The Exponent, 1941-05-28

              You'd never know it but Annrita Dresselhuys and her escort, Richard
Grand Pre, are sitting in an ice-cream parlor in Grovers' Corner, N. H.
Miriam Smith, the little fellow with the glasses on, is dishing up a
milk shake. The scenery is imaginary.
Kushman Appointed Courses To Be Offered
To Have Charge OF At Biological Station
Gypsy Day Parade Listed In Bulletin
The Exponent
Vol. XXXIX, No. 29
Northern State Teachers College, Aberdeen, South Dakota May 28, 1941
'Our Town' To Be Presented Monday Night
Nine Juniors Are In
Order of the Gray Gowns
Nine students from the junior
class have earned the honor of
membership in the Order of Gray
Gowns. This is an honorary group
of juniors composed of not more
than ten of the highest ranking
members of the class. Only those
who have a 2.0 or a "B" average
are eligible. Two members of this
group will act as marshals and
head the academic procession and
the others wil be ushers for bacca-laureate
and commencement exer-cises.
The following are members of
the organization for 1941: Ann
Duffy, Aberdeen; Martha Egeland,
Webster; James Gerber, Aberdeen;
Lenore Kurle, Bowdle; Faythe
Mantel, Aberdeen; Florence Muel-ler,
Aberdeen; Thelma Oliver,
Aberdeen; Glenn Pederson, Clark;
and Margaret Young, Aberdeen.
Students Reveal Their'
Summer Vacation Plans
Vacation comes but once a year,
and from the comments of several
students on the campus, each one
is going to make an interesting use
( ? ) of this three month breathing
spell. Individuals contacted by the
roving reporter intimated that
their vacation plans in answer to
this question: "What are you going
to do this summer ?" would be as
follows:
Bill Van Orman: "I guess I'll go
back to the homestead and shear
sheep."
"Duff" Davies: "Just sit."
Ellen Dalzell: "Probably just be
bored to death, after the first few
weeks."
Alma Gramita: "The west is call-ing
me. Most of the time I'll be
working at Triangle I, a dude ranch
near Rapid City."
Oscar Hagen: "Travel. Look for
some pretty scenery, paint some
pretty pictures, and—look for some
pretty girls."
Bob Liebenow: "Sisseton, here I
come."
Doris Hagen: "Get a job and
spend my money on stationery in
order to write letters to Taylor."
"Geezil" Cate: "I plan to take a
correspondeince course from the
Pine and Knotty college. (ques-tion)"
Virginia Bersagel: "Work, and
play some tennis, tennis, tennis."
Jane Adams: "I'll be at a cam-pus
college at Lake Geneva, Wis-consin,
most of the summer.
Maurine Dell: "Go to summer
school on account of because it's
good for my intellect."
Kathryn Priest: "Paint the kit-chen
chairs."
Symphonia Elects
Glen Pederson'
Glenn Pederson, Clark junior,
was elected the new Symphonia
club president for the year 1941-
42, at the last Symphonia club
meeting for the year 1940-41. Other
officers elected were: Margaret
Adams, Groton sophomore, vice-president;
Geraldine Goodsell, Aber-deen
freshman, secretary; and
Richard Jensen, Aberdeen sopho-more,
treasurer. The program for
the May meeting dealt with the
trends of modern music. Merritt
Johnson, assistant professor of
piano, organ and theory, was the
guest speaker.
322 Students Will
Graduate From One,
Two, Four Year Courses
Dr. C. H. Oldfather, Dean, Col-lege
of Liberal Arts, University of
Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, will
deliver the Commencement address,
Dean E. A. Bixer announced. His
topic will be "A Re-affirmation of
Faith."
Commencement exercises will be
held in Spafford gymnasium on
Tuesday, June 3, at 10 a. m. Fol-lowing
is the commencement pro-gram.
Processional, "Democracy," Grand
March Lake
College Band—Harvey Moen, Dir.
