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Northern Wolves Defeat Memorial Assembly Sioux Falls Braves 19 - 0 Held For Dr. Seymour A Dr. A. H. Seymour Memorial as-sembly was held last Tuesday morn-ing during the regular assembly per-iod participated in by both faculty and the students. President Lawrence in his eulogy to Dr. Seymour said: "His was a noble life. Nothing that I can say will add to it." The Presi-dent further said Dr. Seymour was a modest, humble man who always took he back seat, never forwarded his opinions, nor was given to show. His democratic spirit showed in his sim-pleness of life and that he exemplified the Rotarian motto, "Service above Self." A male octet composed of five fac-ulty men and three students sang the song, "Tell Me the Old Old Story." Phyllis Roberts in a speech on Mr. Seymour from the student's viewpoint in classes said; "Seymour was more than a mechanical device that impart-ed knowledge. He humanized his-tory." She quoted Dr. Seymour as having said; "History is as easy as eating pie when you're hungry." And 3,000 students that have known Dr. Seymour have declared him a master teacher. Several poems which included "Blindness" and "Satisfaction" writ-ten by Dr. Seymour were read by Ed-na Jensen. Professor Murphy ex-plained the nature and the purpose of the Doctor Seymour Memorial in which all persons and organizations interested may participate. Because the close friends and associates of Dr. Seymour feel that he would want it so the memorial is to be a student loan fund enabling students to continue their college work and to permit oth-ers to go to college. The male octet concluded the as-sembly with the selection "Sundown." MEMORIAL FUND FOR SEYMOUR IS PLANNED COMMITTEE IN CHARGE Money Will Be Used To Assist Wor-thy Students Get An Education. In order to perpetuate the memory of Doctor A. H. Seymomur, who for twenty-three years was a member of the Northern faculty, steps are being taken to raise money for what will be called the Seymour Memorial Fund. The purpose of this fund will be to assist worthy students in getting an education. Sums will be loaned to such students at a small per cent of interest, the sum to be returned to the fund as soon as the student secures a permanent job. To handle this fund President Law-rence recently appointed a faculty committee with Professor J. L. Mur-phy, chairman, and Roderick Ross, treasurer. Many individuals and organizations have expressed the wish to contribute to such a fund. It is the desire of the committee that a large number of peo-ple, students, alumni, and friends should contribute to this Memorial Fund; hence any contribution, large or small, will be acceptable. Such contributions may be sent directly to the chairman or the treasurer. Other members of the committee are Mr. Gerber, Mr. Bersagel, Mrs. Garvin, and Miss Welsh. MEMBERS FOR PASQUE BOARD ARE CHOSEN Members of the Pasque Bard were chosen at elections last week. Those from the Junior class are Owen Camp. bell, Ernie Walz, Patricia Clinton, William Ochs, Marie Chamberlain. From the Senior class are Vera Hav-en, Phyllis Avery, William Elliott, Os-car Goering, and Leland Lay. Every year the slogan of the Pasque Board is a "Bigger and Better An-nual." Last year the yearbook con-tained 192 pages. This year, attempt will be made to make it 200 pages or more. The making of the Pasque is a whole year's job, with a great respon-sibility placed on each member of the board. They will need the coopera-tion of both students and faculty. It is expected that the art editor will be chosen outside the regular board. Oth-er students will be called upon to as-sist also. The group will organize and start work this week. H. 0. Ashton FACULTY CHANCES MADE BY REGENTS MEN'S DORM APPROVED Prof. Murphy Made Head of Social Science Department; Prof. Ashton Shifted; Further Announcements Promised Announcement has been made by Dr. C. G. Lawrence that confirmation had been gained from the Board of Regents of the appointment of Prof. John L. Murphy as head of the Social Science Department to replace Dr. A. H. Seymour, and of the transfer of Prof. Howard 0. Ashton from the Eng-lish to the Social Science Department. Mr. Murphy will continue in his cap-acity as Professor of History. Mr. Ashton will become