23 May 1930
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Newspaper
The Cornellian
Location
Mount Vernon, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1930
Page
1
Northwestern University head football coach Dick Hanley will address the fourth annual Men’s Mixer, a senior high school men’s celebration, next Wednesday after sport events at 2 pm and a 6 pm dinner at the Methodist Episcopal church basement.
The annual group track meet will be held next Tuesday afternoon. Varsity athletes are ineligible, but many group members are expected to compete. Relays will involve members of the women's groups as part of the event.
The class in journalism edited this week’s DeWitt Observer. Under editor Winton Dunlap, students Virginia Jameson Marjorie Holmes Dorothy Blanchard Grace Merritt Elizabeth Cole Frances Beebe Imogene Easterly Dorothy Washburn Donald George Donald Tarr and Waldo Wiess collected news and solicited ads in DeWitt.
The Spring Frolic featuring the Society Night Club Band will be held in the gym at 8 p m Saturday. It is the year’s final dance and will be informal with punch and programmes for attendees. Evelyn Cullumber and Helen Scott lead arrangements. admission is fifty cents and a dance permit.
Clarence Richardson won first in the finals with Ecclesiastical Disarmament. Walter Ratcliffe took second for Heroes of Peace and Francis Ellis spoke on Baptist Leader. Other contestants included Hugh Chance and Robert Leewright. Judges were Carl Becker Charles Hedges and Rabbi Schenk with Dr. J. B. Culbertson as chairman.
Dr Sherman S Shaffer of Baytown Texas and Vera Phelps Shaffer visited the campus to address advanced chemistry students. Shaffer outlined crude oil separation methods including continuous and vacuum stills cracking and liquid sulphur dioxide refining. He described solving a metal corrosion problem in stills showing theory applied to practice.
Coach Judd's track squads prepare for big meets at Ash Park and Coe. Freshmen clash upriver at ten with Coe frosh under strong Coe gains. varsity meet follows after lunch. Kahawka took ten firsts against Carleton last Saturday, beating Northern 72 40 589 in a dual.
Cornell freshman tracksters take fifth in the Midwest telegraphic meet led by a blue ribbon pole vault and top finishes in the 440, two mile, high jump and broad jump. Coe tops team standings with 44 1 4 points, Lawrence second, Carleton third, Monmouth fourth, Cornell fifth.
Miss Freda Zemanek presents a piano recital in the chapel at 7:30 with the orchestra accompanying for a Konzerte program portion.
The high school alumni banquet featured a performance of Don Juan written by Jére Annis. George Tracy played two piano solos while Hildred Colon and Elva Colton performed a dancing act. The one act play bore a cast including Don Juan Balfour Elsie DuBois Gwen Edwards Countess Gratina Jeannette Ringl Louise Prescott Barbara Marsh Mrs Balfour Helen Pulver Briggs and William Hawkins.
Dr. Philip Greeley Clapp director of Iowa State University School of Music will be guest speaker at Clef Club dinner next Tuesday at The Grill. He lectures on creative work in music and has held multiple director roles and Juilliard extension work in New York.
The 1931 Royal Purple yearbook from Cornell College lists cornell beauties and representative students. The junior class editors Robert Canfield and Dwight Wilcox lead the staff assisted by Miss Lathe. The Hill theme frames the book with photographs and faculty guidance shaping the contents.
The final Ollapod of the year features a rating of every Cornell student in a humorous format with cartoons and jokes. It will be sold at the Saturday dance and in dormitories. A cartoon from the Ollapod was recently copied by College Humor.
Tuesday's Cornellian will be the final issue for the year. The fall edition will resume under Opal Lybarger as Editor in Chief, Donald George as assistant editor, and Wayne Buchanan as business manager. The new staff has already begun taking over many duties.
Reporters swap duties as the mock trial of Gwendolyn Edwards for the murder of Ed C. Smith proceeds with a cast including Louise Park, Wilfred Haesemeyer, Miss Ramsay, Judge Red Hills, and others. The narrative notes mishaps, etiquette rebukes, and a scene at Turner gas station as the proceedings unfold.
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