1955-05-25

              Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, Illinois, Wednesday, May 25, 1955
Cox Crowned ueen in 'Heart of Cori Belt';
Candidate for 'Miss Illinois' This Week
Marian Elizabeth Cox, junior
from Oak Park in the School of
Dramatics, was crowned "Miss
Heart of the Corn Belt" queen
Saturday, May 21. Marian is 20
years old and along with her
major in dramatics she has a
minor sequence in music.
Nineteen candidates w e r e
judged in the contest Saturday,
with two of the awards going to
Wesleyan girls. Mary Alice Ray,
19, of Monmouth and a fresh-
Seniors Henored;
This year's Senior Convoca-tion
and Recognition Day held
on May 25 at Memorial gymna-sium
was dedicated to the sen-iors,
students, and organizations
whose achievements during the
year 1954-55 had earned them
that special day of recognition,
man, won fourth place in the
beauty-talent contest.
The girls were judged on poise,
and personality, during the
morning, and entertained at a
luncheon in the Hotel Rogers.
The afternoon saw a parade be-fore
the final judging at 8 p.m. at
Bloomington high school.
The contestants wore formals,
then gave a talent exhibition
and reappeared in bathing suits.
Marian sang "If I Loved You"
from "Carousel" as her talent
number. At the end of the con-test
a tie for first place was voted
by the judges. After a short hud-dle
the judges awarded first place
to Miss Cox. Second place went
to Shirley Ramano of ISNU.
The judges were: Mrs. Betty
Mueller, Miss Illinois of 1943;
Miss Marilyn L. Parker, former
Conover model, director of the
Fashion Studio in Normal; Miss
Rae Ann Roberts, of the Rae Ann
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Donald Douglas, senior class cnoolo1 U Iance; tr. rseie on v.
Kincheloe dean of the School of
president, presided over the pro- Kincheloe, dean of the School of
gram, which follows: Music at Bradley university; and
Processional, University or- John Egan, president-elect of
chestra; Invocation, Charles Illinois Jaycees.
Poole; Recognition Address, Dr. The "Miss Illinois" contest will
Robert Q. Gibbon; Presentation be held at Quincy, Illinois, next
of Senior Gift, John Chantos; week, and the winner there will
Installation of President of Stu- go to the Miss America contest,
dent Council, President Merrill September 6, in Atlantic City.
J.' Holmes; Response, Richard
Reinhard; Farewell to Class of sional to Hedding Arch; "Wes-
1955, President Holmes; Response leyan, Dear Wesleyan."
and Presentation of Key, Donaldl Outstanding seniors and or-
Douglas; Acceptance of Key, ganizations were awarded special
Richard Ahlenius; Welcome to recognition for physical educa-
Class of 1956, Dr. H. Wayne Sni- tion, scholarship, and general
der; "Alma Wesleyana"; Bene- recognition of various honorary
diction, James Bjork; Recession- fraternities, sororities, and pub-al,
University orchestra; Proces- lications.
Grad uation June 5;
Honors Given
Commencement exercises this
year will be held at 4:30 p.m. on
Sunday, June 5, at the University
in Memorial gymnasium. Along
with the seniors receiving de-grees
will be four people receiv-ing
honorary degrees.
The Graduation Breakfast will
begin the weekend on Saturday,
June 4, which is Alumni Day.
Alumni Reunion luncheons will
be held in Memorial Center for
the classes of 1905 and 1930. This
will be the 50th reunion for the
class of 1905 and the 25th for
1930.
Alumni Day
The Annual Alumni Dinner will
be at 6:30, with Richard Read '44
president of the Alumni Council,
presiding. Designated reunions at
this time are 1883, 84, 85, 1893,
94, 95, 1903, 04, 05, 1913, 14,.15,
1923, 24, 25, 1933, 34, 35, 1943, 44,
45, 1953, 54. The speaker will be
George Hinshaw '13, vice presi-dent
in charge of foreign opera-tions
of Goodyear Company, Inc.
Sunday, June 5, at noon, there
will be a luncheon for Phi Kappa
Phi, a national scholastic hon-orary
society, in Memorial Cen-ter.