Associate Profes-sor of Political Science. Both have their Bachelor and Master of Arts de-grees. The shift in the local faculty came with the death of Dr. Seymour, who had served as vice-president of the college, Head of the Social Science Department, and Professor of History and Social Science. It is expected that announcement of the new vice-presi-dent, and an additional instructor to fill Mr. Ashton's place in the English Department, will be made shortly. The Regents met at Northern dur-ing the Gypsy Day celebration. All members were present, including Pre-sident John E. Peart, Flandreau; Ed-ward Prchal, Burke; H. N. Nissen, of Yankton; W. S. Dolan, Milbank, and Will A. Wells, Webster. The Regents expressed their pleasure at the organ-ization of the N. S. T. C. Development Association, and approved the tenta-tive program of that body toward the furtherance of the erection of a men's dormitory as a P. W. A. project. They likewise expressed their ap-proval of the application for W. P. A. funds with which to hard-surface the campus driveways. Wives, of all members of the Board of Regents were present for the Gyp-sy Day festivities with the exception of Mrs. W. S. Dolan. Y.W.C.A. WORKER VISITS NORTHERN Miss Belle Ingles, from the Service Division of the Y. W. C. A National Board, has been in Aberdeen visiting the local organizations, from October 10 to 14. During that time she visit-ed the Aberdeen organization mainly, but spent one afternoon with the cam-pus Y.W.C.A. Her purpose in coming here has been mainly that of helping with membership drives, explaining the interests of the Y. W. C. A. as they are expressed throughout the country, and emphasising the present trends in that type of work. BAILLIE INVITED TO DISPLAY SCENE Professor Baillie has been invited by the Studio Guild of New York City to send in one of his paintings which will be used in some display window along Fifth Avenue to help make at-tractive the merchandise displayed. For the theme and the title of his pic-ture, Mr. Baillie has chosen "Desert Scene." The theme was inspired by some of the country through which Mr. Baillie passed on his trip to the West Coast last summer. It will probably be used to decorate a window displaying garments suitable for trav-el. SECOND CONFERENCE VICTORY Pierce Is Local Star; Entire Team Gives Promise of Conference Hon-ors isplaying spirit, drive, and offen-sive punch, a hard-charging, dauntless pack of Wolvos went to work on the Sioux Falls college Braves in Gypsy Day's feature attraction at Johnson Field, Saturday, with the result • that Northern's gridiron juggernaut rolled up its fourth straight triumph in the current campaign. C,- After ending out two successive vic-tories over Wayne Normal and the School of Mines by dint of exceptional defensive play, the Wolves were dubb-ed as a fine defensive club almost com-pletely lacking in offensive ability. But Pierce and the gang changed that idea with a vengeance as they pound-ed out over 350 yards from scrimmage, and close to another 100 from passing in,the festive tilt. e brilliant display put on by Pierce, sensational junior halfback from Ipswich, was easily the highlight of the day's play. Pierce roamed the field like a vagabond Gypsy who knew no camping place, but had to be ever on the move toward enemy territory. Time and again he ripped through the Braves' staunch line for long gains that thrilled the large crowd. To top off his day's play, Pierce made two sparkling touchdown jaunts of 25 and 47 yards, and passed to Connie Kelle-her to set the stage for a scoring plunge by Vince Adelman. It was far and away the finest individual permor-mance seen en Johnson Field this year, and in many another year. Pierce was at his best, playing the finest game of his career. He stamp-ed himself as one of South Dak ta's tstanding ball luggers of 193 And Pierce was not the only Wolf w o was out there playing football for all he was worth. he was aided by invaluable blocking on several occa-sions, and when he was not in there to take charge of, the ball toting him-self, Boots Kemnitz was around to raise havoc with the Sioux Falls de-fense. Kemnitz proved himself to be shifty, ,tiive, and a fine open field runner.