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Show Iowa College First to Place Turkey Day Ban The beginning of a crusade against Thanksgiving day football by colleges col-leges has been announced by the Presbyterian Board of Christian Education. Ed-ucation. The intent, it is said, is to educate edu-cate the American public toward restoration res-toration of the fundamental observance ob-servance of Thanksgiving day as an occasion for serious observance rather than as an athletic anniversary. anniver-sary. The first college to announce abandonment aban-donment of its Thanksgiving football game is Parsons college, at Fairfield, Iowa, one of the 54 Presbyterian colleges col-leges in the United States. The annual an-nual Thanksgiving event at Parsons has been the game will) Iowa Wes-leyan. Wes-leyan. It is anticipated that other Presbyterian Presby-terian colleges, will follow suit when their ollicials have had opportunity to consider the suggest ioji of the educational educa-tional board. |