Dakota State University - Trojan Yearbook (Madison, SD)

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BELOW: The Karl E. Mundt Library nears com- pletion at the time of the cornerstone unveiling. RIGHT: Senator Mundt displays the cornerstone which will adorn the new library at GBSC. FAR RIGHT, TOP: Miss Thelma DeForest presides at the silver service during the reception held in the Trojan Center. FAR RIGHT, BOTTOM: Mrs. Mundt and Mrs. Bowes applaud as television cameramen cover the cornerstone ceremony. ,iff 1. X . is-M., F W ABOVE: South Dakota's Senator Karl Mundt is shown at his desk in his Washington, D.C, gf-fice, RIGHT: Guests of the Senator gather before the cornerstone following the ceremony, Pictured are General Wedemeyer, Senator Mundt, Mrs, Douglas MacArthur, Mrs. Mundt, Fred C. Chris- topherson, Robert Stevens and Dr. Harry P Bowes. '

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K E Avi W bmw WMM lf' WA ?lW ,W The Symphonians a sixteen piece orchestra from the University of South Dakota provided the music for the festive occasion Ballroom Surprises Inaugural Senator and Mrs. Mundt relax as they converse with Dr. and Mrs. Bowes at the honored guests table. Guests A full day of activity was cllmaxed May 17 with a formal Inaugural Ball held in the Memorial Gymnasium The gym became a blur of action following the afternoon ceremonies for as the college maintenance men began folding chairs pushing back bleachers and removing the Inaugu- ral stage platforms students ' - vaded the gym with crepe paper Staplers and a determination to complete in four hours a task which previously had taken four days- that of decorating the entire gymna- sium floor. By nine oclock a beautiful ball- room-complete with a false ceiling of blue gold and white crepe paper streamers stars tissue balls deco- rated tables a huge college seal and rose garden floral trellises and a three-tiered bandstand-greeted and surprised the guests who re- turned for the never-to-be-forgotten event.

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- - 'gw..:- -'ju ' ,, .Q 4 X FS ,. ' v, ' I -s-A N M N L N F .Lifted X ,,,.f, v Karl E. IVlundt Library Cornerstone Unveiled The new Karl E. Mundt Library will undoubtedly attract many peo- ple to the community of Madison, said Robert T. Stevens, featured speaker at the Nlundt Library Cor- nerstone Unveiling, held in the Mem- orial Gymnasium, May 18. Stevens made the shortly before Senator lvlundt un- veiled the cornerstone which will adorn the new library on the north- west corner of the General Beadle campus. Gray skies, light snow and a bitter wind caused the cornerstone event to be moved inside, a situation which caused lVlundt to remark that this is probably the first time in his- COlT1l'TlSl'1t tory that a cornerstone laying event has been held inside. The new building will not only serve as a library for the students at GBSC, but will also house Sena- tor lVlundt's archives, which he has compiled during his 30 years of congressional service. Fred C. Christopherson, Sioux Falls, president of the lVlundt Li- brary Foundation, said: This build- ing is more than just a library. It is a place of understanding. Senator and Mrs. lVlundt were honored at a reception in the Trojan Center following the cornerstone ceremony.