- Wilford Pape, performing the block-ing duties from a right-halfback poSi-tion, had two or three would-be Brave tacklers draped over his shoulders and back on every play, as he paved the way for several long jaunts. Adel-man at fullback demonstrated that he is a ball-carries of the first water in his new backfield role. In the line Connie Kelleher and Art Lenhart at the end posts were both outstanding. Lenhart displayed splen-did all-around ability, with Kelleher showing wizardry particularly on of-fense, where his pass receiving and ball handling was phenomenal. The rest of the line also performed yeo-man service, turning back the Sioux Falls forwards constantly. Sioux Falls threatened after the o-pening kickoff, but from that point the tide of battle was always in favor of the Wolves. They racked up their first tally in the opening half, to lead 7-0 at the intermission. A touchdown was added in each of the final two stanza's. Numerous other scoring chances were missed, when Sioux Falls would brace in the shadow of her own goal, after a sustained N. S. T. C. march. The victory for the Wolves served notice to the rest of the South Dakota Conference that the local pack aren't mere figurheads in this year's cham-pionship chase. It marked the second conference win for Northern, and gave promise of things to come. The Wolves must now be considered a dis-tinct threat in anybody's figuring. PEP FEST HELD The eve of Gypsy Day was still and cold; stars shone brightly overhead, a perfect setting for the impressive ceremony of burning the giant "N", which traditionally precedes homecom-ing. Les Hodson, Maurice Mathieu, and Thurlo Tollefson creditably in-spired the assembled students to a high degree of excitement before be-ginning the snake dance which car-ried the cheering throng down Main street and through the business dis-trict before assembly at the postoffice steps for a few final cheers. This an-nual pep-fest was held after the Kryl concert. October 23—Yankton College f. b., night October 30—Y.M.-Y.W. Hallowe'en party November 2—Wm. Bale, 1. c., 4:00 P. M. November 6—W. S. G. A. Kid Party, 8:15 The Exponent Northern State Teachers College VOLUME XXXV ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA, OCTOBER 15, 1936 NUMBER 4 1936 Gypsy Day Is Northern's Greatest Homecoming Gypsies Swarm Campus J. L. Murphy SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA GIVES GREAT CONCERT AUDIENCE IS THRILLED Demand For Numerous Encores Left No Doubt As To The Popularity Of Bohumir Kryl, Noted Director One of the finest and most artistic musical programs recently offered in Aberdeen was given at the Spafford Hall Gymnasium last Friday evening, by the world-famous, Kryl Symphony Orchestra. Not only did Bohumir Kryl display his famous conducting in an outstanding manner, he also awed ev-eryone present with his prestige as a cornetist. His cornet solo, Fantasia, "Carnical de Venice," called for an en-core. Featured with the Orchestra was Miss Margery Maxwell, nationally famous soprano soloist who sang "De-puis le Jour" from "Louisa." She al-so responded with an encore. Cornelia Bona, harpist, favored the audience with "Introduction et Allegro" which was very artistically rendered and fol-lowed by an encore. The program opened with an over-ture, "The Bartered Bride" by Bed-rich- Smetana. The symphonic suite, "Scheherazade," by Rimsky-Korsakoff followed and filled the audience with awe and delight. A concert waltz, "Tales from Vienna Woods," by Jo-hann Strauss, and symphony, op. 5, "From the New World" by Anton Dvorak followed after an intermission. The program came to a close with "Natchez on the Hill." The orchestra very kindly responded with several encore numbers. COLLEGE BAND The College Band is composed of the following: piccalo—Doris Hoff-man; first clarinets—Willard Bartlett, Harold Stokes, Mary Gene Joberson; second clarinets—William McClintock, Ilene Miller; third clarinets—Sylvia Betz, Vernon Ewald, Cleland Miller; soprano saxophone—Lucille Wentz-loff ; tenor saxophone—Gertrude Paut-sch; coronets—James White, Irwin Hamilton, Ralph Carlson, Margaret Marz, Maynard Debnert, Kenneth Sauck, Lucille Gross, Jack Kusleman, Don Cote, Lawrence Price; altos— Donald Johnson, Mrs. Roderick Ross, Owen Fisher, Iola Johnson, Gwen-dolyn Johnson, Hazel Wikholm; bari-tones— Milton Nugent, Harold Grote-beck; trombones, Eileen