Keokuk Student Wins High School Theme Contest
Grace Swanson of Keokuk High School won first prize ten dollars for a short story titled She Didn t Care in the Cornell English Club High School Theme Contest. Second prize went to Margaret Shawland of Atlantic High School for a sketch From Aunt Pheebe Ann s Treasure Chest.
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Grayce Swanson
Keokuk
Louisa Handy
Cornell English Club
Margaret Shawland
The
Atlantic High School
Beth Pribble
Winona Williams
Gilman High School
Florence K. Smith
Marian Martin
Cedar Rapids High School
Elizabeth Cock
Vaneta Herman
Tama High School
Mabel Booton
Cedar Rapids
Buel Wéare
George Lines
Mount Pleasant High School
Erminz Mills
Clyde Tull
Gertrude Madison
Lillian Smedley
Tull
Hoadley Elected To Fill Student Council Vacancy
In a special election held Thursday Dewey Hoadley defeated Ted Triechman with 116 votes the highest count in these elections. Hoadley takes office immediately to fill the vacancy as clerks Harry Genung and Emerson Burkhart oversaw the election and Frances Collins and Thelma Lull served as judges.
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Dewey Moadley
Ted Triechman
Hoadley
Harry Genung
Emerson Burkhart
Frances Collins
Thelma Lull
Clemens Host Five Course Dinner for Daughter
Mr and Mrs C L Clemens entertained at the Cosmopolitan on Monday at 5 30 in honor of their daughter Mary Eighteen guests attended the event The decorations featured pink and white with crab apple blossoms for flowers Mr Clemens is a Cornell College alumnus class of 1889 and his two daughters Mary and Katherine now attend Cornell Academy
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Mrs. C. L. Clemens
Cosmopolitan
Mary
Mr. Clemens
Cornell College
Katherine
Cornell Academy
Courses Announced for Cornell Summer School
Plans for the Cornell Summer School proceed with a Yale professor hired for Romance studies. The two five and a half week terms begin June 16 and July 24, offering twelve semester hours total. Subjects include Chemistry Economics Education French English Mathematics Physics Sociology Spanish Art Oratory Music. High school courses run eight weeks in seven with six days per week and two courses earning one semester unit each.
Fall Athletics Show Brightest Prospects Ever
Pre-season dope on fall football prospects points to the best slate of stars in memory. Many crack freshmen of 1917 return, including Shieler at Cornell, Fischer, Meade, West, and Hoadley from tank service. Possible lineup and coaching status for next fall are outlined with multiple returning players and positions.
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Shieler
Cornell
Fischer
Joe Meade
Lawrence West
Hoadley
Dee
Livermore
O'Neill
Cephas Miller
Johnson
Kepler
Lemon
Hurlburt
Sanderson
Hedges
Maxwell
Hennan
Gowans
Huderson
Nichols
Ensign
Chambers
Moore
Taylor
Cole
Sones Scovel
Kidder
Jones
Milholm
Purple Gridiron
Sherm
Frances
Doseff
C. Miller
O’neill
Fischel
H. Johnson
Meade
Scovel
Sones
Headley
Person
Hudelson
Gole
Mrs J H Hughes Spends Weekend Visit in Williamsburg
Mrs J H Hughes of Williamsburg spent the weekend with Marjorie, enjoying a quiet family visit and catching up on local chat.
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J. H. Hughes
Williamsburg
Marjorie
Sophs Take Early Morning Plunge in Ink's Pond
A playful wartime college event features 38 women 43 and a half men four boys two girls and a professor watching 18 sophomores dive into Ink's Pond for a soggy tug of war and splash filled morning. Cadet notes include Lieut. Tom Devine of Cornell serving with American forces in Archangel Russia as the first Cornellian to reach Russia with the U S Army.
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Ink’s Pond
Hercules
Keith
Philips
Corporal Olson
Craig
Shoes of Inspection
Inky Bay
DeWitt Smith
Nichols
Galloway
Kepler
Overholser
Olson
Hogle
McInay
Arnold
Keve
Hurlburt
Isaacs
Cantwell
Apfel
Hochberger
K. O
Tom Devine
Cornell
Archangel
Russia
Lieut. Devine
College Calendar Shows Multiple Recitals this Week
May 24 marks a Tug of War at morning session then Geneva Luncheon and Ethel Byer recital. May 26 lists Naomi Hinkel piano recital. May 27 features Eleanor Current violin recital. May 28 includes Marjorie Monroe piano recital.
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Geneva
Ethel Byer
Naomi Hinkel
Eleanor Current
Marjorie Monroe
Miss Ebelheiser Hosts An Announcement Party Remembered
Laings Ebelheiser surprised fourteen friends with an announcement party. A Kewpie bride decorates the table with roses and valley lilies, each guest receives a ribbon releasing a Kewpie soldier bearing names Ralph E Rippey and Laings Ebelheiser. Kate Keagy wins the bouquet prize. Rippey is overseas and due home soon.
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Ebelheiser
Laings
Ralph E. Rippey
Kate Keagy
Aonians Win Out In Final Debate With Aletheans
The Aonians defeated the Aletheans 2 to 1 in the final intersociety debate of the women’s series held last Wednesday night at Thalian Hall. Eva Maxwell opened for the affirmative, followed by Stella Plaehn and Maurine Baldwin, while Ruth Pirie Bessie Bowers and Ruth Barnett spoke for the negative. The Romans won floor work but relied on canned arguments. the debate covered the League of Nations as a vehicle for permanent world peace and the history of postwar attempts to prevent war.
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Aonians
Aletheans
Thalian Hall
Aesthesians
League of Nations
Eva Maxwell
Stella Plaehn
Maurine Baldwin
Ruth Pirie
Bessie Bowers
Ruth Barnett
Cornell Track Leads Conference at Drake Stadium Meet
Cornell athletes surge to first in the conference at Drake Stadium as Grinnell and Ames trail. Torrance and Browning look strong in the mile and two mile while Butler from Grinnell headlines sprint and hurdles, despite Butler’s ineligibility ruling.
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Cornell
Simpson
Des Moines Register
Drake Stadium
Grin
Ames
Iowa
Drake
Torrance
Grinnell
Lawrence
Butler
Coe
Browning
Cedar Rapids
Doseff
Commencement Program Set With Ceremonies June 7–11
A detailed schedule for the upcoming Commencement week is announced. Events run June 7 to June 11 including Graduation Recital, Academic Procession, Baccalaureate Sermon by President Charles W. Flint, Commencement Vespers, Art School Exhibition, and Alumni Business Meeting.
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School of Oratory
Charles W. Flint
D.D
Ll.d
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Miss Swanson OF
Atlantic H. S
Clemens
Yale
G. E. Wisewell
College
Mr. Rippey
Kingsley
Des Moines
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