Thursday, April 26, 1951
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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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Luella Cooney about coming Rodeo plans.
Miss Gutherless was selected 1951 Rodeo Queen
by the Rodeo association to be presented dur
Ag Freshman Named Queen
Of Farmers' Fair Festivities
Queen of the 1951 Farmers'
Fair rodeo scheduled for Satur
day, April 28, will be Gayle
Gutherless, an Ag college fresh
man. Miss Gutherless, an experi
enced hand at rodeo queenship,
hails from Brady. She was at
tendant to the North Platte Ro
deo Queen of 1950.
In addition, Miss Gutherless
Grass Cutting Group Harried
By Infinite Details, Red Tape
By Amy Palmer
Pre-Colle'ge Days days were a
Jumble of last minute committee
meetings, lost speeches and much
and soft music
Just to give you an idea of how
It all came about, just follow the
movements of one Janet Remlap
as she went about her work as
chairman of the lawn cutting
committee.
First of all, Janet had to have
a committee. She looked through
tha list of available workers and
chose an all-male squad. After
all, cutting grass is quite a job.
She then had to contact them
all and plan meeting time and
place. While talking to her first
choice, they arranged a date for
the following Friday. The rest of
the evening was spent planning
what she -would wear, where
they would go, and talking about
her prospective date to her
friends.-
Now The Details
The next day she contacted all
the members and they decided
they had better have a meeting
to plan the details. Since there
was no room available, they de
cided to meet in the Crib. -
While talking over the situa
tion of the lawns, Janet noticed
how big and strong one of her'
committee members was. They;
made a date to go out to his place
so he could show her his dumb
bells. They also discussed parties
past, present and future, cribbing
techniques and other current in
terests. Another day had gone by
nnd still Janet hadn't settled any
thing about getting the grass cut
At the next meeting, they real-
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AG OPEN HOUSE A visitor stud ies the demonstration of a water
y?tcm which will be set up by the Vo-Ag club for open house
Friday afternoon.
chats with
won second place honors in the
1951 Junior Ak-Sar-Ben coed
riding contest She will lead the
College Days parade the Satur
day morning before the rodeo.
Bareback, Saddle Brone
Entries into the bareback and
saddle bronc riding, bull riding,
calf roping, cow cutting and
wild cow milking contests were
announced yesterday by Rex
ly got down to business. While
the committee talked things over
(this time at Uni Drug) one
member went out to investigate
mentioned that he could be spared
from the committee because he
was the only one on it who was
pinned.
This ambitious .member first
made a tour of the campus to see
if he could find any grass that
should be cut. He couldn't even
find any grass.
Just to be on the safe . side,
though, be went to the Dean of
Student Affairs to ask about jt.
The Dean wasn't in, but his sec
retary referred him to the Chan
cellor, who handled all such af
fairs. At the Chancellor's office, he
filled out a questionnaire in trip
licate and was told to make an
appointment with the Board of
Regents who handled all such af
fairs. When he met with Bthe
Board, they looked through the
books and files to see who han
dled such affairs.
An appointment was made and
at the next meeting of Janet's
lawn cutting committee, Berg ap-
He thanked them graciously for
asking him to come. Then he
thanked each member of , the
committee graciously for trying to
be of. some help. Then be care
'fully told them that since the
grass had not grown as much as
had been expected, they would
not be needed. Once more, he
thanked the m graciously and
then left.
Janet and her committee mem
bers then paused long enough to
order another round of coKes.
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urday afternoon. She has been riding ho;-ses
since the age of 3.
Messersmith, co-chairman with
Jack Wilson In charge of the ro
deo plans.
Jack Manning and Dale Fagot
are the two entries in the saddle
bronc riding contest.
A full slate is scheduled for
the bareback bronc riding con
test Those competing are:
Keith Young, Jack Manning,
Pablo Stokely, Warner Houfek,
Dale Fagot Jim Peters, Buck
Keister, Bot Chinnock, Fran Mc
Ardle, Rob Roy Farnham and Rod
Harvey.
Those competing at bull riding
will be: Keith Young, Jack
Manning, Pablo Stogely, Warner
Houfek, Dale Fagot, Tim Peters,
Buck Keister, Lee Burnham, Bob
Chinnock, Fran Mc Ardle, Ted
Jeary, Rex Coffman, Rob Roy
Farnham, Carroll Christensen,
Verlin Hanson and Jerry Yeager.
