The Exponent, 1948-05-07

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MAY 15
Vol. 46, No. 16
Northern State Teachers College May 7, 1948
New Student Government To Take Office
Senior College Banquet And Dance
Sat.., May 15 At Alonzo Ward Hotel
At the polls Thursday, April 29,
Student Council Officers for the
school year 1948-49 were chosen
by the electorate of NSTC. From
the field of eleven candidates these
officers were chosen: President,
Bernard Gerber; Vice President,
Nancy Nelson; Secretary, Phyllis
Hinckley; Treasurer, Milton
Berndt. The final tally of the
ballots showed that 313 of the
Northern citizenry, had indicated
their choice of officers, said Vern
Luke, present President.
Student Council meetings begin
at 12:15 each Wednesday in the
Barn with the welcome sign always
on the door. The new officers will
be observers at the next-to-last
meeting of the year, and will form-ally
assume duties of their offices
at the last meeting of the spring
quarter.
Representatives from the next
year's classes also have been chos-en
to the Council. Senior Class,
Marvin Brown; Junior Class, Al
Shaeffer; Sophomore Class, Otto
Schnidt. Names of other class
and organization representatives
will be published as they are elect-ed.
Campus Opinions
On International
Affairs Listed
Student and faculty members at
Northern have a tough out-look
on the present world situation.
From the interviews taken, the
followi-ng problems are listed with
the names of the persons who con-sider
them high on the list.
Dr. Nugent says that the prob-lem
of peace between democracy
and communism is primary. In-flation,
distribution of income,
strikes and shut-downs are next.
Universal military training
seems to be on John Pfeiffer's
mind. "Communism, economic con-ditions,
and difference in religion
also tie in with it," stated John.
Caroline Downs considers as top
problems the complexity of mar-ried
Vets making a living, and the
action of the territorial bodies of
the UN.
Communism versus capitalism,
the E.R.P. and influence of the
atomic bomb are the problems
which Prof. John Rezatto would
like solved.
Is the Palestine lay-out a test
of UN security? This is the ques-tion
presented by Jack Pattno. He
considers next in importance the
Russian request to out-law atom
warfare.
R. A. Rennolet's concern falls
on war with Russia, national debt
and the food situation.
Miss Welsh believes that Rus-sian
and U.S. differences, the Pal-estine
problem, and the present
communistic backing of civil war
in China are the top problems of
the world today.
Coming
events
May 14—WSGA Roller Skating
Party.
May 15—Beaux Arts Breakfast.
May 15—Junior-Senior Banquet.
May 17—Piano and Organ Recital
—Merritt Johnson.
May 19—Band Concert.
May 21—College Play "Dover
Road."
May 22—Faculty Senior Banquet.
May 23—Baccalaureate Service.
May 24—Piano and Organ Recital.
May 25—Recital - Merritt Johnson.
May 28-3:20 p.m. Classwork for
quarter ends.
May 29-10 a.m. Commencement.
USD Sponsors
Novel Contest
Vermillion, S. D.—"My Favorite
Date" is being thoroughly dis-cussed
at the State University this
spring.
That is because the two students
who complete the phrase "My Fav-orite
Date Is .. . " most adequate-ly
and sincerely in 50 Words or less
will be allowed to accompany their
favorite dates to Sioux Falls for
a weekend of entertainment as
guests of Sioux Falls business men.
The contest—something new at
the University—is being sponsored
jointly by the Wet Hen, campus
humor magazine, and the Couote
Clambake, KUSD novelty radio
program.
The two winners and their dates
will leave for Sioux Falls Satur-day
morning, May 15. They will
be guests at Sioux Falls hotels and
will receive gifts from Sioux Falls
merchants.
And as they continue to "do the
town" they will have lunch at a
Sioux Falls restaurant as guests
of the proprietor and attend a mov-ie
on the management. As a spec-ial
feature, they will be inter-viewed
over a Sioux Falls radio
station; and they will be treated
to an evening of dinner and danc-ing
as guests of Sioux Falls.