Invocation Rev. E. L. Theilen
Pastor Zion Lutheran Church,
Aberdeen
Holy Radiant Light __ Gretchaninoff
A Cappella Choir—Harvey Moen,
Director
Address, "A Re-affirmation of
Faith" Dr. C. H. Oldfather
Dean, College of Liberal Arts
University of Nebraska,
Lincoln, Nebraska
Evening Kodaly
A Cappella Choir
Presentation of Classes
Dean E. A. Bixler
Recommendation of Classes
President N. E. Steele
Conferring of Degrees and Award-ing
of Diplomas and Certificates
Honorable Frank Cundill,
Committee Chairman, Regents of
Education, for Northern
Announcements and Awards
President N. E. Steele
Benediction ____ Rev. E. L. Theilen
Recessional, "March Romaine"
Gounod
College Band
Three hundred twenty-two stu-dents
will graduate at the 1941
Commencement exercises. Forty
students will receive diplomas in
the four year curricula. Of this
group, thirty-two plan to teach in
high school, four in later elemen-tary
grades, and four in the kin-dergarten
primary department. One
hundred students are completing
the two year curricula. Nineteen
will be qualified to teach in upper
grades, thirty-three in intermediate,
and fifty-eight in kindergarten-primary.
One hundred eighty-two
students will receive first grade
certificates.
Girls Chorus To Sing
For President's Reception
The Women's chorus under the
direction of Grace McArthur, as-sistant
professor of public school
music, will sing for the president's
reception to two and four year
graduates at four o'clock Sunday,
June 1, in the Lincoln Sun Parlor.
The personnel for the chorus for
this spring quarter includes the
following people: Alice Aman,
Hillsview; Miriam Anderson, Web-ster;
Mary Babcock, Claremont;
Verna Bicker; Orlynn Burns, Ba-ker,
Montana; Agnes DuBois,
Gettysburg; Ellen Dalzell, Madison;
Vera Geib, Bowdle; Arliss Larson
and Carol Larson, Warner; Eileen
Loe and Eunice Nygaard, Pierpont;
Delores Mack, Mobridge; Esther
Peters, Corona; Lois Sellers, Wat-tertown;
Mae Tollefson, Lake City.
Aberdeen people are: Emma Erd-man,
Edythe Johnson, Betty Jones,
and Lorraine Shepersky.
Willis Kushman, Mina, has been
appointed by the Gypsy Day com-mittee
as chairman of the parade
committee. Since the parade is a
prominent feature of Gypsy Day,
this is one of the most important
committees for the event.
A junior this year, he has been
active in many organizations on the
campus. He is a member of Sigma
Delta Epsilon, Masquers, Sym-phonia.
He is treasurer of Sey-mour
hall, vice-president of the
Commercial club, and treasurer of
Pi Omega Pi. In addition to this
he has been active in band, orches-tra,
and a cappella, and had a part
in March Hares.
Men's Union, WSGA
To Assist In Frosh
Orientation Program
At the last meeting of the Stu-dent
Council, a by-law to the con-stitution
was passed. This new
law states that it will be the duty
of the Men's Union and the W. S.
G. A., in cooperation with the Stu-dent
Council and personnel com-mittee,
to assist with the student
orientation program. The purpose
of this is to help inform new stu-dents
about student organizations
and to conduct general organiza-tion.
Campus Calendar Wednesday, May 28—Class day
assembly at 11:00 a. m. in the
auditorium.
Senior-Faculty banquet at
6:30 p. ,m. in Graham hall.
Sunday, June 1—Baccalaureate
Services at 2:30 p. m. in the
auditorium.
President's Reception to gra-duates
at 4:00 p. m. in Lincoln
hall.
Monday, June 2—All College
play at 8:00 p. m.
Tuesday, June 3—Aumni break-fast
at 7:30 a. m.
Commencement exercises at
10:00 a. m. in Spafford hall.
As listed on page 24 of the sum-mer
school bulletin released last
week, the following courses will be
offered at the Biological station at
Enemy Swim, beginning July 21
and continuing to August 23:
140 Biology, 141-A, B, C, Plant
Biology, 251A. B. C. Animal Bio-logy,
253 Animal Biology, 345 Plant
Anatomy, 346 Taxonomy of the
Flowering Plants, 354-B Eugenics,
356 Animal Histology, and 461 and
261 Problems in Natural Science.
From the courses listed a com-bination
of nine credit hours may
be gained. Credit thus gained will
be used for fulfilling requirements
for a combined major or minor in
biological sciences.
