10 Mar 1950
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Newspaper
The Cornellian
Location
Mount Vernon, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1950
Page
1
A campus column blends statistics from last semester’s honor roll 32 men 35 women 67 total with humor on gender intelligence. It references Gallup findings about gender traits and closes with jokes, poems, and notes about college life and editorial choices.
Rowdy students led by Bear Stiles interrupted a chemistry lecture and stormed classrooms in a chaotic campus campaign rally. The procession swept through downtown and the Mt. Vernon high school building before ending with chants and a flag-raising. Rumor says twenty painted cars head toward Cedar Rapids for further demonstrations.
The Beta Omicron social group known as the Owls asks faculty approval to operate on campus and to keep using a Cedar River cabin owned by alumni. A rule restricting real estate ownership by groups may be amended, with the next faculty meeting on March 15 to decide. The Owls were previously a secret group disbanded last spring and allowed to reform on September 13, 1949.
Pfeiffer and Bowman halls host Coketails before the Sweetheart Swirl with eight to nine pm mixers led by Janet Reinert AWS general chairman. The dance runs 8:30 pm to 12 pm with Bill Meardon and his band. Novelty numbers will precede intermission and 1 o clock hours are set for the girls.
The Coe Cornell dance set for April 28 collapses as Gene Krupa will not be available. Krupa opts for the deep south delaying the northern tour. Cornell and Coe seek Charlie Spivak as replacement amid regional bookings. Bill Phillips comments on upcoming options.
J M Macaulay official praised Western dine events as a success and noted that about one tenth of Cornell alumni live in the area. He cited Los Angeles as hosting the largest dinner with 140 alumni attending. President Russell D Cole joined the San Francisco event after travel.
Elections for student government offices start Monday with floor nominations for president AWS and Men's Senate in Chapel. Nominations close March 14 at 10 p.m. Preliminary voting on March 15 determines final candidates, with speeches March 17 and final elections March 20. March 21 announces new officers. The Student Council also requires a social committee within the first month and appoints heads for Religious Emphasis Week and the Central Fund drive.
Cornell Student Fellowship begins a three part program on Religion and the Sciences. The first session Sunday evening features Dr Francis E Throw discussing the relations of religion to physics. Later meetings will cover religion and social and political sciences with speakers TBA.
The Community conference will discuss campus social groups and related problems at 4 30 p m next Monday at the Cole Bin. The agenda committee will prepare the first discussion on social groups and their function on campus and invites all interested students to attend and share views.
Delinda Roggensack director of Cornell's audio-visual aids program spoke to the Audio-Visual section of the Music Teachers' National Association in Cleveland Ohio last Wednesday Her speech extending the use of Films in Music is printed in Music Journal She visited Wilmette Illinois on the way to the convention to work on a second film in the Your Voice series The first film has been shown on the Cornell campus She also spent Friday and Saturday as a guest of Dr Frank Shaw in Oberlin Ohio Shaw a retired director of the Oberlin Conservatory was formerly director of the Cornell conservatory
Dr John B Shackford and four students Gary Makower Dick Oates Lorraine Hill and Bob Hoerner participate in a debate and discussion tournament at the University of Kentucky in Lexington this week.
Don Bell poll shows KRNL's Ingram winning the early show category with Sunrise Serenade and Uncle Al Ingram. After Hours tops late night, Dean Landsear and Dave Garroway second and third. Pop favorites include Ralph Flanagan Bing Crosby Doris Day and more across multiple stations.
On March 16 the Faculty Frenzy will be staged at Armstrong hall with two shows at 7 30 p m and 9 00 p m Admission is free with student activity cards obtainable March 14 in Dean Fisher Stuart office Tickets reserved for staff and families if unclaimed The program features Pinkerton Mc Conlogue Morse Swanee River Meade Devereaux Rathbone Quimby Roggensack choral group and the sketch Mr Moneybags at Cornell directed by Orville Rennie.
Iowa leaders organize Atom Day on Cornell campus Wednesday March 22 with a theme What the Civilian Needs to Know and Can Know About Atomic Energy. George Glasheen of the Atomic Energy Commission will attend the afternoon program. Morning lectures and discussions cover hydrogen bombs isotopes isobars chain reactions radioactivity and nuclear energy with exhibits from 12 15 to 1 30 p.m including cyclotron and fissionable material topics.
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