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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 r _1_ 1 . ...... T . .T.P.. 4-l- T 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. Vol. 61 No. 27
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Title | 1955-05-25 |
Publication title | The Argus |
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Year | 1955 |
Decade | 1950 |
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Full Text | 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 r _1_ 1 . ...... T . .T.P.. 4-l- T 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. Vol. 61 No. 27 |
Collection | Student and Alumni News Periodicals (Illinois Wesleyan University) |