Four Students In Special Study At Cornell College
Four high school juniors admitted to Cornell college under a special educational project showed higher first semester averages than comparable regular freshmen. Dean T R McConnell reported to the North Central Association. four selected entrants were Ruth Burton Eleanor Culver Bernice Fictor and Harry Slaght.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell College
Dean T. R. McConnell
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Chicago
Cornell
Ruth Burton
Eleanor Culver
Bernice Fictor
Harry Slaght
H. J. Burgstahler
Easter Scripture and Music Presented in Chapel Services
Scripture depicting the experience of Christ on Holy Thursday and Friday was read in chapel services this morning by Dr. H. J. Burgstahler. Francis German, with Helen Venn at the piano, sang the sixth word from Du Bois The Seven Last Words.
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Christ
H. J. Burgstahler
Francis German
Helen Venn
Dubois
P K Club To Elect Officers After Epworth Service
The P K club will meet at Kenneth and Drew Baker home after Epworth League services Sunday evening to elect officers for next year and then enjoy party entertainment.
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P. K
Kenneth
Drew Baker
Epworth League
Women’s Glee Club Performs in Chapel
The Women’s Glee Club directed by Miss Ruth Pinkerton sang four numbers in chapel on Wednesday morning. The selections included A Fairy Tale Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen Pirate Dreams and In the Time of Roses. Three of the pieces were featured at Cornell Night last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Pinkerton
Chapel
Cornell
Slaght Improves After Health Setback at Northwestern
Prof. W. E. Slaght who planned a talk on Classroom Methods at a Social Science convention at Northwestern University Evanston was struck by acute indigestion Tuesday and withdrawn to his home. Doctors report improvement over the last two days and he is expected to resume teaching next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Slaght
Northwestern University
Evanston
Margaret Stratton to Return to School in September
Margaret Stratton ex 32 will return to campus in September to complete her course after two years in college and two years teaching at Lime City. She will continue in the home economics department. Violet Stratton, freshman at Cornell, will take the Lime City position left by Margaret.
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Margaret Stratton
Lime City
West Branch
Margaret
Violet Stratton
Cornell
Iowa College Press association conclave plans announced
Dale Jones of Morningside College announces the Iowa College Press association final meeting plans to be held at Morningside in Sioux City on April 22 and 23. Dr Ralph Casey University of Minnesota will headline the banquet at Hotel Morton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa College Press Association
Sioux City
Morningside College
Dale Jones
Elizabeth White Parks
Ralph Casey
University of Minnesota
Professor McGaw Showcases Campus Photo Collection
Professor F M McGaw has produced over 200 campus photographs during four years. The set includes Commencement scenes Pfeiffer hall chapel tower and other campus buildings. A 44 piece black and white subset sells for 2.00 with optional color at 0.10 each. individual pictures may be 0.05 apiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. McGaw
Pfeiffer Hall
McGaw
Fernald Set to Speak at Springville Banquet
Professor Roy L. Fernald will address the Father and Son banquet in Springville at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday evening, March 31, outlining goals for youth and community.
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Roy L. Fernald
Father and Son
Springville
Frank Wilson To Speak On The Meaning Of Easter
Frank Wilson will speak at Epworth League services Sunday evening in the Methodist church basement on the subject The Meaning of Easter Marguerite Leutenegger will sing.
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Frank Wilson
Methodist Church
Marguerite Leutenegger
Ninety Singers to Perform Easter Music in Chapel
Ninety Cornell students will sing the chorus of The Seven Last Words in the chapel at 8 tonight under Prof Harold W Baltz. The group includes the college choir and about 40 voices from the Oratorio Society.
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Cornell
Harold W. Baltz
College
Writing Contest Opens for Cedar Rapids Students
April 1 marks the deadline for a literary contest sponsored by the Ladies Literary Society of Cedar Rapids open to Cornell and Coe College students. Prizes of ten and five dollars will be awarded in poetry drama and short story. Entries may be submitted by Prof Clyde Tull and entrants may submit one composition per class.
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Ladies Literary Society of
Cedar Rapids
Cornell
Coe
Clyde Tull
Costumes for Macbeth Draw Local Interest and Large Reservations
The Macbeth cast unveiled 31 costumes from Fritz Schoultz Company Chicago valued at 3000 dollars. High school reservations led with 124 bookings, the strongest since the seven year Shakespeare run, spanning Lost Nation Algona Center Point Norway Hudson Reinbeck Traer Mount Vernon Marion Martelle Walker and Dumont.
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Fritz Schoultz Company
Chicago
Lost Nation
Algona
Center Point
Norway
Hudson
Reinbeck
Traer
Mount Vernon
Marion
Martelle
Walker
Dumont
College Calendar Events Reach From Theatre To Lectures
The college schedule lists The Seven Last Words on Friday and Macbeth on Saturday. Easter falls on Sunday as Phi Beta Kappa initiation and English Club meet Tuesday. Spring Recess begins Friday at noon and ends April 12 at 7 45 a m. Various lectures and recitals occur through April 27 with events including Nellie Verne Walker Everett Dean Martin and a student recital.
