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THE BLOCK AND BRIDLE CLUB College Year - 1940-1941 liANUL REPORT TO THE MBTIONllL CONVENY'ION
BLOCK MI BRIDLE CLUB
rnIVERsITY OF NEBRASKA
College of Agriculture
Linooln, Nebraska
For The Year September 1, 1940 - September 1, 1941 Page List of Offioers andbmbers ------3-5
Objectives of the Club 8 ------...-'. .:
Junior Bk-Sar-Ben Ball ------10 $mior Ak-8ar-Ben Show ------11
: .... .-*. Initiation of New Members ------14 Livestock Ju-dging Contejt ------15 . *L Meats Judging#' ~antk;t - - - - - 16
ing------. - 17 .. , ~-lp~;' r Special Aotivibies -- .- - .a' - - -A - - - .. ------18
Farmrav Fdr -- -'- -1 ------19 Saddle & Sirloin Medal Essay. Contest------20 Pictures and Clippings ------21-33 Marvin Kruse .....*.President...... *John Sohiok
Keith Gillmre...... Seoretary-Treasurer..Frd Messersmith Don Baird...... Marshall...... Sam Nisley' Robert Messersmith. .Historian...... Millard Jokes and Verlin Johnson
Officers of the Black and Bridle Club. Left to right-Frank Mes- sersmith, Secretary, Orris Carman, Vice-president, John Sew, Presi- dent, and Sam Nisley, Seargant-at-arms.
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Faoulty Sponsor ...... M. A. Alexander Other Faculty ~dxnbers Professor %I.J. Loeffel Profe s sor Paul F. Fidler
Professor R. R. Thalman Mr. w* Iff. Derriok ~rofessorRoss H. Miller lt er Tolman Dr. L* E. Eanson W . Janike ACTIVE EQEMBERS
Gerald R. Abbenhaus Richard D. Goodding
Raymond L. Arthaud Stephen Grosserode
Harold Baoon Floyd Pi. Hansmire
Don Baird Harold DO Hansen
John Bay Ruben M. Heermann
Wilfred C. Becker John E. Heitz
John H. Beckwith John E. Higgins
Duane Beebe Norris E. Hinton
Carl G. Buokendahl Warren H. Hutohineon
David G. Clark Millard 98. Iokes Dallas R. Coffin Charles R . Johnson William Cook Ralph M. Johnson
Leo Cooksley Verlin K. Johnson
Irvin C. Corman Orville F. Jones
Orris V. Corman Vern Kerohberger
Raymond E. Crawford Arthur C. Krogh
Norman C. Davis Marvin Kruse
Lawrence E. Dority Norman &use
Stanley J. Elsen Robert N. Lamb
Carl E. Ervin Dale D. Landgren
Wallace Fausoh Charles R. Lindgren k Charles R. Fenster Everett E. Lomax
Doyle H. Free VBilliam D. Lutes
Charles Gardner Engaard E. lpm
Fred H. Geiger Arlo E. Wirth
Keith W. Gilmore Robert Woods ACTIVE MEMBERS (continued)
Ellis S. Ruby
Warren W. Sahs
John Schick
Clarence Sohmadeke
Robert W. Sohmer
Riahard Sohrader
Dwight L. Sloan
Foster S. Smith
William C* Smith
b4illard J. Stanek
Robert Dm Steele
Harold M. Stevens
Donald I. Stout
Charlton F. Stuart
Milo Tesa~
Osoar Tegtmeier
EIIax Towne
Aroh Trimble
Harry Uhrenholdt
Charles S. Velte
Gerald We Voigt
Merle E. Ward
Dale E. Weibel
Robert Weeler
Marvin I,. Wilkinson FINANCIAL STATEMENT
September 1, 1941
Reoei pts College Year Balanoe September 1, 1940 ------$129.99 Initiation fees and dues ------135.50 Aotivities sponsored by club - - - - 172.26 Total Receipts ------
Expenditures in College Year 1940-1941 Plaques and medals for contest winners - # 18.75
Initiation Diner ------27.75 Honors Banquet ------98.05 Ak-Sar-Ben Ball and Show ------58.46.. Publicity------.- 36.00
Universityassessmentfor banking service .31
Total Expenditures - - - - +
Balanoe on Hand September 1, 1941 ------$143.42 SAMPLE bUWTES
Meeting, February 5, 1941
Meeting was oalled to order by President Kruse. Minutee
of previous meeting read and approved. Roll taken.
