24 May 1922
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Newspaper
The Cornellian
Location
Mount Vernon, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1922
Page
1
Coe and Cornell readied for a fair Friday showdown as both teams seek to maintain momentum in a tight pennant race. Dubuque visits Monday with Johnny Armstrong sidelined by injuries and Paulson and Ensign battling for mound duties in the final league games.
Cornell will be well represented at the Y M C A conference of middle west colleges at Lake Geneva. Six men have pledged to attend with others uncertain. This year’s Geneva conference limits attendance to 900 men with a stronger speaker lineup and reduced expenses.
A humorous account recalls sociology majors visiting farms and country schools to interview for infant raising methods. The piece portrays the committee meeting babies, misidentifications, and playful mishaps as they gathered data and shared stories, ending with the line Good morning Mrs Winkle. How's little Perry.
Marionettes present Snow White and the Dwarfs in the auditorium. The second annual women’s track meet at sash park starts Saturday at nine with freshmen and sophomores competing in five events plus field events.
At Northfield Minnesota last Friday night eight schools formed the Mid west conference. A freshman rule prohibits participation of non residents for a semester, applies to transfer students, starts September 1923. Officers elected Bryant of Coe college president Tom Mills Beloit vice president and C J Hunt of Carleton secretary treasurer.
Elizabeth Annis staged A. E. M. Mason's Green Stockings for seniors with Celia Faraday and Phyllis as standout roles. The play’s English atmosphere and humor carried strong human interest as Kate Skinner Visited campus from LaVerne last weekend to visit Mary Plummer.
Henry Van Pelt 715, economist in the Analysis and Research division of the Federal Reserve Board in New York, has been promoted to Assistant Chief in charge of all foreign studies. He developed a foreign trade index-number system used by the board, praised by leading economic journals. The division moved to Washington May 1.
Coe holds a two point advantage over Cornell in the annual Coe Cornell dual track meet set for Cedar Rapids next Saturday. Dope sheet by Coach Finger predicts a closely contested meet with both teams evenly matched, last year’s results favoring Cornell and the Iowa Conference title adding to the suspense. The Purple squad works hard to overturn Sherm’s hopes as seniors recall 1919’s Coe victory and Cornell’s 71-65 win.
Cornell and Knox will stage the first telegraphic non varsity track meet Thursday with twenty five athletes from each school. Five events are planned the hundred yard dash 220 dash half mile high jump and shot put. The top five times per event will earn points for their non varsity squads.
Knox track and field men scored fifty five points to win the second annual Mid West Conference meet at Northfield last Saturday before about three thousand fans. Cornwell finished last with fifteen and one fifth points, two and four fifths behind Coe.
Captain Cole led Cornell with two firsts in the half and quarter and ran a strong mile leg for a second. Red set records in both races, clocking fifty seconds for the quarter and a fast half, while the team overall failed to win the meet.
Frances Harvey defeated Marjorie Monroe in three straight sets 6-4 6-0 6-1 on Saturday to claim the girls net championship for the year. Harvey’s consistent back-court play and precise shots defined the match while Monroe’s serving produced several aces. The victory closes Harvey’s college tennis career at Cornell, where she had never lost a match to a Cornell girl.
The Faragher house invites a team from any Cornell rooming house or combo to play a contest at Ash Park next Saturday morning or Monday afternoon with time to be set. Varsity men are barred.
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