University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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,jyx s en Z-K-Quo - .. UNE, 1946 . . . signs of summer always tend to de-eagerize students . . . Iune, the month of graduation . . . when seniors doff their aca- demic cloaks and fan out to assimilate themselves into the business world . . . graduation ceremonies in Memorial Stadium, pending approval by the weatherman . . . proud families and friends crowd around the senior, shaking his hand and wishing him luck . . . Iune, the month when school becomes almost unbearable . . . the month when the senior realizes, perhaps for the first time, the things heas missed in college . . . the month when the sophomore or junior Watches graduation and counts on his fingers the quarters he has left in school . . . Iune, the month when University landscape blossoms out in all its summer finery . . . campus buildings which had a cold, foreboding appearance during winter months now assume a peaceful, comfortable look . . . the sight of numerous robins recalls the time when the first one came . . . summer brings softness even to everyday noises . . . the sounds of auto horns and streetcars lack the sharpness they had during sub-zero winter . . . truly hardboiled is the graduate who can go from the University without some tinge of remorse at leaving behind days held to be among the finest of life.

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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.

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