Each session a large number of
teachers, who wish to renew their
certificates, attend. According to
Professor S. R. Lipscomb, there
have been a large number of in-quiries
made by students on the
campus regarding the Biological
Station.
Ashton Announces
Summer Lyceum
Howard 0. Ashton, chairman of
the Lyceum and Assembly commit-tees,
has announced an interesting
and varied program for the sum-mer
sessions this year.
On June 11, Wednesday, Mrs.
Peterson, head of the elementary
division of the state education de-partment
at Pierre, South Dakota,
will be a guest speaker at an as-sembly
at 2:15 p. m. The com-mencement
play will also be re-peated
for summer school students
on that day at 8:00 p. m. in the
auditorium.
On June 12, Thursday, the com-mittee
will sponsor the movie, Land
of Liberty, at the Orpheum theatre
for the students. On Tuesday, June
17, at 8:00 p. m. in the auditorium
Ruby Spencer Lyon and her quartet
will present a concert.
On Monday, June 30, Mr. Fort,
principal of Washington High
school at Sioux Falls, will address
the assembly at 10:00 a. m. Mr.
Clarence Sorenson will give a lec-ture
with movie pictures on Mexico
at 8:00 p. m. in the auditorium.
On July 14, Monday, Mr. J. F.
Hines, superintendent of public in-struction
will speak to the students
at an assembly at 9:00 a. m. One
other program is yet to be ar-ranged.
Pulitzer Prize Winner
Is Story Of Life In
New Hampshire Town
Play Is Unique Because
No Scenery Is Used
Karl Snyder, director of drama-tics,
announced that Our Town, a
Pulitzer prize winner by Thorn-ton
Wilder, will be presented in the
Northern State Teachers college
auditorium, Monday, June 2, and
Wednesday, June 11, at 8:15 p. m.
The play is unique in that no
scenery is used. It demands that
the audience formulate in its mind
its setting.
The production takes place at
NOTICE:
Tickets for play OUR TOWN on
sale at Gallett's Jewelry, Buttz
Drug, and N. S. T. C. Secretary's
Office.
PRICES
General Adm.-30c plus tax
10c extra—reserve seats
Activity tickets admit N. S. T. C.
students.
10c extra—reserved seats
Grover's Corner, New Hampshire.
The audience, during the first act,
gose through a typical day at the
small village, and the characters
are introduced along with the back-ground
of the principal citizens of
the town.
The second act concerns the love
affair between young George Gibbs
and Emily Webb which culminates
in a wedding scene that contains
all the sorrows and abundant hap-piness
that makes for solemnity of
the occasion.
The third act takes the audience
to a cemetery on the hill where all
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Edithe Johnsen Given
Annual A.C.E. Award
Edithe Johnsen, Aberdeen sopho-more,
received the annual A. C. E.
award last Thursday evening, May
22, when the Association for Child-hood
Education held its banquet at
the college cafeteria. This award
is given every year to the member
of the Kindergarten-Primary De-partment
who is voted most out-standing
in character, scholarship
and professional spirit.
The announcement of next year's
president, Elaine Wolter, junior,
from Aberdeen, was also made to
the fifty three members present.
Democracy was the theme of the
program and was as follows:
D-emons—Maryellen Barnes.
E-ducation—Phyllis Brier
M-usic—Maurine Dell
O-rganization—Edithe Johnsen
C-ourage—Lois Casperson
R-ecitation—Quiz Program
A-wards
C-ollege—Lucille Wilde
Y-ou—Miss Lida Williams
Margaret May Lane was in
charge of the program and also
acted as toastmistress. Arrange-ments
were in charge of Marcella
Chapman, chairman; Clara Adam
and Carleen Ohlson; decorations,
Eunice Pachernigg, c hair m a n;
Gladys Swenson, and Lorraine
Johnson.
Olcli. ath.e r To Give Commencement
Address On Tuesday, June Third