S F C Seniors Finish Tonight Commencement and College Plans
Fifty seven students across normal, music and liberal arts schools of Sioux Falls college will receive diplomas at the forty eighth annual commencement in Jordan Ball Chapel at 8 p m tonight. President C W Pugsley will speak on The College of Yesterday and Today. A reception follows. Trustees meet Monday as Sioux Falls university transitions to Sioux Falls college with Grand Island college Nebraska and Parker college Minnesota as incorporators. The first meeting of incorporators is June 11.
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Sioux Falls
Sronx Falls College
Jordan Ball
C. W. Pugsley
South Dakota State College
Brookings
Sioux Falls University Board of Trustees
Sioux Falls University
Sioux Falls College
Grand Island College of
Nebraska
Farker College of
Minnesota
Ralph W. Hobbs
First Baptist Church
Grand Island
Neb
City Temple Baptist Church
Orpheum Theatre
Claire MacGregor
Pi Kappa Delta
Gliddenhall
Sioux Falls College Alumni Association
Evere Ttt Winnett
Mendelssohn
de Koven
Hilmar Martini
Pugsley
Vernon Alger
Zigeunerweisen
Satasate
John L. Barton
Board of Trustees
University Women Awarded Honors at South Dakota
Vermillion June 1 Blazers, monograms and trophies were given by the University of South Dakota Women’s Athletic Association. Vesta Spensley won the W A A F C Davis honorary shield, the 1500 point award. Red and white blazers went to several 1200 point earners, including Leona Lovejoy Agnes Schmidt and Lillian Stedtowsky. Fifteen received monograms for 1200 points. Major and minor sport awards followed by class and interclass tennis tourney results.
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Women's Athletic Association
University of South Dakota
W. A. A. F. C. Davis
Vesta Spensley
Vermillion
Leona Lovejoy
Agnes Schmidt
Castlewood
Pierre Children Win Prizes For Pioneer Stories
In Pierre South Dakota Hughes county pupils competed for about 30 dollars in prizes plus an Edison phonograph grand prize. Doris Porter won both the grand prize and a first prize for a four grade rural Mentor Township story about an Indian visit and a trunk secret. Other top winners include Marian Pete Dorothy Welch Russell Samco and Gerard Shore for accounts of blizzards prairie fires thefts Indian storms and floods.
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Pierre
Edison
Hughes County
Missouri
Doris Porter
Marian Pete
Dorothy Welch
Russell Samco
Gerard Shore
Sioux Falls College Honors Top Graduates in 48th Commencement
Four states are represented among Sioux Falls College seniors named to the top of the 1948 class. Elizabeth Rice and William Morris lead with Cum Laude honors, each active in campus music, drama, debate, and journalism. Carroll Robinson and Mary Stephens rank third and fourth, with ties among Alvin Stoddard and Everett Winnett. Baccalaureate is May 31 and commencement June 1 with President Pugsley delivering the keynote.
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Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls College
South Dakota
Minnesota
Illinois
Iowa
Elizabeth Rice
Watertown
S. D
William Morris
Littlefork
Minn
Wil
Miss Rice
Morris
Carroll Robinson
Alpha
Mary Stephens
Sioux City
Alvin Stoddard
Hurley
Everett Win
Critical Discussion On French Dramas Airs On KUSD
Mrs Dorothy Murray Howell, French instructor, led a brief KUSD radio discussion from Vermillion on June 1 analyzing two modern French dramas Dr Knock by Jules Romains and Chotard et Compagnie by Roger Ferdinand. She noted critics view these as among France s best since 1900 and said modern French drama is in an experimental phase similar to American theater.
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Vermillion
Dorothy Murray Howell
KUSD
University of South Dakota
Howell
Dr. Knock
Jules Romains
Chotard Et Compagnie
Roger Ferdinand
France
Winners announced in Onida Poppy Contest
In Onida on June 1 the American Legion Auxiliary contest Why Wear a Poppy named high school winners Clara Kleinsasser first and Hazel Ripley second. In the grade division first Eleanor Haverly and second Verna Kopp. Judges were Mrs C J Crandall Miss Gladys Lumley of Onida and Mrs Weil Bever of Agar.
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Onida
American Legion Auxiliary
Clara Kleinsasser
Hazel Ripley
Eleanor Haverly
Verna Kopp
C. J. Crandall
Gladys Lumley
Weil Bever
Agar
Vermillion Opens 49th USD Commencement Week
Vermillion June 1 The forty ninth annual commencement week program at the University of South Dakota began with the baccalaureate exercises in Single Auditorium. Doctor O J H Preus of Augustana college delivered the address before 182 seniors. A choir of 60 plus voices conducted by A L Wilson performed. The formal program included invocation scripture lesson and benediction by local clergy. The complete program list followed. Commencement exercises are set for Saturday morning June 6 in Siagle Auditorium with orator Alvin Waggoner addressing the crowd on Overproduction or Machines.
