University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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KNKKI.INC KNGINKKIt Ih-iuIs tokiss sym-bolic blarney stone. Al .simc linn In is knighted by la|M f Si. I'jiI's walking slick. KISSING KNGiNKKIt greets queen cniidi-First, his fee .tlalcninil was elicck« d l» mcmlicr li» verify if lie is IT senior. lU'GKSTKRING ENGINEER sells lra liliinial green linl. clenches a clay pipe in his Icelli. Hals help sepnriite genuine IT men from crowds attending i-eremonies. For Engineers, Day for Green Hats E DO (. 1 KEN Holly Slcmpcr smiles over Church slreel duinain. St. I’at, Jerry Kkberg, stands in the background Engineers’ lay is a time for good, lusty lilnrney. Wisely-staged in tin- spring when eamptis is luil l liiig with gre-giirioiisness. engineers encourage the have-not's to conic l»y and wateli their antics. It is quite a show, too. The day is overcast: just the right grey to display Irish green hats, clay pipes and flushed exuberance. The K day-parade is a pageant of flying saucers, complicated stills ami modern plumbing setups. It is pleasantly bawdy and every centimeter engineer. On Main engineering's canopied steps Si. I'al presides over queen candidates, queued seniors wailing for their kisses and the coveted blarney stone chained to the railing. This is some of the E-day mosaic. K day invades the night with II Cuspidore, the comic opera. It's more Olson and Johnson than Metropolitan opera. An all-male east and tape-recorded score provoke eliaos seldom seen in Northrop auditorium and belly laughs rarely bellowed at any variety show. This day i the brain-child of guys who pack slide-rules mi their hips and set lip transits oil I lie Mall.

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WASHINGTON delegate uses floor microphone during I In crucial rules debate. KEYNOTE speech l»y Hugh Scott, former Republican national chairman. holds alien-lion of freshman. Companion nods with convention fatigue. From Vmateurs, Support for Ike Minnesota students wrote a preface to the national Republican convention 15 days before it met in ('hicago. Laden with convention props—scallops of bunting, aisle microphones, banners and stamina—more than 1.000 delegates and demonstrators representing the territories and 48 states swarmed about Williams arena. They were picking a Republican presidential candidate. Apparently college students know their political maneuvers. Delaware's group backed Supreme Court Justice William (). Dougins, who, the claimed, would support the platform, though he wasn't an avowed Republican. The Washington delegation protested, claiming they weren't at a rules committee meeting when the point was granted. The address system failed for a short Cine the first night of the two-day session. Rut no deals were made in smoke-filled rooms. Smoking isn't permitted in Williams arena. (Jen. Dwight I). Kisenhower was nominated on the second ballot. The convention was over by 0:80 p.m., early enough for students to attend a number of formats.

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I-|,YIN(; SAI (1ER, eonstrueted l Kin kappa No. |N».vse. Main Jl Mil.INI. (il.OW N prnetiees j« -t Indore engineering. is part of K lay |uira'li' Tlie float won EEN firs! prim . Main engineering after parade |Ki»eil. OPERA MNALE is little more limn organized elinos ( omie opera tradition l»cgnn IwniiiM' Metropolitan opera ousted Engineers' day variety show from Northrop auditorium two years ago when Die Fledemiaus” played here. Page 23