University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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when interviewed by an All-University Council committee that the University Senate regulation prohibiting general circulation through the P. O. boxes was not made as a means of censorship, but to protect students from outside advertising and to prevent any serious janitorial problem from arising from literature left on the Union floors. Seven members of t he Campus Republican Club were thrilled to meet presidential candi- date Thomas E. Dewey on October 24. Homeco?mng Week-eitd Draws Crowds Festivities for Homecoming Week-end began with the judging of sorority house decorations. Pi Beta Phi won first prize, and Alpha Gamma Delta came in second. Button sales, placed in the hands of campus organizations, resulted in a sizeable margin for Pi Delta Nu. In a special ceremony at the Homecoming game, Barbara Nordstrom of Delta Delta Delta was chosen queen of the Week-end and presented with a trophy. The Varsity Show, bonfire, and the OBSERVING THE TEAM at work is Minnesota ' s great institution, Ber- nie Bierman. Although he served in advisory capacity to the team this year, he will become head coach again next season. are the Ag Union, the Biochemistry Building, and the Livestock Pavilion. The water tower has been traditionally painted by main campus engi- neers on the day before Forester ' s Day. At the far right are located the barnyards and in the foreground is the south pasture, where both main and Ag Campus surveying courses take place throughout the year.

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PRESIDENT ELECT James L. Morrill, now president of the Univer- sity of Wyoming, smiles as he strolls out of the Union with Jack Gillette, Ruth Christenson, and Sue Parkins of Wyoming University. Fraternity rushing, which opened the second week in October, was more intense and a little more in pre-war style than last year. Although most of the fraternities were still ithout their houses, the program was carried on in grand style when a larger than expected number of boys turned out. Bierwan Returns Lieutenant Colonel Bernie Bierman was re- leased from the United States Marine Corps, hav- ing served 2 i months. On October 1 6 he again took his place on the football coaching staff — but only in an advisory capacity to Dr. Hauser for the balance of the season. He will resume his duties as head coach during the 1 945 football sea- son. Discussion pro and con on the ban on political notices continued to wax hotly. The Daily edi- torialized, students wrote letters, argued with each other, and interviewed members of the ad- ministrative staff. Malcolm M. Willey, vice presi- dent in charge of academic administration, stated PANORAMIC VIEW of the Ag Campus: At the left of the picture are Haeckcr Hall (dairy husbandry and agricultural economics), the Ag Engineering Building, and the Administration Building, which is a center of Ag Campus life because the post office is located there. In the center are the Veterinary Medicine Building and the Dairy Barns. Between the smokestack of the power plant and the water tower

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. L k m -AV. i n THE HOMECOMING BONFIRE burns brishtly as a fitting background for the post-Varsity Show celebration. Made entirely of unsalvageable i ,s material, the bonfire was burned two days earlier by Halloweeners, but was rebuilt to burn again at the proper time.