The President's Reception in
honor of the senior class, will be
from 2 'til 3:30 p.m. in Memorial
Center. Commencement will be
held at 4:30 with John Lester
Buford as the speaker.
Honorary Degrees
Mr. Buford is superintendent
of the Mt. Vernon city schools.
He will be conferred the title
Doctor of Laws. Others receiving
degrees are: Miss Marguerite
Fleming, director of KSLH Board
of Education, Radio Station, St.
Louis, Doctor of Humane Letters
degree; R. Merrill Powers, super-intendent
of the Joliet-Dixon
District of the Rock River Con-ference
of the Methodist church,
Doctor of Divinity degree; Clif-ford
C. Brown, pastor of the First
Methodist church, Pontiac, Doc-tor
of Divinity degree.
Short New Registrar
As Browns Resigns
Lee W. Short, director of ad-missions
at Wesleyan, has been
appointed registrar for the' next
year. Mr. Short will continue his
duties as admissions director
along with his new position.
Mrs. Althea Fielding, who has
served as supervisor of the reg-istrar's
office, has been appoint-ed
assistant registrar for the
coming year. Ralph Browns, pro-fessor
of philosophy, who' was
registrar the past year, will re-turn
to a full-time teaching posi-tion
with the University.
Mr. Short, who graduated from
Illinois Wesleyan in 1947, has
been admissions director for the
past two years. His first position
with the University was as a
graduate assistant in the School
of Music.
Miss SAI Elected Prom Queen Saturdy-
Senior Men Honor Her JUnio-ri-S Or
Ann Rothschild was crowned corsages and their candidate
Queen of the Junior-Senior Prom photographs.
Saturday night, May 21, at 10:30 Miss Rothschild was a Home-p.
m. Miss Rothschild, a enior, is coming queen attendant during
a Sigma Alpha Iota from the past Homecoming festivities.
Charleston, Illinois. She is a mu- For activities at Wesleyan, she
sic student majoring in voice. claims Titan Council, Co-Choir,
Miss Rothschild was elected by Egas, Alpha Lambda Delta, and
the votes of senior men on Wed- Green Medallion.
nesday, May 18. Richard Ahle-nius,
president of the junior e es N ed LUTC
class, presented Miss Rothschild
with a golden loving cup and '0frd 3-Ye r Term
an orchid corsage. Members of WWWii lllliiaamm TT.. BBeeaaddlleess,, DDeeaann ooff
the court also received orchid the University, has accepted an
{appointment as a member of the
S nderwriting Training Council,
OicNew York.
The LUTC examination board.
unhivicerh- meets annually, is instru-
Twenty-two Wesleyan univer- mental in passing upon the ques-sity
students were initiated into tions prepared by the staff at
Masquers, dramatics organiza- headquarters, which/ are used in
tion, this last weekend. Those mid-term and final examinations
initiated were as follows: Carol for the degree of life underwrit-
Krueger, Jan Kemp, Bill Wat- er.
kins, Harry Loveall, Dave Priest, Dean Beadles is the only per-
Dick Duvall, Jim Kyalla, Roger son currently serving on the
Wilbur, Pat Thornton, Jim Rossi, council who does not live on the
Jan Moon, Beverly Schneider, Eastern seaboard. The Dean will
Sally Pech, Parker Oborn, Ken serve on the 9-man board for a
Helms, Ellen Lenard, Judy Sat- term of three years. President of
tem, Joe Vernon, Ruth Reichert, the council is Herbert R. Hill,
Edie Bird, Don Gottschalk, and CLU, Life Insurance Company of
Marilyn Lumb. Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
To be eligible for membership A certificate of recognition was
into the organization, a student presented to Dean Beadles last
must have taken an active part year in recognition of five years
as either actor or technician in of outstanding service in the
major productions or one-act LUTC faculty and for leadership
plays presented on the campus. in the field of Life underwriting.
A point system is used in decid- He was one of 16 people in the
ing the eligibility of students. United States to be awarded this
New officers of Masquers for certificate. It is through the
the coming year were also elected Dean's efforts in the Life under-at
the meeting. They are Fletcher writing field that Bloomington
Coleman, president; Barbara has the honor of claiming more
Owens, vice-president; Marilyn Life underwriters per capita than
Lumb, secretary-treasurer. any other city in the world.
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