The Exponent, 1964-10-02

              Marshal Dave Griffith Queen Mary Carlson
The Exponent
Volume 63, Number 2 Northern State College — Aberdeen, South Dakota October 2, 1964
Gypsy
Day
Schedule
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2
Coronation — Civic Theater 8:00 p.m.
Street Dance — Downtown
9:30-10:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3
Parade
Queen's Luncheon
Band Bar-B-Que
Band Competition —
Alumni Get-Together
Alumni Smorgasbord
Band Exhibition —
Football Game —
Band Maneuvers
Homecoming Dance
10:30 a.m.
1:00 p.m.
after parade
Simmons Field 3:00 p.m.
— Memorial Union 3:00 p.m.
— Rushmore Room 5:00 p.m.
Simmons Field 6:30 p.m.
NSC vs. Southern 7:30 p.m.
half-time
— Civic Arena 9:30 p.m.
— Rushmore Room
Griffith Carlson Lead NSC Gypsies
Fun-Loving Coed
And Track Star
Commence Reign
A fun-loving coed from Brandon,
and an NSC track star from Wecota
are reigning as Queen and Marshal of
the 1964 Gypsy Day Homecoming
at Northern. Mary Carlson and Dave
Griffith were chosen for the royal
honor by popular vote of the student
body on Tuesday. Announcement of
their selection was made at the Gypsy
Masquerade Ball last night by Mrs.
J. Howard Kramer, Gypsy Queen
Mother.
Mary Carlson is majoring in chemi-stry
with a math minor and is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
M. Carlson. She is a very active mem-ber
in many campus organizations.
She belongs to Howling Echo, SNEA,
Sigma Delta Epsilon and is a mem-ber
of the Marching and Concert
Bands. Mary was sponsored by Howl-ing
Echo, Epsilon Pi Tau and Phi
Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
Griffith is securing a major in
secondary education and is a mem-ber
of Phalanx, "N" Club, Blue Key,
Sigma Delta Epsilon and Kappa Delta
Pi. The new marshal was sponsored
by Phalanx, "N" Club, Collegiate
Choir and Graham Hall. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Griffith.
Other members of the royal party
include Carolyn Hofer, Spencer; Judy
Holland, Britton; Kristen Kampen,
Big Stone City; Paula Reich, Webster;
and Virginia Theeler, Aberdeen.
Members of the Marshal's party
are James Breitag, Leola; Jim Fischer,
Roscoe; Doug Glader, Mobridge; Jer-ry
Schlekeway, Lake City; and Doug-las
Sweetland, Aberdeen.
Gypsy Regalia Will Adorn Streets
As 49th Annual Gypsy Day Begins
Gypsy costumes, slogans and mot-tos,
songs and dances will adorn the
streets of Aberdeen Saturday at 10:30
a.m. as the 49th annual Gypsy Day
will be put in full swing.
David Erickson has worked as stu-dent
parade chairman, assisted by
Seymour Easthouse, in charge of the
parade organization as convertable
chairman. Faculty advisor and head
of the parade committee is Wynne W.
Ester, assistant professor of business.
The route will begin at Aldrich
Park, Third and Main, and move
to Twelfth Avenue South. Included
will be 42 floats and car units and
35 area bands. NSC organizations
and classes will have a total of twenty-two
entries highlighted by the queen's
float and her party. Dignitaries of
the college and city will also ride
in the parade. Off-campus groups will
also be represented and be eligible
for prizes.
Prizes will be awarded in first,
second and third places for religious
organizations, class floats, campus or-ganizations
and beauty.
Over 1000 high school students
will converge on the campus of Nor-thern
State College to become a very
real part of our 49th annual Gypsy
Day celebration on Saturday, Oct. 3.
As members of area bands, they will
march in the Gypsy Day parade at
10:30 Saturday morning.
Participating bands are Aberdeen,
Andover, Barnard, Bowdle, Bristol,
Britton, Conde, Cresbard, Doland,
Eureka, Groton, Hannaford, N. D.,
Hayti, Hecla, Ipswich, Java, Kuhn,
N. D., Langford, Leola, Linton, N. D.,
McIntosh, and McLaughlin.
Finishing the number of marching
bands are Milbank, Mobridge, New
Effington, Northville-Northwestern,
Pierpont, Roscoe, Roslyn, Selby, South
Shore, Volga, Waubay and Waverly.
Mass Band practice will begin at
1:30 Saturday afternoon in prepara-tion
for the half-time show at the foot-ball
game between the Southern Point-ers
and the Northern Wolves. Six
hundred to seven hundred members
of area bands will help to form the
likeness of the dome of our State
Capitol, then move into spell S. Dak.
on the playing field. They will per-form
the fanfare and "Hail, South
Dakota," then play "Home on the
Range," "American the Beautiful,"
and "Battle Hymn of the Republic."
New attractive trophies will be
awarded to winning bands that will
compete in the Marching Band Com-petition
Festival, Saturday at 3 p.m.
Bands entering competition in Class
A, B and C divisions will be judged
on neatness and cleanliness while at
attention before they enter the field,
marching and maneuvering, and their
musical effect. Three judges will rate
the bands in the three areas of com-petition.
First and second prizes will
be awarded in each of the three di-visions.
The first place winners, Aber-deen
High School band which is the
only band entered in the Class AA
division, and the NSC Band under
the direction of Mr. William Chaloner
will perform before the Gypsy Day
football game Saturday night.
Large Variety Of Activities Scheduled For Everyone
Activities Tomorrow Climax Weeks Of Work
THURSDAY
The 49th annual Gypsy Day acti-vities
began with a bar-b-que on
the campus at 5:30 p.m. Following
the bar-b-que at 8 p.m. the Mas-querade
Ball got under way. Gypsies
danced in a gay array of colorful
costumes and masks.
FRIDAY
The results of Tuesday's election
were officially announced by Mrs. J.
Howard Kramer at the 9:30 assem-bly
this morning. The Gypsy finalists
were present on the steps of Lincoln
Hall, following the tradition of Gypsy
Royalty of the past, as the announ-cement
was made. Vying for Gypsy
Queen were Mary Carlson, Caroline
Hofer, Judy Holland, Kristen Kam-pen,
Paula Reich and Virginia
Theeler. The candidates for marshal
were James Breitag, Jim Fischer,
Doug Glader, David Griffith, Jerry
Schlekeway and Doug Sweetland.
Honoring the royalty and the at-tendants
were the NSC marching
band under the direction of William
Chaloner, and the Collegiate Choir
under the direction of Dr. John
Berggren.
CORONATION SCHEDULED
The coronation of queen and mar-shal
will take place in the Civic
Arena at 8 p.m. A street dance will
follow at 9:30. Prior to coronation
of queen and marshal, the local
businessmen will crown their king
of the "Gyps."
SATURDAY
The day will begin with the an-nual
parade at 10:30, starting at
Aldrich Park, Main Street, and 3rd
Ave. N. E. and move south on Main
Street to 12th Ave. South.
Other highlights on tomorrow's
schedule are the Queen's luncheon,
the band luncheon, and competi-tion,
the alumni get-together and
smorgasbord, at 3:00 p.m.
The football game will begin at
7:30 p.m. with band manuevers at
half time. Following the game, the
homecoming dance at the Civic
Arena will climax the three-day cele-bration.