37th May Music Festival Brings Rare Offerings
The 37th May Music Festival at Cornell featured four varied high quality concerts. It introduced Dr. John Erskine and included the first Cornell performance of Bach with the Oratorio Society and Beethoven’s Eroica symphony. Prof. Harold W. Baltz received praise for guiding the Bach cantatas and Miss Ruth Pinkerton earned special mention for Mozart and vocal work.
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Alison Moore
Cornell
John Erskine
Cornell Oratorio Society
Oratorio Society
Cornell Symphony Orchestra
Harold W. Baltz
Ruth Pinkerton
Alumnus Donates Owl And Arts Building At Cornell
An alumnus donated a horned owl to Cornell college along with a fine arts building and a 2 million dollar endowment. The bird, part of a mounted collection, was shown in Law building, then prepared for display before being transferred to Dr. Kelly for public viewing.
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Cornell College
Cornell
Law Building
Dr. Keyes
Lois Taylor Plans England Visit in June
Miss Lois Taylor will sail in June for England to spend several weeks touring England and Scotland then return to teach in the second term of the Cornell summer session. She will be accompanied by a former pupil and visit Iowa poet Paul Engle at Oxford University.
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Lois Taylor
England
Cornell
Scotland
Miss Taylor
Paul Engle
Iowa
Oxford University
Aquatic Club Plans Over-Night Canoe Trip
About twenty Aquatic Club members will embark on an overnight canoe trip next Friday afternoon and return Saturday night. The exact route remains undecided.
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Aquatic Club
Voyagers
All College Dinner Set for May 22 by Campus
The plan calls for an all college dinner on Wednesday May 22 inviting all students whether in dormitories or town residents. The event will bring the faculty together and close the year’s work with varied entertainment.
Journalists Attend Press Meet at Cedar Falls
More than a dozen journalism students will travel to Cedar Falls for the Iowa College Press Association convention on May 17 and 18. The Iowa State Teachers College hosts with events including a Press Prom and campus journalism talks led by Dr. H. F. Harrington.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa College Press Association
Iowa State Teachers
H. F. Harrington
Medill School of Journalism
Cliff Perrine
Glenn Low
Cornellian
New Men's Senate Members To Be Honored At Dinner
A Pfeiffer hall dinner Friday evening will honor next year’s Men's Senate members by the current group in a formal reception. The event intends to recognize upcoming leaders and celebrate continuity of service.
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Senate
Pfeiffer Hall
Alison Moore Violin Recital With Cornell Symphony Orchestra
Alison Moore presents her senior violin recital in the chapel on Tuesday May 21 at 7 00 pm assisted by the Cornell Symphony Orchestra and Virginia Hughes pianist This is her third recital following sophomore and junior efforts under teacher Mrs Helen Cumming The program features Handel Sarasate Boulanger Beethoven and more with works for violin and piano and orchestral accompaniment.
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Alison Moore
Cornell Symphony Orchestra
Virginia Hughes
Miss Moore
Helen Cumming
Adario Handel
Lester Coleman Awarded NYU Teaching Fellowship
Lester Coleman is named a teaching fellow in biochemistry at New York University. The fellowship provides $1,000 annually and free tuition, enabling him to start work immediately toward an advanced degree.
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Lester Coleman
New York University
Radsliff and Low to Lead The Cornellian Next Year
Charlotte Radsliff junior is elected editor in chief of The Cornellian for 1935 36. Glenn Low senior is unanimously re elected as business manager for 1985 36.
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Charlotte Radsliff
Cornellian
Glenn Low
Iss Radcliff
Central High School
Minneapolis
Cornell Summer Theatre
Marjorie Williams
Campus Attitudes Revealed In New Student Journal
The latest issue of As We Are edited by Darrell Harvey presents student essays on religious and political freedom, dating ideals, Huey Long defense, Cornell improvements, and education related to everyday life. Dr John Erskine urged linking education to living during his Cornell talk last Friday.
