Soloists Named for The Messiah at Cornell Chorus
Thelma Von Eisenhauer and Robert Kessler were named guest soloists for the 35th Messiah presentation at Cornell Chapel on Sunday December 10. They join Miss Pinkerton contralto and Mr. German tenor with Jacques Jolas directing the 160 voice chorus and Cornell Symphony Orchestra. Kessler appears in Marshall Field’s Dec. 5 engagement and Dubuque University Dec. 20 before Mount Vernon. Von Eisenhauer returns for her third Cornell appearance with Chicago City Opera.
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Thelma von Eisenhauer
Robert Kessler
Chicago
Miss von Eisenhauer
Mr. Kessler
Cornell Symphony Orchestra
Jacques Jolas
Helen Vennis
Keesler
Mount Vernon
Marshall Field
Dubuque University
von Eisenhauer
Cornell
Chicago City Opera Company
Civil Liberties Suspended In Campus Crisis
Campus emergency led to temporary civil liberties suspension as Dean King assured Mount Vernon officials no search warrant was needed to recover 18 stolen highway signs from Merner Hall. 38 signs were recovered, including state and city markers, prompting action from the Iowa Highway Commission and potential fines of 3800 dollars.
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Dean King
Highway Commission
Marshall Ed Gill
Mount Vernon
Iowa Highway Commission
Chapbook 13 Being Prepared for Publication
New English club announces chapbook number fourteen in the series featuring poetry by President John B. Magee. Magee authored Run es of the Night which drew favorable reviews. Professor Clyde Tull edits the chapbook while students set type and print proceeds alongside Cornel College prose volume.
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English Club
Pres
John B. Magee
Clyde Tull
Cornell College
As We Are Sets Frist Release With New Section
Campus readers await the Dec 1 release of As We Are featuring a new As They Are section on faculty input. The issue asks about student democracy, church attendance, and education goals while sharing varied student views and notes on college life and spirituality.
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Cornell
Nelick
Pianist Eugene List to Play Tuesday at Cornell Chapel
The acclaimed young pianist Eugene List, praised for prodigious technique and charm, will perform Tuesday at eight in Cornell chapel. List, 20, studied intensely, plans a yearslong career with limited engagements and a US Canada tour with major orchestras.
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Neva Sweet
Eugene List
Cornell Chapel
List
Philadelphia Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski
Arthur Judson
New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
United States
Canada
New York Times
Bowman and Merner Halls Open House Night
Both Bowman and Merner Halls host an open house this Saturday night November 25 at 8:00 p.m. Attendees can enjoy dancing and other entertainment.
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Bowman, Merner
Bowman
Merner
All Women Lunch Breaks In At Pfeiffer Bowman Dining Hall
The first all women lunch week opens in the Bowman dining hall as tables fill with students on November 20. Amid lively singing and bustling chatter, dining rows clash with a festive mood while Pfeiffer and King halls stir with the new arrangement.
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Bowman Dining Hall
Pfeiffer
Bowman
Kullabaloo
King
Thanksgiving Week at Cornell Highlights Variety Arts and Events
The Little Theatre lights up every night with Family Portrait finishing touches at Armstrong Hall next Thursday and Friday. A Cornell Thanksgiving finale features novel stage effects, bright costumes, and music by Bus Canfield Orchestra at the December 2 dance in Merner Hall. The Twilight Turkey Trot serves tea on Thanksgiving from 4 to 7 PM, 15 cents per person. Chriss and Don Glasell exhibit oil paintings etchings and lithographs in the Little Theatre lounge, with prior shows in Marion Cedar Rapids and Dubuque and prizes from state fairs.
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Little Theatre
Armstrong Hall
Canfield
Dubuque
Jeannette Carlson
Phil Hanna
Elton Nelson
Dorothy Repass
Bob Michaelson
Carrol Luckey
Harlan Reid
Merner Hall
Hazel Miller
Jack Geshner
Chriss
Don Glasell
Iowa
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Glasell
A W S To Conduct Social Usage Test
A.W.S. will distribute a social usage test in the girls dormitories Sunday night. Tests will be filled out and reviewed at Monday night house meetings with house presidents providing correct answers. The project aims to improve and check co ed manners focusing on etiquette basics.
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A.W.S
A.B.C
Cornell College hires head to lead new health department
Cornell College's board of trustees approved creating a new health department and hiring a full time staff member for 1940-41. The plan includes health , hygiene and safety courses and campus sanitation, following student and faculty input. The board also re-elected Dr. Frank Cole and announced his final year as president of the board.
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Cornell College Board of Trustees
John B. Magee
Brooks
Keyes
Judd Dean
Ennis
Mies Isaacson
Coleman
Russell Cole
Cornell College
Board of Trustees
Frank Cole
A. L. Killian
W. H. Norton
D. A. van Metre
25 Letters 27 Numerals Are Awarded
Athletic Director Dick Barker announced the committee approved 25 varsity letters and 27 numerals. Twenty letters go to football men, five to cross country runners. Twenty five freshmen receive numerals in football, one will get his 48 in cross country. One upperclassman will receive football numeral.
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Dick Barker
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