Ohio Northern University - Northern Yearbook (Ada, OH)

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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.

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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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People, from all over town, could be seen LATER THEY DANCED: CROWNED A QUEEN. At eight p.m. the doors oi Tait Gymnasium were thrown open to the Homecoming people, and the Auld Acquaintance Ball was under way. slipping and sliding towards the gym. By evening the snow had stopped falling, leaving a few inches oi the White substance as a re- minder that the day had been cold. Even the stars came out to give a Winter atmosphere to a Fall event. The dance was sponsored by the student council and was open to all students and alumni. Al Cassidy and his orchestra from Cincinnati, Ohio, provided the music for the evening. A small portion of the audience at Taft Gym during the Homecoming Dance. There was an estimated 1000 at this annual dance. Music was furnished by Al Cassidy and his orchestra. The students, especially ireshmen, spent many hours decorating both rooms in Tait. White and Wine was the color scheme for the dance this year. The dance lasted from 8 o'clock until midnight. During intermission at the dance, Dean Raabe was honored by the audience and presented a gift from the student body. The Dean in turn crowned Miss Dorothy Rodgers Homecoming Queen of 1950. Then presented to the spec- tators Were her attendants: Colleen Polen, lune Ridenour, and Anne Marie Schmelzer. The dance unotiicially closed the 1950 Home- coming Week-end. 1 Page Nineteen ii