NROTC University of Minnesota - Gopher Log Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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4e2aew SweeThearT oT The uniT during The pasT year was Nancy Briscoe, Aipha Phi. ATTer a Tormal inTroducTion oT Queen candidaTes during a coTTee hour aT COTT- man Memorial Union TasT QcTober, where oTTicers and men oT NROTC had an ooporTuniTy To meeT The beauTies represenTing The many campus organ- izaTions, one oT The Teminine ioveiies was decided upon To grace The Navy Throne, No announcemenT was made oT The iudges' decision unTil The evening oT The Fall Ring Dance. There Nancy was pre- senTed wiTh a Navy Queen pin and The Navy Queen Trophy, To be T4epT by her, as is TradiTional, aT her sororiTy house during her reign. Qne oT The many duTies oT The Navy Queen, who is honored guesT aT all Navy TuncTions, is To chrisTen The gianT ring aT The commencemenT oT The im- pressive ring ceremony, MISS NANCY BRISCQE Navy Queens T943-44 TALC meThod ueen Candid . . . daTes A. Wmlm Dance Gay aTTermaTh To The hohy, yuTe Togs, and misTieToe oT The T943-44 ChrisTrnas season was The WinTer Dance aT SainT Pau! I-ioTel on January eighTh. TmmediaTe scene oT The merrimenT was The Tuxurious Mirror Room where underciassmen, seniors and oTTicers alike enioyed The cabareT sTyTe evening presided over by MaesTro Bob HewiTT and his band. CabareT Cuddlersi DI!! Tar Tires

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A Jun or comes Hurouglu Tlue new queen ascends Hue Hurone Less lalk Nose' mn- 2: An air oi expeclancy was in Hue luearls our all girls as Huey danced To Hue Ring Dance music ol Bob Qwen's orclueslra au Golden Valley Counlry Club. Qne ol Hue girls was lo be presenued as new Queen ol Hue Navy. Tluis added lo Hue usual Hurill of a Ring Dance. Willu a fanfare ol Humpels Hue dancing was slopped and all eyes 'Focused foward Hue Hood-liglufed mam- moHu ring reproduclion. Ll. Commander Malson escorled beaulilul Joanne Bulur Hurouglu Hue ring and presenled ner as new Navy Queen. Miss Nancy Briscoe, queen during Hue pasl' year, pre- senled Miss Bulur wiHu Hue Navy Queen Hopluy and Ll. Commander l-laslarouck presenled luer a Navy Queen pin. From Hue lime Hual Bal, Commander Bud lnomssen gave luis girl une 'rraoilional kiss, Huere was a succes- sion of oluls and ans as Hue seniors and second class- men sluowed a pracliced Ring ceremony leclunigue. Wiun Hue Ring clurislening over, dancing, walking down dreamy lanes, and good-spiriled lellowsluip ended a wonderful May Ring Dance. Wolf in Cluieups cloHuing Wisluing will make if so

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The dales . . . March 25lh and 26lh, beller known as Two Days in Plebe's Heaven or Shine your own shoes, lvlr. Terry, lhis is my nighl lo howl. The place . . . Camp lduhapi on lhe shores ol whal was lhen a good sized ice cube called Lake lndependence. The sponsors . . . The Minneapolis Y.M.C.A. The characlers . . . 80 NROTC slu- denls and lhe lale, lamenled Cuddles, lormer ballalion mascol. The vision ol len unescorled co-ed hoslesses al lhe lodge caused lhe near-dealh ol one unknowing plebe who unsuspeclingly chanced lo slep inlo lhe palh ol lhe onrushing Scads Eide. Also seen loping over fha horizon wilh oulslrelched arms and wildly burning eyes were Gus Schroeder, Jay Nash, and a lew olher prominenl dash men. The main lodge, lhal lirsl allernoon, had an amaz- ing resemblance lo an inslilulion lor lhe menlally disabled. No less lhan lwo ping-pong games, lwo badrninlon games, boxing, a game ol baskelball, cards, and dancing were in progress al once. One innocenl young plebe was seen wrilhing wildly on lhe lloor wilh a shulllecock lrom lhe rackel ol an over-zealous badminlon player imbedded in his lell ear. Ampulalion al lhe shoulders was neces- sary, bul we are happy lo inlorm you lhal he has recovered and is in line lor promolion lo Pelly Ollicer, lhird class. The evening was highlighled by a lalk by Dr. Rich- ard Raines and some speciallies worked up by prominenl Minneapolis cilizens. The bugle blew reveille al 0600 on Sunday .... Wail a minulel l-low did lhal sneak in here? However, mosl ol us did gel up in lime lor church services al I000. l-O9 rollin' End ol a perlecl da