Cornell Commencement Recital Highlights Certificate Winners
The sixty first Cornell commencement opened Saturday with a school of oratory recital praised as stronger than usual. Certificates were awarded to Ruth Glenny and Floss McClean, as Jeannette Gemmel visits during commencement week.
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Ruth Glenny
Floss McClean
Cornell
School of Oratory
Eleanor Hoyt Brainard
Nancy
Ruth Benedict
James Lane Allen
Mildred Weaver
Owen Johnson
Merrill Albert
Smeed
Lucile Glenny
Bishop Luccock Speaks Twice At Graduation Auditorium
Bishop Naphtali Luccock delivered the baccalaureate sermon to students, faculty, and trustees in the chapel auditorium. He spoke on The twentieth century accent on the fundamental teaching of Jesus, urging centers in God, discernment of inner spirit, and keeping the heart-grip true to guide humanity.
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Naphtali Luccock
Jesus
God
Kepler
Fulton
Franklin
Christ
Doctor Harlan resigns from the presidency
A notice notes that Doctor Harlan has handed in his resignation from the presidency yesterday, marking a leadership change without additional details.
Cornell College to Elect New President as Harlan Resigns
The 61st commencement marks James E. Harlan’s resignation as head after six years in the role. The board of trustees, meeting now, has not announced a successor, though James A. James, Thomas Nicholson, Edward T. Devine, and Titus Lowe are among possible choices, with other outside options rumored. Harlan’s lifelong service to Cornell College began in 1873 as alumni professor of mathematics and continued through roles as vice president from 1881 until his 1908 ascent to president.
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Cornell College
James E. Harlan
Board of Trustees
Sor James A. James
Northwestern University
Thomas Nicholson
Board of Education
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Edward T. Devine
Columbia University
Associated Charities of
New York City
Titus Lowe
Omaha
Harlan
William F. King
Senior Pilgrimage at Cornell Ends Classic Evening
After a Conservatory of Music graduation program the class of 1914 held a lantern lit Pilgrimage on the college Green. Dances by Miss Ethel Ryan and a group of maidens, speeches by Mr. Lovett and Mr. Devendorf, and a farewell on the Rock concluded the event with Cornell songs and benediction. The Chicago Union Giants face Mt. Vernon tomorrow at four, replacing the alumni game. Mrs Buell H Keeler and her son James Edward arrive from Kansas City to stay with the Alexander family in Waukon.
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Floss McClean
Walter Browne
Miss McClean
Miss Minerva
Wm. Green Hill
Frances Calhoun
Blanche Hickman
Clara Schmickle
Mary Johnstone
Lewis Rand
Roy Walker
Burna McCulloch
School For Scandal
Walker
Sir Peter
College Green
Ethel Ryan
Kluss
Cornell
Chicago Union Giants
Mt. Vernon Town
Donald Diamond
Buell H. Keeler
James Edward
Kansas City
Jennie
Mary Alexander
Keeler
Robert Alexander
Waukon
Marriage decline at Cornell prompts questions about women education
A 1913 study from the Cornell Quinquennial Register shows marriages among Cornell women halved from about 84 percent in 1858 1867 to 50 percent later, with one in three marriages within Cornell circles. The report also tracks occupational trends, noting women dominate teaching and progress in professional fields, while men favor law ministry and banking in earlier decades.
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Cornell
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Luccock
J. B. Albrook
John
DR. Harlan
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Conservatory of Music
Graham
Mr. Lovett
Ning
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