Plans for Cornell Dormitory Approved for 128 Men
The men’s dormitory project at Cornell received formal approval from the building committee. It will house 128 students with ground floor amenities including a game room a hobby room a pressing room a small lunch room and kitchenette. Upper floors provide sleeping rooms with a lounge on the second floor and private baths possible. The committee will review bids from nine contractors with architect W J Brown of Cedar Rapids present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
H. J. Burgstahler
Dean T. R. McConnell
Frank Cole
C. L. Rigby
Stanwood
W. R. Boyd
Cedar Rapids
W. J. Brown
President to Show Campus Films at Alumni Meetings
President H J Burgstahler departs Saturday Jan 11 for a weeklong eastern tour attending alumni gatherings in Boston New York and Washington He will lead a Boston sectional meeting Tuesday afternoon and return Monday or Sunday after conferences Moving pictures of Cornell college scenes will be shown including Colorado field trip footage by Prof Donald Gould and campus views by Dr Roy Nelson The reels feature Infirmary gardens Commencement Parents Day Homecoming Pal day freshmen raking leaves and scenes of students entering chapel new buildings and P E s and the student body
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H. J. Burgstahler
East
Boston
New York
Washington
Cornell
Colorado
Donald Gould
Roy Nelson
Infirmary
Norton
New Serial Begun By Writers' Club
In the spring a young man's fancy may lightly turn to thoughts of love but in the new Writers' club serial A Casanova of 1936 the freshman hero finds himself entangled two years after Christmas vacation. The story will be handled as The Case of the Hanging Head, with writers chosen by Prof Clyde Tull. Names of authors likely not announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Writers’ Club
Clyde Tull
Mason To Discuss Old Time Religion At League
Charles Mason, a Southern Indiana resident, will address College League next Sunday evening on the Old-Time Religion. He will describe revival meeting experiences and use them as the basis for his talk.
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Mason
League
Charles Mason
College League
Indiana
March Song Contest Closes February First
Miss Abbie Probasco reports no entries yet for the March Song Contest sponsored by President Burgstahler. Prizes of fifteen and ten dollars are offered. entries must have at least two stanzas and a chorus from any college alumnus or undergraduate. Manuscripts to the President's Office. judged by the Advisory Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbie Probasco
Pres. H. J. Burgstahler
Scientist Speaks Here January 17 On Campus Visit
Fay Cooper Cole anthropologist and lecturer at Chicago University arrives on campus January 1T to discuss his Field Museum Malay expeditions. He is known for travels among Pagan tribes in the Philippines Malay Peninsula Sumatra Java and Borneo and for authoring Making Mankind and The Long Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay Cooper Cole
Chicago University
Cole
Philippines
Malay Peninsula
Sumatra
Java
Borneo
Philippine Bureau of Science
Gray To Organize 34 Alumni Clubs
Gray organizes 34 Cornell Alumni clubs across Iowa under Walt Gray. ten active now with plans for twenty four more. November and December meetings occurred in Grundy Center Anamosa Sigourney Ames Algona Newton across districts. January plans include Boone Ida Grove and Waverly.
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Gray
Cornell
Iowa
Walt Gray
Grundy Center
Anamosa
Sigourney
Ames
Algona
Newton
Boone
Ida Grove
Waverly
Coffman Honored Twice At Tourney
Captain Eldon Coffman received the most valuable player award at the Augustana invitational tournament held in Rock Island December 27 and 28 where Cornell captured second place. Coffman also earned a spot on the first all tournaments team with Cline and Birkhahn earning second team berths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon Coffman
Rock Island
Cornell
Coffman
Cline
Birkhahn
Poetry Readings by Radsliff and Weber at Chapel
Poems by Charlotte Radsliff and Carl Weber were read by Weber at the student chapel. Among the readings was Pigeons by Radsliff which won third prize in the 1984 Forum magazine contest. Glenn Bostrom led the service.
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Charlotte Radsliff
Carl Weber
Weber
National Forum
Glenn Bostrom
Students Attend Quadrennial Youth Volunteer Conference in Indianapolis
Cornell delegates Pearl Putnam Mary Ellen Moore Paul Putnam Arthur Maynard Milton Nothdurst Esther Buswell and Luella V. Ninde joined the twelfth quadrennial Student Volunteer conference in Indianapolis from December 28 to January 1. Archbishop William Temple led keynotes stressing belief as proof of reality and a Father not a taskmaster, while Toyohiko Kagawa drew crowds with a call to bear the cross into daily life and warn civilization’s crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Maynard
Cornell
Indianapolis
Pearl Putnam
Mary Ellen Moore
Paul Putnam
Arthur Maynard
Milton Nothdurst
Esther Buswell
Luella V. Ninde
Temple
William Temple
York
God
Toyohiko Kagawa
Jesus
Kagawa To Be On Campus Feb 27 28
Toyohiko Kagawa the Japanese religious leader will visit Cornell College for two days of delegate conferences on February 27 and 28. He arrives amid a seven month U S speaking tour and will address youth groups and adult faith groups including denominational ministers and peace and labor advocates.
