Watson To Talk Here Tonight On Art and Music
Dudley Crafts Watson, a nationally known artist and lecturer, presents a Cornell artist and lecture course program blending photographic reproductions of world masterpieces with orchestral music in a lecture titled The Quest for Beauty. The event features works by Botticelli, Raphael, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and Puvis de Chavanne paired with music by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and Franck.
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Dudley Crafts Watson
Cornell
Milwaukee Art Institute
Milwaukee Journal
Chicago Art Institute
Corolla
Spain
Sir Alfred East
England
Lake Geneva
Wis
Botticelli
Raphael
Michelangelo
Rembrandt
Puvis de Chavanne
Sorbonne
Mozart
Beethoven
Schubert
Franck
Art Club
Nama _ Lathe
Resume League Services Sunday Sermons on the Lord's Prayer
The Rev. E. T. Gough preaches a series on the Lord's Prayer with Our Father as the first topic this Sunday. Paul Wilkinson assists in the sermon and Dr. C. F. Littell speaks to the Epworth League Sunday evening. Special music will be provided.
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E. T. Gough
Our Father
Paul Wilkinson
C. F. Littell
Epworth League
Miss Rogers Recovering From Flu Attack
Miss Dorothy Rogers, ill for weeks, is somewhat improved and now getting over the effects of the flu.
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Miss Rogers
Dorothy Rogers
Work Really Begun On 34 Royal Purple
The 1934 Royal Purple has started with sending the first copy to engravers. Editor Richard Baker notes junior cooperation in paying class dues will help publish the book. Engraving is at Tru-Art Engraving of Cedar Rapids. Several printing bids exist but none accepted yet.
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Richard Baker
Tru-Art Engraving Company
Cedar Rapids
Kelly Attends Science Confab in Atlantic City
Dr. Marty M. Kelly, head of Cornell biology, attended the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Atlantic City from December 27 to 31. He described a movie showing animal development and nerve growth as spectacular. The convention drew over 2.5 million attendees with exhibits and various meetings. Also present were Dr. Paul H. Dike, former Cornell physics professor, and George H. Bretnal ’96, teaching at West Virginia Normal School in Shepherdstown, W. Va.
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Marty M. Kelly
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Atlantic City
N. J
Doctor Kelly
Paul H. Dike
George H. Bretnal
West Virginia Normal School
Sheperdstown
W. Va
Youth Fed Up Says Minister on Modern Life
Rev Harold Lancaster of Ottumwa first Methodist church declares that youths are fed up with modern life and a disillusioned generation is rising. He argues any life that leaves a man cynical at thirty is wrong whereas a life that makes him feel richer daily is right.
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Harold Lancaster
First Methodist Church of
Ottumwa
Albion R. King
Boston University
Mr.Lancaster
Exclusive Highbrow Dinner Before Vacation at Bowman Hall
A 1930s society item lists a dinner at Bowman hall before vacation with signers including Claus Hoover Roosevelt Bull Winchell Cantor Garbo and Coxey's Army. The event drew notable names from politics entertainment and labor circles, signaling a star studded campus gathering.
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Cornell College
Bowman Hall
Bowman
Pfeiffer
JS. Claus
Herbert Hoover
Miss Nicholson Visits Parents During Holidays
Miss Florence Nicholson daughter of Bishop and Mrs. Thomas Nicholson and dean of women at Ohio Wesleyan spent the holidays with her parents. She was joined by Miss Martha Gertsch a Cornell graduate and Swiss home student, who accompanied her.
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Florence Nicholson
Bishop
Thomas Nicholson
Ohio Wesleyan
Martha Gertsch
Switzerland
Miss Nicholson
Cornell
Sophomores Pick Tempest As Customary Play
Sophomores continue the tradition by selecting The Tempest a fairy allegory attributed to Shakespeare written about 1610. The Tempest features 18 speaking roles and a large chorus with five women and the rest men. The Tulls will direct with tryouts ongoing and a March performance planned.
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Tulls
Clyde Tull
Organist Gives Program Sunday at Chapel Auditorium
Horace Alden Miller, professor of organ and theory, will present an organ recital next Sunday at 4 p m in the chapel auditorium. The program includes works by Rheinberger, Cyril Scott, Horace Alden Miller, and others such as Grand Piece Symphonique pieces, Canzonetta, Gavotte from Mignon, and a Marche Nuptiale.
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Horace Alden Miller
Rheinberger
Frank Patiel
Ewes
Cyril Scott
McConnell Plans Teacher Training Pamphlet Distribution
Dean T. R. McConnell is issuing a pamphlet on teacher training at Cornell to be sent to school superintendents. He will circulate over 2,000 copies to superintendents in Iowa Illinois South Dakota Minnesota and Wisconsin. In the second semester he will visit about 50 Iowa towns on teacher placement work. Senior education department registrants are gathering recommendations and assembling credentials.
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T. R. McConnell
Cornell
Professor McConnell
Iowa
Illinois
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dean McConnell
Education Department
Chemistry alumnus expands department at Harvey Junior College
Jacob E B Trieschmann class of 1911 has become a successful chemistry teacher at the Harvey, Nl junior college. Dr. Nicholas Knight reports the chemistry department has grown enough to require two assistants.
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Jacob EB. Trieschmann
Harvey, Nl
Nicholas Knight
Poet of Hills Talks In Class About Encouragement
Warren Greig known as the Poet of the Hills spoke to Prof. Clyde Tull's Shakespeare class in Springville Iowa. He discussed his poem The Golden Dream and his career, noting an early start in writing and his pen name W Bentley.
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Warren Bentley
Greig
Springville
Drake
W. Bentley
Alice Riley Breaks Arm During Vacation
Alice Riley breaks her arm during Christmas vacation with her parents. She is expected to return to school within two weeks.
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Alice Riley
Mrs Riley
Campus Previews Highlight January Student Events
Campus notes list a Dudley Crafts Watson lecture on Friday January 6 and a vesper organ recital on Sunday January 8. Upcoming basketball games against Coe on Tuesday January 10 and Knox on January 14 precede mid term exams starting January 18.
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Coe
Cornell President Begins Two Month Endowment Campaign Tour
Dr. H. J. Burgstahler, Cornell College president, leaves Wednesday for a two month campaign to raise 500000 dollars. The drive aims to complete a contract with the General Education Board and add 125000 to Cornell’s pledge from the Rockefeller foundation. He will tour Alumni groups across the country and attend meetings in Atlantic City and the West Coast before returning.
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H. J. Burgstahler
Cornell College
General Education Board
Cornell
Doctor Burgstahler
Rockefeller Foundation
Washington
D. C
New York City
Boston
Burgstahler
Atlantic City
Methodist
Council of Church Boards of Education
Liberal Arts College
Association of American Colleges
Former Professor Begins Second Maine Legislative Term
Dr. Roy L. Fernald, economics professor at Boston University, starts his second term in the Maine state legislature in Augusta on January 4 with a four month leave from his college post. He previously took a Cornell leave for similar duties and plans to run for the Maine senate next year.
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Roy L. Fernald
Maine
Boston University
College of Business Administration
State House
Augusta
Doctor Fernald
Cornell
Maine Senate
Course in Chemical Calculations at Monmouth College
The engineering and industrial chemistry issue features notes on a slide rule book by G W Thiessen. It highlights Notes on the Slide Rule a 50 page mimeograph with 10 chapters and exercises. Dr J G W Thiessen head of Monmouth College chemistry department and former Cornell assistant.
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Engineering and Industrial Chemistry
Monmouth College
JG. W. Thiessen
G.W. Thiessen
Thiessen
Cornell
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