University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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College of Dentistry The College of Dentistry was called upon by the armed forces to train young men qualified to receive commissions for their specialized knowledge, and the school did its Work well during the war years. The majority of dentistry students went into uniform, either in the army or in the navy, on July 1, 1943, a.nd completed their University educations knowing that they would go on active duty immediately upon their graduation. The quota of such officer-trainees demanded from Minnesota was large, as the dentistry school was Widely known for its excellent faculty and facilities. Some of the faculty had gone into service, too, but most of the instructors stayed to train the young men for the hard work ahead of them. Head of the faculty, and one of the hardest workers in the school was . . . Dean W. F. Lasby Dean Lasby was chairman, this year, of the Dean's committee of seven schools of dentistry in the seventh service command at Omaha, and as such, he interviewed army candidates for training and commissions in dentistry at schools in Fargo, N. D., Brookings, S. D., Carleton college at North- field, and at the University of Minnesota. At all of these schools, ASTP units were sta- tioned, and it was Dean Lasbyis job to talk to men chosen from these units in order to determine their qualifications. Along with that job, he was also chairman of the committee for the ninth naval dis- trict which chose candidates for 17 other schools of dentistry. He visited Chicago twice in January to interview men for the V-12 program in dentistry. Dentists are badly needed by our armed serv- ices, both at home and overseasf, he said, and the military training programs are giving enlisted men their chance to become more skilled. Many of the men I talked to had the opportunity to finish the education they had scarcely begun when they were called into servicef' Much as he enjoyed his work on the war com- mittees, the dean felt that his work at the Univer- sity was more to the point. He liked to work with the men in their classes and to see things actually getting done-but none of this left him much time for his golf game, although he admitted he got in a few practice strokes in the back yard during the lovely winter Minnesota had. War Work In the never-ending research to find a way to stop tooth decay, another step in the right direction was made this year at the University. Wallace D. Arm- strong, director of the dental research laboratory, and John W. Knutson, U. S. Public Health dentist, conducted experiments on the subject with a solu- tion of sodium fluoride. The doctors worked with children of St. Louis Park, North Mankato, and Arlington, Minnesota. The teeth on the left side of 289 children were painted with the solution while the right side was left untreated. A control group of 337 other children was used to determine the normal rate of tooth de- cay, and at the end of a year, all of the children were examined again. It was found that the application of sodium fluoride had lowered tooth decay by about 401, in the treated areas. Teeth on the right side, the un- treated areas, decayed at about the same rate as the teeth of the children in the control group. - Although the doctors continued their experiments in order to gain more conclusive results, it was felt that a method had been found to retard, if not defi- nitely stop, tooth decay. 3I