Enteness, Vir-ginia Kelton, Wendell Wikholm; bass Horns—Melvin Jensen, Roderick Ross; snare drums—Corlis Jones, Philip Banks; bass drums—Jolin Rodine and Edith Butterfield. HULTGREN TO SING WITH ORCHESTRA At the opening concert of the Aber-deen Symphony Orchestra, November 17, students and faculty members of N. S. T. C. will have the pleasure of hearing vocal selections with the or-chestra by George G. Hultgren, teach-er of voice in the McPhail School of Music, Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. Hultgren is reputed to be one of the greatest music teachers. The a capella choir directed by him won first place in the national music con-test held in Chicago last summer. Those who heard Mr. Hultgren when he sang here last year are eagerly a-waiting the coming event and those who have yet to hear him should not miss the opportunity. Thrilling Events; Colorful Coronation; Mile-long Parade; Massed Band Concert; Great Football Victory; Hilarious Vaudeville; Record-breaking Dance /12‘ beautiful autumn day greeted al-umni and students as they gathered on the campus for the twenty-first homecoming festivities of the North-ern gypsy clan. Beautiful Queen Marie reigned su-preme over her gaily-decked clan, ably assisted by Marshal Walt Gully. The Queen's attendants were Mary Ellen Bantz, Edna Jensen, John Sahl, Herb B bcock, and Bill Elliott: If any one thing could add impetus to the festive revelry of Gypsy Day, it was the Wolves' smashing 19-0 vic-tory over the Sioux Falls Braves. As a fitting climax to a glamorous day of festivity, approximately 800 persons attended the dance, featuring the nationally famous Allyn Cassel dance band. With the last dying strains of their swing rhythm, Gypsy Day for 1936 passed into history as Northern's greatest homecoming. he first event of real significance on Gypsy Day, coronation, followed registration of alumni. Upon the scene of a village green in rural Ire-land appeared an Irish matron, Goody O'Shaughnessy to retrieve her wash before the Gypsies arrived. After Goody's conversation with an old hag, a beautiful girl dressed as a gypsy responded to her calling of "Noreen." Noreen and her foster mother left the scene as the band of gypsies arrived, but Noreen returned to witness the festivities of choosing and crowning of a queen. Tela, a Gypsy hag, in-structs Noreen to look into the Pool for the image of their queen-elect, and she sees her own reflection. The ceremony of crowning her queen and preseAnting gifts from the clan follow-ed. ft '—'19-re–author of the impressive coron-ation was Owen Campbell. The cast included: Goody O'Shaughnessy (Northern's first Gypsy Queen) ____Bernice Remde Noreen (Queen-elect) Marie Chamber-lain Alina (Former Queen) Alice Clute Tela (A Gypsy Hag) Edna Jensen Lonzo (Gypsy Marshal__ Walter Gully Irish Woman Augusta Gienapp The gypsies taking part in the fes-tivities preceeding the actual crown-ing were Bettie Barker, Vaughn Lar-son, Eileen Dempsey, Helen Harms, Virginia Williams, Luella Young, Gladys Thomas, Agnes Skibsrud, Will-ard Bartlett, Carol Van Walker, Carol Lane, Donald Johnson, and Maynard Buck. The stage setting and direc-tion of the pageantry for the corona-tion of the queen was supervised by Nels E. Johnson, E. Kenneth Baillie, Malcolm Solberg and Lyle Weishaar. GYPSY DAY PARADE he traditional, colorful, Gypsy Day Parade marched to the rhythm of sev-en bands—N. S. T. C., Aberdeen high school, Redfield, Northville, Britton, Ipswich, and Mobridge—down through the business section of the city. The streets were crowded with spectators from Aberdeen and out-of-town, Sat-urday shoppers. Marshal Gully and his cohorts, Babcock, Elliott, and Stahl, on horse back, led the parade. The Queen's float followed, after which came group and individual floats. Approximately twenty-five or-ganizations were represented with floats, including several demonstra-tion schools. Interspersed throughout the long line, were bands of gypsies who added the Romany color and spir-et so picturesquelly depicted each year .41.118Tgir,.6....140444000444.41 g. 0,1E,e (Continued on Page 2)
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Title | The Exponent, 1936-10-15 |
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Description | Periodical, college newspaper |
