THE NOBLEST MOTIVE THE PUBLIC GOOD
San Jose Sta e TColleeter I114111 I Dye xxx. Fellows ,A-N--FOE. CAUFORNIA. FRIDAY, MAY- 28,- 1943 Nu-tither 144 NUMEROUS TRADITIONS BROKEN IN 1943 SPARDI GRAS FESTIVAL; Bill Duran Spardi Gras King SPARTANS START AND END DAY - Bill Mitchell And Bud Veregge Will Reign As WITH SPIRITED CARNIVAL DANCES Monarch's Attendants In Today's Festivities Students Overcome Obstacles: PITMAN CROWNS KING AND QUEEN Plan Gigantic Celebration IN QUAD AT NOON By DEAN THOMPSON By TOM MARSHALL The annual carnival day at San Jose State college began In a special news release re- its 1943 stand at 6 a. m. with the Breakfast dance. The festive ceived by the Spartan Daily will throughout the day, ending tonight when spirit continua late last nigh:, Eletion Judge the final strains of music drift from the Spardi Gras dance in Marvin-Zemcmek revealed that the Men's gym. .y.e.tkr-Liunctutnnispanti-6Teut_ s. f'ed so- Bill Durum-is-In--be King of thio many obstacles. It was in spite of these that a new spirit -arose in a 1943 Spardi Gras. college that has lost 60 per cent of its population in two years. Duran, a senior Physical Educa- Culminating- in a hectic battle for King of the 1943 Spardi Gras, tion _ major from Visalia, was se- this spirit is expected to raise the festive occasion to new heights. Dedicated this year to the Reservists still at school, Spardi Gras lected in a general student body has felt the pangs of war. election. Kept a secret until to- Dee Portal and his traditional raccoon coat will not be present. day, even Duran did not know he area will be half the size. The usual quad concession had been chosen until late yester- Because of shoe rationing, there will be no Cindereila-canfesL-- (lay when asked to pose -for Spar. For the second year, war restrictions make it impossible to use the tsc- bomb to officially usher in Spardi Gras. tan Daily photographs. traditional BARBARA KEATON An American tradition will be broken, also; because of meat ra- BILL -DURAN In a 'record vote Wednesday. tioning, there will be no hot dogs, Duran barely nosed out his closest a food taken for granted at long rival, Bill "'toot Suit" Mitchell by any carnival. a slim margin. In third place was QUAD BOOTHS Add to these the fact that "Wild A Quick Glance At His Majesty, Bud Veregge. Bill" Poytress will NOT crown the Mitchell and Ver- King, and you have sonic fd-e-diof egge will art as Royal Attendants WILL PROVIDE the problems that confront Spardi King Of Spardi Gras, Bill Duran in today's colorful coronation cere- (;ras of 1943. lnll nips By M'ES PEYTON resulting combination clicked like _ But the rebirth of sclimil s dill Selected to share the throne as "A cat may look at a king," so a pair of dice and a seven at that. RN-AND-FOOD wi It ane all I hose incident s King Duran's. Queen will be Miss the saying goes, and a quick look_ With the elbow grease applied which in peacetime wouldt.cause Spardi Gras ruler hails from Vi- Barbara Keaton, General. Element- at Bill Duran, Sparta's Spann Cams by the Spartan Knights, 22 booths a mild riot salia. 'a small town in the an ary student fi:om San Jose. King ror today, reveals 5 feet Joaquin valley, where he attended for food and rnG-rtski l vitt Irvo As an added attraction to the A blare of t pets at 12:30 will inches of smiling good I erected yesterday in the,south end humor Visalia High school and graduated CS tvi Y. a Va rle y S OW herald the amwarattee of the regal topped with a wavy shtick of blond from Visalia Junior college. of the qua. been planned for an afternoon couple in the quad. Dean Paul M. hair. block. His interest extends to all Constructed from scrap lumber showing to some Full) reservists who Pitman will perform .the time- A. Ikaw:heiMia-deadline-t: ports, hut-4:1114ms his epe-cial fa- for which no priority was needed, will be. leaving the eollege. this honored ritual of crowning the for candidate sign-ups found Zeta vorite is baseball. :,the temporary buildings in the summer. new rulers. ('hi soroty without a candidate, A graduating senior, Bill is a This year's carnival Is reminis- A solemn procession with the and Bill 'without a backer. The (Continued on page ill cent of the original 1929 affair. King and Queen to be in the lead With the purchase of each 10- will It was in that. year that the idea enter the quad from the south cent war stamp, Zeta Chi will give of an annual day of fun was made and will march up to the throne a chance on a $50 war bond. Riffle a.. reality. There had been Previ- 1943 SPARDI GRAS PROGRAM platform on the north end where for the bond will be held at 3:30 ous Derby days, Bum days, and Pitman will crown them. Acting p.m. in the quad. Every 25th pur- Leap Year frolics. They were ir- 88 color-hearers will he the Spar- chaser will receive a pair of tick- regular affairs, however. 6:00 - 8:00 a. m. Breakfast Dance in the Women's Gym. tan Knights. Members of the stu- ets to the California, Mission, or Students at "State", in 1929 went dent council will serve Its nobles State theater. for the idea in a big way. They 8:00 - 12:00 M. Regular Class Schedule. of the royal court. brought everything from backyard The three men elected Wednes- 12:00 - 12:30 p. m. Spardi Gras Opens. Corona- poultry to horses and donkeys. It Officially day were chosen (rota a list of the quad feature the traditional. jail, was not uncommon to see roosters, tion of the King in the Inner Quad. campus's nine outstanding males. described by Jack Gotischang, for- skunks, and other animals In the One of. the dizziest, and at the mer dUke of the Knights, as "Pug- different CliaSSMOMS. 1:00 p. m. Concessions Open. same time most spirited, cam- ged and sturdy." Stories handed down froneyear paigns in recent years found the Although exact nature of the 3:00 p. m. Reserve to year swear to the fact that the Program. men providing the whole campus different booths could not be re- hobo outfits were so realistic that with three whirlwind days- of fun vealed at Spartan Daily deadline 3:30 p. m. Contests Judged. two "real bums" wonderingly stood and- excitement. time yesterday, the general classi- in line for beans and coffee, served 5:00 p. m. Frosh-Soph Tug -o -War. Other candidates In the King fications of the booths were to all the celebrants. They. got contest in the order of their stand- known.. ,the food. 5:30 - 6:30 p. m. Feed in Rear Quad. ing were: Stan Black, Joe Talbot, The Gamma Phi Sigma booth The annual celebration ran Chuck MeCumby, Bob Creighton, will feature food and entertain- (Continued on page 4) 900 - 1.00 ct. m. Spardi Gras Dance in Men's Gym. Joe Weitzeitherg, and Buck Wheat. (Continued on page 2) - -