10 May 1957
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Newspaper
The Cornellian
Location
Mount Vernon, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1957
Page
1
University of Iowa poet Henri Coulette urged aspiring writers to pursue published work, strong thinking, and deep emotion. He spoke at Armstrong Little Theatre on a lecture night about defining poetry, nonconformity, grammar mastery, and reflecting one's own era through careful, hardworking craft.
Chicagoan Jerry Walker pastor of St James Methodist Church speaks on Inter-racial Religion at CSF Sunday night 6 30 in the Methodist Church. He discusses building a once dying church into a thriving inter racial Protestant body and his wide national work in radio press and ministry.
Dean Howard W. Troyer announced curricular changes at Cornell including credits and course numbers for secretarial studies, a functional major across departments, new geology courses, a rearrangement in mathematics and engineering, and moving the Senior Colloquium to the second semester next year. Sophomores are urged to consult department chairs to plan tentative majors.
Faribault Minnesota senior Richard Cross was offered a position with the NBC Opera after an on campus audition last week with George Schick director of the organization. If he accepts Cross will tour as understudy and member of the opera this summer. He has studied with Ruth Pinkerton for four years and had planned to study voice in New York after graduation.
The annual All Campus Sing returns May 12 at 8 15 p m in King Memorial Chapel with 11 groups last year’s ATA winning for the third straight year Judges include V Earle Copes Ann Kish and Mrs William Nichols Jerry Lewis chairs as master of ceremonies Groups perform in order with selections from Mills Cornell Hymn I ll Walk with God Shenandoah Coney Gal No Man is an Island Sit Down Servant Poor Lonesome Cowboy Climbing up the Mountain I Can t Say No Chinese Lullaby Roe Howard Cool Water I Wish I Wuz All in a Golden Afternoon Serenade and more Added faculty entertainment accompanies the judges’ deliberations.
Marine Procurement Captain Melvin W. Snow, Iowa Marine procurement officer, will visit Cornell on Wednesday May 15 to interview students interested in commissions as Marine Corps officers upon graduation.
Soprano Adele Addison discusses phono graph records and live performance differences. She notes modern recording can create near perfect execution and emphasizes listeners compare recordings to concerts, where acoustics and placements alter sound. She cites audience preference for groups, and shares hobbies like cleaning, sewing, cooking, museums, and movies.
Rev. Charles S. Hempstead warned that modern colleges drift from religious moorings as programs multiply and departments specialize. He urged a “community of learning” for moral and spiritual growth at Cornell College. George Allee and sister Sarah Rose Allee donated 25 000 dollars to the Allee Chapel, with remarks by Sutherland Dows and presiding President Russell D. Cole. Over 400 attendees joined the dedication.
Five campus social groups announce formals and officers for 1957 58. Delta Phi and K Theta host spring formals in Cedar Rapids with Leo Cortimeglia and Larry Barrett orchestras providing music, while Delphi and K Theta hold events at Elmcrest and Cedar Rapids Country Club. Next year’s officers named include Zulke, Francis, Dawes, Menges, and Moorhead.
The Bobbie Cotter Combo will perform for the Delt formal at the Roosevelt Hotel in Cedar Rapids at 7 p.m. Noel Neuenswander leads the dance. Incoming officers include Howard De Camp Robert Hobbie John Platt Wallace DeWoody Lowell Mendriksen Bob Rynne Don Truhlar and John Hinck.
Carol Cripps, a Cornell sophomore, receives the Barbara Gail Lieberknecht scholarship of 100 dollars for English proficiency. The award honors Miss Lieberknecht, editor of the Cornellian, who died of rheumatic fever. Mrs. Ernest Lieberknecht of Letts helped establish the prize in 1949. Cripps previously earned a National Methodist scholarship and contributed to the Husk literary magazine.
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