Publisher | Northern State University |
Date of creation | 1936-10-15 |
Collection | NSU History Collection |
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Transcription | Northern Wolves Defeat Memorial Assembly Sioux Falls Braves 19 - 0 Held For Dr. Seymour A Dr. A. H. Seymour Memorial as-sembly was held last Tuesday morn-ing during the regular assembly per-iod participated in by both faculty and the students. President Lawrence in his eulogy to Dr. Seymour said: "His was a noble life. Nothing that I can say will add to it." The Presi-dent further said Dr. Seymour was a modest, humble man who always took he back seat, never forwarded his opinions, nor was given to show. His democratic spirit showed in his sim-pleness of life and that he exemplified the Rotarian motto, "Service above Self." A male octet composed of five fac-ulty men and three students sang the song, "Tell Me the Old Old Story." Phyllis Roberts in a speech on Mr. Seymour from the student's viewpoint in classes said; "Seymour was more than a mechanical device that impart-ed knowledge. He humanized his-tory." She quoted Dr. Seymour as having said; "History is as easy as eating pie when you're hungry." And 3,000 students that have known Dr. Seymour have declared him a master teacher. Several poems which included "Blindness" and "Satisfaction" writ-ten by Dr. Seymour were read by Ed-na Jensen. Professor Murphy ex-plained the nature and the purpose of the Doctor Seymour Memorial in which all persons and organizations interested may participate. Because the close friends and associates of Dr. Seymour feel that he would want it so the memorial is to be a student loan fund enabling students to continue their college work and to permit oth-ers to go to college. The male octet concluded the as-sembly with the selection "Sundown." MEMORIAL FUND FOR SEYMOUR IS PLANNED COMMITTEE IN CHARGE Money Will Be Used To Assist Wor-thy Students Get An Education. In order to perpetuate the memory of Doctor A. H. Seymomur, who for twenty-three years was a member of the Northern faculty, steps are being taken to raise money for what will be called the Seymour Memorial Fund. The purpose of this fund will be to assist worthy students in getting an education. Sums will be loaned to such students at a small per cent of interest, the sum to be returned to the fund as soon as the student secures a permanent job. To handle this fund President Law-rence recently appointed a faculty committee with Professor J. L. Mur-phy, chairman, and Roderick Ross, treasurer. Many individuals and organizations have expressed the wish to contribute to such a fund. It is the desire of the committee that a large number of peo-ple, students, alumni, and friends should contribute to this Memorial Fund; hence any contribution, large or small, will be acceptable. Such contributions may be sent directly to the chairman or the treasurer. Other members of the committee are Mr. Gerber, Mr. Bersagel, Mrs. Garvin, and Miss Welsh. MEMBERS FOR PASQUE BOARD ARE CHOSEN Members of the Pasque Bard were chosen at elections last week. Those from the Junior class are Owen Camp. bell, Ernie Walz, Patricia Clinton, William Ochs, Marie Chamberlain. From the Senior class are Vera Hav-en, Phyllis Avery, William Elliott, Os-car Goering, and Leland Lay. Every year the slogan of the Pasque Board is a "Bigger and Better An-nual." Last year the yearbook con-tained 192 pages. This year, attempt will be made to make it 200 pages or more. The making of the Pasque is a whole year's job, with a great respon-sibility placed on each member of the board. They will need the coopera-tion of both students and faculty. It is expected that the art editor will be chosen outside the regular board. Oth-er students will be called upon to as-sist also. The group will organize and start work this week. H. 0. Ashton FACULTY CHANCES MADE BY REGENTS MEN'S DORM APPROVED Prof. Murphy Made Head of Social Science Department; Prof. Ashton Shifted; Further Announcements Promised Announcement has been made by Dr. C. G. Lawrence that confirmation had been gained from the Board of Regents of the appointment of Prof. John L. Murphy as head of the Social Science Department to replace Dr. A. H. Seymour, and of the transfer of Prof. Howard 0. Ashton from the Eng-lish