17 Nov 1939
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Newspaper
The Cornellian
Location
Mount Vernon, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1939
Page
1
The awards total more under a revised plan with fifteen dollars for the top senior in seminar exams and for the most distinctive creative writing in HUSK. Ten dollars go to the top freshman in creative writing and to the most valuable Cornellian staff member. Prizes will be awarded as books selected by winners.
A modern drama centered on Mary and Jesus, depicting a family's reaction to a son seen as different. The play contrasts Mary's humble domestic life with Jesus' controversial influence and political scandal, highlighting Mary’s serene devotion as others shift from support to disfavor. New cast members join Pauline Trezona and colleagues.
Dr. Erich Funke of the German department will give a lecture titled Cultural Epoch and 4 Artistic Forms on Wednesday at 7:15 PM in the upper Chapel. The illustrated talk uses pictures music and poetry to describe cultural periods and is sponsored by the English department.
The Cornell gymnasium hosted a Viennese style evening with candles in brown bottles, root beer and sandwiches, Limburger cheese and zweibach, a German band, and students dancing in Tyrolean attire. Burgo master Beaver led the merriment as Northwestern station agent Herr Klimo supplied music with members including Emil Biderman and Bob Bryant.
Twenty year old pianist Eugene List will appear on the Cornell lecture series Tuesday evening November 28. He has studied with Olga Samaroff Stokowsky and earned a scholarship at thirteen. His public career began after winning the Philadelphia Orchestra soloist competition. The Philadelphia Inquirer praised his last performance as poetically persuasive and technically impeccable.
Francis Allen elected permanent speaker of the spring session at Madison Wisconsin. Cornell team scored several victories with three of four bills passed while opposing measures failed. Dick Grumman and Max Miller chaired Foreign Affairs and General Welfare committees respectively. other delegates included Wally Tripp Phil Hanna and Robert Nelson. Plans target Springfield Illinois Capitol as meeting site.
Last Friday crowds at Cornell paraded in wild outfits for Hobo Day. Ellen Louise Stewart won first prize with a witch like look, while Rosie Munro and Mary Dugan tied for second among students. Prof Cooper led the teachers with top honors.
A panel discussion last Wednesday at chapel debated the dining hall project with students viewing a fireside chat style event. Speakers Marjorie Baker and Marty Kestenbaum spoke for the pro side while Elton Nelson and Nan Hobson spoke against.
Course books must be turned in to the registrar by Wednesday noon to receive grades. A list of students who have not turned in books is posted on the Bulletin board in Main Hall. Grades will be released next week with exact time announced in chapel.
Marjorie Baker recalls 1870s life on the hill with three main buildings Old Sem Old South and Old Main and notes changes in student dining and boarding houses as traditions shift and old routines fade.
The article recalls Max Miller courting a girl from another delegation to sway votes for Cornell while Dick Grumman gave up a nightclub date to spend time with another delegation member, only to see the girl vote against the cause. Allen faced a parking fine but talked the judge out of penalizing him.
A State Board survey found Cornell University has the most modern education library in the state with books from 1937 to 1939 and the best student teaching program, a lead challenged only by one other college.
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