University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Welcome Week BARBECUED CHICKEN, potato chips, apples and milk keep hungry freshmen busy. They need strength for the full afternoon ahead. THESE TWO SEEM to be having as much fun as the spectators. The question is, did they make it to the finish line? 19

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18 OOH, THEY SHOULD be hord boiled ' this disillusoned freshman says. The egg throw is one of the Olympic events which take place on St. Paul Campus during Welcome Weok.

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JILL, KAPPA SIGMA MASCOT, wos elected Dean for a Day through the effort of these faithful fraternity supporters. Poet Robert Frost Attracts Overflow Crowd CARL ROWEN was one of the guest speakers for SLA Week. “It's SI.A Week,” announced the little scholar in cap and gown on the poster. What’s SLA Week? It’s a time set aside to remind the University community of the merits and purposes of the College of Science, Literature, and Arts. The theme of the ’61 SLA Week Oct. 16-20. was “From Image to Reality.” The theme was announced in an SLA Week edition of Ivory Tower. Activities began with an essay contest for high school students on the subject., “How a Liberal Education Will Help Me Turn Images into Realities.” University students expressed their views on the theme in discussion groups and in classes. A capacity crowd jammed Northrop Auditorium to hear the renowned and beloved Robert Frost speak on liberals and other topics. At a banquet on Thursday, awards were given to outstanding teachers in SLA. Mulford 0- Sibley, Political Science, and Janies L. Gibbs, Anthropology; to outstanding alumni and to outstanding students in SLA. This climaxed the week’s serious side. Jill, a St. Bernard from Kappa Sigma fraternity was voted “Dean for a Day.” She represented a not-so-serious side of the week. Quiz bowl matches and a football game between vigorous SLA students and faculty members were other highlights. Barbara Lapp, SLA junior, was SLA Week chairman. 20 ROBERT FROST proved to be the biggest attraction during SLA Week. His lecture drew five thousand persons into Northrop Auditorium while many others were turned away.