to the Social Science Department. Mr. Murphy will continue in his cap-acity as Professor of History. Mr. Ashton will become Associate Profes-sor of Political Science. Both have their Bachelor and Master of Arts de-grees. The shift in the local faculty came with the death of Dr. Seymour, who had served as vice-president of the college, Head of the Social Science Department, and Professor of History and Social Science. It is expected that announcement of the new vice-presi-dent, and an additional instructor to fill Mr. Ashton's place in the English Department, will be made shortly. The Regents met at Northern dur-ing the Gypsy Day celebration. All members were present, including Pre-sident John E. Peart, Flandreau; Ed-ward Prchal, Burke; H. N. Nissen, of Yankton; W. S. Dolan, Milbank, and Will A. Wells, Webster. The Regents expressed their pleasure at the organ-ization of the N. S. T. C. Development Association, and approved the tenta-tive program of that body toward the furtherance of the erection of a men's dormitory as a P. W. A. project. They likewise expressed their ap-proval of the application for W. P. A. funds with which to hard-surface the campus driveways. Wives, of all members of the Board of Regents were present for the Gyp-sy Day festivities with the exception of Mrs. W. S. Dolan. Y.W.C.A. WORKER VISITS NORTHERN Miss Belle Ingles, from the Service Division of the Y. W. C. A National Board, has been in Aberdeen visiting the local organizations, from October 10 to 14. During that time she visit-ed the Aberdeen organization mainly, but spent one afternoon with the cam-pus Y.W.C.A. Her purpose in coming here has been mainly that of helping with membership drives, explaining the interests of the Y. W. C. A. as they are expressed throughout the country, and emphasising the present trends in that type of work. BAILLIE INVITED TO DISPLAY SCENE Professor Baillie has been invited by the Studio Guild of New York City to send in one of his paintings which will be used in some display window along Fifth Avenue to help make at-tractive the merchandise displayed. For the theme and the title of his pic-ture, Mr. Baillie has chosen "Desert Scene." The theme was inspired by some of the country through which Mr. Baillie passed on his trip to the West Coast last summer. It will probably be used to decorate a window displaying garments suitable for trav-el. SECOND CONFERENCE VICTORY Pierce Is Local Star; Entire Team Gives Promise of Conference Hon-ors isplaying spirit, drive, and offen-sive punch, a hard-charging, dauntless pack of Wolvos went to work on the Sioux Falls college Braves in Gypsy Day's feature attraction at Johnson Field, Saturday, with the result • that Northern's gridiron juggernaut rolled up its fourth straight triumph in the current campaign. C,- After ending out two successive vic-tories over Wayne Normal and the School of Mines by dint of exceptional defensive play, the Wolves were dubb-ed as a fine defensive club almost com-pletely lacking in offensive ability. But Pierce and the gang changed that idea with a vengeance as they pound-ed out over 350 yards from scrimmage, and close to another 100 from passing in,the festive tilt. e brilliant display put on by Pierce, sensational junior halfback from Ipswich, was easily the highlight of the day's play. Pierce roamed the field like a vagabond Gypsy who knew no camping place, but had to be ever on the move toward enemy territory. Time and again he ripped through the Braves' staunch line for long gains that thrilled the large crowd. To top off his day's play, Pierce made two sparkling touchdown jaunts of 25 and 47 yards, and passed to Connie Kelle-her to set the stage for a scoring plunge by Vince Adelman. It was far and away the finest individual permor-mance seen en Johnson Field this year, and in many another year. Pierce was at his best, playing the finest game of his career. He stamp-ed himself as one of South Dak ta's tstanding ball luggers of 193 And Pierce was not the only Wolf w o was out there playing football for all he was worth. he was aided by invaluable blocking on several occa-sions, and when he was not in there to take charge of, the ball toting him-self, Boots Kemnitz was around to raise havoc with the Sioux Falls de-fense. Kemnitz proved himself to be shifty, ,tiive, and a fine open field runner.