Kent State University - Chestnut Burr Yearbook (Kent, OH)

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Muscles, Blisters Rowboat Regatta These girls were chosen as finalists in the queen competition. From left to right, they are: Delores Weinke, Helen Bauch. Norma Lou Home. Marilyn Wilbanks. Janet Reed. Nellie Lou Williams, Eleanor Mann and Pat Hawkins. Nellie Lou Williams was chosen queen. While the people in the back almost pushed the people in front into the water, the start of one of the races is watched carefully. Some of the more fortunate crowd out on to one of the piers at Brady lake, while the really fortunate watch from their own boat. ' May 26, 1951 is a date that will live long to Kent students. Two things happened on that day. In the morning the draft eligible portions of the males toiled through three hours on draft deferment tests . . . and in the afternoon muscles were strained and blisters were raised at the annual Rowboat Regatta. A real carnival atmosphere pervaded the long caravan of cars which gathered m front of Engle- man Hall to begin the trek to Brady lake. A sound truck led the way followed by an endless strmg of convertibles carrying the queen candidates. Stopping all traffic and with much crepe paper and hornblowing, this was just a sample of what would follow. With a slightly overcast sky and a cool brisk breeze blowing, the crowd packed around the reviewing stand in anticipation of the parade of queens. And they paraded . . . much to the delight of the males. The races which followed were filled with sus- pense . . . the boats were filled with water . . . but no one drowned . . . and it didn ' t rain in typical Kent tradition until the activities were almost over. Although the day was dark and murky throughout, the rain held off until the boat races were over. They finally came, but at a time that made the event which followed that much more interesting. A tug-of-war contest, to pull the other team through a muddy hole, was sponsored by the Phi Gam ' s. With the rain pouring down, everybody got slightly muddy. In this photograph the Alpha Phi Beta team is shown strain- ing their muscles and digging in with their toes. It was all in vain, though, because Delta Tau Delta won the contest. 25

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In the above picture, Phyllis Slack and Beaver King of the Stater staff, grab a line thrown to them by a passing motorboat manned by students. Object of this bit of strategy is to defeat the faculty boat, which had challenged the Staler crew. Rowers for the faculty were Frederick Davidson, psychology and James Rinier, geography. Other winners in the annual Stater sponsored Rowboat Regatta were independent women. Moulton Hall, Betty Ann Schmid and Carole Root. Sorority winners were Pat Long and Lou Kaupinen for Delta Gamma, the second year in a row for the DCs. In the men ' s division, both winners repeated for the second time. Ben Steele rowed alone for Sigma Nu fraternity, while a brother act, John and Len Pohlod won for Stopher Hall. 24

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Queen Pat Mueller receives an award from Johnny Long, famous bandleader. After having promoted the wildest of celebrations before and during football and basketball games, the Booster club settled down last spring quarter to provide something a little more dignified to the student body. With no chance for winding snake-dances, the club spon- sored the April Showers dance at the East Market gardens in Akron. Johnny Long and his orchestra played for the dance, which was the first big dance sponsored by the club. For some of the freshmen attending the dance it was their first visit to East Market gardens, scene of many all-university dances . . . but for the seniors, who were to be graduated in a few months, it was old stuff. It was just another event in the series of social activities that typify college life at Kent. The April Showers dance ♦ ♦ ♦ minus rain Johnny Long stands on the extreme left and watches the crowd enjoy his ace trumpeteer at the April Showers dance. 26