Kappa Delta Pi
Initiates Members
After the Kappa Delta Pi ban-quet,
Tuesday evening, May 4,
1948, the following were initiated
and became members of Omicron
Chapter: Dr. M. 0. White, Mr.
J. D. Rice, Mrs. Harriet Price, Is-abel
Erickson, Viola Masters, Nan-cy
Nelson, Millicent Winter, all
of Aberdeen; Mervin Lindsey, Cus-ter,
Myrna Clemenson, Conde;
Merlys Christensen, Wilmot; John
Bornong, Firesteel.
The National Kappa Delta Pi
Society was founded March 18,
1911. June 3, 1922, marked the
installation of Omicron Chapter
of Kappa Delta Pi, national hon-orary
education society, at NSTC.
Eligibility for membership is based
on full junior standing, general
scholarship in the upper quartile
of the institution, indication of a
continued interest in education, and
desirable social qualities.
Miss Ethelyn Bailey, instructor
in the Aberdeen School System,
and Miss Lida Williams, faculty
member of NSTC, are charter
members of Omicron Chapter.
Emigration Halted
The "Go West, young man" at-titude
of Quonsville's younger ele-ment
has been taken care of by
a fenced-in area constructed by
some of the anxious parents who
have been expecting to be notified
that a diaper of their ownership
was found wandering outside its
preserves. Some of the members
of this "hold that line" movement
are: Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Leddy;
Mr. and Mrs. Hilgeman; Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Kirk; Mr. and Mrs.
Connie Hayman; and Mr. and Mrs.
Al Oursland.
Unofficial Notice
SPANISH STUDENTS
SEVILLE, DER DIGO. A TOU-SAN
BUSES INARO. NOJO, DOS
AR TRUX SUMMIT COUSIN UN
SUMMIT DUX.
Translation (if needed) on page 4
The NSTC band, under the di-rection
of Harvey S. Moen, will
present an outdoor concert, on
Northern's campus, May 19th at
7:15 P.M. Featured on the pro-gram
will be a March by Bill Allen,
conducted by the composer. The
public is cordially invited.
Students Attend
Press Conference
Seventeen members of the Ex-ponent
and Pasque staffs attended
the South Dakota Collegiate Press
Association Conference at the
South Dakota University, at Ver-million,
Friday and Saturday, Ap-ril
23 and 24.
Featured on programs, in charge
of president Dick Shaffer, were
addresses by Guy DeVany, pub-lisher
of the Vermillion Plain Talk,
and Ralph Hillgren, editor of the
Sioux Falls Daily Argus-Leader;
open discussions on the problems
of college newspapers and year-books;
a conducted tour of the
University radio station, KUSD;
and a banquet at which an address
was given by Paul Friggens, asso-ciate
editor of the Pathfinder and
Farm Journal magazines and a
former USD student. At a busi-ness
meeting, closing the confer-ence
on Saturday, the Exponent
was given an award for good front-page
make up.
NSTC students attending the
conference were Bob Hartman,
Nolan Orr, Arthur Grorud, Lyman
Coombs, Margaret Saltee, Kay
Russell, Dolores Breunig, Louise
Torp, Theano Demas, Roberta
Cochrane, and Jeanne Cacavas,
for the Exponent; and Richard
Shaffer, Wayne Wenz, Jean Mil-brandt,
Colleen Herrboldt, Diane
Warner, and Helen Jones for the
Pasque. Dr. P. K. Cesander at-tended
as director of student pub-lications.
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Water Safety
Course Held
The annual Brown County Water
Safety Course put on by the Amer-ican
Red Cross was held this week
in the College pool.
This is an Instructors Course
and is given by Mr. Mauritz who
comes from the St. Louis office.
The course consists of three hours
each night for five consecutive
nights. Only Senior Life Savers
can take the course and get an
Instructors Rating providing they
pass the test. The course will be
finished Friday night.
A second course will be given
this summer.
Skating Party
Rolling Around
For all those interested there
will be a roller skating party at
the Aberdeen Roller Rink Friday
Business Manager
John Bornong
John Bornong has been appoint-ed
student business manager of
Gypsy Day Oct. 9, 1948.