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University of South Dakota
Vermillion
L.A. McDonald
Vermillion Methodist Church
W. C. Deer
First Baptist Church
Bethovm
W. D. Deer
Russell S. Hubbard
Rachmaninoff
Mountain
O. J. H. Preus
Augustana College
Sioux Falls
L. A. McDonald
Bastian
Siagle Auditorium
Alvin Waggoner
South Dakota Regents of Education
Honor valedictorian Light Yost tops State college class
Brookings June 1 Light Yost holds the highest scholastic rank in the graduating class at State college as per registrar D. B. Doner. He earned straight E grades for two years, a feat previously achieved only by his brother Lowell Yost. Yost also works for two years as operator for Station KFDY and holds a federal license. He majors in electrical engineering and will receive a degree at June commencement, the largest class in university history per registrar H. W. Frankenfeld.
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KFDY
State College
Yost
Iroquois band opens summer concert series
The Iroquois Municipal band presented the opening number of ten concerts in the season. A large audience attended the Thursday night event as cool weather kept listeners in their cars. The Ladies Aid provided hot hamburgers and coffee to all for a consideration.
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Troquois
Iroquois Municipal Band
Yankton Graduates Secure Teaching Positions in Diverse Schools
In Yankton on June 1, the College Teachers Placement bureau reports over half of Yankton college normal department graduates placed by mid May. Four graduates join teaching and coaching roles at Philip, Arras, Mission Hill, Wagner, Hamill, Platte, Kennebec, Corsica, Faulkton, Hayti, Stickney, Tabor, Erwin, Henry, Norris, Hei land, and other towns. An additional batch of two year normal graduates, including Agnes Blank and Mary Ward among others, have secured roles across Kenneber, Esmond, Corsica, Pierce, Pukwana, St. Lawrence, Rutland, Stickney, and Selby.
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Yankton
Renown College Teachers Placement Bureau
Yankton College Normal Department
Bout
Emma Meistick
Department of Education
Herried
Arras
Kathleen Hainstock
Sioux Falls
Mission Hill
George Hanna
Scotland
Wagner
Beatrice Kalayjian
Parker
Hamill
Monica Klopping
Platte
William Lang
Tyndall
Kennebec
Erna Lehman
Beresford
Corsica
Joe Mendel
Onida
Faulkton
Coletta Rowcliffe
Miller
Hayti
Walter Sattler
Stickney
Earl Schlegelmilch
Tabor
Felix Schwarter
Freeman
Erwin
Ervin Southmayd
Amour
Henry
Lois Wanke
Norris
Mary Ward
Chicago
Heiland
Agnes Blank
Minneapolis
Kenneber
Marjorie Bottomley
Iroquois
Esmond
Minnie de Beer
Frances Jones
Rapid City
Pierce, Neb
Katherine Mielenz
Pukwana
Audrae Schaeffer
St. Lawrence
Barbara Schneck
Rutland
Lavern Thomas
Onida Study Club Honors Top Scholastic Girls
The Onida Study club awards pins to high school pupils with the highest class averages. Senior Sylvia Adams, junior Edith McMacken, sophomore Herta Styne, and freshman LaVon Chamberlain receive silver or gold pins based on class standing. If a repeat winner occurs, numerals may be added to the pin.
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Onida Study Club
ONIDA
Sylvia Adams
Edith McMacken
Herta Styne
LaVon Chambelain
Farmers Equity Union to Convene in Lemmon June 5 6
The annual district convention of the Farmers Equity Union will be held in Lemmon June 5 and 6, with several hundred delegates expected. Sessions open at 9 15 a m Friday and close Saturday afternoon, featuring Governor Warren B Green and numerous marketing and agricultural speakers from Aberdeen Chicago and beyond.
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Farmers Equity Union
Lemmon
Warren B. Green
Leroy Melton
B. M. Norum
Equity Union Creamers
Ine
St Aberdeen
John Frostad
Equity Audit Company
Aberdeen
J. H. Lemmon
South Dakota Wool Growers Association
P L. Betts
Dairy and Poultry Cooperatives
Chicago
W. F. Schmidt
South
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Ero
Last Nicks
Preus Speaks
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Srispies
H. W. Frankenfeld
Wrest
Huron Fire Department
Drum’s Auditorium
Art Clough
Glyerman
Tai
Lisbeth
Ursula Parrott
Norma Shearer
Norma
Shearer
Ursula Fparrott
Robert Montgomery
Huron
BisiQu
of Huron’s New
Harmony Kings
South Doktan
South Dakotan
Huron Amusement Company
Security Bank Building
Eiuron Amusement Company
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