Popular Couple to Head Festivities at Colonial Party
Esther Cory of Tama and Donald Typer of Polo Illinois will head the Colonial Party a senior class sponsored all college function. Iola Isaacs Gillespie and Glen Schowalter Wayland will be guests as runners up for host and hostess. The seniors voted for the honored couple and formal dress was approved 55 to 40 though attendees may wear other attire. The event aims to be a real Colonial party and a successful social function rather than a traditional ball.
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Esther Cory
Tama
Donald Typer
Polo
Illinois
Alumni Gymnasium
Iola Isaacs
Gillespie
Glen Schowalter
Wayland
Clayton Burgardt
Mile Relay Quartet To Carry Purple At Illinois Indoor Meet
Milton Babcock John Tennant Karl Deemer and Frank Hurlburt will run the one mile relay for Cornell indoors at the Illinois Indoor Relay Carnival in the University of Illinois armory on Saturday after noon February 26 Final tryouts at Iowa City last Tuesday night named Babcock to the mile quartet Deemer and Tennant are veteran relay men with past Illinois track experience Hurlburt a sophomore anchors the team Cornell faces a strong field including Carleton Knox Butler Western State Normal Wabash Coe Monmouth and the Haskell Indians in the mile race next week
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Milton Babcock
John Tennant
Karl Deemer
Frank Hurlburt
Illinois
University of Illinois Armory
Iowa City
Babcock
MacCauley
Deemer
Tennant
Hurlburt
Cornell
Carleton
Knox
Butler
Western State Normal
Wabash
Coe
Monmouth
Haskell Indians
Water Carnival Promises Dances Stunts and Games
The annual Water Carnival features the play The Conch Shell by swimming classes on March 7 8 and 9 with about thirty participants. The program adds dances obstacle races and games and follows the Alethean society initiation this afternoon at 5 in Alethean hall with a dinner at the Jordan house.
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Alethean Society
Alethean Hall
Jordan House
Dean Meade Plans March Departure in Cornellian Student Search
Dean Joe T. Meade of Cornell will leave about March first on an extended trip through Iowa and northern Illinois to recruit new students. He aims to follow up a college circularization and believes personal contact will boost enrollments for next year. Prospective students should submit high school pupil lists at the Cornell office soon.
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Joe T. Meade
Ren
Cornell
Meade
Iowa
Illinois
Ruth Draper Delivers Nine Vivid Recitals At Chapel
Ruth Draper, premier American recitalist, held a large audience spellbound in the chapel last night as she portrayed nine distinct personalities. Her sketches ranged from A Southern Girl at a Dance to In a Railway Station on the Western Plains with humor, pathos, and keen detail. Fans compare her favorably with the campus Music Festival.
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Ruth Draper
Miss Draper
Philadelphia
Maine
Cornell Well Represented At Large Church Conference
Cornell students James Babcock and Mary Hayward spoke at the joint Davenport and Cedar Rapids district session of the Upper Iowa conference at Trinity church Cedar Rapids. They reported on the Milwaukee conference as part of the Church and Youth program.
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James Babcock
Mary Hayward
Cornell
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Upper Iowa
Trinity Church
Milwaukee
O. V. Jackson
Department of Bible
Cornell Women’s Glee Club
Ruth Pinkerton
W. S. Ebersole
C. R. Keyes
H. M. Kelly
W. E. Slaght
S. L. Chandler
F. M. McGaw
E. R. Ristine
Joe Meade
Kensington Club Invites Students to Saturday Dance
Kensington club invites students to a party in the K of P Hall at 7 30 this Saturday. Chairman F Hopkins Kliebauer warns that if student patronage does not rise, the club will discontinue its dance series.
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Kensington Club
K. of P. Hall
F. Hopkins Kliebauer
Professor Moots Pioneers New Field in Hydraulic Mathematics
E. E. Moots, mathematics and engineering professor, earned a PhD from the State University of Iowa and is a pioneer in higher mathematics applied to hydraulic engineering. He has collaborated on flood waves research, coauthored a book, and taught at multiple universities before his Cornell appointment.