Codttee for Honors Banquet reported that they had three 51 men seleoted and would choose one from this group.
The president appointed a committee to take charge of the k new nembership awli~ations. The connittee oonaisted oft
arAs Bbt os3lsaiC4~ebe cappotated few by-laws
Car ,r* OBJECTIVES OF THE CLUB
%e obJerotives of 'Lfbe Blaak and Wid3rr Club of febraska
my be s%e;ted is a few mjrds. They are, to fos%er an intwest
kin the 2fve11;twlc in&@trySeuaa fo ahdiere tbk hduaw
- af toby for Isade~eUptowrrow; to pr6de R m-8 by which
.- the aasmoiat;5~asb %ha, a$herar +nd Co partiofpale in acstilrities
of the Gmqms sro that tb egtirre at~damtbOdy may profit net
43in aWnq but 1xl nseful thingar acoormplishedc Priitar a&%, *rck 14, %e~ Blwk an& Bridle ~l$bspmssz'ed
&sf elemnth annual Jtmior IL-Oar-Baa Ball in the Agrioulttnl
6d!ege Aptivities Building. Everyone enjoyed the evening with
'the very tmeful msio of Ralph Sbde and his orchestra. The
hcewas a huge success, this being one of the better bands
b'cought to the Campus during the school year.
The building was decorated in true St, Patriok etyle. The
bin attraction between danoes was afforded by the pen of three
hbsin the center of the floor. The professors of the Department
c& Animal Husbandry and their wives were ohaperons.
¶%is event -8 omsfder~dthe grand opening for the Junior
' Itear-Ben divestook 8ha which foll-d the next evening. - - k.'~&~&hcThe &~&liati@natmd arstta eadWears,
&~,erpreparing far initia-bion, had hea fine job 5- lmmSRSt DAY
of. "& y- *B fl
PP.Mebam bs matpl5ffiadS This year %bey maddinner to llvestook in the data-tse=
Bmmtt ~DSL.Spreseast;fsd to ~BBhhl -. The Bloc& and &idle Olub, w8 now . .-- sn &*I,b~bpntiqi -I lt
em, s%a&mts, aad friends of ,- *
INITIATION OF NXW MJ3hBWS
This past year The Block and Bridle Club introduced a new
od in selecting its new members for initiation. Scholastic
irenrents were left about the same, but the prospective pledge
st now make application for membership to the committee on
tiation, and pass a pledge period during which he performs
ious servioes for the club. The club now allows a man who
jor in smother department than Animal Husbandry to
tecome a member if he is outstanding in school activities, above
average scholastioally, and interested in what the club is doing.
In the spring of 1940 this plan msput into effect and this pcIr thirty-nine new raernbers- were formally initiated in the ilion. This brought our marlaberahip up to 103 with 25
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LIWTOCK rF13WZ16 GOEPBtST
*-- s;ontss** ;@he :wl~i$m@%ddsr d&vf ded Satat the Jwiw and senicrar div&sione.
W;l %+r&lsix&gin ju-ng other than A&md W8bmdry
izmlladee boy@tbk BQVQ t&w or arm bkiag Animal
9, 8, QP 10.
s ra% tamIor Livertook judgfw *&am aid la
i okog; the ~onhrst, but i3ltctli&l~ for .axaapetitim.
The -ataek prmthcrl md ceduoaUona1 expe~3.m.10~1to
&xberers%ed133 li~.e,&mk$ud&ag.
r .%vat$& irr the rsenier division
ath the bmr.a&$@is JWw divirsion.
L 1 @ rarded 1 pea 1
FrnFXS' FAIR - '*mL
ew gmar a.ad E%a**& mf tiha
. fl -;wTC. 8 '- Q.. float was exhibited home-grown hain, hay and other f&&&~s.hbd the nhole arran~ementwas very attraotfvely t.4 q&.~>&n%aid5 f@~W-~$$~@?)TI ill the 001Zt$~~t. A P~@&~B)'S~d~Ui~'b8 ia5t3a%liml m%3
Vr- m&mr or oandi*te f~rMtiaMaa f g given tbs finimlent as@ysasJs due$ sf he pZaaes irr the high p conteetazzt$. past yeex BFebraslga plaoard two men, Jaok Cart;er, senior from
12, 1&k, and,=tan , $mi- from Pork, 11th.
