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Joan Strader 1950 QUEEN TO RETURN Betty Lou Foerster Bob Keeler Betty Lou Foerster, above, of Parkston, 1950 Gypsy Day Queen, has sent word that she will be back to crown the Gypsy Queen of 1951 at the coronation ceremony that will take place at 10:00 a.m. on Sat-urday, October 13. Miss Foerster is teaching in Woonsocket this year. Bob Keeler, pictured above, of Minneapolis, 1950 Gypsy Day Mar-shal, enlisted in the navy in June for four years. THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL The Exponent GYPSY DAY GYPSY DAY Volume 50, Number 2 Northern State Teachers College October 12, 1951 STRADER REIGNS AS GYPSY QUEEN Grage Chosen Marshal Dance Features Hal McIntyre Hal MMccIInnttyyrree Hal McIntyre (above) and his orchestra are returning to play for their second Gypsy Day dance to be held in the Civic Arena tomor-row evening, October 13, at 9:30 or immediately following the Nor-thern- Sioux Falls football game. The orchestra, heralded as the "band all America loves," also played for the Gypsy Day dance on October 8, 1949. McIntyre is coming to Aberdeen with seventeen musicians who have just completed a month's engage-ment at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans. He has been playing engagements from coast-to-coast and has also worked in four fea-ture- length Columbia pictures. McIntyre is known for his wide variation in music, making his among the most popular bands in the nation today. Gypsy Day Parade Plans Are Ready One of the largest Gypsy Day parades in the history of Northern State Teachers College is expected to make its appearance in the downtown section on Saturday, October 13 at 2:30 p. m. It is estimated that the parade will be comprised of approximately 105 units. Included in these units will be the colorful floats entered by the campus organizations and clubs and the Aberdeen city organiza-tions. Twenty one bands are expected to participate in this year's parade. The following towns will be repre-sented: Aberdeen, Brentford, Bris-tol, Britton, Cresbard, Clark, Co-lumbia, Conde, Doland, Eureka, Groton, Herreid, Ipswich, McIn-tosh, McLaughlin, Miller, Mo-bridge, Northville, Timber Lake, Waubay, and Webster. The route which the parade will follow this year is the same as it has followed in previous years. The various entrees will assemble in front of the ball park. After organization, the parade will leave the college campus on Twelfth Avenue and Kline, moving west on Twelfth to Main, where it will turn north on Main Street to First Avenue. There it will turn east to Lincoln and then south on Lin-coln back to the college campus. Judges will be on hand to ap-praise the individual floats, and prizes will be awarded accordingly after the parade. The various band organizations will also be judged according to their performances and will receive awards at a later date. CORONATION, LUNCHEON PLANS SET A woodland setting has been chosen as the background for the coronation of the new Gypsy Queen and Marshal to be held in the Civic Theater at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. The eighty-member Collegiate Choir, directed by John Berggren and accompanied by Alyce Berg-gren, will be the center of the stage action of the ceremony. Those in cha"rge of the planning are: E. T. Gibson, faculty advisor; Kathleen Schlepp, student chair-man; and Mary Stangl, Gene Orr, and Roland Loomis, stage setting. Following the coronation will be the Queen's-Alumni luncheon at 11:45 in the Alonzo Ward ball-room. The luncheon is open to the pub-lic, but all tickets must be pur-chased in advance. They are avail-able at the Business Office for $1.50. Sales close at 5:00 p. m. October 12. After the luncheon there will be a brief program honoring the form-er queens and marshals as well as the present ones. Mrs. Lois Bisto-deau- Shanahan, Great Falls, Mon-tana, will receive special honors marking her twenty-fifth anniver-sary as a Gypsy Queen. Those in charge of the luncheon arrangements are: Mrs. Margaret Smith, faculty advisor; Elaine Ro-mans, student chairman; and Doro-thy Hanson, assistant. Last year sixteen former queens and mar-shals attended the Queen's-Alumni luncheon. Gyps Ready For Ceremonies Coronation ceremonies of