Jacques Jolas Pianist to Perform on Cornell Campus
Jacques Jolas, a rising young pianist, will perform at Cornell on Monday evening February 28. The Columbus Dispatch and Cincinnati papers praise his pure art, refined tone, and technical mastery. The New York Times noted his broad background and poetic recitation. local notices lauded his elegance and grace.
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Jacques Jolas
Cornell
Columbus Dispatch
Jolas
Cincinnati Daily Times Star
New York City
New York Times
The
Herald-Times
Mauck and Burr Prepare Grinnell Debate on Unemployment
Elwyn Mauck and Wesley Burr will meet Grinnell in a varsity debate Wednesday. The topic is unemployment insurance with Cornell set to debate the affirmative.
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Mauck
Burr
Grinnell
Elwyn Mauck
Wesley Burr
Cornell
Miss Nettie Fairbanks Dies in Mount Pleasant Hospital
Miss Nettie Fairbanks ex 87 sister of Miss May Fairbanks librarian died yesterday morning at Mount Pleasant hospital. Services set for tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Neff Funeral Home in town.
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Nettie Fairbanks
May Fairbanks
Mount Pleasant
Neff Funeral Home
Men Think Girls Dumb Says Scurlock Discusses Conversation Topics
Miss Stella Scurlock national YWCA secretary led sessions with male and female students in Prof Chandler’s room. Men claimed women lack ideas while women said men want only to be cute and cuddly, yet all agreed thoughtful talk after physical activity is the best fun.
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Stella Scurlock
National Y. W. C. A
Miss Scurlock
Orchestra Itinerary Nears Final Plan for Iowa Illinois Tour
Plans for the orchestra tour through eastern Iowa and western Illinois are nearly complete. The group intends ten or twelve concerts with tentative dates including April 6 Winslow April 17 Lena April 9 Tampico April 10 Ohio April 12 Chinton April 19 Davenport. Additional concerts may occur in Dubuque Milledgeville LaSalle and Maquoketa.
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Iowa
Illinois
Winslow
Lena
Tampico
Ohio
Chinton
Davenport
Dubuque
Milledgeville
LaSalle
Maquoketa
Orators May Still Enter Contest
Prof. W Earl Beem says there is still time to enter the oratory contest and see him this week. The contest will be held after spring vacation. Six entrants are currently signed, and prizes are said to be worth added interest. Dr J B Culbertson reports copper ore and rock samples from Vernon Jaynes, picked up while traveling through Arizona at about 8000 feet, with ore ready for treatment.
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W. Earl Beem
Reem
J .B. Culbertson
Vernon Jaynes
Jaynes
Arizona
Sophs Elect Social Committee Members at Meeting
Sophomore class meeting in the lower chapel elected Richard Sproat to the social committee and Wilbur Wetzell to the intramural athletic council. Nominees announced at the February 9 meeting were Richardson Clark George Roupp and Richard Sproat for social committee and Clarence Brookins and Wilbur Wetzell for the council.
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Richard Sproat
Wilbur Wetzell
Lower Chapel
Richardson Clark
George Roupp
Clarence Brookins
Cornellian Adds Thirteen New Staff Members
The second semester adds thirteen new students to The Cornellian staff. Lawrence Woodruff and Lawrence Long cover basketball and wrestling fortunes, while Roland Philpott reports on class basketball struggles. Bruce Smith concentrates a single- column athletic news. Bernice Schuller covers girls athletics. Kellogg Hunt notes midnight ramblings and directs readers to page 4.
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Cornellian
Lawrence Woodruff
Lawrence Long
Roland Philpott
Bruce Smith
Katherine Frei
Kathryn Newhard
Josephine Schmeiser
Dorothy Cornfield
Florence Wilson
Bernice Schuller
Kellogg Hunt
W A A Play Day Luncheon At Old Sem Tea Room
A W A A luncheon was held Saturday at one o'clock by the home economics department in the tea room on the third floor of Old Sem. Guests included State University of Iowa and Coe College visitors for the triangle play day. Forty six attended including three instructors and twelve representatives from the two visiting schools, twelve Cornell Advisory Board members, and several named ladies. The event featured a red and white Valentine color scheme with luncheon served by four home economics students.
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Home Economics Department
Old Sem
State University of Iowa
Coe
Cornell Advisory Board
H. J. Burgstahler
Alice R. Betts
Dorothy Rogers
Dorothy Luby
Purple Masquers Plan Unusual Lighting Effects
Two days before the showing of Children of the Moon the Purple Masquers refine lighting with a new thousand watt spotlight and floods. Director W Earl Beem praises the cast and allows extra rehearsal time while tech staff experiment and prove effects.
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W. Earl Beem
W. L. Granville
George Canelti
Mr. Ziegfield
65 Couples Dance At Valentine Mixer
The Valentine Mixer in the gym drew about sixty five couples after the basketball game. Chaperones were Miss Elsie Barrett and Miss Eva Scism. Music was provided by Jack Everetts orchestra from Cedar Rapids.
