Cornell Defeats Beloit Runners In First Dual Meet
Cornell track team defeated Beloit 78 to 53 in the opener, winning most events including discus and broad jump. Deemer and Babcock led early in the 100 yard dash, while Muilenberg and Beloit excelled in the 220. Beloit claimed pole vault and high jump as conditions cooled late.
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Cornell
Beloit
Deemer
Babcock
Corlette
Spangler
Schoonover
Fell
Muilenberg
Malacek
Donovan
Wolfe
Vondolah
Midkiff
Diekoff
Local Geology Article by Hendrcks and Knight
Robert Hendrcks and Dr. N. Knight are listed as joint authors of an article in the May Pan-American Geologist titled Some Towa Glass Sands. The piece appears in the periodical’s geology section.
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Robert Hendrcks
N. Knight
Towa
Dance Again Fails To Attract Sufficient Students
Mount Vernon hosts another college dance at City Hall sponsored by Glenn Schowalter. Only 30 couples attended Saturday evening, the third such event since dancing began here, and earnings did not cover costs.
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Mount Vernon
Glenn Schowalter
City Hall
Professor McGaw Receives Summer Honorarium at State University
Professor F. IM McGaw of the mathematics department at the State University of Iowa has been awarded a summer honorarium in the graduate college. He is the second Cornell faculty member honored, following T R McConnell in education and psychology.
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F. IM. McGaw
Graduate College
State University of Iowa
McGaw
Cornell
T. R. McConnell
Cornell President Urges Moral and Intellectual Life On Campus
President Herbert J. Burgstahler urged Cornell students to be leaders in intellect and morality. He said not dying intellectually or morally is a major modern problem and called for high hopes and constant striving toward lofty goals. He emphasized continuous moral development as essential for all.
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Cornell
Herbert J. Burgstaher
Chapel
Burgstahler
English Club Dinner at Lisbon for Uncle Tom's Cabin helpers
Members of the English Club and students who helped produce Uncle Tom's Cabin will attend a chicken and noodle dinner tonight in Lisbon. About fifty people are expected to attend.
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Lisbon
Drawings Made For Inter House Baseball Tournament
Drawings determined for the inter house playground baseball tournament with matchups Cork versus Bartholomew Benesh Crofutt versus Chandler Boyer McArtor versus Wilcox Janitors versus Boyd Dunham Wallis versus Miller and Thomas versus Kye. Time limits and rules posted on the gym bulletin board and house managers must schedule games. First round losers may enter the consolation round.
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Cork
Bartholomew
Benesh-Crofutt
Chandler-Boyer
McArtor
Wilcox
Janitors
Boyd-Dunham
Wallis
Miller
Thomas
Kye
135 Girls Enjoy Grex Program as Guests of College
One hundred thirty five high school girls from Illinois and Iowa attended the Gir's Grex event held Friday and Saturday May 6 and 7. The Women's Athletic association opened with The Wizard of Oz pantomime featuring 203 performers in colorful stage settings. Dorothy played by Minnie Belle Kennedy and other roles filled by Helen Munger Carol Bielski Iola Isaacs Elva Lyons Margaret Soper Eunice Eno Georgina White and others. Coaches were Mrs Meade and Miss Rogers. A Grex breakfast followed Saturday morning at Bowman Hall.
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Illinois
Iowa
Emerald City
Dorothy
Minnie Belle Kennedy Scarecrow
Helen Munger
Tin Woodman
Carol Bielski
Iola Isaacs
Glinda
Elva Lyons
Margaret Soper
Eunice Eno
North
Georgina White Witch
West
Georgina White
Mrs. Meade
Miss Rogers
Bowman Hall
First Decathlon Event Opens at Ash Park
The decathlon begins with the 100 yard dash on Ash Park track featuring 22 entrants. Lewis, Wray and Smith tied for best time at 11 seconds amid a heavy track and wind, with later events scheduled for Monday Wednesday and Friday at 4 30 p.m. including high jump 440 yard dash shot put broad jump and more.
