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Newspaper

The Cornellian

Location

Mount Vernon, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1921

Page

1

Grid Men Ready for Battle with Wesleyans Friday

The Purple and White head to Mount Pleasant to face Iowa Wesleyan Friday afternoon. Wesleyans boast a heavy line and fast backfield and arrive off a loss to Monmouth. Cornell shows improved offense and tackling but must overcome earlier inconsistency to avoid a poor result.

Iowa Wesleyan Mount Pleasant Wesleyans Monmouth Finger Morrison Purple and White Hamline Cornell

W. S. G. A. Holds Pal Picnic At Palisades

Seventy five Cornellian guests joined the W. S. G. A. at the Pal picnic last Saturday. Cold weather kept attendance near the lows for the event. A warm noon dinner at the Upper tavern lifted spirits despite the chill. Miss Gladys Phelps installs a room telephone and will not answer the Guild Hall line. new number is 310.

Palisades Gladys Phelps Guild Hall

Cornell Football Schedule This Season

The schedule lists games for Cornell football with opponents Hamline Iowa Wesleyan Drake Dubuque Simpson Grinnell Coe and locations Des Moines Mt. Pleasant Grinnell Cedar Rapids and home games on various dates in October and November.

Cornell Upper Iowa Hamline Iowa Wesleyan Mt. Pleasant Drake Des Moines Dubuque Simpson Grinnell Coe Cedar Rapids

Grand Immersion at Ink's Postponed by Cold Weather

The annual Ink's Pond event between two infant classes was delayed due to cold conditions. Organizers feared for the children's health and postponed to a warmer afternoon, noting winter weather grows chillier as the season advances and ice may be harder to break.

Ink’s Ink’s Pond

Zetagathean Play Postponed for Football Demands at College

The Zetagathean production Within the Law is postponed due to many cast members being on the football squad. Professor Clyde Tull and a Saturday conference agreed to push the show to December 3 or 10. Cast still receives individual coaching while athletes focus on football and coursework.

Zetagathean Clyde Tull Zetagatheans Ithey

Freshman Economics Classes Track Movie Expenditures

Professor Thompson introduces a budget based student account system for frosh economics. Students record income from scholarships wages parental money and loans and all expenses to create statistics for personal budgeting and for Cornell's data on college costs.

Thompson Cornell

Columbia Enrolls Thirty Thousand and One

Columbia University reports a peak enrollment of 31,000 students this year marking a record for the university. Dorothy Smedley spent the weekend on the campus as part of campus activity and observation.

Columbia Columbia University Yankton Dorothy Smedley

First Number of Year's Musical Program Pleases

Miss Lenora Sparkes presented a strong Cornell Artists' course opening with songs by Godard Debussy and others and arias from Tosca La Boheme and Eugene Onegin. The audience demanded encores and praised the performance and accompanying pianist Miss Lindner.

Lenora Sparkes Cornell Miss Sparkes Scarlatti Fourtain Cowen Mammy London Oliver

Hockey Elevens to Clash Saturday

The season opener features freshman junior and sophomore senior teams meeting Saturday at 9 a.m. Class spirit runs high and a close game is predicted. Ruth Maybauer is captain of the sophomore senior team and Gladys Sherk heads the freshman junior eleven.

Ruth Maybauer Gladys Sherk

Raymond Grant Offered Pastorate in Geneva Iowa

Cornell's new field secretary Raymond Grant has received a pastorate offer in Geneva Iowa with a good salary. He is currently traveling to organize alumni and may accept. Cornell would miss a valuable man if he leaves, and no successor plans have been made yet.

Raymond Grant Cornell Geneva Iowa

Coe Opens Horse Shoe Pits As Lisbon H S Challenges

Coe students are ready to pitch the ringers as horse shoes pits and shoes arrive at athletic headquarters. Athletic Director Carruthess notes a challenge from Lisbon High School but no inter-scholastic team will be fielded. Players may use the pits with one rule to avoid chapel time. Harry Huddleson, ex 22, visited campus last weekend.

Coe Carruthess Lisbon High School Coe Cosmos

Cornell Alumni Associations to Launch Statewide Campaign

Raymond Grant Cornell field secretary will launch a statewide campaign to organize alumni groups starting Monday in Waterloo. He will hold gatherings with alumni in Oclwein Charles City Mason City Hampton and Osage and visit Cedar Rapids and Mason City districts first before expanding to the rest of the state.

Cornell Waterloo Raymond Grant Grant Oclwein Charles City Mason City Hampton Osage Cedar Rapids Upper Iowa Mr. Grant

Cornell Orientals Celebrate Tenth Anniversary of China

The Cornell College Chinese Student club held a celebration October 10 for the tenth anniversary of the Republic of China. P J Chung of Shantung urged cooperation for world peace with the United States and China. Carol Chen introduced the program as S T Liu from Nanking played selections on a Chinese instrument. Chung, Ku and Liu performed in a pantomime, with C H Sun welcoming attendees and Professor Wildman speaking for Americans.

Cornell College Republic of China Pacific P. J. Chung Shantung America Old Republic China New Republic United States Carol Chen Fu Chow Mr. Chung S. T. Liu Nanking Chung C. C. Ku Liu H. Sun Professor Wildman

English Club Praises Zona Gale at Cornell Visit

The English Club at Cornell expresses gratitude for Zona Gale. She lectured on newspaper work and Miss Lulu Bett dramatization. She read Friend ship Village stories to freshmen and offered to return half her fee so the funds could bring another writer to campus.

Zona Gale Friendship Village Lulu Bett Cornell

Senior Meeting Friday at 12 40 in Lower Chapel

A senior meeting will be held at 12 40 P M Friday in the lower chapel. A large attendance is desired. Mr and Mrs Frymayer of Wilton visited their daughters Lucile and Anneta the past week end.

Lower Chapel Aarge

English Club Plans One Act Evening for Homecoming

The Cedar Rapids English Club will present an emergency Homecoming program with three plays. In Honor Bound revival by Sidney Grundy is favored for its psychological plot, Little Guttersnipe by Mrs. Tull, and the farce Room 83 by Morton Weil. Receipts will go to the bleacher fund.

Zetagathian Society Clyde Tull Cornell Sidney Grundy George P. Baker Harvard Morton Weil Tull

Frosh Frisk At Gym Social Opens Year

Frosh frolicked at the gym last Saturday night in their first social of the year. The party ran from seven to ten, featuring the grand march, budding romances, ice cream sandwiches, games, songs, and merriment as they ended tired but happy.

Paulson Chosen to Twirl for White Sox

Guilford Paulson an 18 year old Cornell college sophomore signed with the Chicago White Sox and may finish college before reporting. He will pitch for the Purple next spring if he delays league play and has shown strong pitching with Cornell. The Graettinger Iowa native also starred on the freshman varsity basketball squad.

Cornell Des Moines Register Guilford Paulson Cornell College Comiskey Chicago White Sox Purples Paulson Graettinger Iowa

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Prof FROSH Professor Thompson Singer Godard Koechlin Debussy Weckerlin Oliver, Kramer CGE Harry Huddleson Cornell Orientals White Sox
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