22 May 1931
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Newspaper
The Cornellian
Location
Mount Vernon, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1931
Page
1
Cornell welcomes Coe to the last dual track meet of the season and final home meet. Coe dominated a triangle with State Teachers and Cornell and placed second in another with Grinnell and Carleton. Cornell, after losses to Carleton, aims to challenge Coe in the 2:00 p.m. meet.
Clarence Richardson Joe Griffin Ashley Foard and Elwyn Mauck were initiated into Tau Kappa Alpha with nineteen members attending a 6 30 dinner at The Grill. Basil Raffety led the event and Howard Palmer gave a brief history of the organization founded in 1908 by ten Indiana university men.
Professor S. L. Chandler leads sociology students on a Thursday afternoon visit to the State Reformatory for Men at Anamosa. They toured cells, corridors, dining hall, chapel, kitchen, library, workshops, and athletic grounds and donated about 200 books to the prison library before a drive through the nearby park along the Wapsipinicon river built by convict labor.
Jewell Bothwell Tull's one act play Dead Men Can't Hurt You won first prize in a state federation of women’s clubs contest this year. She received a fifty dollar prize and the production at Marshalltown before the convention throng last night. The drama, based on a short story she read at an English Club dinner years ago, impressed the judges with its tragic theme.
Local C. C. A. chapter advances a National club to be launched at Cornell next fall. Across the United States C. C. A. groups plan clubs in each college to train students in global economic and political issues. The Cornell club aims to deepen student understanding of world affairs.
Gertrude Parr and Marvin Wilson of the C. C. A. spoke in chapel about Lake Geneva last summer. They highlighted meeting friends and living with all classes of girls on a common basis as a key value of the women's conference June 19 to 26. Wilson described the venue and activities including swimming golf and tennis. He noted topics like faculty student relations and campus group issues as discussed under leaders in national activity. The men's conference runs June 12 to 19.
About twenty art students awake early Saturday to study nature in Miss Nama Lathe's yard. They paint in watercolors and inks using umbrellas, water buckets, and boards, then move to nearby houses and the Cedar river for sketches.
The Conservatory of Music presented a student recital in the chapel auditorium at 4:15. The program featured pieces by Claude Rose, Chaminade, Bach and Winter with performances by Ruth Ramsay Ruth Johnston Berlynn Morrison Esther Schlue and others.
Three dark haired coeds were Rudy Vallee's choices for Cornell college beauty queens Jane Ellen Rittenhouse a freshman is first choice Dorothy Pierce a freshman second and Louise Parks a sophomore third as selected by Ivan Olimsky portrait painter in last year's contest The Royal Purple reveals the senior junior and sophomore representatives with names including Miss Gertrude Parr Miss Marie Schmidt Robert Hayes and Newell Madison. Miss Rittenhouse favors short hair and tailored class wear with a feminine tea dance and college hop style The article continues on page 3.
An infestation of caterpillars erupts in Professor Kelly's biology lab after a cocoon hatches over the weekend. Furry larvae crawl over tables walls and sink area, thrilling and baffling the lab class.
Carl Sandburg addressed a packed Lower Chapel audience last Tuesday night for his annual stockholders report. He discussed his work in progress “Lincoln, the War Years,” noting about 90 000 words completed through 1861 and a planned three volumes. He praised Autobiography of Lincoln Stevens and Fiddlers Green, read poems from Work in Progress, and closed with songs on guitar, a Rutabaga Tales story, and the benedictory poem To You from Smoke and Steel.
Marvin Wilson is appointed Ranger Naturalist at Glacier National Park for the coming season. He will lead nature hikes and present talks on park features. He has been awarded a graduate scholarship at Stanford University for next year.
Dr William H Norton hosted a luncheon Wednesday noon in honor of Joe Mitchell Chapple editor of the National Magazine and World Traveler Brief talks were given by Chapple his brother Johan Chapple of Ashland Wisconsin and L C Taylor of LaPorte City A former Cornellian Covers were laid for seventeen Other guests included Mrs Joe Mitchell Chapple Mrs John Chapple Mrs L C Taylor Dr J E K Harlan and several professors and local figures
Author and former Cornellian Joe Mitchell Chapple told chapel listeners Wednesday that undergraduates gain intimate contact with professors at small colleges. Chapple, managing editor of the National Magazine, has written 29 books including The Life of Herbert Hoover.
Mt Vernon public schools will dismiss for the day after a brief morning meeting where grades and awards will be given. The year, marked by strong athletic showings and a state declamatory contest, ends with seniors receiving diplomas following Dr Frank Cole’s commencement address.
Plans for the Men’s Mixer to be held tomorrow evening are complete. Stanley Hribal will introduce toastmaster Claire Miller of Tipton. Short talks will be given by Ira Carruthers Horace Hedges Basil Raffety and coaches Jud Dean and Dick Barker. After dinner at the Methodist church a 35 cent informal dance will be held in the gymnasium from 7:45 to 10:45 with Mort Glosser’s Campus Stamps providing music.
Prof Roy L Fernald will head the residence under Harvard style house plan. Upperclassmen only with 20 chosen will supervise, no freshmen allowed. First floor includes head residence office parlor library 1500 volumes and recreation room with pool tables.
The Ollapod issue arrives between now and Baccalaureate Sunday. It carries a melancholy yet sympathetic personal note to every man woman child and animal enrolled, with minor tone jokes and a feature called Putrid Poetry.
The report quotes Chapple praising literary societies, debating, and declamations from college days. He muses on thought waves and mind reading, predicting future discoveries in mental phenomena, and discusses practical matters like funding a son's college path.
The mechanical drawing class and Prof. Fr. M. McGaw toured Chandler Pump Company plant in Cedar Rapids yesterday. They viewed sand mold formation metal pouring finishing touches including thread cutting and hole boring, and noted the need for precise blueprints. Attending were Professor McGaw Bruce Webster Archie Carter Orville Fox Verne Derrer Raymond Kreinbring Kenneth Gethman and George Ruopp.
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