Memphis State University - DeSoto Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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3 9 er Ra 9 t 1 l i V Editor Charles Mueller and Faculty Adviser Fred C. Kendrick confer. In its 22nd year of publication, The Tiger Rag inau- gurated a series of firsts in the annuals of this newspaper. Under the editorship of Charles W. Mueller, editions this year became the first at MSC to use solid reverse name- plates (white letters on black background). It became the First Tiger Rag to consistently use decks or secondary headlines on the more important stories and the first to ink credit lines directly on its photographs. The homecoming issue was perhaps the first Tiger Rag to print a play-by-play diagram of an MSC grid game, and the Christmas edition was the first in four years to use color. Consistency was the policy of editorial page makeup. On the editorial staff, as associate and managing editors, were Helen Shearon and Tommy Rush. Their competence, interest and faithfulness assured an admirable newspaper each week. The Sports department was headed capably by Billy G. Top assistants Helen Shearon and Tommy Rush look over a serious problem. Robinson, winner of the first Sertoma Club-Robert Talley Journalism Scholarship. Heading the business staff for the fall quarter was Noel Morris. When he was drafted Hermie Plunk assumed the business managership. Carolyn Bush as news editor handled the page makeup and headline writing chores while edi- torial assistants Bob Farrelly and Bob Buckalew corralled the happenings in student government and around-campus mis- cellany. Mary Ann Furlotte handled society, assisted by Hilda Chase and Shirley Thompson. Don Tate headed the features department; Charles Wilshire, copyreading; Jimmy Keefe, ROTC, and Ruchie Webber, literary. The pictures of Charles Cadwell, Jimmy Bailey and Buddy Rinner were outstanding during the year. And many others assisted in making 1953-54 a big year for the Tiger Rag. Charles Cadwell Jimmy Bailey I Page 16 The Staff News Editor Carolyn Bush Editorial Assistants Bob Farrelly Bob Buckalew Sports Editor Billy G. Robinson Assistant Sports Editor Tommy Staed Sports Assistants Bill Thompson, Jr., Jerry Martin, Mary Ann Lauderdale, Bob Etheridge Society Editor Mary Ann Furlotte Assistant Society Editor Hilda Chase Feature Editor Don Tate Literary Editor Ruchie Webber ROTC Editor Jimmy Keefe Head Copyreader Charles Wilshire Assistant Copyreader Buck Patton Co-Chief Photographers Jimmy Bailey Charles Cadwell Assistant Photographer Buddy Rinner Reporters Joan Hassell, Franklin Burrell Bill Williams, Werner Berg, Charles Reeves Roy McKee, Frieda Fincher, Jo Ann Littlefield, Pat O ' Brien, John Miller Business Manager Hermie Plunk Circulation Manager Jimmy Keefe Circulation Assistants Dick Ward, Billie Farmer fop members of the staff, include from left to right, top row, on down: Ruchie Webber, Tommy Staed, Billy Robinson, Charles Reeves, Buck Patton, Frank Burrell, Carolyn Bush, Pat O ' Brien, Dick Ward, Hermie Plunk, Don Tate, Charles Wilshire, Shirley Thompson, Mary Ann Furlotte, Hilda Chase, Bill Thompson, Bob Etheridge, Jo Ann Littlefield.

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First place winners for fraternities were the Kappa Sigma men in Shelby County. 2)tun t ■ :■: , ■ Top winner in the talent division was David Dunbar with his bell act. A capacity audience applauded the Kappa Sigma Fraternity and the Alpha Delta Pi Sorority after they won the fifth annual Delta Zeta Follies Feb. 26. The K Sigs presented a skit on Shelby County written by one of their members, Jim N cDearman. The ADPi entry was entitled The Moth Ball, with action centered around a group of moths who had unionized. Second place awards went to Sigma Kappa Sorority and to Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. David Dunbar ' s Swiss bell-ringing act won the individual talent honors for the Pi KA, with Bobbye Thomas of Alpha Gamma Delta winning second. Second place winners in sorority division were the Sigma Kappa girls. Page 18 .JHk. + A.