Noted Persons Attend Cornell Costume Party In Lisbon
The Purple Masquers and members of The Art Club English Club and Clef Club joined for a costume party at Ye Old Dutch Inn in Lisbon last Saturday night. Two bus loads of guests arrived from the Conservatory to join a dinner at 6 30 with no toasts. Mr William Shakespeare announced the absence of toasts and the audience applauded. The Masquers performed a one act farce featuring characters from The Torchbearers Ts Zat So Grumpy and Romeo and Juliet seen at Cornell this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Win D
Bo Peep
Whistler
Lisbon
Art Club
Clef Club
William Shakespeare
Beem
Cornell
Freshmen-Junior Women Cup Honors in Swimming Meet
The W A A Tank meet last Friday crowned the freshmen and juniors 49 to 31 over the sophomores and seniors. Jere Annis wowed with diving and stunts while Miss Shem dazzled with swan dives. Individual event results highlight Edwards Skinner Gibson Flint Heyward Tallman and others across freestyle back side and breast strokes with Flint Edwards Skewis Gibson leading the scoring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Gibson
Annis
Jere Annis
Shem
Edwards
Skinner
Barry
Peterson
Deeds
McIntosh
Gibson
Skewis
Flint
Heyward
Nielsen
Tallman
Bellman
Teel Judges State Musical Contests
Prof. Stanley Teel of the department of public school music and director of the Cornell band served as a judge at the state high school musical contest in Washington Iowa last weekend. The event is part of a series of district contests to select schools for the final state competition. Teel judged bands orchestras and solo instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Teel
Department of Public School Music
Cornell Band
Washington
Iowa
Teel
Torch Selects Cornell Women for Honor Society
Five women were elected to The Torch senior women’s honorary society at chapel. Selections honor character, scholarship in the top 15 percent, and extra curricular activity. New members include Florence Simpson Leta Thompson Lucile Trump Freda Zemanek and Margaret Mahin with multiple campus roles noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Mastin
Florence Simpson
W.S. G.A
Leta Thompson
Purple Masquers
Lucile Trump
Acapella
Freda Zemanek
Women Singers Tour Illinois During Recess
The Cornell Women's Glee Club under Miss Ruth Pinkerton starts a spring tour after the April 5 vacation. They perform ten concerts in Illinois with two tentative Iowa shows April 5 and 6, visiting Prophetstown Morrison Sterling Amboy Rochelle DeKalb Oak Park Geneva Franklin Grove Ashton and Franklin Grove again, with travel by a large Iowa Railway & Light Corp bus arranged by manager Robert Gardiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Hitchcock
Cornell Women’s Glee Club
Ruth Pinkerton
Illinois
Iowa
Prophetstown
Ill
Morrison
Sterling
Amboy
Rochelle
DeKalb
Oak Park
Geneva
Franklin Grove
Ashton
Iowa Railway & Light Corporation
Robert Gardiner
Debaters Engage Illinois Speakers on Power Question
A Cornell trio Carl Felt Leland Pritchard Miguel Reynolds debated Monmouth in Lombard and Galesburg with no decision. Beem reports the Cornell team had the better arguments, while another Cornell group faced a Monmouth negative on hydro electric power in Illinois with no decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
Carl Felt
Leland Pritchard
Miguel Reynolds
Monmouth
Lombard
Galesburg
W. Earl Beem
Illinois
Ilinois
Francis Ellis
Arnold Pedersen
John Mogenson
Hutchinson Named on Latin Language Committee
Prof. Mark E. Hutchinson is invited by state superintendent Agnes Samuelson to chair a committee preparing a Latin course for high schools. Members include Nellie E. Wilson of North High School Des Moines and Miss Marie Shermund of Washington Senior High Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark E. Hutchinson
Agnes Samuelson
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Nellie E. Wilson
North High School
Des Moines
Marie Shermund
Washington Senior High School
Cedar Rapids
Debaters Clash as Cornell Meets Lawrence Here
Cornell and Lawrence college forensic teams prepare for a verbal clash on the power question tomorrow evening. Cornell affirmative fours pair Miguel Reynolds and Leland Pritchard facing Lawrence with Arthur Mueller and Robert Beggs as their rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
Lawrence College
Miguel Reynolds
Leland Pritchard
Lawrence
Arthur Mueller
Robert Beggs
Interview with Mildred Mastin The Seniors Cornell
Wuos Woo conducts an interview with Mildred Mastin of Winchester Kentucky about college life at Cornell in 1929. Mastin critiques grades favors liberal education over grading stresses independence and social life. She plans to enter newspaper work and urges broad contacts in arts and culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
Mildred Mastin
Winchester
Kentucky
Phi Beta Kappa
Purple Quartet Finishes Second in Illinois Relay Carnival
Cornell's medley relay team placed second to Michigan Normal at the Illinois Relay Carnival held last Saturday. The quartet clocked 11 01 to finish behind a 10 48 9 winning time with eight teams entered. Captain Thorpe led off with a 4 37 mile leg despite a 2 05 starter, as Coach Judd Dean plans stronger workouts at Ash Park and targets the Minnesota Relays on April 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
Illinois
Michigan Normal
Kansas Teachers
Ohio Wesleyan
Robert Swaney
Cornellians
Macaulay
Corlett
Captain Thorpe
Thorpe
Judd Dean
Ash Park Oval
Minnesota
Dean
Abbot
Martin
Purdue
Schenken
Kouba
Nickerson
Lawrence Coach Sets Record With Debating Team
Professor A L Franzke of Lawrence College heads a tour with three debaters across eleven western and Pacific colleges. Since 1925 he has coached to seventeen victories and sixty non decision debates. The team, Arthur Mueller William Morton and Robert Beggs, has eight straight decision wins this season. Opponents include Michigan State Teachers College Kalamazoo Carroll Beloit and Marquette University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
California
Colorado College
Redlands University
Pasadena College
Occidental College
South Western University
Montana University
Billings Polytechnical Institute
University of North Dakota
Cornell
Iowa
Lawrence
A. L. Franzke
Arthur Mueller
William Norton
Robert Beggs
Viking
A .L. Franzke
Lawrence College
Pacific Coast
Franzke
Wausau
William Morton
Marinette
Pensacola
Florida
Wisconsin College
Michigan State Teachers’ College
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Carroll
Beloit
Marquette University
Dinner at Culbertsons for chemistry classes
Prof and Mrs Culbertson entertained members of the Organic and Physical Chemistry classes at their home Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Culbertson
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TORCH
Women Singers
Women’s Glee Club
Hutchinson
Coe
Wuos
Purple
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