05 Feb 1916
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Newspaper
The Cornellian
Location
Mount Vernon, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1916
Page
1
A large attentive crowd heard Dr. Cadman’s Wednesday evening lecture titled A Puritan in Two Worlds. He traced world history from Oriental domination to Rome and the Puritan emphasis on liberty and responsibility and urged deep thinking as essential to freedom.
The final pre liminaries name the affirmative squad Wise Pike and Boylan to face Coe with critic professors Baker Keister and Smith. The negative team Manley Andrea and Peet travels to Grinnell for Friday’s debate on national minimum wage legislation for factories and department stores.
Forty freshman men attended the Miltonians annual new men's banquet after a preparatory program in Milt hall. The Miltonian quartet sang, Thrams showcased pugilistic skill, and Packy Peck impressed. A modified version of Hit da babee an git a cigar highlighted the men’s baseball talk before dining in Amphic hall on stuffed celery, sandwiches, croquettes, scalloped potatoes, Miltonian salad, rolls, almonds, Bavarian cream, coffee cake, and push. Grant Kramm visits. Barber quips about shaving.
A collection of maxims and flippant remarks touches on monarchy faith superstition intelligence gender and philosophy. The excerpts reference kings suffrage Plato Demosthenes and playful contrasts with college figures while noting a claim of support for women's rights.
Cornell prepares for a decisive home game against undefeated Iowa with Captain Bowen rested for the clash. The Hawkeyes arrive with a clean state title record and a fast lineup, while Cornell seeks a decisive comeback to claim the title on their home floor. Seats for the anticipated crowd are sold at 15 cents through the college office and McKay's drug store.
The article announces a series of revival meetings starting February 13 at Cornell aimed at stressing religion as a central life factor. It discusses debate over revival goals, favoring deeper moral renewal over fleeting emotionalism, with Dr. Brown of Rochester named as a participant.
The piano recital by Miss Hart, planned for Monday evening, is postponed again due to lack of a central heating plant making it hard to maintain a suitable auditorium temperature. The postponement aims for better weather, but no definite date is set, much to Cornell music lovers' disappointment.
The Cornell YWCA joined a nation wide Golden Jubilee marking fifty years since the YWCA’s founding in America. Miss Beebe spoke on the history of the YWCA and Grace Dodge, a former national president. The first U S YWCA started in Boston fifty years ago this month.
The Mind and The Education by Dr. Betts leads U S best sellers in psychology over the past year gaining nationwide popularity for its authoritative yet entertaining treatment. A new edition will be released this spring after synopsing.
In Oskaloosa Iowa on February 4 Cornell defeated Penn 37 18 without captain Bowen who was sidelined by a knee injury Ole Allanson filled the gap Byerly led scoring with early baskets and Grigsby and Walker contributed throughout The defense held Penn to 18 points as substitutions shuffled the lineup for the second half with Moyer scoring from the full length of the floor and Byerly adding free throws for Cornell.
Myron Wilcox, a member of the State University rifle team, again shot a perfect record in the match against North Georgia Agriculture College. The University team totaled 993 of 1,000 points.
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