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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1934
Page
3
A discussion of the decline of chivalry among modern college men. The piece contrasts past polite conduct with present casual manners and contemplates if standards have faded since the era of powdered wigs and formal proprieties.
Arrangements scale for a Junior College musical broadcast from WSUI Iowa City likely May 18 from 9:00 to 10:00 p m. The performers include the quartet Junior Broke Wu Stew art Donald Davis and Virs Wittmer the trio Helen Melinski Helen Masson and Henriet ta Hull and soloists William Stewart Maurice Mayo Karl Bevins and Helen Metinski.
Mount Washington observatory recorded a wind velocity of 231 miles per hour the highest ever. The measurement shows winds three times faster than the average hurricane. University of Chicago allows humanities students to bring any texts to final exams. Frederick H. Koch and Lynn Riggs to collaborate at Northwestern University this summer on writing and producing plays.
The item blends social humor on chivalry with data on teachers education levels. It cites 12 percent of elementary, 60 percent of junior high, and 87 percent of high school teachers with four years or more of college training, plus other facts about driving brakes, a whooping cough cure claim, and new student enrollment at Alabama College funded by the Federal Emergency Relief Association.
A collage of campus news notes covers Carmi Squires a Boston University student whose milking hobby funds his outings, the Lost and Found bureau at Illinois State Normal University blaming depression for poor business, and a range of speculative ideas. Reports mention a psychogalvanometer claimed to detect student emotions, claims of gender equality by a Boston University professor, and speeches by George E. Frazier at Iowa. Harvard and UC professors are cited on genius detection and controlling human growth.
A list of humorous paired labels and nicknames tied to individuals such as John Applegate Margery Smith Martha Reister Betty Crow Eleanor Augustine Charles Hotle Margaret Applegate Edsall Brown Mae Caviness Betty Cunningham Kay Hensler Helen Jungbluth Louis Dusenberry Dave Boyer Lester Jones Davy Crawford Stanley Dayton Milo Glider Dolores Keifer John Lytle and Helen Masson with descriptors like Jovial Mysterious Charming Haughty and Dazzling.
A Syracuse University professor unveils a new teaching aid called anetor for foreign languages. The device aims to improve language learning and student engagement in the classroom.
Local college administrators press for extended student aid under the federal program aiding 70 276 students nationwide. Washington Junior College notes five aid recipients and monthly payrolls. Congress considers Gregory Bill 8956 to extend support via the Reconstruction Finance Corporation through the Interior Department and Office of Education.
A fragmentary humorous note mentions a rainy day volley of cheers Remember that Mat as college girls gym class play baseball in which a hit that lands off the mat leads to an out. The scene includes Miss Clemons pitchers Bernice Derby and Helen Jungbluth covering bases.
A Brown University freshman staged fake mesmerism performances triggering campus debate. Separately at Kent State College students search for Ramon Antonia Seguro anda y Escandon Jr amid a rising campus slogan “Where jis Junior.”
Gum chewing raises peppiness by about eight percent per a Colgate psychology professor. UW offers bluffing course with English and History. California football players bound with tape for last season. Glassboro NJ board fires teachers who smoke. Iowa study finds one in eleven college engagements ends in marriage. Smith College requires all students to pass a fire rope test.
Seniors from multiple towns attended the Little Theater production The Push, hosted by the Junior College. Guests included scores of students and district officials from Crawfordsville Columbus Junction Brighton Morning Sun Pleasant Plain Kalona Wellman Winfield and Keota, with superintendents and sponsors among the attendees.
Dr George F Zook United States Commissioner of Education will speak at Pennsylvania State College Scholarship Day on May 12 Emily Marshal University of Missouri student has kept a perfect score in 30 matches for the university coed rifle team A new course in classical humanities at the University of Wisconsin trains a new kind of politician with intelligent public leadership and enrolls 12 students
The Push at the Little Theatre of the Washington Junior College ran Thursday and Friday last week as a popular comedy. Eugene Engel led as the comic poet with flamboyant attire, while Helen Melinski and William Stewart drew audience sympathy and laughter with strong performances. The cast included Dolores Kiefer, Floyd Powers, Olga Freeman, Retto Bennett, and others. set pieces featured a dark red and gold scheme with added props from the theater and community.
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