John is a junior and his home
is at Firesteel, South Dakota. He
will lay out the budget in detail
and orders will be placed for Gyp-sy
Day advertisements. A com-mittee
has been appointed for con-sideration
of the talent and trad-itional
dance for the program.
Freshman
Sophomore
Prom Tonight
Tonight the sophomore class will
be guests of the freshmen at the
freshmen spring dance to be held
at 8:30 in Spafford gym. -
Gordon Dietrich, president of
the freshmen class, announced that
freshmen and sophomores will be
admitted into the dance with their
invitations and activity tickets.
Upper classmen and non-students
will be charged a fifty-five cent
admission.
The spring motif will be carried
out at the dance with the blue and
white decorations. Music will be
furnished by Ray Palmer and his
orchestra.
Language Courses
Offered During
Summer Session
Seniors and their guests will be
honored at the Alonzo-Ward Hotel
ballroom with the annual banquet
and prom sponsored by the junior
class on Saturday, May 15.
Johnnie Cacavas and his Orches-tra
will feature the evening's en-tertainment,
revealed Dan Beck,
president of the junior class. He
announced that Myrna Clemenson
is in charge of business manage-ment
and invitations; John Bor-nong
is taking care of the decora-tions;
and Dick Shaffer is lining
up the program for the evening.
S. D. Student
Movement
Organized
The month of April saw South
Dakota become the 37th state to
unite in a Methodist Student Move-ment.
On Friday, April 23, 1948,
representatives from seven college
campuses throughout this state
gathered at Dakota Wesleyan for
the first annual conference of the
M.S.M.
The theme of the conference
was "Unity in Christ" and the
representatives used this as a guid-ing
light in the formulation of
their organization. Dr. Harvey
Brown of Nashville, Tennessee was
the organization and program di-rector.
There is a regional and
national organization, but previous
to this meeting South Dakota had
no state Methodist student union.
April 22-24, 1949 was selected
as the date for the next annual
conference. Plans were also made
for a fall planning retreat and in-tercollegiate
and inter-community
deputations.
On Saturday the officers for the
following year were selected.
President, Ronald Hartung,
Brookings State College; Vice Pre-sident,
Robert McBride, USD;
Secretary, Thelma Edwards, Aug-ustana;
Treasurer, Doris Herbert,
Gen. Beadle Teachers.
Representative to Annual Con-ference,
LuVerne Kunze, Dakota
Wesleyan; Publicity Chairman,
Milton Berndt, NSTC; Adult Coun-sellor,
Fay Barr, Brookings State
College.
NSTC Snapshots
LAWN CONCERT PLANNED '48 Gypsy Day
Scholastic honors, sports, and
spirit are three words that bring
to mind a prominent senior from
Webster, Dorothy Biersbach. On
the scholastic side Dorothy is an
honor student majoring in physi-cal
education and enthusiastically
interested in all sports as was
shown by membership in Bill Car-berry's
all girl football team dur-
Miss Doris Potter, Associate ing her freshman year.
Professor of Modern Languages,
announced that a rush course of Active in many fields, Dorothy
German I would be taught during is president of the senior class and
the summer session. German II a member of the Newman club,
evening, May 14. Admission will and Spanish II will also be taught. Howling Echo, W.A.A. and band.
be 35 cents to be paid at the rink. These courses will be in the form A former president of W.A.A. and
A chartered bus, which will leave of individual reports, suited to the vice-president of the sophomore
at 7:45, will afford transportation needs of the student. The phono- class are two of the offices that
to and from the rink. Lunch will graph will be used for help in pro- proved Dorothy's success in lead-be
served in Douglas Lounge. nunciation and diction. ership.
People in charge of the various Students attending summer Friendly and intensely interest-committees
are: Bus, Vera Papke; school, who need German I, are ing to know or talk to, Dorothy
Chaperones, Louise Torp; Lunch, advised to get it then, as the num- intends to teach physical education
Rosemary Henderson; Advertising, ber enrolled in the course this fall and is planning to do recreational
Roberta Cochrane. will be limited. work this summer.