the Royal Order of Gyps will be held again this year at the Civic Thea-ter immediately following the snake dance. The Gyps, a group of Aberdeen businessmen, originated their cer-emonies as a complement to the more serious ceremony of the cor-onation of the Queen. Eddie Olson, present King of the Gyps, states that they have a brand new program lined up. There is no admission charge, and every-one is invited to attend. Allan Grage Talent Show To Start Festivities Pre-Gypsy Day activities will be-gin this evening when Gypsy Jam-boree, an all college talent show will be presented in the college au-ditorium at 7:30 p.m., with Gene Petrik, Scotland, as master of ceremonies. The acts which had been entered up to the time of printing are: a twelve-girl chorus group from the Aberdeen high school; tap dancing by Bonnie Lou Schueler, Mobridge; a dramatic reading by Marlin Hochstetter, Java; a , male quartet composed of Bob Klein, Mobridge; Arnold Levsen, Doland; Orville Schneider, Britton; and Bob Schurr, Roscoe; a one-act play by the Acme Ajax; a vocal duet by Arnold Levsen and Janis Strom-well, Aberdeen; and a short skit by Tex Evans and company. The show is open to the public. Tickets are forty cents per person, tax included. Following the talent show, the bonfire and pep fest will be held at the open air theater with a dem-onstration of yells and cheers con-ducted by the pep squad. The an-nual snake dance will then wind down Main Street, terminating at the Aberdeen Civic Theater where the King of the Gyps will be crowned. Joan Strader, Aberdeen, and Al-lan Grage, Ipswich, were elected Gypsy Day Queen and Marshal in the election held Tuesday, Oct. 9. Both candidates were sponsored by the N Club. Joan, who was queen of Aber-deen High School's homecoming, Pageant Day, in 1948, graduated in 1949. She was a member of Keystone, a national honorary fra-ternity, a member of Quill and Scroll, and editor of the high school annual. She also attended Girl's State. A senior at Northern, Joan is a member of orchestra, choir, band, the Order of Gray Gowns, Kappa Delta Pi, and Sigma Tau Delta. She is also editor of the Pasque this year. Allan, formerly from Aberdeen, graduated from the local high school in 1948. As a high school athlete he won three letters in foot-ball, three in basketball, and two in track. He also received the Lion's Club award. He attended the University of Indiana during 1948 and 1949. During his years at Northern, he has won two letters in football and one in track. Allan is a member of N Club and president of the senior class. GYPSY DAY PROGRAM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 7:30 p.m.—"Gypsy Jamboree" (all college talent show). College auditorium. Open to public. 40c per person, tax included. Immediately following — bonfire and pep fest in college open-air theater and snake dance to the Civic Theater where the King of the Gyps will be crowned. No admission. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 10:00 a.m.—Coronation of Queen and Marshal in Civic Theater. No admission. 11:45 a.m.—Queen's-Alumni lunch-eon in the Alonzo Ward Ball-room. Tickets $1.50, tax in-cluded. 2:30 p.m.—Gypsy Day parade. 4 :30 p.m.—Buffalo barbecue in Lincoln Dining Hall. The public is invited. 75c, tax included. 6:45 p.m.—High school band ma-neuvers and mass band concert. Simmons Field. 7:30 p.m.—Sioux Falls College Braves vs. Northern's Wolves at Simmons Field. Band maneu-vers and a baton twirling exhi-bition featuring Pat Ryan, Na-tional Baton Twirling Champion, between halves. Tickets $1.00, tax included. 9:30 p.m.—Dance at Civic Arena. Hal McIntyre and his orchestra. New Royalty Receives Bids Northern's 1951 Gypsy Day Queen and Marshal were invited to attend the Huron College home-coming, Pow-Wow Day, on Oct. 6. Because Northern's election was not held until last Tuesday, a del-egation was sent instead to Hu-ron's homecoming. Those who went are: Freddie Brooks, Kim-ball; Venita Flathers, Milbank; Kathleen Schlepp, Java; and Russ Harris, Delbert Lowe, and Bruce Mannes, all of Aberdeen. The new royalty has also been invited to attend Dakota Day at the University of South Dakota and the Blue and White Day at Dakota Wesleyan University. It is not known yet if these invita-tions will be accepted.
