31 Mar 1945
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Newspaper
Psycho Fax And Revelations
Location
El Paso, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1945
Page
1
A student association outlines senior prom details with restricted venues and secret band contracts. Officials plan dances in EL 80 and multiple movie houses, with no chaperons, only faculty as observers, and the graduation class urged to arrive supervised by the committee.
A mid morning fusion of families and pioneers celebrates a wedding at the Cooperative Store. The bride wore a white orchid gown with raven hair. guests numbered about 300. The couple, both College of Mines alumni, plan to reside in California where the groom will help his father in the film industry.
The PROSPECTOR reports Vera Wise elopes with Warren Baxley after they borrowed Buddy Hydes' car for their honeymoon. The couple plans an open house, a dance, and a dinner party hosted by the Press Club with plans to entertain the newlyweds on their return.
A faculty committee announces no curfew on school events. Dances may run past 9 p m and continue in Juarez after 12 due to union rules. The move aims to let students exercise responsibility and discretion, with the change described as temporary to test its effect.
The club meets April 4 at 7:00 p m in the Educational Building of Trinity Methodist Church. Officers will be elected for the coming year. Dr Maurice Vinikoff of the City County Health Department will show Army films on venereal disease control.
President Raymond Manker signed a decree changing the date of April Fool's to April 2 citing a shortage of fools from a coop crop. Press queries elicited a quirky remark about dreath and a lack of craziness. Students loyal to Washington continued First Sunday celebrations to respect Puritan traditions.
The press club buys five 1942 Pontiacs to be parked in Mr William's space in front of Main. Students may use the cars until late but must return by 8 a.m. A 1 million gallon gas contract with the ration board covers fuel. Sponsors Jud Williams Warren Baxley and Chuck Scaritt will keep cars clean and serviced each morning at 8 a.m.
The piece recounts a long running feud between Ramsey and Ponsford at the Mines campus. Dr Ponsford opened a cafeteria in the Student Union Building, drawing praise for meals and service, while Mrs Ramsey led the Co-op and faced pushback over a proposed modern bar.
In a report from the dean of women’s office Cordell announced permission for all women to wear bluejeans on campus. The dean said she has worn them at home and sees no harm in students wearing them to classes noting comfort and springtime freedom. She also hinted at possibly riding in next year’s rodeo.
The two prominent Americans Dr D M Wiggins and Mrs Eleanor RB met briefly on the island of Pago Pago while awaiting travel. They shared a coconut milk cocktail and discussed future assignments with Wiggins heading to the Congo Region and Africa, while Eleanor heads to the South Pole to boost Eskimo morale.
The Prospector reports Melville Levenson known as Mel has been unanimously chosen Pin-up Boy of the Year for the Wacs in the South Pacific. His photo was the sole return among 200 sent, prompting readers to question the unreturned pictures while noting pin-up pictures raise morale.
A grand room hosts a Moonlight Sonata piano, red roses, and sedate young women studying notes while others rehearse social graces with a Charm Quiz. In the sun-porch group practicing, and kitchens empty milk urns stand ready. The scene signals health and balance within the Tri Delta lodge.
The War Department reports 6000 duty bags crossed the Remagen bridge into Germany. After nine days of battle the bags emptied and filled with beer and pretzels from house-frauen. Casualties included one bag that slipped and fell in the Rhine due to a knotting error traced to a TCM warplant.
Reported work started recently by eager labor on Mines campus. If steady progress continues, various buildings should be completed by April 6 of this year.
The new Disciplinary Committee, created by a unanimous student vote at Mines, reports its first victims this week. Manuel Garcia-Nunez leads, supported by Doris Sue Potter and others. Faculty cases were heard with strong defense by Tactless Williams for Poker Chips Farquear, while outcomes remain unannounced.
The piece references an end of war and humorously describes postwar indulgence with beef feasts, cigarettes, coffee, and a camping trip to Ruidoso. The tone shifts to anticipation of larger plans after the trip, conveying a lighthearted survivor mood.
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