The Exponent, 1941-10-15

              The Exponent
Vol. XL, No. 5 Northern State Teachers College, Aberdeen, South Dakota October 15, 1941

Most Colorful And Largest Homecoming Ends
Chairman Thanks
College and City
For Cooperation
Oscar Hagen, student chairman
of the Gypsy Day committee, in
an interview Monday thanked
every person who helped in the
promotion of the 26th annual
homecoming.
"On behalf of the Gypsy Day
committee, I want to thank all students,
faculty, Aberdeen merchants,
Aberdeen Civic association,
the Spokesmen, and the Hub City
Department of Safety for the aid
they gave the Gypsy Day committee
in making our homecoming a
huge success," Hagen said.
The students and faculty members
who gave so much of their
time to building floats, planning
events, and taking members of the
committee on advertising trips
should be especially thanked, Hagen
announced. The committee
wishes to thank the freshman
class for the job they did in making
the pep fest the best in history.
In thanking all who contributed
help in making the day a success,
Hagen also announced the winners
of the various prizes. The Industrial
Arts club had the best campus
float; the Queen's float was
the most gypsy; the most humorous
float was the Alumni float;
KABR received the award for
merchant's best float; the best
rural demonstration float was
from Parkway; the C. A. A class
had the best individual float; the
best Gypsy woman on horseback
was Edith McNeill; and the best
Gypsy man on horseback was Billy
Hagen.
Mr. Bornong had the best Gypsy
costume worn by a man; Louella
Mitchell had the best costume
worn by a woman student; Dr. N.
E. Steele, president of the college,
had the best faculty costume; Miss
Stella Yates had the most humorous
costume; and Miss Bernice
Remde had the gypsiest alumni
costume.
Guhin's dry cleaning shop won
the prize for having the best window
decorated, while Penney's
store was judged to have the best
store-wide cooperation and received
a gold plaque.

FITES BAGS PHEASANT
WHERE? READ STORY
Boastful male hunters had better
"keep mum" when in the
presence of our mighty huntress,
Mrs. Maude Fites, Northern's assistant
financial secretary, as her
bag of one cock far surpasses any
mere tale of securing "the limit."
With no expensive gun or shells,
no fatiguing all-day expedition or
hunting experience, Mrs. Fites
actually succeeded in bagging a
live pheasant cock last Wednesday
noon.
This spectacular feat took place
while Mrs. Fites and Miss Caroline
Orvis were passing the N. S. T. C.
tennis court while going home to
lunch. They saw a pheasant cock
crouching on the edge of the court
attempting to hide from them. As
it appeared to be injured, the ladies
investigated, and Mrs. Fites
boldly picked up the large, wild
bird which made only brief resistance.
Examination showed that
that was due to a gun wound in its
neck. After this unusual capture,
Mrs. Fites proudly carried home
the cock, dressed it, and fried it
for dinner that night.
"Was this bird better than pheasants
of other years which had
been obtained in more routine
ways?" your reporter inquired of
Mrs. Fites. Her answer spoke for
itself, "One of the best pheasants
I have ever eaten."

A big moment in the life of Estella Delorme, Northern State Teachers college 1941 Gypsy Day queen is
pictured above as Miss Delorme received a bouquet of roses from Governor Harlan J. Bushlield. Governor
Bushfield's presentation was part of the ceremony during which he crowned Miss Delorme, Chippewa Indian
student from Belcourt, N. D., as queen of the homecoming celebration.

Viola Schmierer
Elected Sports
Club Chairman
Viola Schmierer was elected
chairman and Janice Hinckley
vice-chairman of the Sports club
at the organization meeting which
was held Thursday evening, October
8. Plans for the year's program
were discussed and the club
decided to sponsor badminton and
pi,ng-pong. The group plans to
have a steak fry soon.
The club has limited dues to
five cents a quarter in order to
enable any girl on the campus to
become a member if she is interested.

FRED THEDE AWARDED
FREE FLIGHT TRAINING
Frederick Thede
Frederick Thede, Northern '41,
was awarded five hours free flight
training for achieving the highest
ranking in the C. A. A. flight
training course he took here last
year under Professor N. H. Mewaldt.
Ralph Lothrop and Howard
Sime, who also finished their primary
C. A. A. course here, are
now in Spearfish taking the secondary
flight training course.

LATE NEWS FLASH!
Don Thorson, Aberdeen sophomore,
was elected editor-in-chief
of the Exponent by the
board of publications at its
first meeting of the year, Monday
afternoon.
Mr. Thorson was an editor
of the Central high school Blue
and Gold, as well as business
manager of the Arrow, Central's
yearbook. He was also
a member of the a cappella
choir.
At Northern, he is a two-year
pre-engineering student.
In his freshman year, he won
an honorable mention in the
Gallett Short Story contest. He
was also a member of the Industrial
Arts club.

