23RD RENDITION OF THE MESSIAH PLEASES AUDIENCE
Cornell music lovers heard Handel’s The Messiah as the Oratorio Society performed on Sunday afternoon under conductor Karl Weiss. Soloist Margaret Lester of Chicago delivered a pure soprano, with Ruth Pinkerton offering a capable contralto, while the chorus and orchestra displayed proficiency and refined tone.
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Mary Parsons
Cornell
Christ
Handel
Oratorio Society
Karl Weiss
Margaret Lester
Chicago
Sophomores Repeat Victory in Class Basketball Tournament
Sophomore teams captured first place by defeating juniors 27 to 12 in Class B play at the gym Saturday. Theosophs strong defense stymied third years as Cornick led scorers with eight baskets. Freshmen upset seniors 28 to 11 in the other Class B game with a brisk passing attack and stout defense. Burke and Ladd led scorers for the freshmen.
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Theosophs
Cornick
Kindred
Burke and
Ladd
English Club Christmas Dinner Reports Wheaton Dormitory Song Culture
At The Grill the English club dinner featured a report by Miss Jean Saul and Miss Ruth Messenger about Wheaton College Hillsdale dormitory customs where students and faculty sang, danced, and studied by song. The group performed songs with Professor Tull and shared Mrs. Tull's poem December with attendees.
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Tull
Cornell
Jean ‘Saul
Hillsdale
Wheatham
Dlup
Wheatam
Carl’Sandburg
Professor Tull
Ruth Messenger
Bill Shaw
Frankie
Johnnie
Casey Jones
Ohio
French Girl Life Compared To American Flappers
Betty Rumble contrasts the jeune fille of Paris with the American flapper. She argues Parisian upbringing grants innocence and respect, shaping behavior amid expectations of marriage and motherhood, while American youth face harsher judgment. The piece notes shared childhoods but differing social codes.
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Betty Rumble
Champs Elysees
Madame de Stael
Louis XIV
Petite Parisienne
Faculty Cast Prepares Comedy Drama Polly with a Past
A group of university faculty members rehearse Polly with a Past a comedy drama produced under the American Association of University Women The plot follows Polly daughter of a minister who pursues grand opera while a young man Rex vies with a snob reformer Myrtle Rex friends Polly to vamps Rex to spark Myrtle suspicions The cast includes Ruth Schlaberg Karl Weiss Walter Littell Betty Ber Joach Dick Barker Frank Gerald Hill and Vera Dyson.
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Polly
American Association of University Women
Rex
Myrtle
Ruth Schlaberg
Karl* Weiss
Waltera
Professor Littell
Betty Ber
Joach
Dick Barker
Frank “Be
Gerald Hill
Vera Dyson
Christmas Pageant "The Pilgrim and the Book" at Cornell
Percy Mackaye's Christmas pageant The Pilgrim and the Book was presented by the Cornell Christian Association at First Methodist Episcopal Church. About seventy five participants performed with Miss Ruth Schlaberg directing and John Harlan in the title role.
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Percy, Mackaye
Cornell Christian Association
Metrodiet “Episcopal Church
Greggant
Ruth Schlaberg
Expression
Satanas
Santhanas
Revelation
John Harlan
Charles Pedri
Miss Schlaberg
Stuart Thompson
Helen Zache
Helen Franks
Arthur Dickoff
William Shaw
de Spense Bentley
Charles Brewster
Charles ‘Graham
Arnold’Pederson
Roger ‘Northcott
Gerald Garrard
Dorothy Bresson
Ollapod Awards Prize Winners For Undergraduate Art
The Ollapod in cooperation with College Humor awarded prizes totaling eight dollars for drawings in the Homecoming and Christmas numbers. First prize went to Robert Waynesmith for a mistletoe portrait, second to James Klimo for a cartoon of two students parachuting, and Margaret Dennis earned third for "Birst Down." Cover artists received three dollars each, with Florence Keve and Waynesmith also receiving honorable mention.
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Ollapod
Robert Waynesmith
James Klimo
Mrs Tulls Plays Spread From Campus To Circuits
The influence of Cornell dramatics grows with Jewell Bothwell Tull works. The Gorilla has appeared in Hot Springs SD and on chautauqua lyceum tours. Arington Players of Butte MT and Lewis players run repertory circuits in Colorado. The Magic Star is seen from Moncton NB to Mesa AZ with stops in Clarinda IA St Ansgar IA Morrison IL and more, totaling over a hundred towns.
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Cornell
Jewell Bothwell Tull
Lyceum
Hot Springs
South Dakota
Arington Players
Butte
Montana
Lewis Players
Colorado
C. C. A. Financial Drive Successful
The C C A drive ends with 1087.05 in funds for the year and an optimistic outlook. Russell Cooper reports 570.03 spent on items like the freshman handbook radio room and YMCA dues. Remaining 529.97 supports four projects and a general budget including spiritual social ethics freshman extension and conference costs.
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Russell * Cooper
Association
C. C. A. Council
Mr. Cooper
Cornell Cagers Rally Past Augustinians After Ambrose Loss
Cornell cagers rebound from a 26 to 14 Friday defeat to St. Ambrose to beat Augustana 26 to 15 at Alumni Gym. Captain Muilenberg and the Purple failed to match the rival defense as O Connor Kearney and Hratz led the Saints. Math O’Connor and Kearney scored in a late burst while Muilenberg added a lone Purple counter before the end.
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St. Ambrose
Judd Dean
Cornell Cagers
Augustan Aquinsitet
Alumni Gym
Purple Aginst
Ambrosians
Muilenberg
Gophers
Math
O’ Conner
Kearney
Cehded
O’connor
Wrestling and basketball schedule after vacation at Cornell
After Christmas vacation Cornell fans will see two after break events. On Friday January 6 Cornell hosts Beloit College in basketball, then on Saturday wrestlers face the University of Wisconsin in a meet. The Wisconsin clash opens the Purple’s eight game conference slate as the team seeks a strong showing against the Badgers who defeated them heavily last year.
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Cornell
Beloit College
University of Wisconsin Grapplers
Blue Devils
Purple
Bohler
Badgers
Wisconsin
Freshman Doubts Santa Claus Identity In Letter
A reader laments uncertainty about the true Santa after hearing two different broadcasts. The writer recounts tuning in at WOP in New York then a Birmingham Alabama feed, noting jumbled dialects and suspecting the North Pole claim. The editor prints the letter seeking reassurance.
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Santa Claus
Santa
North Pole
New York
de Chence
the Tribune
Birmingham
Alabama
Nawth Polah
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Whess
English Club
Couin
C.C. A
C.C.A
Ambrose
Augies
Deanmen
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