- Wilford Pape, performing the block-ing duties from a right-halfback poSi-tion, had two or three would-be Brave tacklers draped over his shoulders and back on every play, as he paved the way for several long jaunts. Adel-man at fullback demonstrated that he is a ball-carries of the first water in his new backfield role. In the line Connie Kelleher and Art Lenhart at the end posts were both outstanding. Lenhart displayed splen-did all-around ability, with Kelleher showing wizardry particularly on of-fense, where his pass receiving and ball handling was phenomenal. The rest of the line also performed yeo-man service, turning back the Sioux Falls forwards constantly. Sioux Falls threatened after the o-pening kickoff, but from that point the tide of battle was always in favor of the Wolves. They racked up their first tally in the opening half, to lead 7-0 at the intermission. A touchdown was added in each of the final two stanza's. Numerous other scoring chances were missed, when Sioux Falls would brace in the shadow of her own goal, after a sustained N. S. T. C. march. The victory for the Wolves served notice to the rest of the South Dakota Conference that the local pack aren't mere figurheads in this year's cham-pionship chase. It marked the second conference win for Northern, and gave promise of things to come. The Wolves must now be considered a dis-tinct threat in anybody's figuring. PEP FEST HELD The eve of Gypsy Day was still and cold; stars shone brightly overhead, a perfect setting for the impressive ceremony of burning the giant "N", which traditionally precedes homecom-ing. Les Hodson, Maurice Mathieu, and Thurlo Tollefson creditably in-spired the assembled students to a high degree of excitement before be-ginning the snake dance which car-ried the cheering throng down Main street and through the business dis-trict before assembly at the postoffice steps for a few final cheers. This an-nual pep-fest was held after the Kryl concert. October 23—Yankton College f. b., night October 30—Y.M.-Y.W. Hallowe'en party November 2—Wm. Bale, 1. c., 4:00 P. M. November 6—W. S. G. A. Kid Party, 8:15 The Exponent Northern State Teachers College VOLUME XXXV ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA, OCTOBER 15, 1936 NUMBER 4 1936 Gypsy Day Is Northern's Greatest Homecoming Gypsies Swarm Campus J. L. Murphy SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA GIVES GREAT CONCERT AUDIENCE IS THRILLED Demand For Numerous Encores Left No Doubt As To The Popularity Of Bohumir Kryl, Noted Director One of the finest and most artistic musical programs recently offered in Aberdeen was given at the Spafford Hall Gymnasium last Friday evening, by the world-famous, Kryl Symphony Orchestra. Not only did Bohumir Kryl display his famous conducting in an outstanding manner, he also awed ev-eryone present with his prestige as a cornetist. His cornet solo, Fantasia, "Carnical de Venice," called for an en-core. Featured with the Orchestra was Miss Margery Maxwell, nationally famous soprano soloist who sang "De-puis le Jour" from "Louisa." She al-so responded with an encore. Cornelia Bona, harpist, favored the audience with "Introduction et Allegro" which was very artistically rendered and fol-lowed by an encore. The program opened with an over-ture, "The Bartered Bride" by Bed-rich- Smetana. The symphonic suite, "Scheherazade," by Rimsky-Korsakoff followed and filled the audience with awe and delight. A concert waltz, "Tales from Vienna Woods," by Jo-hann Strauss, and symphony, op. 5, "From the New World" by Anton Dvorak followed after an intermission. The program came to a close with "Natchez on the Hill." The orchestra very kindly responded with several encore numbers. COLLEGE BAND The College Band is composed of the following: piccalo—Doris Hoff-man; first clarinets—Willard Bartlett, Harold Stokes, Mary Gene Joberson; second clarinets—William McClintock, Ilene Miller; third clarinets—Sylvia Betz, Vernon Ewald, Cleland Miller; soprano saxophone—Lucille Wentz-loff ; tenor saxophone—Gertrude Paut-sch; coronets—James White, Irwin Hamilton, Ralph Carlson, Margaret Marz, Maynard Debnert, Kenneth Sauck, Lucille Gross, Jack Kusleman, Don Cote, Lawrence Price; altos— Donald Johnson, Mrs. Roderick