University of South Dakota - Coyote Yearbook (Vermillion, SD)

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' •t J.-. M i - FDR-WHDH THE CDW BEUTQllS l alike. The parade, some three miles in length, dwarfed all previous Dakota Day records, uui over 60 floats, 20 high school bands, was wit- nessed by approximately 10.000 spectators, gathered from all over the Midwest to attend this gala event. Prize winning floats were the East Hall Rainbow, and Delta ' For Whom the Cow Bell Tolls. The game in the afternoon saw 5,000 Coyotes once again a reality, as Inman Stadium was jammed. Miss Dakota, her attendants, M oxv Ents- Twenty-one

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ON DAKOTA DAY •5K A 3 Beginning with the colorful coronation of Miss Dakota of 1941, Ma.xine Johnson, on Friday night, followed by a giant pep rally led by Butch Bauer, with plenty of yells, speeches by Harry Gamage, alumni, and a free show at the theatre, Dakota Day was off to a running start on a full 24 hour basis. Next morning, bright and early, saw last minute touches on floats and frenzied scurrying about of 2-«5 bandsters and students M K9r 5vit i l Twentj

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i minger, Ethel Troskey, Joy Cleland, and Elaine Cooper, together with Governor Bushfield, U presi- dent I. D. Weeks, State College prexy Lyman E. Jackson, were escorted to their special box in the stadium by the Sioux Falls motorcycle club in full regal fashion. The game proved a field day for the Coyotes, as charging fullback Don Forney rolled up 22 points, to lead his teammates to a 40 to victory over the hapless Jackrabbits. ?» Twenty-two