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Macbeth
Sun
Phi Beta Kappa
Science Club
Coe
Nellie Ve
Eleven Students Perform In Conservatory Recital
One of the year’s most entertaining student recitals was presented in the chapel auditorium on Wednesday afternoon. Eleven conservatory of music students performed: Halsey Plummer, Sarah Reed, Richard Tims, Norman Meyer, Marguerite Leutenegger, Josephine Eyestone, Elizabeth Dalton, Leona Moulton, Alison Moore, Noel Hawkins, and Dale McConnell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Conservatory of Music
Halsey Plummer
Sarah _ Reed
Richard Tims
Norman Meyer
Marguerite Leutenegger
Josephine Eyestone
Elizabeth Dalton
Leona Moulton
Alison Moore
Noel Hawkins
Dale McConnell
Goethe Program Honors Goethe at Cornell
Cornell students and faculty attended a Goethe program in the Social Rooms celebrating Goethe death date March 22 1882. Prof Erich Funke from State University of Iowa presented Faust study room scene in German with Dr C R Keyes directing.
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Cornell
Erich. Funke
State University of Iowa
C. R. Keyes
Goethe
Doctor Keyes
Faust
Funke
Germany
Coe Man To Address Science Club Here
Dr. L. D. Weld, physics professor at Coe College, will speak to the Science Club after vacation on the first Wednesday night in April at 6 40 in the geology lecture room. The talk is an exchange lecture for Prof Culbertson's Coe visit earlier this year. Weld, a noted physicist, has written a general physics text and a theory of least squares and has contributed to Milikan’s cosmic ray data work.
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L. D. Weld
Coe
Science Club
J. B. Culbertson
Doctor Weld
Milikan
Engle Devendorf's Father Dies Today
Ervin L. Devendorf, class of 1908, died at his Berkeley home this morning after a heart condition. He served as YMCA Secretary for the University of California at Berkeley and directed branches in Berkeley and Los Angeles. Mrs. Devendorf, formerly Ilda Engle, and Engle Devendorf, class of 1935, planned to fly from Iowa City to California for the funeral.
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Ervin L. Devendorf
Berkeley
Calfornia
University of California At Berkeley
Devendorf
Los Angeles
California
Iowa City
Chandler to Speak on International Relations at Rotary
Prof. S. L. Chandler will address the Rotary club at Clinton on Monday April 4 on International Relations. The Rotary club of Mount Vernon plans to attend the gathering.
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S. L. Chandler
Rotary Club At
Clinton
Rotary Club of
Mount Vernon
Sophomore cast of Macbeth at Cornell College
The seventh annual Cornell College Shakespeare production presents Macbeth in the chapel at 8:00 p m with Richard Baker as Macbeth and Ruth Miller as Lady Macbeth. Twenty six actors fill 36 roles under the Tulls guidance. Cast includes Norman Meyer Edwin McDade Elmer Pratt Kenneth Gethmann Philip Putnam Melvin Heerner Richard Tim s.
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Cornell College
Richard Baker
Clyde Tull
Pearance
Mary Palmolieu
Charlotte Austin
Charlotte Parr Duncan
Scotland
Norman Meyer Malcolm Hi
Edwin McDade Donaldbain
Verne Derrer
Elmer Pratt
Macduff
Kenneth Gethmann Lennox
Philip Putnam Angus
Melvin Heerner Ross
Richard Tims
Macbeth
Richard
Baker
Soprano Sigrid Onegin Graces Coe Auditorium
About 25 Cornell students and faculty attended the concert in the Coe Auditorium last evening. Prof. Harold W. Baltz praised Sigrid Onegin as a great artist in commenting on the program.
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Cornell
Sigrid Onegin
Coe Chapel
Harold W. Baltz
Culbertson Student Visits Dr Culbertson in Mount Vernon
Mr. Nelson a graduate student in physical chemistry at the State University of Iowa stopped in Mount Vernon on Wednesday to visit Dr. J B Culbertson. Nelson was Culbertson’s student in a University summer session two years ago.
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Nelson
State University of Iowa
Mount Vernon
J. B. Culbertson
Doctor Culbertson
English Club Plans Nobel Prize Debate
An informal debate will be held Tuesday evening March 29 in the English rooms at 7 o clock on whether Willa Cather was more deserving of the Nobel prize than Sinclair Lewis. Charlotte Fenstermacher and Harriet Holland take the affirmative while Winifred Plumb and Margaret Chamberlin take the negative.
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Willa Cather
Sinclair Lewis
Charlotte Fenstermacher
Harriet Holland
Winifred Plumb
Margaret Chamberlin
C. C. A. Council Dine and Discuss Plans
The C. C. A. council met in Pfeiffer hall private dining room to plan Tuesday’s meeting and next year. Attendees included Miss Alice R. Betts Paul Hickman Mildred Green Charlotte Parr Helen Von Behren Esther Schlue Philip Putnam Ernest Caldwell Nina Pritchard Eleanor Shaw and Joe Griffin.
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C. C. A. Council
Pfeiffer Hall
Alice R. Betts
Paul Hickman
Mildred Green
Charlotte Parr
Helen von Behren
Esther Schlue
Philip Putnam
Ernest Caldwell
Nina Pritchard
Eleanor Shaw
Joe Griffin
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North Central Association
Floyd W. Reeves
University of Chicago
Carl E. Seashore
State University of Town
Women’s Glee Club
Slaght
LC. P. A
Marion Leslie
Des Moines Register
Sioux City Tribune
Collegian
Morningside
Doctor O’brian
Leon Link
Prof. McGaw
Fernald
F. Wilson
Prof
Tull
Lissette Ehrmann
Engle Devendorf
Coe Auditorium
Culbertson
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