Calf Kopine Contestants
Calf roping contestants are:
Keith Young, Jack Manning,
Pablo Stokely, Wafner Houfek,
Jim Peters, Buck Keister, Mike
Gaskins, Ted Jeary and Rex
Coffman.
Cow cutting contestants are:
Jack Manning, Pablo Stokety,
Virginia Baskin, Buck Keister,
Clarice Fiala, Ted Jeary and Rex
Coffman.
Entries in the wild-cow milk
ing contest are:
Jack Manning, Pablo Stokely,
Warner Houfek, Dale Fagot, Jim
Peters, Buck Keister, Mike Gas
kins, Bob Chinnock, Ted Jeary,
Rex Coffman, Eldon Larsen and
Verlin Hanson.
The rodeo will be held from 2
to 5 pjn. Saturday, April 28, at
the Ag college rodeo arena lo
cated east of the Military Sci
ence building on Ag campus.
Ag Queen Title
Includes Five
Coed Finalists
Ceres, the Goddess of Agricul
ture, will come to life . Saturday
in the person of one of five out
standing Ag senior coeds.
She will be revealed at the
Cotton-Denim dance with all of
the pomp and ceremony befitting
the patroness of a great agricul
ture state.
Vying for the coveted "Goddess
of Agriculture" title are: Dorothy
Bowman, Mary Chace, Eileen
Derieg, Ruth Fischer and Mary
Frances Johnson.
All-Campu Election
Selected in an all-campus elec
tion from a list ot high-ranking
home economics coeds, the "God
dess" candidates share numerous
honors and offices at the Univers
ity. Dorothy Bowman ffe a vocation
al homemaking major. She is a
Mortar Board, past president of
Ag YWCA, member of Phi Up
silon Omicron and Omicron Nu
home ec honoraries and resident
of Love hall.
Also majoring in vocational
homemaking, Mary Chace is a
Mortar Board, past vice president
of Home Ec Club, member of Phi
Upsilon Omicron an Omicron Nu
and .residents of Love hall.
Other Candidates
Eileen Dereig is 1951 Honorary
Commandant, Home Ec Club cab
inet, member of Phi Upsilon Omi
corn and Omicron Nu and Chi
Omega sorority. She is a diete
tics major.
Ruth Fischer lists Ag Exec
Board, Love hall president, Home
Ec Cabinet and Phi .Upsilon Omi
cron among her activities. She is
a vocational homemaking major.
Mary Frances Johnson is a
member of PW Upsilon Omicron
and Omicron Nu, rast president of
Love hall vice president of Ag
YWCA, and head AUF Ag solici
tor. She is majoring in vocational
homemaking.
Something nur hut vet an old
kind of event has been announced1
as part of Farmers' Fair division
of College Days this year. The
"interesting" displays may be
seen from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday on
Ag campus.
Chairman Frank Sibert said the
displays promise to have interest
to both young and old. Welding
and machinery displays for the
more serious minded along with
bees, Iambs and dogs for the
youngsters.
Koom aecorations, along witn
an artist's workshop, are featured
for women sightseers.
The Ag cafeteria win oe open
for the entire College Days fes
tivities. Livestock Exhibits
The Block and Bridle club of
University olans to exhibit
six kinds of livestock, including:
Colts, calves, puppies, pigs,
lambs, goats, hamsters, rabbits
the room to be set up as a ma
ternity ward.
Visitors will get a chance to
view the trophies, ribbons and
pictures of outstanding men in
the field of animal husbandry.
Committee members are: rTanx
Lothrop, chairman; Wayne Frost
RdItvH Wild rwnn T.inscott. Ward
Hansen, Laverne Popken, Arlen
Beam, Bob Radin and Ray viasm.
Hybrid Poocorn
Chairman of the Tri-K display
"Rnh Sarid. will compare the old
open polinated popcorn with the
ney hybrids, seeds will oe weal
ed and cleaned as they are com
TTiorHnllv.
With the current advocation of
increased conservation, a demon
stration of the effect of amounts
of organic matter in the soil is
an exhibit for the public to view.
Tn rrmiunction. the Soil Con
servation club under the direction
of Keith Young has planned a
display and demonstration of the
Salt-Wahoo Watershed develop
ment nrolept.
