Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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CAMPUS GUESTS wer writers. They visited injormation concerning One ol tlic youngest l ut most lalciitctl stars ol the- Metropolitan Opera. Patrice Miinscl. isited the college (luring lall (]uarler. 1 he theme of Miss Munsel ' s con- c ert was based on the Jenny Lind Centen- nial. Most of the pieces sung by the color- .iltira soprano star kcvc gathered from the |enn Lind Museum at Stockholm while Miss M tinsel ' as on her Inst I ' tiropean concert loiu ' . ()1 the two hundred entries vho started the Iowa Masters Ciolf lournament last stimmer the field was quickly narrowed to two Des Moines professionals. They were Pat Wilcox, winner of the 1!)17 tomney, and )ack Hall. . t the end cjj the first eighteen holes of play Wilcox and Hall were tied with even 70 ' s — one luider par. On the next nine. howe ' er, Wilcox weak- ened to blow the sixth hole, reqtiiring seven strokes belore finally reaching the Clip. Hall shot even par for the twenty- se en holes and the champicjnship. Mam notaijle speakers isited the cam- pus during the school year including Tucker P. .Smith, running-mate tcj Nor- man Thomas on the Socialist ticket for president; ' ilhjalmer Stefanson. arctic explorer: Dr. trank Laubach, speaker at the Ves])cr Service for . ll-Out to Church Simda ; and Dr. )ohn Badeati. prcsideiU ol the , merican l ' ni ersity at ( aiio. who spoke on the problems ol the Palestine issue at a coffee h)rinn. I lip. I „ ' ,, ,; , ;, , l hu,i HUliallllf} Stcldlisiiii . lnldk-; I ' at WiUux tecs ofl on the Glory Hole- ,n lli, Iciiea Miiiti-is Touruaniciit. Lower; Miiiii Benzell itiie-,e an old atiinainliiiice leith Prof. Tolhert MacRue. 22

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Stiiii rs of lh - iliLs.s III ' y.v ii ' iiii thfii mihI mill li li Im llie last time at the Sriiiiii I ' roin. Finn rins of sliuly irids with the presentation of a ilijiliiiiia l I ' rcsideut Charles E. Frile . ack Finegan deliver he final address at ' lyde Williams Field. The gradualing class ol I ' ,) IS pix-sciucd to the college through the Memorial Union a sinii ol money to be applied toward a chapel in the Union. The Little Chapel is one of the Hrsi projects on the Ihiion building program and will be l)iiill under (.old Star Hall.

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' orld famous lecturers, artists, educators and C to provide entertainment and first hand urrent national and international affairs. One of the most famous pei ' sonalities isiiing ilie Iowa Siaic tainpus was Miss Dorothy Thompson. Miss Thompson is widely read in her newspaper column appearing throughout the coiuitry, On the Record. Also slie has published num- erous books including several best sellers. Since she is a world traveler, Miss Thompson is able in her books, newspaper cohunns and lectures to stay ahead of tlie world events. Prior to her visit to Iowa State College Miss rhompson had been to Eiuc pe to observe the Polish national election. In her address to the students ol Iowa State during kill (piarter Miss Thompson spoke on the recent presiden- tial election. I he noted writer confessed that slie loo had placed hiith in the |nd)lic ojjinion polls and was smprised wiien Thomas t. Dewey lost the election. Anc3ther lecturer with a message for the students ol Iowa Slate was C ' arev Mc- W ' illianis, noted author and lectiner on racial prcjblems. Speaking in the Meniori.d Union, McWilliams tcjld his audience that there is no correlation between race cul- tiue and intelligence and that we should sto|) studying racial differences and instead study racial relationship. Carey McWil- liams has wiilten manv books delving into ilie pioblenis ol racial discrimination in- cluding A Mdsk jor Frii ' ilege which drew considerable c onnnent from critics through- oiU the c ounii V. f|)| (r: CohniinisI l)o,„llt lliniiilisuit jmusi- iillr, I Icitiiir III SC. LDucr: SUhopnUUin Upiui ■.tar I ' ati Minisil ihiiniird li,t auiliiut r—loi o ii ' oka nii.uins. 23