New Faculty Additions For Coming Year At Institute
Eight new staff join the administration for the next year. Abbie Probasco, formerly principal of Jennings Seminary in Aurora Illinois, will assist Dr H J Burgstahler as assistant to the president. O R Bontrager will teach in education with ele mentary supervision. Jane Lewis Smith from San Bernardino joins speech. Anne Shelly of Minneapolis will supervise commercial training. Bessi Crone of Hampton becomes head resident of Guild Hall dormitory. Arthur T Meyer Cedar Rapids joins Cornell Conservatory as part time cello instructor. Burton OConnor Mount Vernon coach to aid sports program.
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Abbie Probasco
H. J. Burgstahler
Jennings Seminary
Aurora, Ill
Miss Probasco
Upper Iowa University
Northwestern University
Garrett Institute
Nanking
China
Wesleyan
Idaho
Fayette
Aurora
O. R. Bontrager
Iowa City
Bontrager
State University of
Iowa
Jane Lewis Smith
San Bernardino
California
Mankato
Minnesota
Cleveland
Ohio
Bessi, Crone
Hampton
Guild Hall
Arthur T. Meyer
Cedar Rapids
Cornell Conservatory of Music
State University of Iowa
Burton O’connor
Cornell
Mount Vernon
Dick Barker
Baker Play Accepted By Michigan Magazine
Richard Baker 34 has been writing for the Michigan Christian Advocate. The editor recently accepted a play A Stalwart of the Cross for early publication.
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Michigan
Richard Baker
Michigan Christian Advocate
Cross
Orchestra Tryouts Announced for Conservatory Players
Prof Horace Alder Miller of the Conservatory of Music announced orchestra try outs in the Chapel auditorium. Stringed instrument players may audition Wednesday between four and five o'clock while wind players audition Thursday in the same window.
October Husk In Circulation on Campus
The October Husk features Wesley Wichman designs and illustrations by Alice Louise Scatliff. Marjorie Williams opens with poems, plus a Kiplingesque prose satire by Ann Shelley. Other contributors include Mary Adair Harrison, Alice Riley, Charlotte Radscliff, Mildred Creighton Hunt, Darleen Barker Niehaus, and W. Helen Fox with poetry and a short story. continuation noted.
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Wesley Wichman
Alice Louise Scatliff
Corneilians
Marjorie Williams
Ann Shelley
Mary Adair Harrison
Alice Riley
Charlotte Radscliff
Midwest
Cornell
Mildred Creighton Hunt
Blake
Darleen Barker Niehaus
W. Helen Fox
Tull Appointed To Magazine Post
Prof Clyde Tull head of the English department has been appointed associate editor of The Players Magazine and will contribute regularly. He will review the Malvern Festival in the next issue.
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Clyde Tull
Players Magazine
Malvern
Three New Englanders Solve Their Transportation Problem In Model T
Frank Allison Arthur Ackstin and Adolph Sharkey juniors and freshmen from Brockton Massachusetts drove a 1922 Model T 1800 miles from Brockton to Mount Vernon then Cedar Rapids over five days. They faced one flat tire one radiator leak four broken springs and frequent brake problems while promoting Cornell bound publicity.
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New
Brockton
Massachusets
Buffalo
Chicago
Mount Vernon
Frank Aluson
Arthur Ackstin
Adolph Sharkey
Mass
Cornell
Cedar Rapids
Mt. Vernon
Four Springs
Arthur
Enrollment Boost With Large Freshman Class Week of Activities
Freshman enrollment shows a marked increase over last year as a large class participates in a week of activities. Activities included gym games, receptions, English tests, aptitude tests, a Palisades picnic, and a campus registration day ending Saturday morning.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Burgstahler
New Tennis Plan Sets Club Unified Rules at College
Dorothy Rogers announces a new college tennis plan requiring all players to join the tennis club with signups at the bulletin boards by the courts. Three divisions determine fees: seniors four dollars, college students free for joining the second group, and juniors one dollar for high and public school students. Courts resurfaced under the direction of Prof. Elmer E Moots with help from Mount Vernon volunteers.
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Dorothy Rogers
Elmer E. Moots
Mathematics Department
Mount Vernon Boys
Cooperative
Will
Dean McConnell Publishes Educational Syllabus
Dean T. R. McConnell with Professor Knight of the State University of Iowa authored Syllabus in Educational Psychology which has achieved wide sales. McConnell’s article Increase in Intelligence Test Scores Between Freshmen and Senior Years in College will appear soon in The Journal of Educational Psychology.
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Dean T. R. McConnell
Knight
State University of Iowa
Dean McConnell
Journal of
Welcome to Cornell College New Students Greeting
The President welcomes new students and upperclassmen back to campus calling them all part of the same community. He praises the freshman class and urges collaboration among faculty, upperclassmen, and newcomers to make this a strong year for Fair Old Cornell.
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Cornell
Broadway to Loop Trip Narrated by Tony
A vivid account of a Broadway to Loop ride in a Pierce Arrow, with a family heritage mix and a flamboyant, memorably noisy journey. The narrator recalls passengers, the chauffeur, Ambassadors Herrick, and the sensory onslaught from onions and herring mingled with car fumes.
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Tony
Easton
Broadway
Loop
Ambassador Herrick
Fresh Enrollments Show Increase Across Class Levels
Early Tuesday afternoon incomplete statistics indicate a sharp rise in fall enrollment. 357 total students are on campus versus 304 last year after two days, with 173 freshmen, 85 sophomores, 56 juniors, and 36 seniors registered so far, plus transfers and special students higher than last year.
Miller Publishes Cornell Songs Book
Professor Horace Alden Miller leads a new Cornell songs collection from Otto Zimmerman and Sons. The purple and white volume, to be pressed soon, reissues older tunes with modern additions and re-harmonized Cornell chimes on the cover. It marks the first Cornell songbook since 1908.
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Cornell
Horace Alden Miller
Conservatory of Music
Otto Zimmerman and Sons
Clyde Tull
Claude Rose
Miller
Across the States in Wildcating the Capone Road
A cross country trek from the Blue Ridge to Illinois under constant rain. The narrator travels with a near sighted driver and a baby, extending a 26 hour trip by ten hours to capture the landscape and meet a legendary figure on the double cross roads.
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Wrigley
Blue Ridge
Pennsylvania
Prairie Lands
Illinois
Chicago
Capone
Ithe
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In Blue Cover
Grant Wood
Tull
Allison
Sharkey
Hed. Burgstahler
Book of Songs
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