This oonttsst ;emtea to lstdzfulata interest Ln the field of
Ag honoraries hold annual judging contests Satz~rday There was plenty of competitive spirit on ag campus over the week- end as the Block and Bridle and Tri-K clubs held their annual con- tests. Karol Briggs placed first ip the meat judging and identificati~nin the girls division. Bernece Xnder- son place& ,=owl, With GBntore amred shead o! peats all competilion in the men'# diri. contest sion- of- meat. -. iuqging yt&. Rsy ,UN students enter judging, identification ,. ,. competition this week Dick Crom, Pawnee Cwp Warren Hutchiwn, : More thac 100 ag men and In the senior division, women will compete in the annual Bacon of Lexingt~nWJ meats judging contest which will ' be'held this weekend at the Lin- coln Packing company, sponsored ' by the Block and Bridle club. Ag students will judge nine and Carl Ervin of Mc-k Classes of meats and the winner 'will be given a trophy donated by .the National Livestock and Meat board. Women compete Saturday judging five classes and identify- Page won the horse judging ing 25 cuts of meat. Men will ard Of Gerin% jun- !,orris corman of w, se 7'@t&r competition Friday, ' Those who will place the vg~i- ous classes for the competition in: clude Don Baird, Mylan Rass, %.ch Trimble and Marvin Kmm, all members of the 8tudent meah judging team; and E. W. Jmlks and L. E. Hansen, both of the ani- mal husbandrv denartrnent Block and Bridle Initiation - dm-
II! Ns~hnal Blocfc and Bridle a&t awwd of 1940-41 for the b..,.s~ka ~h~pterwas presented to Keih Cilmore, Ag College senios'from ~UowayINebraska. This award is nude for outstanding w~rkin Animal I ITheybroughtinthe bacon.. ...,! Hushndsy along with a high scholas- The wkwr of this award is selected ach year by the members of the Ani-
career. hs a sophomore, he made the trip to Fort Worth, Texah with the lunior Livestwk Judging team. The next year saw Keith going to Waterloo, I Kansas City, and Chicago yith the ' senior team. Last summer he was
As a result oE this award Keith
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One Tribute to Burnett Overlooked TIil~yl~ullorud K. A. Burnett, the t:ni\.c~..
II~:III'G, about 15 per cent hav fcd to fattening catt alfa1:a and Sr) per cent xx7-c hay. 'I'c:n yc;trs later t11
ka's a\ia\fa. The live riock nil-nt hc once headed has !nt of investigating of sila gli~~nis,molasses, \vhatnots Rut thc proof of Burnett's p' dinc is Illat farmers want alfa again. Right through the droutli y~arsa g1.ca1 many have been planling it -arid losing their star This tvrt sprir~q,and in thc cc ... ing fall, f:~rmc.~~s\!.ill seed n slug ~gonmedby of tilis ricl~,~;I.~~I~II clllctln of c1,olas. Years and Men THE BLOCK AND BRIDLE 'I'l~~~rctof 111~: !'i! ib"~~I~III:II 1111~- CLUB
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
UNIVERSITYOF NEBRASKA LJNCOLN
STUE)EWT UNION APRIL is. 1941 E. A. BURNETT DINNER
Sponsored by THE BLOCK AND BRIDLE
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
STUDENT UNION APRIL 18. lQ4l "Id
B~llSm~ley, Ellen Weilage, Esther Manion, and Ban Weilage make it a foursome at the Ak-Sar-Ben Ball.
-L. L- Merle Brincgar and his pretty date rest a moment aunng the A. S. B. Ball. - - -
A ringer! At least he hopes so. Dea'n Burr is "caught in the act" of throwing a shoe-horse shoe, at the Ak-Sar-Ben show. -- -- -. .-/ - .- --
i We tiree! Or sum'p'n. Dale Theobald is talkkg to "lambie pie", who doesn't seem to be enjoying the attcntion too much. Marge Christensen looks on with a bit of skepticism. Taken at the Ak-Sar-Ben Ball.
~oiilbamong the animals. Monarch, the imported Belgian _--..herd sire. Taken at the Junior Ak-Sar-Ben show.