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Title | The Exponent, 1951-10-12 |
Subject | Northern State University--Periodicals; Northern State University--Students--Newspapers; College Newspapers; Northern State College -- Periodicals |
Description | Periodical, college newspaper |
Publisher | Northern State University |
Date of creation | 1951-10-12 |
Collection | NSU History Collection |
Type | Text |
Identifier | exp-1951-10-12 |
Rights | ©Beulah Williams Library Archives and Special Collections |
Date Digital | 2014-02-18 |
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Transcription | Joan Strader 1950 QUEEN TO RETURN Betty Lou Foerster Bob Keeler Betty Lou Foerster, above, of Parkston, 1950 Gypsy Day Queen, has sent word that she will be back to crown the Gypsy Queen of 1951 at the coronation ceremony that will take place at 10:00 a.m. on Sat-urday, October 13. Miss Foerster is teaching in Woonsocket this year. Bob Keeler, pictured above, of Minneapolis, 1950 Gypsy Day Mar-shal, enlisted in the navy in June for four years. THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL The Exponent GYPSY DAY GYPSY DAY Volume 50, Number 2 Northern State Teachers College October 12, 1951 STRADER REIGNS AS GYPSY QUEEN Grage Chosen Marshal Dance Features Hal McIntyre Hal MMccIInnttyyrree Hal McIntyre (above) and his orchestra are returning to play for their second Gypsy Day dance to be held in the Civic Arena tomor-row evening, October 13, at 9:30 or immediately following the Nor-thern- Sioux Falls football game. The orchestra, heralded as the "band all America loves," also played for the Gypsy Day dance on October 8, 1949. McIntyre is coming to Aberdeen with seventeen musicians who have just completed a month's engage-ment at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans. He has been playing engagements from coast-to-coast and has also worked in four fea-ture- length Columbia pictures. McIntyre is known for his wide variation in music, making his among the most popular bands in the nation today. Gypsy Day Parade Plans Are Ready One of the largest Gypsy Day parades in the history of Northern State Teachers College is expected to make its appearance in the downtown section on Saturday, October 13 at 2:30 p. m. It is estimated that the parade will be comprised of approximately 105 units. Included in these units will be the colorful floats entered by the campus organizations and clubs and the Aberdeen city organiza-tions. Twenty one bands are expected to participate in this year's parade. The following towns will be repre-sented: Aberdeen, Brentford, Bris-tol, Britton, Cresbard, Clark, Co-lumbia, Conde, Doland, Eureka, Groton, Herreid, Ipswich, McIn-tosh, McLaughlin, Miller, Mo-bridge, Northville, Timber Lake, Waubay, and Webster. The route which the parade will follow this year is the same as it has followed in previous years. The various entrees will assemble in front of the ball park. After organization, the parade will leave the college campus on Twelfth Avenue and Kline, moving west on Twelfth to Main, where it will turn north on Main Street to First Avenue. There it will turn east to Lincoln and then south on Lin-coln back to the college campus. Judges will be on hand to ap-praise the individual floats, and prizes will be awarded accordingly after the parade. The various band organizations will also be judged according to their performances and will receive awards at a later date. CORONATION, LUNCHEON PLANS SET A woodland setting has been chosen as the background for the coronation of the new Gypsy Queen and Marshal to be held in the Civic Theater at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. The eighty-member Collegiate Choir, directed by John Berggren and accompanied by Alyce Berg-gren, will be the center of the stage action of the ceremony. Those in cha"rge of the planning are: E. T. Gibson, faculty advisor; Kathleen Schlepp, student chair-man; and Mary Stangl, Gene Orr, and Roland Loomis, stage setting. Following the coronation will be the Queen's-Alumni luncheon at 11:45 in the Alonzo Ward ball-room. The luncheon is open to the pub-lic, but all tickets must be pur-chased in advance. They are avail-able at the Business Office for $1.50. Sales close at 5:00 p. m. October 12. After the luncheon there will be a brief program honoring the form-er queens and marshals as well as the present ones. Mrs. Lois Bisto-deau- Shanahan, Great Falls, Mon-tana, will receive special honors marking her twenty-fifth anniver-sary as a Gypsy Queen. Those in charge of the luncheon