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Toyohiko Kagawa
Japan
United States
Cornell College
Iowa
Kagawa
America
Cornell
Helen Topping
Miller To Offer Own Compositions Sunday
Horace Alden Miller will present an organ recital at 4 o clock Sunday afternoon in the college chapel. He will play a group of his own compositions titled The Indian World including The Indian Flute Barbaric Splendor and Largo After New World. A group Fireside Fancies by Clokey will include The Kettle Boils Wind in the Chimney A Cheerful Fire Grandmother Knitting. Other composers whose work will be presented include Rheinberger Gabrieli Merulo and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Alden Miller
Clokey
Eight Attend W A A Meeting At Cornell College
Eight members will represent the Cornell Women's Athletic Association at the State W A A convention at Coe College on January 11. Ruth Coffman will lead a round table on what W A A offers that others do not. Delegates are Ruth Coffman and Genevieve Greenwood with Helen Maxwell Nina Trump Margaret DeWolf Helen Kiousia Marilyn Ross and Mary Gertrude Bellamy.
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Cornell Women's Athletic Association
Coe College
Ruth Coffman
Genevieve Greenwood
Helen Maxwell
Nina Trump
Margaret DeWolf
Helen Kiousia
Marilyn Ross
Mary Gertrude Bellamy
Marygertrude Bellamy
King Honored At New York Meeting
Dr Albion R King named national chairman of a committee to study objective exam methods and standardized testing at the National Association of Bible Instructors meeting December 27 28 in New York City The Cornell professor reported on his inquiry into objective examination use in college Bible and philosophy courses He was accompanied by Miss Lois Taylor Miss Ruth Pinkerton and his wife and son The Kings spent Christmas in Morrisville Pa with Dr Kings brother
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Albion R. King
National Association of Bible Instructors
New York City
Union Theological Seminary
Cornell
Lois Taylor
Ruth Pinkerton
Fourth Cornell Chapbook in Preparation Report
The fourth Cornell chapbook titled Hey Day in Ioway is being prepared for publication featuring light satirical verse by Iowa poets. A reprint of Seven Ages and Other Poems by Jewell Bothwell Tull is under way since the original supply has run out.
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Cornell
Ioway
Iowa
Jewell Bothwell Tull
Animal Life Movie Shown By Science Club
Films depicting wild animal life in Canada were shown in the geology lecture room on Thursday Dec 19 at 4 p m under the Science club. Topics included elk and other big game animals and smaller animals like the fox plus a reel on buffalo life. Two reels covered Banff region scenery and skiing. The Canadian National Park service supported the films.
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Canada
Science Club
Banff
Canadian National Park Service
Stained Glass Exhibit Shows Here All Week
A week long display from the Nicola D Ascenzo studios Philadelphia includes eight stained glass panels and sketches plus two murals and molded glass samples. Notable works from Riverside Church New York City and Chartes Cathedral are featured with pieces from Washington Memorial Chapel Valley Forge and Yale Princeton libraries. Free admission but visitors should sign the register and contributions aid campus art programs.
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Riverside Church
New York City
Wotan
Chartes
D’ascenzo
Washington Memorial
Valley Forge
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Riverside Baptist Church
Folger Shakespeare
National Cathedral
Washington
Princeton
Yale University
Mellon Memorial Church
Philadelphia
University of Michigan
Art Club
Hutchinson Plans Series of Latin Texts
Prof. Mark E. Hutchinson returning from New York announces plans to write a series of elementary Latin texts. The first book should be ready in 18 months and published by Prentice-Hall. Co authored with Richard Walker of Bronxville High School. Hutchinson attended a joint convention of the American Philological Association and the Archaeological Institute of America at the Hotel Astor.
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Mark E. Hutchinson
New York
Prentice-Hall Publishing Company
Richard Walker
Bronxville
Catalog Release Planned By February First
The 1936-37 catalog will be ready for use by February first, announced Dean T. R. Mc Connell. Changes in curriculum for the second semester will be contained therein. Special copies for students will be available as usual.
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T. R. McConnell
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Radsliff
Cornellians
Temple, Niebuhr
Miller
R. Coffman
Coe
Greenwood
King
Nicola D’ascenzo
Pennsylvania
Simpson
Grinnell
Hutchinson
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