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Huey Long
Cornell
Darrell Harvey
John Erskine
Professor Cooper Publishes Chaco Analysis
Professor Russell M. Cooper with Mary Mattison published an analysis of the Chaco Dispute through the Geneva Research Center in Geneva Switzerland. The study covers causes and diplomatic aspects of the South American war and reflects editor input from the League of Nations Secretariat member who invited Cooper.
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Russell M. Cooper
Mary Mattison
Geneva Research Center
Geneva
Switzerland
South America
Cooper
League of Nations Secretariat
King to Address Graduates at Shell Rock and DeWitt
Dr Albion Roy King will deliver the Shell Rock high school commencement address on May 23 with the talk titled Facts and Follies of 1935. He also speaks at DeWitt high school baccalaureate on May 19 on The Secret of Perpetual Youth.
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King
Shell Rock
DeWitt
Albion Roy King
Shell Rock High School
Dr. King
DeWitt High School
Cooper To Lead Forum On War Inevitable Lecture
Prof. Russell Cooper will deliver a lecture titled Is War Inevitable at the City Hall on Wednesday afternoon at 4 00. The Civic League and Mount Vernon women missionaries sponsor the annual open forum on European affairs. The event targets college and high school students. Mrs W H Norton arranged the program.
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Russell Cooper
Civic League and Woman's Missionary Societies of
Mount Vernon
W. H. Norton
Erskine Receives Honor at Friday Chapel Speech
Juilliard president John Erskine addressed students in chapel Friday and received the honorary Doctor of Music degree from Cornell College. He urged learning by doing, argued music trains discipline, and contrasted modern college focus with ancient Greek education.
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John Erskine
Juilliard Graduate School of Music
Chapel
Erskine
Cornell College
Munkres Speaks At League Sunday
Miss Alberta Munkres of the education department will discuss Should Peggy and Peter Pray? on Epworth League Sunday night. She will address the controversy over a child book illustration and question how adults guide children in religious experiences.
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Alberta Munkres
Education Department
Peggy
Peter
Epworth League
Modern Comedy Set for Friday Night by Purple Maskers
Pur ple Maskers present Rain from Heaven in the chapel for the first modern comedy of the school year since Hay Fever. The cast includes Harriet Porter and Stuart Frazer with director Prof. Albert Franklin Johnson guiding performances by Clare Hoffman and Esther Schlue in supporting roles.
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Noel Coward
Cornell
Paton
Hitler
Lenin
J Pterpoint
Morgan
N. Behrman
Robert Choate
Marian Chamberlin
Elva Doris Moore
Thomas Nelson
Robert Sfauth
Everett Laughlin
Clare Hoffman
Esther Schlue
Albert Franklin Johnson
Harriet Porter
Stuart Frazer
Frank Alusow
Virginia Blanchard
Frances Burgstahler
Glenn Low
Helen Maxwell
Herbert Kaselow
Carl Weber
Vincent Gough
Frankels
Cedar Rapids
economists and sociologists convention visit by Rich and Chandler
Dr. Chester L. Rich and Dr. Sidney L. Chandler attended the Iowa Association of Economists and Sociologists annual meeting at the State University of Iowa Friday and Saturday. Rich discussed the present transportation problem.
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Chester L. Rich
Sidney L. Chandler
Iowa Association of Economists and Sociologists
State University of Iowa
Rich
Sociologists Visit State Reformatory in Anamosa
Sociology majors and criminology classes toured the Anamosa state reformatory visiting about fifty students who spent the afternoon observing penal institutional conditions.
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Anamosa
Riot Of Colors Appears In Gardens As Tulips Bloom On The Hilltop
Lenore Filege chronicles Dr Norton tulip garden scenes with rain kissed blooms and a spectrum of color. Tulips rise on slender stalks with graceful lines in serene air while Errol Miller’s garden shows broken stalks and fallen blooms adding quiet pathos. The narrative notes sunless brightness, delicate lilac to crimson hues, and a sense of color speaking from the hillside gardens.
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Lenore Filege
Corneliian
Dr. Norton
Errol Miller
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Iowa College Press
Horace Alden Miller
Boulanger
New York U
Radsliff
Low
Munkres
League Sunday
Heaven
Rich and
Chandler
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