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Moots
E. E. Moots
State University of Iowa
Missouri
Kirksville
Highland Park College
University of Maine
University of Wisconsin
University of Iowa
University of Arizona
Whitman College
Cornell
Cornell Wrestlers Prepare Ahead of Monmouth Visit
The Cornell wrestling team eases workouts with no weekend match after a win over Wisconsin. They target Ames on March 5 and plan a Monmouth session next Monday to give Illini a few pointers. Coach Barker may field Bell in 145, Dalton 158, Crabtree 175, and Wilson heavyweight. A possible duel with State Teachers' on March 14 and Oklahoma A and M later is noted. The National AAU meet at Ames late March is anticipated.
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Cornell
Wisconsin
Purple
Ames
Monmouth
Illinoisians
Barker
Bell
Dalton
Crabtree
Wilson
Changes In W S G A Rules Discussed By Committee
A joint meeting of the faculty committee on women’s rules and the executive council of the W S G A was called for this afternoon by Alice R Bett dean of women. They will discuss proposed amendments to rules for women of the college and future permissions as outlined by the W S G A executive council.
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Faculty Committee
Executive Council
Alice R. Bett
Debaters To Argue Mussolini Question At Michigan School
Robert Ellis Louis Wilson and Leonard Blue chosen to oppose the proposition that this house approves Mussolini government principles in a debate with Western State Normal school Kalamazoo on March 25 on the foreign platform.
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Robert Ellis
Louis Wilson
Leonard Blue
Munson
Mussolini
Western State Normal School
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Coe
Beloit
Cornell
Sophomores stage Shakespeare play in student production
The sophomore class rehearses A Midsummer Night s Dream as a class project led by president Russell Erickson with many volunteers. Elsie Cowan, Miss Lathe, scenic effects. Donald Brown and Wayne Newell handle lighting. Mrs Meade trains a dozen in dances. Annette Palmer provides off stage music. Arthur Janssen directs a sophomore orchestra between acts. Phil Harris and Dorothy Dodge manage publicity. Hudson the Shakespearian authority lauds the enchantment and delicate mastery of the play.
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Russell Erickson
Elsie Cowan
Miss Lathe
Art Department
Donald Brown
Wayne Newell
Meade
Fresh Coeds Lead In W A A Tourney Bid
Freshmen dominate the W A A tournament with undefeated record and a predicted school championship. Players Peg McIntosh Dode Soper Kate Fenstermacher and Marguerite Kohl star the frosh as seniors try to upset in the final round.
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Peg” McIntosh
Dode” Soper
Kate” Fenstermacher
Marguerite Kohl
Cornell to Meet Carleton in Game to Break Loop Tie
Cornell travels north to face Carleton as the Midwest Conference title hangs in the balance. Carleton, led by Hon Nordly, with guards Simso and Letterquist and forward Adington, is atop the standings after recent wins. Cornell aims to topple the leaders and force a decisive break in the loop.
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Cornell
Carleton
Bruce Palmer
Coe
Indiana
Purdue
Minnesota
Johnson
Hon” Nordly
Carls
Arnie Simso
Ted Letterquist
Ercell Addington
Cowles
Hippo Carisch
Williams
Helming
Grove
Jensen
Palmer Harris Win Royal Purple Posts In Soph Election
Bruce Palmer of Blue Earth Minnesota wins the 1929 Royal Purple editorship after ballots counted by Professor L R Herrick. Phillip Harris of Clinton is elected business manager with 52 votes. main rivals and vote counts listed. Both winners praised as capable for their tasks. Palmer brings reportorial experience. Harris previously served on Clinton Herald staff and managed Cornell's Ollapod.
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Bruce Palmer
Blue Earth
Minnesota
L. R. Herrick
Phillip Harris
Clinton
Mainhall
Palmer
Harold Parker
James Corlett
Wallace McCullen
Harris
Russell Cowan
Russell Erickson
James Babcock
Cornellian
Clinton Herald
Ollapod
Cornell
Class Champs To Be Determined In Final Games Tomorrow
Intramural basketball titles hinge on Saturdays final matinees with two teams in each division in contention. Senior and junior B clash at 1 45 PM as sophomores and freshmen vie for the championship, potential playoff if yearlings win. In A division seniors meet juniors with a junior win forcing a deciding game. Sophs and freshmen finish to settle third and fourth places.
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Dean Meade
Big Church
Marian Niehaus
Shorty” Clemans
al” Carlson
Pauline Kelley
Christopher
The
Methodist Church
Soph
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