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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1934
Page
3
Lawrence MecKune, a graduate student at Iowa University, has taken a job teaching English and Speech in a St. Louis suburban high school. He began duties on March 26. Other items note Lester Jones at a Currier Hall dinner in Iowa City March 24 and Eleanor Augustine's 19th birthday on March 14.
JC girls basketball, picked from college squad forwards Kay Hensler Clemons Betty Clow and guards Ossie Jungbluth Phyllis Plenner Betty Cunningham, face the high school class winners tomorrow night. The annual event, debated in past years for its close results, promises another tight game.
The Spanish Club of Washington Junior College and High School held a dinner at Vera Stutsman's home with co hostess Ireta Willits. Members tasted a two course Spanish menu and discussed Ireland and St Patrick. Five new members joined and eighteen members attended with several guests. The next meeting is a pot luck supper at Bea Wilsons on April 11.
The Fifth Annual Junior College Forensic Tournament in Iowa City March 23 24 featured contests in debate extempore speaking artistic reading and original oratory. Artistic reading drew 15 colleges with Virgil Wittmer reading The Wandering Jews by A Robinson. Muscatine claimed first in oratory and Sheldon second. Elkader won debate. Northwestern and Burlington topped extempore.
Wanted several copies of Colombo by Merimee Seo Mrs Williams. Classified ad seeks multiple copies for resale or display. Contact details not provided in fragment.
Cedar Rapids swept Class A with two original plays directed by Albert McCleery. The jury praised Prairie Fantasy as a fascinating stunt and Murder in the Town Players as a standout original. Gloria Munki’s Ell Cristo drew special mention from Mason City Players. The Iowa State University judges called the eight-year festival the best yet with seven acting groups delivering superior performances.
The Annual Rotary Oratorical Contest was held Wednesday March 1 at the junior college assembly. Two winners were chosen with first prize a gold medal and entry to the Junior College Par Chaise Meet at Iowa City. Helen Masson won first and Marjorie Robertson second. four entrants presented titled speeches. Judges were Richard Stewart Miss Patton and Mr Peet. prizes to be awarded before the Rotary Club soon. Davidson College basketball team noted for Bill Quick as captain.
The call letters WACO are assigned to a radio station located in Waco Texas. The note confirms the station’s broadcasting identity and regional location.
In this reader segment, students share pet fantasies including koala bears and crows, recount a troublesome parrot named Jimmy, and discuss college improvements. Suggestions include more social events, gym parties, lawn gatherings, and college-wide round-table discussions on current issues.
Fred Waring the popular dance maestro will judge a beauty contest on the Ohio University campus sponsored by the yearbook. Prof. O L McCaskill of the University of Illinois college of law urged the complete abolition of all grading systems.
Dr. William McAndrew proposes establishing chairs of humor at colleges and universities to study and promote humor as an academic field. The plan envisions dedicated positions, curricula, and research focused on comedic arts and social impact.
A vivid portrait of a veteran janitorial crew at a junior college, led by “Fat” Witting and organized by Les Jones. The piece highlights their daily tasks from sweeping to burning waste, their camaraderie, and their distinctive uniforms, with side notes on key members and songbird helpers.
The Third Annual Student Convention on international relations will be held at Grinnell College from April 6 to 8. Over 600 student delegates from Iowa and nearby states are expected. Washington Junior College will be represented by John Applegate Virgil Wiltmer Stanley Dayton Mr Gingerich and others. Six speakers will discuss European and Asiatic politics. Allen G Alley, a featured speaker, toured Europe before 1918 19 served as a lieutenant in France and has traveled abroad twelve times. He has attended ten League of Nations assemblies and visited Germany seven years in a row.
An Italian scientist challenges historians by dating Horace's birth one year later, shifting the two thousandth anniversary from 1935 to 1936 and prompting new scholarly discussion. The claim unsettles established timelines and invites reevaluation of paleographic data and source texts.
A compilation of cheeky notes from a Junior College campus echoing social mischief and small dramas. The column pokes fun at students and staff about grades, dating, late hours, and quirky anecdotes, preserving a lively, period voice throughout.
Purdue University standout Duane Purvis becomes the lone college student named an all American in both track and football, marking a rare two sport achievement for the season.
Lester Jones named Klein Trophy winner as team MVP at the athletic banquet. Antone Hotle earns top high school award. Banquet featured remarks by Mendenhall Dickinson and Johnny Baker of Iowa State Teachers College. Letters were awarded to basketball letter winners including Jones, Lytle, Shaffer, Homer Jackson, Turner, Jungebluth, Glider, Jimmie Wells, Booth.
An enthusiastic squad including junior college players trains for the state DeMolay tournament at Boone Iown on March 28 29 and 30 Coach George Freshwalters leads the group with participants Walt Jungbluth Jim Wells Jack Lytle Milo Glider Elwyn Booth Lewis Dusenberry John Jackson of Fairfield and Evang and Jenkins of Ainsworth among the roster.
A lively modern novel follows Kit and Narcissa in a Venetian world of pleasure and intrigue. An American brother sister pair, a Montefiore prince husband, and a convent bred sister in law drive a web of romance, revenge, and mystery told through sharp dialogue and fast pacing.
Kay Hensler states it is acceptable for people to enjoy something enough to pay for it but cautions against excess and overindulgence.
Dean T R McConnell of Cornell College told the Junior College Assembly that today’s era is an age of chaos. He urged cooperation over competition and less time spent earning a living, envisioning widespread home ownership and shared wealth if wealth were evenly distributed and unemployment controlled. He warned the chaos would widen unless society shifts toward communal uplift and rapid adaptation.
A brief review highlights new books shaping literary discussion. Marjorie Smith's From Broadway to Moscow travels from the United States to the Soviet Union offering a journalist’s view of daily life under communism. L. G N Stone’s German Family portrays an English widow and her German husband amid the Hitler era, providing historical background to current German front-page news.
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