CALVIN FORUM PREXY
RECENTLY ANNOUNCED
Swaying away from the idea of
electing an upper classman for
president the members of Calvin
Forum elected Ruth Barnes,
freshman of Aberdeen, as their
president. Other officers include:
vice-president, Phyllis Leach of
Aberdeen; and Mary Jo Morse of
Forrestburg as secretary-treasurer.
Advisers for Calvin Forum
are John L. Murphy of the division
of Social Science and Rev. M. D.
Bone, pastor of the Presbyterian
Church.
Plans were made to have a pot
luck supper, October 12, in the
church parlors of the Presbyterian
church. Doris Jones was chosen
chairman of the refreshment
committee which also included
Virginia Rehnke and Betty Thorne.
Rev. Bone led the "get acquainted"
games.

Speaker Addresses NSTC
Students On Temperance
Miss Hortense O'Dougherty of
Chicago, Illinois talked to the
Physical Education students Wednesday
morning on Education and
Temperance. She first explained
the methods of teaching in Michigan.
The grade schools are simply
called elementary schools and
there are no sharp divisions between
grades. All the subjects
taught are correlated. The teachers
work together in planning the
students' lessons.
Then Miss O'Dougherty talked
on temperance and alcohol. She
stressed the fact that temperance
means moderation in all things
such as eating, sleeping, and working,
as well as in drinking. She
demonstrated how policemen take
tests to determine if an arrested
man is intoxicated. She also had
many charts showing the range of
the view of the normal person and
of an intoxicated person, and the
rate at which a person's efficiency
decreases with the increase of alcohol
in the blood. She explained
that alcohol harmed the nerves
making poor coordinators. The
reasons for drinking as indicated
on the chart were for social prestige,
stimulation, to create a freer
sociability, and to satisfy a habit.

BETTY ALDRICH DANCES FOR
EASTERN STAR CONVENTION
Miss Betty Aldrich, petite freshman,
did a gypsy solo dance to the
piano accompaniment of Mrs.
Erick Holscher, at the fifty-third
annual session of the South Dakota
Grand Chapter of the Order
of Eastern Star at Huron last
Thursday night, October 9. Making
the trip with Miss Aldrich
were Misses Ruth Allen and Elizabeth
Kester, physical education
instructors of Northern.

Gypsy Day Success
From Pep Fest To
Dance In Arena
The Gypsy Day arrangements
committee headed by Oscar Hagen,
Orient senior, with the able advice
and help of E. K. Baillie, faculty
adviser for the event, witnessed
the most colorful homecoming in
the history of Gypsy Day Saturday
after more than a month's
preparation and hard work.
The celebration received a rousing
start with the pep fest in the
college amphi-theater Friday
night. There more than a thousand
students, faculty, and friends
of Northern gathered to pay homage
to traditional Gypsy spirit.
John Geisler, Hub City junior,
was in charge of the event and
with the help of P. J. Harkness,
director of forensics; Alvin La
Vine, Aberdeen junior; the pep
squad, and the freshman class
staged one of the greatest pre-
Gypsy Day pep rallies in the history
of Northern.
Queen Crowned by Governor
Early the next morning, Estella
Delorme, charming senior girl, was
crowned to rule over the Gypsy
clan by Gov. Harlan Bushfield
during an impressive ceremony in
the college auditorium. Marcella
McGovern and Larry Brown plenned
the event with the help of
Ruth Allen, women's physical education
instructor, and Karl Synder,
instructor of English and
dramatics. Max Crane, Glencross
senior, served as Miss Delorme's
marshal for the day.
At 11:00 a. m. the longest and
most colorful parade in the history
of Gypsy Day left Memorial Gate
before winding up Main street.
The parade was filled with more
than fifty floats decorated in traditional
Gypsy splendor, and more
than 500 marching musicians provided
music for the event. Willis
Kushman planned the parade,
while Glenn Pederson arranged
for the bands who participated.
One of the most colorful floats in
the procession was the Queen's
float, planned and decorated by
Irene Roda, Hub City senior. Mr.
Miller, commerce instructor, along
with a host of students aided
Kushman with the parade.
During the noon hour the Alumni
association held its annual
luncheon in the Alonzo Ward Hotel.
Dr. Russell Jonas, president of
the Iowa teachers association, was
the principal speaker.
Northern Wolves Victorious
The Northern Wolves under the
tutorage of Coach Harley Robertson
proceeded to make the affair
more complete by their victory
over the Moorhead Dragons. During
the half one of the most colorful
demonstrations ever seen in
Aberdeen by a marching organization
was presented by the Northern
band under the direction of
Harvey Moen. "The Panorama of
America" presented the various
stages of the evolution of America.
,Immediately following the game,
the Queen and her royal party and
guests attended the Queeen's banquet
in the college cafeteria. Margaret
Archer, Aberdeen junior,
was in charge of planning for the
event. Oscar Hagen was toastmaster,
Hon. Frank Cundill spoke
on the future of Northern, Bernice
Remde, first Queen, told of the
first Gypsy Day, and Dr. N. E.
Steele, president of Northern, gave
the address of welcome.
The Romany Rendezvous held in
the college auditorium with Phil
Banks, alumnus of '39, as master
of ceremonies proved to be one of
the best vaudeville shows in the
history of the college. The audience
was entertained by a color-
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