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Newspaper

The Cornellian

Location

Mount Vernon, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 19, 1920

Page

1

Cornell Varsity End Season With Grinnell Prep

Cornell prepares for the Homecoming clash with Grinnell as seven seniors bid farewell after the final varsity game. Injuries limited scrimmage but Gowans Dee Lawrence Maxwell and others are cleared to play. Lawrence and Maxwell spark the ends while Danskin Dee anchor the tackles in a strong defensive showing.

Grinnell Cornell O’neel Ensign Nichols Huddleson Dee Lawrence Gowans Coe Oleson Danskin Kepler West Maxwell Henry Maxwell Fisher

Homecoming Luncheon Planned in Alumni Gym

The annual Homecoming luncheon will be served in the Alumni Gymnasium Saturday at noon. Dormitory boards will host meals as usual, with caterers handling the dining this year. The Methodist Episcopal church ladies aid society leads the event, urging dorm residents with guests to attend to ease congestion.

Alumni Gymnasium Ladies’ Aid Society The Methodist Episcopal Church

No Society Reunions Tonight After Program

Contrary to custom no society reunions will be held Saturday morning at 11 o clock. Reunions now follow the joint society program tonight and all Homecomers receptions will take place at halls or meeting places after the program. The change was made to avoid unplanned reunions.

Parms Ready With Homecoming Play

Professor Clyde Tull praised Par menian play Nothing But the Truth for Homecoming. The cast performed well in a short rehearsal period and the 8 o clock show tomorrow promises laughs with Bob Bennett Fred Foster and E M Ralston among the listed performers.

Clyde Tull Bob Bennett Fred Foster E. M. Ralston Walter Averill Bishop Doran Herbert Chenoweth Dick Donnelly Ivan Schultz Clarence van Dusen Homer Fries Gwen Ralston Ruby Lent Ralston Eula Clark Ethel Clark Agnes Wilson Sable Jackson

Fire damages Hawk-Eye shop and millinery stores

Unidentified fire early Tuesday destroyed the north side barber shop owned by E. A. Curtis and Mrs. E. A. Hutson's millinery, with heavy losses and uninsured stock. The Hawk-Eye plant suffered fire and water damage to paper, wiring, and machinery, halting publication plans for Homecoming week.

E. A. Curtis E. A. Hutson Cornellian Hutson Voluunteer

Armistice Day Address Led Aurelia Legion Talk

Professor L. Chandler delivered the Armistice Day address for the American Legion at Aurelia last week. Don Kreger, 16, of Albia, spent Sunday at the home of Professor and Mrs. S. Chandler.

L. Chandler American Legion Aurelia Don Kreger Albia S. &. Chandler

Mass Meeting of Cornellians Saturday at 10 A M

All Cornell Boosters and alumni urged to attend a Saturday morning mass meeting. The event features a pep program with the band, Percy Edwards, a Bowman hall stunt, speeches by Professor Herrick George Bretnall Captain Al Gowans and Stub Hartwell, plus others. President Flint to award the athletics blankets ahead of the Grinnell game.

Cornell Flint Grinnell

Grinnell Holds Narrow Edge Over Cornell In Grid Series

Grinnell leads Cornell 5 wins 13 losses and 2 ties in 20 football meetings since 1900. Scores show Grinnell 179 to Cornell 119 with a 7–7 draw last year at Grinnell. Notable moments include Captain Gowans playing with a broken jaw in a cast and a 1918 meeting missed due to the influenza epidemic. Supt. Miller and others from Reinbeck visited Mt. Vernon on Sunday.

Cornell AGIA Ge A

Homecoming Calendar Highlights For Friday And Saturday

Friday at 8 pm Harriet Monroe editor of Poetry gives a talk at the Chapel followed by an Inter Society program. Saturday features a pep meeting lunch at noon and a 2 pm football game Cornell versus Grinnell then an 8 pm play Nothing But The Truth with 35 cent admission.

Harriet Monroe Cornell Grinnell

Grinnell Cross Country Meet Uncertain for Tomorrow

Grinnell College cross country team may or may not compete against the Purple and White on Homecoming Day. Coach Sherm Finger said the decision remained unsettled at 8 this morning after the Missouri Valley meet where no Grinnell runners finished ahead of Cornell’s first man. No word has come from the Scarlet and Black camp since.

Grinnell Sherm Finger Missouri Valley Cornell

Joint Society Program Tonight at 1920 Homecoming

Final arrangements are set for the joint society program in the chapel auditorium at 8 o'clock as part of the Homecoming celebration. Twelve societies will perform including vocal, piano, minstrel, verses, trombone, hypnotic and reading acts led by named participants and groups.

Alethean Alice Eddy Miltonian Promethean Mercie Heise Philomathean Irving Kenneth Money Zetagathian Dee Ee Eee Albion Tavenner Parmenian Harry Banze Amphictyon Percy Edwards Thalian—Reading Vera Cates Aonian Aomans Aesthesian Eleanor Bosserman

McGaws Return From Japan Trip

Professor Frederick M. McGaw of the Mathematics department and Mrs. McGaw returned Sunday from a multistate Orient trip as delegates to the World Sunday School Convention in Tokio Japan. They traveled with 113 delegates and 19 speakers aboard the Mount Eagle and arrived in Yokohama July ninth amid a brisk welcome.

Frederick M. McGaw Orient Pacific Vancouver Holland England South America Canada United States Yokohama Mount Eagle

Subject Chosen for Triangular Debating Clash

Debating Coach Ralph E. Himstead announces a Cornell Grinnell Carleton triangular league with the Esch Cummins bill as the question. Tryouts begin before Christmas recess with two varsity teams to be chosen, and all students eligible for either side.

Cornell Grinnell Carleton Himstead

More Firelight Teas This Sunday At Fireside

Bowman Altoona and Guild cordially invite Cornellians and alumni to the Fireside Teas. Freshmen will serve while upperclass girls are guests. Sunday afternoon from 4 to 5, under the auspices of the W S G A. The Girls urge all to attend and renew acquaintances.

Bowman Altoona Guild Cornellians

Warren chemist for Sherwin Williams Paint Company

Harry S. Warren, class of 1916, works as a chemist for the Sherwin Williams Paint Company in Chicago.

Harry S. Warren The Sherwin Williams Paint Company of Chicago

Also Mentioned on This Page

Cornell-Grinnell Parms Prof. Tull Hawk-Eye Shop Supt. Miller Harold Wilson Laurence Erickson Reinbeck Mt. Vernon M’gaws Japan Tokio Northwestern College Bowman, Altoona
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