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Seniors in Beta Gamma Sigma this year were: Paul Colesworthy, Arlene Langum, Martha McMil- ler, Richard Rice, Rose E. Segal, and Galen Strie- mer. Graduate students were: Donald Cohn, Her- bert Gurnee, Sigmund Harris, Robert Kelber, and Marvin Feldman. The list of faculty members includes many men who have left campus for the duration to go into the armed forces or to serve in various war agencies. Faculty members were: Eugen Altschul, Roy G. Blakey, Francis M. Boddy, Arthur M. Borak, Ham- ilton A. Chute, Catherine J. Crowe, George Fili- petti, Frederic B. Garver, Ernest A. Heilman, Au- relius Morgner, Bruce Mudgett, Edmund Nightin- gale, War1'en J. Stehman, Dean Russell Stevenson, George Stigler, Dale Yoder, and Muriel Magelssen. Business Women The Business Womenis club on this campus was a branch of the national organization of the same name, and was formed to help college business women further their contacts which could help them after graduation. Every two weeks this year, the girls got together in oflicial meetings. Among those not-so-official were the Harvest Hoedown in the fall, on the barn dance theme, around Halloween time. At other meetings, Twin City businessmen and women came to tell the girls about life out in the cold, cruel world. Mr. Byornah of the War Man- power commission talked, Myndall Cain explained how she built up her hair styling concern, and others came, too-living examples for the embryo busi- ness women to follow. Senior members of the club this year were Con- stance Bell, Mary Ann Busch, Ruth Carton, Marian Chandonnet, Marjorie Cleland, Marjorie Costello, Marguerite Cuddy, Blanche Dahlquist, Nora East- man, Clare Elmquist, Becky Felepe, Helen Gleason, Helen Gould, Carol Hagen, Eileen Hatter, Alice Horn, Iris Janssen, Mary Jensen, Juanita Jones, Jacquelyn Kieldon, Amelia Koroseo, Agnes Lehn, Jane Mattson, Gertrude Middents, Elouise Mur- phy, Jean Nixon, Helen Peed, Jane Sullivan, Ardell Vold, and LaVonne Wagner. Juniors were Jane Batchelder, Ann Curran, Nata- lie Grundman, Rosemary Jarvis, Elsie Kartarik, Doris Laine, Dorothy Linman, Gloria Marsh, Lois Martin, Mary Mee, Katherine Miller, Virginia Mogg, Marjorie Murray, Kyle Peterson, Eileen Rogge, Marion Tweeten, Harriet Wilcox, and Lor- raine Wilson. Sophomore members were Marilyn Barnett, Mary .30 Burns, Helen Comsrud, Eunice Ingman, Dorothy Matson, Audrey Podlasek, Ann Rank, Margaret Rozycki, Joan Schiefelbein, Betty Shaughnessy, Doris Wildung, Ann Young, and Edith Van deLinde. Freshmen were Maried Katarik, Betty Newgard, Bernadine Stiegel, and Barbara Scobie. Phi Delta The Phi Delta gals started the year off right with a typical summer's end party-canoeing, swim- ming, bowling, and dancing, but immediately when they got back to school they set about the business of rushing and pledging new members from the School of Business. Big event of fall quarter was the iifth annual Founders' Day banquet held at 510 Groveland at which 60 alums and members were present. Mary Jensen, president, with her officers: Nora Eastman, vice president, Helen Mary Gould, secre- tary, and Lois Nlartin, treasurer, headed the organi- zation,s 1001, backing of the War Chest drive- the girls themselves actively participated in the soliciting of subscriptions. Just to show that they meant business in other ways-aside from their scholastic careers-several of the members tempted their sisters off diets when they passed the traditional boxes of candy to an- nounce that they had hooked one. And to keep in the spirit of the thing, they gave a Hearts and Flowersu party when Valentine's Day rolled around. The membership of Phi Delta was restricted to girls in the School of Business, commercial educa- tion majors, and pre-business students, and each girl was active in the Business Womenis club- which was not limited to business course matricu- lates, but was open to anyone who intended enter- ing the business world. To make the whole thing more cooperative, BWC,s president, Becky Felepe, was also a member of Phi Delta, and the two or- ganizations also cooperated in discussion meetings and project planning. Seniors in Phi Delta this year were Blanche Dahl- quist, Nora Eastman, Becky Felepe, Helen Gleason, Helen lVIary Gould, Carol Lee Hagen, Eileen Hat- ter, Alice Jean Horn, lVIary Elizabeth Jenson, Car- ola Loonan, Marge Murray, Dorothy Schroeder, Marion Tweeten, Ardelle Vold and Barbara Weid- enfeller. Junior members were Anne Curran, Margaret Foley, Elsie Kartarik, Lois Martin, Mary Elizabeth Mee, Bernadine Stiegel and Lorraine Wilson. Sophomores in the sorority were Peggy Barker and Marilyn Barnett.