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Ash Park
Lewis
Wray
Smith
Dandelion Day Tradition Returns With Frosh Digging
On university grounds frosh face orders from sophomores on Dandelion Day as they toil from dawn to dusk with improvised tools to weed the campus. The annual display precedes the May Music Festival, a Cornell tradition that the seniors insist must not be disrupted.
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Dorothy Dodge
Bowman Hall
Cornell
Cornell Teachers' Bureau places 24 next year's instructors
Twenty four registrants from the Cornell Placement bureau have accepted teaching positions for next year. The list includes Calla Anderson in Peterson teaching fifth and sixth grades and Ruth Bratton in Wessington Springs studying music, among others, with towns and subjects specified.
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Cornell Placement Bureau
George R. Tyson
Calla C. Anderson
Peterson
Caryl Beitz
Gillett Grove
Edna Blemaster
Amboy
Ill
Ruth Bratton
Wessington Springs
S. C
Esther Carlson
Decorah
Mary W. Hayward
Colesburg
Iola Isaacs
George
Alice Kegley
Central City
Russell W. Landis
Iowa Falls
Mary Leech
Tipton
Letha I. Lester
Sidney
Helen Settlemire
Ogden
Commercial
Mildred Tarr
Moravia
Maude Weatherford
Edgemont
S. D
Doris Zwiefel
Aileen Scdermerhorn
Rochelle, Ill
Mertha Hiteman
Mount Vernon
Annual Home Meet To Be Held At Ash Park
The annual home track and field meet will take place at Ash Park next Saturday morning at 9 30. Director of Athletics Dick Barker says varsity and non varsity men compete in the same races with eligibility limited to men who have not won letters on the track or field. Coaches and intramural manager Toot Hill prepared the tentative plans.
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Ash Park
Dick” Barker
Toot” Hill
Deans Betts Attend Iowa Board Meeting
Dean Betts attends the annual spring meeting of the executive board of the Iowa State Deans association in Iowa City. Vice President Alice R Betts participates as plans are made for next fall’s conference with the Iowa State Teachers convention in Des Moines.
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Dean Betts
Board of State
Alice R. Betts
Iowa City
Iowa State Deans’ Association
Iowa State Teachers
Des Moines
Famous contralto to open May Music festival Thursday
The May Music festival opens with Sophie Braslau in a chapel recital at 8 p.m. on Thursday. She headlines a lineup including Rudolph Reuter and Jacques Gordon with a Friday piano and violin program and a Saturday solo with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Braslau's acclaimed voice draws praise likened to Caruso and Schumann Heink. Her program features Cantata for One Voice Oh Come to Me Beloved and several songs and works by Respighi Ravel and DuBois.
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Sophie Braslau
Chapel Auditorium
Rudolph Reuter
Jacques Gordon
Reuter
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Caruso
Schumann-Heink
Chaliapin and
Pavlova
Cathredal
Cornellians Invite Vernon for 1928 Press Convention
Cornell delegates at Grinnell for the Iowa College Press association tenth annual meeting invited Mount Vernon to host the 1928 convention. Attendees included Robert Howard Bruce Palmer Herbert Wilkinson and Howard Woodruff. Des Moines University bid for the 1928 gathering.
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Cornell
Iowa College Press Association
Grinnell
Mount Vernon
Robert Howard
Bruce Palmer
Herbert Wilkinson
Howad Woodruff
Llewellyn Jones
Chicago Evening Post
Mystery play "The Gorilla" staged by high schools
The work titled The Gorilla has drawn demand for spring productions in Coalinga California and Aspen Colorado high schools. Dorothy Wilson 17 directs at Coalinga and Bess Penn 20 coaches in Aspen. Rehearsals are underway in Welton Iowa under Mildred Ravlin 26.
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Mrs. Tull
Coalinga
Cal
Dorothy Wilson
Aspen
Colorado
Bess Penn
Welton
Iowa
Mildred Ravlin
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