AUGUSTANA OBSERVER Yol. 48 No. 5 Rock Island, III. October 21, 1949 Choose D.Â. Koch and Ken Nyberg 1949 Vi-Royalty Pat Halvorsen and Shelly Johnson Parade To Begin Sharply atiOa.m. To Serve as Freshman Âttendants Dorothy Ann Koch, Rock Island, and Kenneth Nyberg, On 6th Avenue Chicago, were crowned 1949 Vi-Queen and Vi-King tonight at the coronation ceremony held at 8:00 in the Augustana gym- The four best entries in the an- nasium. Patricia Halvorsen, La Grange, and Shelly Johnson, nual Homecoming parade will be presented with cups by the Vi- Los Angeles, attended the Vi-Royalty as freshmen representa- Royalty during half time at the tives. These students were elected to these honorary positions game Saturday, according to Mar- by the student body on Friday, October 14. cus Aurelius, chairman of the Completing the procession were parade committee. the representatives of the six sorori- Ali floats are to be in position by Baker, Gardner ties, seven fraternities, the Indee 9:30, so that the judges will have men and women, and ali returning time to inspect each float carefully. Bands To Perform Vi-Royalty. Marilyn Wald and They will pick the four winners Richie Erickson, members of the from sixteen entries, two from the At Bali in Armory pep committee, introduced the past fraternity entries and two from Vi-Royalty and crowned the 1949 sorority floats. Two cups will be Plans have been completed for King and Queen. awarded in each division, one for the annual Homecoming bali to be Lead Festivities beauty and one for originality. held Saturday night in the Rock The King and Queen with their The winning floats will be dis- Island armory, and members of the attendants will lead the parade Sat- played during the half at the foot- Tribe of Vikings, sponsors of the urday morning, and a special section ball game, and ali floats will be AUGIES VI-ROYALTY FOR 1949, Dorothy Ann Koch and Ken dance, promise that the affair will will be reserved on the 50-yard Une parked on Seventh avenue to give Nyberg, are pictured above in royal costume. They will reign over be more elaborate than ever before. for the Queen and freshman at- Homecoming until its conclusion Sunday night. spectators an opportunity to ex- According to Bill Anderson, Tribe tendants during the North Central president, more than $150 has been amine them closely. Homecoming football game. At half- spent to decorate the armory. A The parade will assemble on BennettCerf, Humorist and Publisher, false ceiling of crepe paper will be time the Royal party will parade Sixth avenue between 43rd and 38th constructed to improve the acoustics around the field, and they will pre- streets, with the head of the pa- To Talk in Chapei Thursday Evening of the ballroom, and the bandstand sent the trophies for the winning rade at the corner of Sixth avenue and other parts of the armory will floats, house decorations and yell Like the village smithy who stood under the spreading and 43rd street. The procession will be decorated. and sing contests. Saturday evening travei down Seventh avenue to 20th Chestnut tree, Bennett Cerf—humorist, publisher, columnist, Highlight of the affair will be the at the senior-alumni banquet in the street in Rock Island, then right to crowning of the princess of the bali anthologist, and author—has a number of very hot "irons in college gymnasium, the couple will Second avenue, and left on Second to be elected Saturday night. The the fire." The author of five best-selling collections of be presented to the alumni and will avenue to 16th street. The floats humorous stories—Try and Stop Me, Laughing Stock, Any- princess will be crowned by Vi- will then turn left on 16th street, King Ken Nyberg, and will receive be awarded trophies for their proceed one block to Third avenue, thing for a Laugh, Pocket Book of Jokes, and his a cup from Vi-Queen D. A. Koch. achievement. To conclude their • latest contribution to the world of and follow Third avenue back to Dancing will be from 9:00 p.m. Homecoming reign, D. A. and Ken humor, Shake W ell Before 20th street. From that point the Sunday Morning Service U sing—Bennett Cerf must also be to 1:00 a.m., and music will be will introduce the princess at the parade route follows 20th street to furnished by the bands of Carroll Homecoming bali and will lead a recognized for his outstanding con- Baker and Bill Gardner. Price of Seventh avenue, and returns to the To Be Held in Chapei dance. tributions as a publisher, editor and admission is $2.00 per couple, and campus via Seventh avenue. Homecoming worship services will lecturer. He will speak in the tickets may be purchased at the be held at 9:15 a.m. Sunday, Octo- D. A. was Illinois state champion Richie Erickson, member of the Augustana college chapei on Thurs- door Saturday night or from any ber 23, in the college chapei in Old woman orator for the 1949 season Pep committee, reports that the day, Oct. 27, at 8 p.m. member of the Tribe of Vikings Main. Dr. Bergendoff will deliver and has been a member of the parade will be over by 11:15 a.m., When he graduated from Colum- prior to the dance. before the tug of war between the the sermon and Elmer Copley will ia in 1920, Bennett Cerf found him- championship Augustana woman's General chairman of the bali are freshmen and sophomore men be the soloist, accompanied by Ruth self the possessor of two degrees— debate team for three years. She is Anderson at the organ. Don Sundin and Dick Powers. Ed vice-president of the Kappa Epsilon begins. one from the Columbia School of Journalism—and a lifetime member- Davis is business manager, and Rog sorority, president of Women's ship in Phi Beta Kappa. During his