University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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OVEMBER, 1945 . . . leaves departed from campus trees . . . first of the snows came . . . to a Veterans Club housing parley came Governor Thye, President Morrill, and Vice President Middlebrook . . . Coffman Memorial Union celebrated its fifth birthday in grandiose style . . . Gregor Zierner, author of the novel shown on the screen as I-Iitler's Children, rnade a convocation appearance . . . a special survey went to President Morrill on the proposed five-year engineering curricu- lum, combining engineering and liberal arts . . . on a chilly day with a raw wind Admiral William F. Halsey came to the campus on his bond selling tour, marched up The Mall between lanes of servicemen, and spoke briefly from the steps of Northrop . . . noted pianist Rudolf Serkin was guest artist with the Minneapolis Symphony . . . Minnesota took its worst licking in football history from a powerful Indiana eleven . . . the annual Foundation Ball drew crowds to the Union to hear Nat Towles' orchestra . . . sold out for weeks in advance Was violinist Fritz Kreisleras Artists Course concert . . . Campus Chest staged its annual drive for funds . . . a mild epidemic of influenza swept the campus and the Twin City area.

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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.

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ECEMBER, 1945 . . . four years since the fateful Sunday at Pearl Harbor . . . first peacetime Christmas . . .Winter loosed zero weather and snow on the campus . . . Minnesota's basketball team opened the season by blasting South Dakota State, 78-25 . . . The Music Audi- torium became Sherwood Forest as the University Theatre presented Robin I-Ioodn . . . plans were underway for the new athletic field on land vacated by removal of the women's Co-op houses near Cooke Hall . . . medical and dental units of the Navy,s training program were inactivated . . . the Army vacated part of Pioneer Hall, menls residence, for civilian occupancy winter quarter . . . a plan embodying 32,000,000 for University housing facilities went before the Board of Regents . . . the housing rider on the University appropriations bill curtailing dormitory construction was declared invalid by state Attorney General Burnquist . . . the Ag Campus held its yearly Christmas party, featuring the Little Red Oil Can and the Ball and Chain awards . . . staff members of the Bureau of Veterans' Affairs doubled in number, preparing for the anticipated deluge of veteran students . . . Dr. Lawrence M. Gould, president of Carleton College, delivered the winter quarter Commencement address.