Ross, Owen Fisher, Iola Johnson, Gwen-dolyn Johnson, Hazel Wikholm; bari-tones— Milton Nugent, Harold Grote-beck; trombones, Eileen Enteness, Vir-ginia Kelton, Wendell Wikholm; bass Horns—Melvin Jensen, Roderick Ross; snare drums—Corlis Jones, Philip Banks; bass drums—Jolin Rodine and Edith Butterfield. HULTGREN TO SING WITH ORCHESTRA At the opening concert of the Aber-deen Symphony Orchestra, November 17, students and faculty members of N. S. T. C. will have the pleasure of hearing vocal selections with the or-chestra by George G. Hultgren, teach-er of voice in the McPhail School of Music, Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. Hultgren is reputed to be one of the greatest music teachers. The a capella choir directed by him won first place in the national music con-test held in Chicago last summer. Those who heard Mr. Hultgren when he sang here last year are eagerly a-waiting the coming event and those who have yet to hear him should not miss the opportunity. Thrilling Events; Colorful Coronation; Mile-long Parade; Massed Band Concert; Great Football Victory; Hilarious Vaudeville; Record-breaking Dance /12‘ beautiful autumn day greeted al-umni and students as they gathered on the campus for the twenty-first homecoming festivities of the North-ern gypsy clan. Beautiful Queen Marie reigned su-preme over her gaily-decked clan, ably assisted by Marshal Walt Gully. The Queen's attendants were Mary Ellen Bantz, Edna Jensen, John Sahl, Herb B bcock, and Bill Elliott: If any one thing could add impetus to the festive revelry of Gypsy Day, it was the Wolves' smashing 19-0 vic-tory over the Sioux Falls Braves. As a fitting climax to a glamorous day of festivity, approximately 800 persons attended the dance, featuring the nationally famous Allyn Cassel dance band. With the last dying strains of their swing rhythm, Gypsy Day for 1936 passed into history as Northern's greatest homecoming. he first event of real significance on Gypsy Day, coronation, followed registration of alumni. Upon the scene of a village green in rural Ire-land appeared an Irish matron, Goody O'Shaughnessy to retrieve her wash before the Gypsies arrived. After Goody's conversation with an old hag, a beautiful girl dressed as a gypsy responded to her calling of "Noreen." Noreen and her foster mother left the scene as the band of gypsies arrived, but Noreen returned to witness the festivities of choosing and crowning of a queen. Tela, a Gypsy hag, in-structs Noreen to look into the Pool for the image of their queen-elect, and she sees her own reflection. The ceremony of crowning her queen and preseAnting gifts from the clan follow-ed. ft '—'19-re–author of the impressive coron-ation was Owen Campbell. The cast included: Goody O'Shaughnessy (Northern's first Gypsy Queen) ____Bernice Remde Noreen (Queen-elect) Marie Chamber-lain Alina (Former Queen) Alice Clute Tela (A Gypsy Hag) Edna Jensen Lonzo (Gypsy Marshal__ Walter Gully Irish Woman Augusta Gienapp The gypsies taking part in the fes-tivities preceeding the actual crown-ing were Bettie Barker, Vaughn Lar-son, Eileen Dempsey, Helen Harms, Virginia Williams, Luella Young, Gladys Thomas, Agnes Skibsrud, Will-ard Bartlett, Carol Van Walker, Carol Lane, Donald Johnson, and Maynard Buck. The stage setting and direc-tion of the pageantry for the corona-tion of the queen was supervised by Nels E. Johnson, E. Kenneth Baillie, Malcolm Solberg and Lyle Weishaar. GYPSY DAY PARADE he traditional, colorful, Gypsy Day Parade marched to the rhythm of sev-en bands—N. S. T. C., Aberdeen high school, Redfield, Northville, Britton, Ipswich, and Mobridge—down through the business section of the city. The streets were crowded with spectators from Aberdeen and out-of-town, Sat-urday shoppers. Marshal Gully and his cohorts, Babcock, Elliott, and Stahl, on horse back, led the parade. The Queen's float followed, after which came group and individual floats. Approximately twenty-five or-ganizations were represented with floats, including several demonstra-tion schools. Interspersed throughout the long line, were bands of gypsies who added the Romany color and spir-et so picturesquelly depicted each year .41.118Tgir,.6....140444000444.41 g. 0,1E,e (Continued on Page 2) |
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