The Home Ec club plans to
nvmenr tours throutrh the de
partment movies, housing and
equipment displays, cioming ana
textiles, food and nutrition, de
cimc m A crafts, advances in
teaching, child development and
many more.
Homemaking Displays
Committee members in charge
Ag Pie-Eating
Contest Opens
After Parade
The annual all-University pie
eating contest will be held at Ag
cnilpPA Activities building. April
28. at 12:30 pm, immediately
following the parade.
All organized houses may en
ter one contestant each, and any
independent wishing to enter
may do so by securing an eniry
slip at the Ag Union.
Snnncnred iointlv bv the Ag
Union and the Farmer's Fair
board, the contest will be judged
and timed by members of the
fanultv.
The contest will be' divided into
two parts, the men and the
women. At the end of these con
tests, thp two winners will com
pete against each other, deciding
the all-University champ.
The winners of last year's con
test was Jo Meyer in the wom
en s division and Jim Haggarx m
the men's division. Both were
awarded a package of Bromo
Seltzer. The prizes for this year are re
ported to be bigger and better.
Good Neivs . .
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lightful travesty of the corny col
Wiate musical of the twenties.
Wisely, he preserved the speed
snA marathon vieor tnar cave
these old shows their bathtub
booze kick.
Settings, executed under the
trhnif-nl direction of Bill Ellis.
proved tasteful and artistically
appropriate. Coloriul costumes
contributed much to the period
flavor nf the comedy.
The orchestra, under the baton
of Aaron Schmidt deserves a spe
cial accolade. Although the mu
npted with rather than
accompanied the singers on stage
at times, a shortcoming wnicn
can be rectified by an improved
ennnri KVRtem. the orchestra per
formed a demanding and difficult
job with commendable linesse
and skill.
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of the varied developments in
homemaking are as follows:
Carolyn Huston, Mary Ann
Grundman, Betty Hathaway,
Mary June Barnell, Joan Berg
gren, Mildred Athey, Margaret
Marman, Virginia West Luella
Cooney and Julia Bell.
One of the most oustanding dis
plays exhibited is that of the
Vocational Agriculture club. Ac
cording to c. E. Wilcox, cnair
man, the main feature is a trip
through the Ag engineering
building designed to illustrate the
value of each course offered to
the students.
Bee Keeping
A unique sort of bee keeping
display, with the queens and
drones well marked will also be
shown. The hive will consist of
glass.
A feeding experiment display
showing the use of live rats is
scheduled.
Other committee members
working on this "division of the
open houses are: Kenneth Lux,
Bill Waldo and Everett Wilkens.
The Varsity Dairy club has a
unique display planned that
demonstrates the proper way to
produce milk under grade A
specifications. A comparison is
planned between two dairy men,
one with the proper equipment,
the other without.
Milk Comparison
Inside the Dairy Industry
building, viritors will be iitness
ing a comparison of the milk in
the condition it would be if it
were produced under the two
conditions as represented in the
first comparison.
There will be bacteria counts,
pictures and microscopes set up
for the visitors.
A special feature planned is a
tour of the Varsity creamery.
This is arranged to demonstrate
the advisability of the depart
ment's new $22,000 bottling ma
chine. Varsity Dairy committee men
working with the display are:
James Bartosh, Harold Coleman,
Kenneth Johnson, James Dahlke,
Donald Beck and factuly adviser,
Robert Fossland.
'Fair and Wetter' Fate
Awaits Annual Ag Pageant
The Ag barometer predicts fair
and warmer, but the fate of
Farmer's Fair has inevitably been
'Fair and wetter."
Throughout the history of the
traditional Farmer's Fair, rain
often has dampened all the spirit
of the Aggies. But rain or the
fear of it is the only thing which
has not changed with each new
year of the fair.
Here's how the Cornhusker's
Countryman files record the hist
ory of the Ag tradition.
Earliest Record
In 1915. the earliest record of
the Fair, there was one central
admission gate to the college
grounds. But the Fair Board dis
continued fencing around the
campus after several fairs because
"half the students were kept busy
watching for fence-hoppers and
the other half was needed at the
gate to take care of the Fair
goers." Mechanical rides and profess
ional concessions made up the
early midways. The parade,
which preceded the fair, featured
stock from the University herds
and floats advertising crops edu-.
cation.
