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Newspaper

The Cornellian

Location

Mount Vernon, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 06, 1928

Page

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Purple to Open Conference Card with Beloit Here

Judd Deans Purple basketball team begins eight game conference schedule against Beloit Blue Devils at Alumni Gym tonight at 8 15. With two wins in four non conference starts the squad seeks improved attack and defense to challenge for the title. Cornell faces injury woes with Kellams Johnson and Welzel sidelined or limited while forward options include Raymond Cook Schenken Arney Clemmer Huigen Lundt and Long.

Judd Dean Purple Cagers Beloit Blue Devils Alumni Gym Purple Minnesota Dean Cornell Stan Kellams Soph Johnson Orville Welzel

Cornell Athletes Receive 23 Sport Awards This Christmas

The Cornell athletic council announced 23 sport awards as a Yule gift to athletes before the Christmas recess. Eighteen freshmen receive 31 numeral sweaters for the grid outfit, three cross country letters to barriers, and two numerals to yearling runners. Names include William Longren Arthur Eastman Burton O Connor Maclyn Holdsworth Harold Grant Gale Allen Guy Shinn Shirly Huston Delbert Neff Eldred Eade Fred Garner Ames Bressen Delmer Solvsberg Terrence Reilly Hugh Diggins and others.

Santa Claus Cornell Athletic Council Cornell William Longren Arthur Eastman Burton O’connor Maclyn Holdsworth Harold Grant Newton Gale Allen Ames Guy Shinn Shirly Huston Cedar Rapids Delbert Neff Marion Eldred Eade Evanston Illinois Fred Garner Ames Bressen Mount Vernon Delmer Solvsberg Sioux City Terrence Reilly Winnebago Hugh Diggins Winthrop

Keyes Surveys Old Life Of Iowa Indians

Dr. Charles R. Keyes notes a wealth of archaeological material in Iowa from five years of surveys by the State Historical Society. He has visited every county to locate Indian village sites burial grounds and mounds revealing Iowa’s native past. The preliminary survey marks Iowa’s first systematic effort to study original inhabitants.

Charles R. Keyes Iowa State Historical Society

Sophs Choose Class Play Much Ado About Nothing

Sophomores select Shakespearean comedy Much Ado About Nothing as their class play with Benedick and Beatrice to be portrayed. Directors Tulls, noted for R U S R A and A Midsummer Night's Dream, will lead tryouts tomorrow at 10 in the English room.

Charles Pedri Shakespear Benedick Beatrice Shakespeare Tulls Tull

Home Econ Students To Serve Waffles Tomorrow

Home economics students will serve a waffle breakfast from eight to ten o clock in Old Sem. The menu includes waffles bacon and coffee for 25 cents. Proceeds fund a tea room project for the department.

Home Economics Old Sem Home Economics Department

Cornell Students Buy More Than 200 Copies of Complete Shakespeare

Win D reports Cornell students have bought over 210 copies of the Complete Shakespeare in slightly more than a year. He notes the book’s popularity among students and comments on campus reading habits, joking about movie stereotypes and the book’s collectible cover.

Cornell Tull Rudolph Valentino Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids Symphony to Perform Concert Here Tuesday

The Cedar Rapids Symphony will give a concert in Cornell auditorium Tuesday evening January 10 at 8 15. Conducted by Joseph Kitchen the program includes Beethoven Egmont Overture Borodin Fifth Symphony Bizet Carmen Suite and more. Student tickets are admitted, others pay 1.

C. R. Symphony Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra Cornell Auditorium Iowa Egmont Joseph Kitchen

Cornell grid schedule for 1928 football season set

Coach Dick Barker announces a nine game 1928 slate for the Cornell box, five conference clashes and four non conference tests. The drought of Beloit ends the six game conference run with Ripon opening Oct 6 and Wisconsin Oct 13 in Madison. Homecoming is Nov 3 against Coe with Knox, Monmouth, Lombard and Bradley on subsequent dates. A Tea by the Cornell Christian Association follows at 3:30 in the M G C A room.

Cornell Dick Barker Beloit Scott Ripon Barkermen Madison Badgers Big Ten North Dakota Aggies Cedar Rapids Knox Purple Illinois Monmouth Lombard Bradley Wisconsin Simpson Carleton Coe

Class of 27 Leads in Scholarship List

Fifty four students named on the honor list for 1926-27 by the faculty committee. Eighteen are Class of 27 graduates from June. Six juniors, fourteen sophomores, sixteen freshmen make the list with minimum 13 hours and subject based grades. Four students tied for first with perfect records: Ruth Jones, Jean Saul, Florence Schomberg, Lucile Trump. Four more placed in high honor: Richmond Anderson, Tom Jacobs, Geraldine Light, Phyllis Peterson. Nineteen students were placed in high honor.

Ruth Jones Jean Saul Florence Schomberg Lucile Trump Richmond Anderson Tom Jacobs Geraldine Light Phyllys Peterson

Free Throw Contest To Start Monday at Gym

The intramural program continues with a free throw contest starting next Monday afternoon. Men may report at the gym between one and two o'clock. those unable to attend this window should contact intramural manager Howard Woodruff to schedule a convenient time.

Howard Woodruff

Purple Grapplers Prepare to Meet Wisconsin Mat Men

Coach Dick Barker’s Little Giant wrestling team wraps up training for the match with Wisconsin at Alumni Gym tomorrow night at 7 30. Five veterans return, Cornick and Bell add fresh talent, and Scott misses the meet with boils while Cornick starts at 115 pounds and Jones at 125 pounds aims to top last year’s Wisconsin victory.

Dick Barker Little Giant University of Wisconsin Alumni Gym Purple Crimson Grapplers Cornick Bell Scott Barker

Students Attend National Convention in Detroit

Cornell representatives Geraldine Light and Irma Plaehn attended the tenth quadrennial convention of the Student Volunteer Movement in Detroit from December 28 to January 1. About 3500 students from U S and Canada participated, including many foreign students studying in the United States. Prominent speakers included Sherwood Eddy John R Mott Reinhold Niebuhr Robert E Speer Henry T Hodgkin Mordecai Johnson and Richard Roberts.

Geraldine Light Irma Plaehn Cornell Student Volunteer Movement United States Canada Detroit Toanuary Sherwood Eddy John R. Mott Reinhold Niebner Robert E. Speer Henry T. Hodgkin Mordecai Johnson Richard Roberts

W A A Prove That Women Are More Honest Than Men

A college report notes the women’s athletic association sold apples on the honor system with substantial profit and virtually no loss to short changing. The experiment is hailed as proof of female integrity compared with male counterparts and warrants continuing apple sales.

W.A.A

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