Ohio Northern University - Northern Yearbook (Ada, OH)

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HONOR THE DEAN AND WATCH A RACE Rain, snow and sleet were the Conditions of the weather the day the Pushmobile Race was held. All fraternities and the three sororities participated in the event. The course beqan at the South end of campus on South Main Street to West University, West University to South Gilbert: South Gilbert to Lima Road, Lima Road to South Main Street, South Main Street to the campus. When the smoke was cleared the results showed that the Kappa Psi's had taken first place in the fraternity division while the Tkk's won in the sorority race. Both winners had Won the race for the second year in a row. Homecoming Day of 1950 could very easily be called Dean Raabe Day. A series of recog- nitions were planned on that day for Dean Emeritus Raabe. On your mark! The pushmobile race was just about under way as the photographers snapped this picture. Left to right are the fraternity representative pushrnobiles: Alpha Epsilon Pi, Alpha Sigma Phi, Theta Kappa Phi, Sigma Pi, Kappa Psi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Delta Sigma Phi. Note the light specks, which are snowflakes. A special convocation was held in Lehr at 10:30 in the morning. At this meeting a special recognition talk was given by President Mc- Intosh. Also representatives from various stu- dent organizations of the university gave short talks. . In the afternoon the Dean was to occupy a special seat in the president's box and to crown the homecoming queen at the half-time festivi- ties. This was cancelled because of the severe condition of the weather. To end the day's activities the Dean was honored at the Homecoming Dance. Dick Mutz, president of the Student Council, presented him with a gift from the student body as a token of their appreciation. The formal showing of the portrait of Dean Raabe was shown in Alumni Hall Sunday November Sth. At this showing both the painter and the subject were present. or Page Seventeen it

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TO VIEW CCURT AND RALLIES ..... Homecoming, l95O, got off to a rousing start with the annual Flagpole Rush held Friday afternoon at the flagpole in back of Taft Gym- nasium. The cold weather failed to cool the ardor of the participants as the poor frosh fought vainly to capture the flag. While the spectators shivered and froze, the sophs suc- cessfully defended their position, many of them stripped to the Waist, voluntarily or otherwise. Though the weather continued to be cold, Whooping it up-Members of the homecoming rally gang file out of the Ada Theater after making a brief exhibition before startled movie-goers. In the foreground is leader Fred Pedrosa waiting to make new formation. and eventually rain began to fall, high spirits still prevailed. Led by the cheerleaders, a group of students made a round of the sorority and fraternity houses, gradually picking more and more students. Then to the tune of a bat- tered old trombone played by Pedro Pedrosa, they marched down Main Street. Going through the Ada Theater they both gained and lost a few loyal supporters. The march ended' with a brief rally held just across the railroad tracks. VUUUHY UUemPf-The freshmen offer the sophomores considerable fight but fail to overcome the liberal coating of grease and sophomore determination in the annual flag pole rush. 1 Page Fifteen ,

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Thanks to Everybody. Homecoming Queen Dorothy Rodgers gives her thank you speech, following her crowning, by Dean Raabe, at Taft Gym. This was the third consecutive year in which an Independent candidate was elected queen. MP' c Page Eighteen , Well wisher. Dick Mutz, Student Coun- cil president, congratulates Dorothy following her crowning. Dick presented the queen with a portrait, which is shown at lower left.