In The Twenties
Students in the twenties partic
ipate in bull dogging and bronc
busting contests. They also pre
sented a historical pageant
There is no record of any edu
cational purpose of early fairs.
They were similar to the typical
"county fair" of today, but with
no exhibits or demonstrations.
Athletic contests and horse
shows were main attractions of
the fair in the thirties. Profess
ional Spanish dancers were hired
to replace the student pageant
Grows Larger
The Fair grew larger and larger
during each of the first 25 years.
Many changes were made in the
program until 1940 finally rolled
around.
The year 1 940, was a happy one
for Aggies. It was one of the first
years during which it didn't rain.
The program featured the inter
sorority riding contest with 40
entries. Wrestling matches be
tween amateur student wrestlers
WHISKER KINGS? Entered to the Whisker
King contest are Rex Messersmith on horsej,
KODEO FUN Bill Gillespie is coming out of the chutes in last
year's rodeo. The steer is damp, the ground is damp but BuTt
spirits dont seem to be dampened. (Cornhusker Countryman
Photo.)
AFTER THE BRABEQUE An all-university square dance will
follow the Friday evening barbeque at the Ag College Activities
building.
climaxed the first day of the Fair.
The annual Fanners Fair dance
followed the wrestling matches.
Masking of the six new board
members was the highlight of the
dance.
First Open House
Open House was introduced
first in 1941. The exhibits which
had been set up in the College
Activities basement were moved
to departmntal buildings allowing
more room to "improve the edu
cational possibilities of the Fair."
An indoor style-show was given
in 1941 to honor the Goddess of
Agriculture. The Goddess was
present each previous year at
the beginning of the parade. The
presntation and crowning was
made at an arched platform which
still stands between dairy indus
try and animal husbandry.
The rodeo included a steer rid
ing contest an intersorority riding
contest a draft horse polo game
and a calf roping contest. A large
crowd witnessed fhe rodeo.
Aggies' Disappointment
Aggies were disappointed in
1942 when the Fair was taken off
the campus. It did not return un
til 1948. Many of the traditions
came back with the fair.
There was the tub set up near
the Union for violators of the
cotton and denim week garb. A
beef barbecue and agriculture
open house drew- large out-of
state crowds. A home ec depart
mental program entertained the
women at the Fair who did not
attend the rodeo.
Bareback and bronc riding were
introduced to the rodeo. A coed
calf catching contest and cutting
horse contests were also added.
And there was a midway made
up of concession booths sponsored
by campus organizations.
Wild Cow Milkinr
In 1949 a wild cow-milking
contest was added to the Fair, but
the tub was missing from the
campus. The last day of the Fair
was finished with the barbecue
and a square dance.
1950 was a wild and wet year
for a Fair. But the Aggies saw it
through. The rodeo audience car
ried blankets and umbrellas; one
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to keep them warm, the other to
keep them dry.
Rodeo participants rode broncs
that could scarcely keep four feet
on the ground when they were
walking, let alone when they were
bucking. Many of the Aggies
spilled with the horses. Calf
catching coeds took off their shoes
and socks to wade bare-footed
through the mud after a muddy
calf.
And Pie Eating
A pie eating contest was intro
duced to the festivities. Coeds and
Ag college men entered the con
test And the Goddess of Agricul
ture was presented at the cotton
and denim dance.
This year Aggies are joining
their cousins to present Farmer's
Fair with College Days. The cot
ton and denim dance is an all
University and will be held in the
coliseum.
But the beards are just as long,
the barbecue pits will be just as
deep and Saturday probably will
be just as wet for the 1951 Farm
er's Fair.
Agronomists Give
Planting News
University agronomists said
Monday fanners in eastern Ne
braska can plant soybeans of
grain sorghum instead of oats
this year because of the lateness
of the season for planting the
cereal crop.
They said oat yields if the crop
is planted now will be cut se
verely. Few farmers have their
ground ready now for sowing
oats.
Here are some experimental
data compiled from 34 years of
tests at the University's agrono
my farm which show how oat
yields are cut by late planting:
Oat planted on April 10 had
SO per cent of the yield of those
planted on April 1. When planted
on April 20 the yield was 75 per
cent of the oats planted on April
1
Twelve miles north of Lincoln
oats are one day later in maturing.
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