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Elsie Barrett
Eva Scism
Jack Everetts
Cedar Rapids
Cornell Students To Judge Declamatory Contest
Ted Arnold Florence Barton and Elizabeth Patchen have been selected to judge the local high school declamatory contest this evening. Two contestants will be entered in the oratorical class three in the dramatic and five in the humorous.
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Ted Arnold
Florence Barton
Elizabeth Patchen
Beem to Judge at Lisbon Declamatory Contest
Prof W Earl Beem will act as critic judge at the preliminary high school declamatory contest in Lisbon tomorrow night. The declamatory season seems to be getting under way with at least several contestants expected.
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W. Earl Beem
Lsbon
Pfeiffers Donate 50,000 for Dorm at Colegio Americana Ward
Mr and Mrs Henry Pfeiffer of New York City donate 50000 to the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church for a dormitory at Colegio Americana Ward in Buenos Aires Argentina. Pfeiffer Dormitory will house 300 boys as part of a campus development plan totaling 500000 in buildings.
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U. S
South America
Board of Foreign Missions
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Henry Pfeiffer
New York City
Colegio Americana
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Pfeiffer
Ten Play In Chess Tournament Sunday
Ten players and others were invited to sign the list on the bulletin board in Main Hall by Wednesday noon. Pairings for the tournament will be posted soon.
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Hst
Wednes
Mrs Kluss and Horace Slippy Visit Dr Knight at Home
Mrs. Harriet Slippy and her husband Horace Slippy from Cincinnati visited Dr. Nicholas Knight at his home Monday. The Slippys, both known in their respective fields, spent time discussing matters of mutual interest during the informal call.
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Fred J. Kluss
Harriet Slippy
Horace A. Slippy
Cincinnati
Ohio
Nicholas Knight
Ebersole Writes Review in Classical Journal March Issue
Dr W S Ebersole author of a two page book review in the March Classical Journal. The review discusses The Greek Tradition in Sculpture by W R Agard of Wisconsin, published by Johns Hopkins Press. A chemistry class of 75 will begin blow pipe analysis next Friday with 100 unknowns per student.
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W. S Ebersole
Classical Association of the
Middle West
South
W. R. Agard
University of Wisconsin
Johns Hopkins Press
Baltimore
Ebersole
New Anthology Selects Three Cornell Poems
The New Anthology of College Verse accepts three poems from Cornell writers among four thousand submissions. Kathryn Fenstermacher contributes The Offer, Marjorie Holmes writes Acrobat, and Gertrude Herrick provides Waiting for Company.
Pirates of Penzance to Open March Thirteen
Comic operetta Pirates of Penzance a swashbuckling tale of pirate noblemen and a birthday on February 29 will run March 13 directed by Professor Teel Cast includes Richard pirate chief Willard Gieske Samuel lieutenant Phillip Putnam Fredric pirate apprentice Vance Allyn Major-General Stanley John Bloom Edward sergeant Arthur Shoemaker Mabel Adelaide Ports Kate Edith Isabel Grace Leona Arline Ruth Margaret Simpson and chorus of General Stanley’s daughters plus pirates policemen and maid-servants.
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Penzance
Professor Teel
Richard
Willard Gieske Samuel
Phillip Putnam Fredric
Vance Allyn
Stanley
John Bloom Edward
Arthur Shoemaker
Mabel
Adelaide Ports
Kate
Edith
Isabel
Grace Iliff
Leona Moulton
Arline Heidklotz
Ruth
Margaret Simpson
Varsity Basketball Team is Chosen
The girls chosen for the W. A. A. varsity basketball team are forwards Gibson Johnston Soper and guards Rigby Peet Fenster macher. Miss Louise Carpenter ex 29 a student at the State University of Iowa visited friends here on Saturday.
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Gibson
Johnston
Soper
Rigby
Peet
Fenstermacher
Louise Carpenter
State University of Iowa
Chandler Laments Mob Lynching In Chapel Talk
Professor S L Chandler condemned mob lynching as one of America’s worst features. He cited the record of 1930 as exceptionally bad and recalled riots in Iowa Chicago and other cities including Springfield where he witnessed the Iowa riot.
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S. L. Chandler
Chapel
Girls Grex Invites Issued For March 13 14
Senior high school girls submit names addresses and special interests to Louise Haug or Maxine McGinnis as invitations to the Girls Grex event to be issued by the college.
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Louise Haug
Maxine McGinnis
Altoona Men Settle Private Quarrels by Playing Checkers
A report from Altoona describes students settling disputes through checkers in a dorm hall. The boards draw crowds, with kibitzers giving shoulder advice and rival roommates choosing who cleans the room instead.
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Altoona
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