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Newspaper

The Cornellian

Location

Mount Vernon, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1939

Page

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Three Cornell Students Named Phi Beta Kappa Inductees

In a Monday chapel ceremony Cornell honored Phyllis Hoffman Rebecca Reeves and Richard Moore as new Phi Beta Kappa members from the class of 1939. Earlier fall selections included Elizabeth Isaacs Jane Post Robert Swenson and David Wiest.

Cornell Phi Beta Kappa Ternity Phyllis Hoffman Rebecca Reeves Richard Moore Elizabeth Isaacs Jane Post Robert Swenson David Wiest

Lawrence Student to Speak Here at Friday Chapel

Lawrence College exchange student Joe Maertz Weiler will speak at the regular chapel Friday. His topic is How we do it at Lawrence. Maertz Weiler was co captain of the football team, all conference quarterback and president of the L Club. Mert McKendry represented Cornell at Lawrence on February 10.

Miss Hoffman Associated Women Students Torch” Society Women’s Athletic Association Royal Purple Staff Delphi Miss Reeves Cornell Burlington Junior College Arrow Mr. Moore C.C.A Lawrence College Joe Maertzweiler Lawrence Maertzweiler Mert McKendry

Midwest Forensic League Organized at Cedar Rapids

Five Midwest conference debate teams met in Cedar Rapids to form a unified forensic association. Ripon Knox Monmouth Coe and Cornell drafted plans with Grinnell Carleton Beloit and Lawrence invited. A student congress was planned for next fall with officers elected for one year.

Cedar Rapids Ripon Knox Monmouth Coe Cornell Midwest Grinnell Carleton Beloit Lawrence Jacobs Bruno Jacobs Jean Liedman I. Dale Welch Neil Walsh Ripon College Francis Allen David Miller George Campbell David Hamm Claude Bowder Senate Madison Wisconsin

Tolanthe ready for midweek Iolanthe shows at little theatre

Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe opens Wednesday and Thursday at 8 15 p m with lavish costumes and a bright lighting design. The orchestra under Prof Williams includes Edith Carver Geraldine Bryant John Mallonee and Dor othy Smith among others. A Grex matinee is set for Saturday at 2 15 p m and a schoolchild performance was held today.

King James Iolanthe Little Theatre Prof. Williams Edith Carver Geraldine Bryant John Mallonee Dorothy Smith John Duckwall Flaine Thornell Catherine Lilley Ruth Kiess Phyllis Pearson Ivis Boyer Eugene Stevenson Ruth Erdice Dick Paul Doris Hardine Margaret Warner Holly Tupper Everette Garrett Ethel Kratzer Bob Bryant Sidney King Frances Fansher Betty Wales

Howard Johnson Leads Government Class to Des Moines Visit

Howard Johnson, a student teacher, plans a field trip for his eleventh grade government class to Des Moines on Wednesday March 15. The 17 students will tour the capitol building and state legislature, meet Representative Gardner, view a state court, visit the historical association, and inspect the Amana colony southwest of Cedar Rapids.

State Capitol Des Moines Capitol Gardner State Historical Association Amana Cedar Rapids

Amateur Our Town to Open at Cornell Little Theatre

The first non professional performance of Thornton Wilder s Our Town will be staged in Cornell Little Theatre on Friday and Saturday April 28 28 as a Speech Department production. High school seniors will attend Grex with about 1500 invitations sent and 600 to advisers and superintendents.

Thorton Wilder Our Town Cornell Litte Theatre Speech Department Albert Franklin Johnson

Senior Debaters Head South for Spring Trip

Cornell's debate squads under Prof. Co F Littell plan a spring road trip starting March 19. Seniors Jeannette MacDonald Merton McKendry Clark McNeal and David Wiest will conclude their careers with a March 24 radio debate against Atlanta Law School in Georgia.

Cornell Co. F. Littell Jeannette MacDonald Merton McKendry Clark McNeal David Wiest Atlanta Law School Atlanta Georgia McKendry McNeal Wiest Littell Culver-Stockton College Canton Missouri Central College Fayette Hendrix College Conway Arkansas Louisiana State University At University, Louisiana Mobile Pensacola Cottondale Florida WAGA

View Book Highlights Cornell Campus Scenes

The college publishes its yearly view book for prospective Cornell students. Photographs show classrooms laboratories backstage at the theatre and a professor’s home. Short captions explain the idea behind each scene. Linoleum cuts credited to Rena Kohl Jessie McKerrow and G Ann Holmgren edited by Abbie Probasco.

Cornell Little Theatre Rena Kohl Jessie McKerrow G'Ann Holmgren Abbie Probasco

Elizabeth von Hesse Life feature recalls Cornell alumna

Elizabeth von Hesse, linked to Eleanor Roosevelt and Dale Carnegie, is highlighted in Life magazine. The Cornellian class of 1902 notes her as Elizabeth Ferguson and Maxeda Hesse, her daughter, belonged to Cornell class of 1934.

Elizabeth von Hesse Eleanor Roosevelt Dale Carnegie

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