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Ill S ss . hi F' .,Z. . 1 -5' Alpha Kappa Gamma The Alpha Kappa Gamma girls, professional dental hygienists, found themselves in the peculiar position this year of having seven pledges and only six actives. But no one could say that the old mem- bers weren't able to keep the neophytes in hand. By coercion-or sheer force-pledges made their averages, performed services for the actives, and en- tertained at social gatherings. Even when initiation time came, the seven were still under the rule of the actives and part of their rites was a program of original songs and poetry that they had to give at a dinner with the dents at the Psi Omega house. Although membership was below normal this year, the AKGs were twice as busy as ever. So dur- ing the days, and most evenings, the girls found time for little else than keeping up with the accelerated course and stiff program of the dental school. This work was contribution enough to the war- yet they found time somewhere to help the war ef- fort by rolling bandages, giving blood to the Red Cross blood bank, and writing those morale-lift- ingi' letters to their friends in the services. One of the things the girls liked best about their work was the many new acquaintances they made. At Christmas time the sorority entertained a group of orphans with whom they had made friends when the children came to their offices to have their teeth cleaned and fixed. Busy as they were, the AKGS saw each other often and kept social life booming. Besides their monthly meetings, led by their popular president, Elaine Daly, the girls had frequent gab sessions and get-togethers over cokesg and at the end of fall quar- ter, everyone had a grand and glorious time at a big AKG dinner-dance at the Nicollet hotel. Dental hygiene being a two year course, the girls in their second year were seniors in the sorority. They were J ewells Benson, Elaine Daly, Mary Ford, Helen Holdridge, Helene Horstmann, Joanne Simlnons and Marilyn Tester. Girls in their first year, freshman members of Al- 32 pha Kappa Gamma, were Kathleen Brom, Lorraine Carlson, Margaret Maser, Betty Neumann, Noray Smith and Barbara Tucker. Faculty member who was an alumna AKG was Ione Jackson. Delta Sigma Delta With 951, of their members in uniform, the cam- pus Delta Sigma Deltas were active in other lines of the war effort such as blood doning and scrap drives. They were 100'Z, campus War Chest con- tributors, and they purchased war bonds and stamps as an organization as well as individually. The Delta Sigs limited their social activities largely to record parties at the chapter house. There were a few exceptional occasions, however. They gave a fall party in St. Paul in conjunction with two other dental fraternities, and there was a din- ner-dance at the Minneapolis Athletic Club in February. Not content with coming out on top in the pro- fessional touchball league, the boys took up house- painting to keep both the house and their figures in trim. On many a Saturday afternoon during fall quarter they could be seen painting away while everyone else was out having a good time. Some of the fellows actually became so enthusiastic over this do it for yourself philosophy that they became amateur paper-hangers and redecorated their own rooms! Officers of the chapter this year were Otis We- dum, president, Elwin Morse, vice-president, Carl Haedge, secretary, and Leo Moses, treasurer. Senior members of Delta Sigma Delta this year were William Braasch, Kenneth Chermack, Dennis McKee, Nels Neslund, Robert Nims, Oscar Nord, John Quast, Ralph Riedinger, Hubert Serr, Verson Shuckhart, Holger Thorleif, James Tritle, and John White. Juniors were Allan Bard, John Curtin, George Gleason, Carl Haedge, James Howard, Robert Huse, Richard Hutchinson, Howard Jensen, Edgar Lech- ner, Fred Mayer, Elsin lVIorse, Leo Moses, Dudley Nelson, Fred Rayman, Patrich Ryan, Edward Ry- dell, Hubert Solberg, Otis Wedum and Wyman Whitney. The sophomore members were George Bartlett, Robert Carlson, Edgar Derrig, Cyrus Frank, Allan Kringlee, John Lauer, Phillip Lier, Arthur Madsen, Auralius Maze, John Merrill, Dale Minar, George Miner, Robert Oemcke, William Peterson, Carl Sandall, Erwin Schaffer, Robert Simon, Richard Steiner, Joseph Tam, Jim Trost, John Weber, Ralph