arrangements are: Mrs. Margaret Smith, faculty advisor; Elaine Ro-mans, student chairman; and Doro-thy Hanson, assistant. Last year sixteen former queens and mar-shals attended the Queen's-Alumni luncheon. Gyps Ready For Ceremonies Coronation ceremonies of the Royal Order of Gyps will be held again this year at the Civic Thea-ter immediately following the snake dance. The Gyps, a group of Aberdeen businessmen, originated their cer-emonies as a complement to the more serious ceremony of the cor-onation of the Queen. Eddie Olson, present King of the Gyps, states that they have a brand new program lined up. There is no admission charge, and every-one is invited to attend. Allan Grage Talent Show To Start Festivities Pre-Gypsy Day activities will be-gin this evening when Gypsy Jam-boree, an all college talent show will be presented in the college au-ditorium at 7:30 p.m., with Gene Petrik, Scotland, as master of ceremonies. The acts which had been entered up to the time of printing are: a twelve-girl chorus group from the Aberdeen high school; tap dancing by Bonnie Lou Schueler, Mobridge; a dramatic reading by Marlin Hochstetter, Java; a , male quartet composed of Bob Klein, Mobridge; Arnold Levsen, Doland; Orville Schneider, Britton; and Bob Schurr, Roscoe; a one-act play by the Acme Ajax; a vocal duet by Arnold Levsen and Janis Strom-well, Aberdeen; and a short skit by Tex Evans and company. The show is open to the public. Tickets are forty cents per person, tax included. Following the talent show, the bonfire and pep fest will be held at the open air theater with a dem-onstration of yells and cheers con-ducted by the pep squad. The an-nual snake dance will then wind down Main Street, terminating at the Aberdeen Civic Theater where the King of the Gyps will be crowned. Joan Strader, Aberdeen, and Al-lan Grage, Ipswich, were elected Gypsy Day Queen and Marshal in the election held Tuesday, Oct. 9. Both candidates were sponsored by the N Club. Joan, who was queen of Aber-deen High School's homecoming, Pageant Day, in 1948, graduated in 1949. She was a member of Keystone, a national honorary fra-ternity, a member of Quill and Scroll, and editor of the high school annual. She also attended Girl's State. A senior at Northern, Joan is a member of orchestra, choir, band, the Order of Gray Gowns, Kappa Delta Pi, and Sigma Tau Delta. She is also editor of the Pasque this year. Allan, formerly from Aberdeen, graduated from the local high school in 1948. As a high school athlete he won three letters in foot-ball, three in basketball, and two in track. He also received the Lion's Club award. He attended the University of Indiana during 1948 and 1949. During his years at Northern, he has won two letters in football and one in track. Allan is a member of N Club and president of the senior class. GYPSY DAY PROGRAM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 7:30 p.m.—"Gypsy Jamboree" (all college talent show). College auditorium. Open to public. 40c per person, tax included. Immediately following — bonfire and pep fest in college open-air theater and snake dance to the Civic Theater where the King of the Gyps will be crowned. No admission. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 10:00 a.m.—Coronation of Queen and Marshal in Civic Theater. No admission. 11:45 a.m.—Queen's-Alumni lunch-eon in the Alonzo Ward Ball-room. Tickets $1.50, tax in-cluded. 2:30 p.m.—Gypsy Day parade. 4 :30 p.m.—Buffalo barbecue in Lincoln Dining Hall. The public is invited. 75c, tax included. 6:45 p.m.—High school band ma-neuvers and mass band concert. Simmons Field. 7:30 p.m.—Sioux Falls College Braves vs. Northern's Wolves at Simmons Field. Band maneu-vers and a baton twirling exhi-bition featuring Pat Ryan, Na-tional Baton Twirling Champion, between halves. Tickets $1.00, tax included. 9:30 p.m.—Dance at Civic Arena. Hal McIntyre and his orchestra. New Royalty Receives Bids Northern's 1951 Gypsy Day Queen and Marshal were invited to attend the Huron College home-coming, Pow-Wow Day, on Oct. 6. Because Northern's election was not held until last Tuesday, a del-egation was sent instead to Hu-ron's homecoming. Those who went are: Freddie Brooks, Kim-ball; Venita Flathers, Milbank; Kathleen Schlepp, Java; and Russ Harris, Delbert Lowe, and Bruce Mannes, all of Aberdeen. The new royalty has also been invited to attend Dakota Day at the University of South Dakota and the Blue and White Day at Dakota Wesleyan University. It is not known yet if these invita-tions will be accepted. |
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