University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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NORTH STAR winners Mary llubhnrd. left, Marie (Joist and Peg Patterson rent! certificate. PROCESSION of seniors and faculty member- line up before Coff-nmn I'nion according to college designation before Cap ami Gown day parade and convocation. Traditional Change in Rented Gowns Senior days clot the calendar for nearly a month before graduation. Such neatly scattered events aid students in relinquishing the rank of college senior for one of private c itizen. They also help -eniors break in their rented enps and gowns. Hneotiragvd by the picnic experiment performed in 11)51. senior cabinet planned a night of revelry at Ex-celsior amusement park. Tickets to rides were offered at a reduced rate. The cabinet hired a band for a dance in the park's pavilion. Hut only committee members showed tip. There were about 12 of them who aimlessly wandered about looking for more seniors. The hand played to an empty hall with a committee-man sitting in on the drums. While planners rode rides at reduced rates, Minnesota's lack-lustre panty raid was valiantly trying to be a success. Later that week, the committee blended in with other seniors in the Gap and Gown day parade. They sauntered up the Mall past relatives, friends and under classmen who didn't have fourth hour class. During the Cap and Gown day convocation seniors heard a solid, though traditional, speech by Dr. Herbert K. Hayes, retiring chief of agronomy and plant genetics, lie told them that teamwork is needed for success in more fields than just agricultural research. Hayes said today’ complex problem- may be solved only on the basis of world-wide cooperative effort and the application of the scientific method. Caps and gowns were donned once more at the baccalaureate service held the Sunday before graduation. Rev. Gerald II. IMielan, from Notre Dame, -| okc about “Facing the Future. After the ceremonies, tradition's heavy-handed grip once more clasped seniors on the shoulder and steered them to Minnesota's quadrangle between the Museum of Natural History and the Continuation Center. They shook hands with President and Mrs. James Lewis Morrill and other staff dignitaries. They tarried a bit over cups of pink lemonade and then went home. It was a more regimented, well-timed story the following Saturday—June It. Memorial -Indium was filled with relatives and well-wishers of the 4.982 graduates. Before this mass hurriedly crossed the stage to get their diploma certificates, President Morrill charged them to be loyal to both country and I'niversity and told them the future was wide open for improvement. The President spoke again the next Monday at Northwestern I 'niversity'- commencement. Meanwhile hi- own graduates were making diverse tracks into the future. Page 29

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PICNICKING committee mom-Ihts utilize shoot ini; gallery's reduced rate's, try to overlook absence of the majority of stay-at-home senior class. AN EMPTY merry-go-roimd whirls and blares forth its jangling music. Later at the dancer, committee stood and gawked at the empty pavilion. RECOGNITION IIANQt ET speaker President Morrill tells campus leaders of faith in students to leant, mature. Awards went to !t!t of the campus big-wigs.

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COLOR ( ( ARD |ia.««'s l»v tin Chemistry l»uil«liii{'. Guard whs composed of men from I 'Diversity army. navy, air force and marine ROTC units. DONATIONS to the Greater I'niversity fund are flipped liy robed seniors into the cauldron that always pops up on walk in before Northrop on Cap and (town day BANDSMEN arranged on Northrop auditorium steps watch director, supply cadence for mass of seniors who arc marching up the Mall toward them. N INI) BLOW N BANNERS are repaired by girls before Cap and Gown day parade moves up Mall. Attendants, dressed in rich satin rolies, marched behind the color guard. Day was overcast and sharp gusts of wind caused flags and banners to billow. I'age 30