University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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PRIL, 1946 . . . an April relatively free from the post-Winter blusterings usual to the month . . . green appeared as if by magic from trees and bushes . . . enrollment total reached 18,287, extending further the new record set by Winter quarter registration . . . classroom space became a real problem . . . eating also became a major problem as campus food facilities were overburdened . . . the Union set up cafeteria service on the third Hoor, utilizing the junior ballroom and adjoining rooms . . . distinguished pianist Artur Rubenstein gave a superb Artists Course concert . . . Minnesota opened its baseball season by defeating Nebraska . . . veterans and University officials conferred on the matricu- lation fee question . . . campus political parties went into spirited cam- paigns for the spring quarter elections . . . Coffman Union was host to a convention of student union representatives from all sections of the United States . . . the biggest event of the month and certainly of the year came during the fourth Week of April with the inauguration of Iames Lewis Morrill as eighth president of the University . . . dignitaries and delegates came from universities all over the country to pay respects and take part in the big three-day program.

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Ai ,I 1 l ARCH, 1946 . . . first tokens of spring . . . a robin . . . passing of the snow . . . unusually warm days . . . Tony Iaros came within one point of the conference scoring championship as the Minnesota bas- ketball team closed an up-and-down season with a win over Wisconsin . . . the Minneapolis Symphony returned from its tour . . . campus poli- tical conversation buzzed with talk of the Commonwealth-Progressive party fusion . . . an all coed election gave YWCA and AWS 26 new members . . . Dean of Students E. G. Williamson was given a citation for his work with the armed forces institute . . . Gopher baseball candi- dates started field house drills . . . construction on the new mechanical- aeronautical engineering building was delayed because of shortages of material . . . Glider NX24193, designed and built in the aeronautical engineering department, was ready for tests . . . a study course for vet- erans having academic diiliculty was announced . . . the field house was jammed for three days as capacity crowds watched the state high school basketball tournament, won by Austin high school . . . shirtsleeves were rolled up during the latter part of March as the thermometer shot into the seventies . . . winter quarter ended, and the spring quarter rush began.

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AY, 1946 . . . pleasurable spring days . . . the chill came back occasionally but vanished with sunny days and soft evenings forecasting of summer . . . Ted Weems played for the giant Princess Ball of the Veterans Club held in the Minneapolis Armory . . . Engineers' Day with the reigning St. Pat, his queen, and the blarney stone came along . . . the Union planned its first Stardust Dance, with Stan Kentonls orchestra scheduled to play . . . organizations to which students were elected in the April elections settled down to problems with the batches of new personnel . . . Ioseph W. Beach, chairman of the English depart- ment, was at the University of Washington delivering a series of special lectures . . . the Inter-professional Ball was held in the Union . . . the All-University Council's new social calendar policy went into effect, under which campus social events are classed as major or semi-major and then carefully scheduled to avoid date conflicts . . . Ag Royal Day was held for the first time since 1942, with an agricultural lineup of crop judging, animal showmanship contests, a float parade, and selection of a queen . . . bright weather brought recreation to students' minds, and the University golf course and tennis courts reported prewar business.