vernon, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1937

Page

1

Non-speech Students Present Noel Coward Play Wednesday

Cast drawn from outside the speech department will perform Family Album by Noel Coward under Lillian Elsesser in the Little Theater. Earlier reading shows included Girls in Uniform, Private Lives, The Boar, Will O’ the Wisp, Village Wooing with multiple directors. Freshman speech classes staged radio versions Redemption and Dr. Faustus with two directors.

Zel Gertrude Hargreaves Will O’ the Wisp Delbert Tildesly Iane Smith

Still In Running For Rhodes Award

Edward Weismiller survives the first cut among nine Iowa candidates for the Rhodes Scholarship. He will appear before the state committee in the Memorial Union at Ames to help determine the two finalists advancing to district eliminations.

Iowa Edward Weismiller Weismiller Memorial Union Ames

Class Schedule Shortened For Vacationers

Students head home for a two week Christmas vacation with a shortened Friday schedule. Chapel is omitted and class periods are reduced to five minutes. The timetable runs 7:45 to 11:20 with lunch served 11:25 to 11:45 in both dining halls.

Moving Into Armstrong Hall During Christmas Break

Christmas vacation December 17 to 31 marks the music drama and art depts moving time as equipment is moved into the Armstrong Hall of Fine Arts. No classes in the new building until the second semester begins. Final equipment purchases are underway this week with the stage curtain rigging and lights already bought.

Cagers Begin Title Race At Monmouth

Cornell opens the Midwest conference basketball slate Thursday at Monmouth against Monmouth College. Deanmen face Knox Friday in Galesburg as part of a ten game league schedule. Fresh sophomores lead a brighter outlook after a 28 26 win over Iowa State.

Cornell Monmouth Aet

Cornellians Plan Fresh Attacks On Life In 1938

A survey of Cornell students reveals New Year resolutions for 1938. Entries include Irvin McPherson aiming to study regularly, Darrel Allbee keeping chemistry current, and Ellen Louise Stewart promising to write term papers promptly.

Cornellians Irvin McPherson Helen Flynn Darrel Allbee Melba Wendlandt Dave White Peg Chalice Don Stotler Sybil Knudson Bob Bennett Corrinne Attig Elsie Guide Darrel Smith Ellen Louise Stewart Edad Maynard Catherine Thompson Virgil Corey John Granger Gladys Zabilka Clifton Winger Lois Camit Kathleen Wilson Casey Neil Swanson Jane- Marie Pitkanen Eleanor Gough

Faculty Members Vary Holiday Plans Across Cities

The Christmas break sees faculty and staff split for vacations from Kansas to New York. Prof. Clyde Tull will travel to New York Friday to catch season’s outstanding plays. Miss Harriet Bauerbach attends the National Commercial Teachers Convention in Chicago December 27 to 30. Prof. Lloyd Oakland will visit Chicago to study with Dosch.

Kansas New York Clyde Tull Harriet Bauerbach Lloyd Oakland Chicago

Chandler Rallies After Relapse

Dr. S. L. Chandler, a Cornell faculty member and Mount Vernon mayor, shows improvement after a serious relapse at St. Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids. He has faced gall stones uremia and heart trouble. his visitors were paused last Friday as his condition fluctuated.

S. L. Chandler St. Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids Chandler Cornell Mount Vernon W. H. Norton C. R. Ikkeyes FF. M. McGaw

Cornell Arm strong Hall to open with As You Like It

The new Cornell theater in Arm strong Hall will debut with Shakespeare’s As You Like It on February 4 and 5, with critics and theater directors invited. A special matinee for teachers and top students is planned, plus a conference for drama educators. Cast includes Barbara Brice, Chester Webb, Betty Lou Evans, and Robert Hartung. settings by Mrs. Johnson.

Cornell Armstrong Hall of Fine Arts Prof. Johnson Mrs. Johnson Barbara Brice Rosalia Chester Webb Orlando Betty Lou Evans Celia Robert Hartung Touchstone

Dance Popularity Among Cornellians Revealed By Census

A social activity census shows 440 dance attendees and 46 non dancers among Cornellians. Of 251 women and 189 men answering affirmatively, many attended most all college dances, with 54 men and 40 women at sixteen to nineteen events.

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Noel Coward Lillian Elsesser Little Theater Ruth Weber Charles Paupp Lois Reit Purple Masquers Dr. Faustus Hal Meints Charles Swan Redemption Ben Hoover Hall Dean Shioward Schneider Iowa State Rob Maroney Jack Paul Don Pease Wally Grams Grams Maloney Judd Dean Hotel Sherman Dosch Sym Phony Phillip Henderson Dorothea Cole Art Institute A. I. Johnson Miss Nama Lathe Fine Arts D. M. Higbie Charles Will Minnesota Mt. Vernon Coun Luella Ninde Fort Wayne Indiana Rebecca Green Kansas City Middle West The Cilities New Theater Lberal Arts Leges of America Albert Johnson Bertha French Johnson Jewell Bothwell Tull Charles Swan Hugh Muncy Mark Mirich Harold Meints Clark McNeal Fred Mitchell Sheldon Rahn Bob Putnam Stanley Anderson Delbert Tildesley Armand Downey Grave Fowler Lois Reitzel Ber
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