University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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I I I I I Table of Contents Calendar ..... 'Y Administration . 18 Seniors ...... 56 Organizations . . 102 Residences .... 176 Greeks ...... 190 x Fine Arts ..... 276 Athletics ..... 296

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Foreword . . . E HAVE tried in this l946 Gopher to create a stage setting for you . . . in the foreground of the stage you will see the people and events of the University . . . such activities so close at hand may seem all-important to you, but they are in reality only shadows against the backdrop of national and world events, events which affect our lives and shape our destinies . . . in the calendar section and throughout the book you will see scenes of University happenings . . . on the division pages you will see the more dramatic events of the year, the backdrop of our stage. . . for, at the same time we completed the academic span with which we deal, the curtain rose on a tired world feeling the first convulsions of peace and looking into the future.

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CTOBER, 1945 . . . start of another school year . . . the University began to get the first waves of large scale veteran enrollment . . . in- coming freshmen survived the rigors of Freshman Week and settled down to grind out an education . . . Metropolitan Opera tenor Iames Melton came to the campus to give an Artists Course concert and make a convocation appearance . . . Curtis E. Avery returned from the war to become head of the Bureau of Veterans' Affairs . . . four blocks of land between Como and East Hennepin avenues were purchased for veterans' housing . . . Homecoming time rolled around, and Bernie Bierman's Gophers rolled through Northwestern, 30-7 . . . lack :Feagarden played for the massive Homecoming dance . . . the University Theatre began its 57th season with Richard Sheridan's School for Scandal . . . President Morrill rejected the state's offer to use Camp Savage facilities for married veterans, housing . . . the Minneapolis Symphony, under the wand of Dimitri Mitropoulos, gave its opening concert to a sellout house in Northrop Auditorium . . . Minnesota's football team slipped to 16th place in national rankings following the defeat by Ohio State.