Anderson is in charge of publicity. League, vice-president of Pi Kappa Dr. Roth To Be Featured Speaker; years as an undergraduate at Col- Delta, national forensic organization, umbia he had already launched his a member of Aglaia and Toppers, career as a humorist as editor of the Plan To Keep Student-U honorary scholastic organizations, Banquet Ticket Sales Continue college humor magazine, "The Jes- and has had leading roles in several Dr. Robert P. Roth, former Augustana professor of philoso- ter." It was after his graduation, Open AH Night Friday, plays. She is also a member of this phy and psychology, will be guest speaker for the annual Home- however, and a subsequent stint as year's 1 e c t u r e committee, the a repórter on the New York To Serve Saturday Meais OBSERVER staff, Alpha Psi Omega, coming banquet tonight at 6:00 p.m. in the college gymnasium. Herald Tribune and clerk on the national dramatic fraternity, and Special Student Union cafeteria Dr. Roth graduated from Carthage college in 1941 with his Stock Exchange—that he began his Alpha Delta, journalistic fraternity B.A. degree, receiving the highest final honors in his class. He career as a publisher. hours for the Homecoming weekend and serves as dramatic chairman for obtained his M.A. in 1942 from the University of Illinois, his Mr. Cerfs start in the publishing have been announced by Bud John- the forthcoming college musical, field carne after his purchase of the son, student manager. The cafeteria "Illusions of Grandeur." Bachelor of Divinity from North- Modern Library Series in 1925. Im- will remain open ali night Friday Kenny has played center on the western Lutheran seminary in 1945, mediately he began the job of trans- for the convenience of those stu- Augie football team for four years, and his Ph.D. from the University Mayor's Proclamation forming this series into a set of dents who plan to work on floats and is a member of the Tribe of of Chicago in 1947. He spent some modestly-priced classics available to Vikings, having served as president Mayor Melvin L. McKay pro- the public. Commenting on this until the small hours Saturday time in índia as a seminary instruc- claimed today through Saturday last year. He has served as presi- venture Life Magazine said: "Cerfs morning. dent of the Omicron Sigma Omicron tor, and at the present time is pastor as "Augustana Recognition attractively bound Modern Library The doors of the cafeteria will fraternity, the Dorm Council at An- of St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Week," in view of the fact that Series has probably done more to open after the Homecoming sing dreen, and was president of his class church in Red Wing, Minnesota. Augustana college is one of the make literary classics available to Friday night and will remain open during his sophomore and júnior nation's outstanding small col- Also included in the banquet pro- the U. S. public than any other until 10:00 a.m. Saturday morning. years. gram will be the introduction of Vi- leges and that ali local citizens enterprise in the history of U. S. A breakfast of bacon, eggs, hot rolls Royalty, and two numbers by the should be duly proud of the publishing." A worthy beginning for and coffee will be served from four Âttendants Are Active achievements and merits of this Augustana choir, "Lord, Thou Hast the career to follow. until six in the morning. Pat, freshman attendant, lives at school. Been Our Refuge," by Bach, and Random House carne into being, A special Homecoming lunch is West hall and comes from La The mayor urged ali citizens "What Can Life Be But a Shadow," thanks to Mr. Cerf, in 1927, and the planned for Saturday, from noon Grange. At high school she was an "to utilize the forthcoming home- officer of the choir, class officer by. Vaughn-Williams. list of authors it has and still does until one o'clock. Again, after the coming week-end on Saturday during her sénior year, a member Approximately 575 dinner reser- publish is impressive. The names of football game, coffee and doughnuts and Sunday to visit the college of the student council committee, vations are expected; a total of 561 Eugene O'Neill, Sinclair Lewis and will be on sale. Coffee and spud- and to become better acquainted the girls' club board, and a cheer- persons attended last year's banquet. William Faulkner are a few from a nuts will be given to the North with its facilities. I further re- leader. She is now a pledge of the Tickets are now available at $1.00 list too lengthy to enumerate here. Central team by the Tribe of commend that you, as a member Kappa Epsilon social sorority. for students and $1.50 for alumni, As the president of Random Vikings. of this metropolitan área, attend and may be obtained from members House, Mr. Cerf has been the Cafeteria hours for Sunday will Shelly plays end on the Augus- the dedication ceremony of the of the planning committee — Ann sponsor of many newcomers in the be from 5:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. tana football team. In Dorsey High new addition to the men's dormi- Carlson, Lillian Peterson and Gordy field of writing. This interest in This will enable alumni to visit the School, Los Angeles, he was on the tory at the college, and view the Nordberg—or from the Public Rela- stimulating the creative endeavors Stu-U lounges and to stop in for varsity football and track teams, modern living quarters in this tions office. Reservations will be of young people everywhere has coffee and supper after the dormi- president of Student Congress, and fine building." sold on a sénior priority basis. Continued on page eight. tory open houses. a member of the Dorsey Knights.