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-. . - -~ get into the pictur-we can't figure out who the young lady --~- t EUVENTH A.NI?UAL Q 52 JUNIOR AK-SAR-BEN SHOW 9? ,r "r4,_ c Sponsored By The $ BLOCK AliD BRIDLE CLUB -. .t: - aI,=
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4: Saturday, &arch %6, 1341 ---0 Zr30 P.E. 3" -d, - i- ?is =k Uzlivsrs ity aP %elrmslsl -.I= +I- College af ~~l3.k ?- ='I- -,+-:[ =$ ts#*l~*~~-~4~-i~-,~-;j~,;-,+-;,:-,>-;+~~~~d;++ Champions are maae~ -
at Junior Ak-Sar-Ben I - fat ag college* I Kenneth Messemmith of ~i ance, a fresh-man at the Nebraska college of agboature, got the nod from the judge. S.&tuFday night that made him grand tihampion showman of the eleventh annual
Daily phot6' Pictured above are the winners of each class of livesse Grand Champiori. Kenneth Messersmitl~,Grand Champion of shoto and winner of his class of horse shoiomen; Don Tracy, dairy cattle; Harold Stevens, hogs; Earl Zeillinger, sheep, and Philip Crabotuski beef cattle. It's over-it was a success. Such years ago Jeff Broady of Lincoln may have been written in the placed first in a class of horsks. books of the Block and Bridlr! The next year he showed a baby Club, sponsors of the Junior Ak- beef and was selected Sar-Ben weekend. Champion. - -7 -- Ralph Slade and his orchestra&-. Horseshoe contest. opened the weekend of activitie well, look warned Deaa I playing at the Ak-Sar- of Agriculture w. Bum as he Ben The next evening ag came out of his wind-up and tossed students competed for. showman- a horse shoe for-well, almost a ship honors by showing livestock ringer, in me featured Senatorial before Judge K. C. Fou'out,Seward. 3 horseshoe contest. Cheers of vells Traditional of encouragement filled thearena as Senators Louis Jeppsen and a$ m skiill in**. pg. Before the show started,- the R. M. Howard out pointed Dean .F~utcsmWe,. enterblnmmt crowd's eyes were fixed upon the W. W. Burr and Regent W. E- d-trainfne.for born by such traditional alarm clock as it -RW~ - - - - 4-3.- - - asY "the reaaoi Ulis chp' ticked off the'minutes. At exactly 7:30 the alarm started the show. The Ak-Sar-Ben showmanship Marvin Kruse, master of cere- contests dates back for 22 years, monies, welcomed tke spectators. according to Professor Loeffel, Rudolph Tomek, official trump- head of the department of animal eter, added a spark of formality husbandry. "Baby International and kept the show moving rapidly was the first term applied to the by announcing each new class of contests during the first years of ar?imals. its activity. The name was changed when Omaha started their Kenneth Messersmith, Champion showman of the even is a veteran in that work. Tw years ago, Kenneth was Grand Champion of the Ak-Sar-Ben at the Curtis School '. of Agriculture. Last year, Ken- $ neth was manager of the Curtis Alr-Sar-Ben. It isn't always that such ex- perience is needed to win. Four - - Burchard. Grand cbamBion kermath Yesrerema AIIIFUW. ~eaerve' champton, % H Ilnger, Dovld Cltg. FEEDERS' DAY APRIL 18TH. 1941 U, COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, LINCOLN, NEBR.
Feeders UavJ ctf f air includes varied program State patrol escorts Jlock and Bridle large Wayne delegation; Campbell will participate :I& to. honor The 29th agnual Feeders Day 3. A, Burnett 'ogram got under way this morn- (horn the Daily Nebraskan.) ing with delegations from many Chancellor Emeritus E. A. Bur- ett will be honored by the mock, "~untiesoutstate, as well as farm- nd Bridle club at its annual din- 's around Lincoln attending the er the evening of Feeders Day fair. t ag college. Each year some Ne- . reskan is so honored for his c62i- Chester Walters, Wayne county ributions to the livestock indus- 1 :tension agent, reported this ry. morning 'that more than 40 oars Burnett is Wing honored for be- will be in the Wayne delegation ig a6 investiga*, teacher and alone. It is being organized by dministrator at the university the Wayne ch mber of commerce. ince 1899. He has always been A member of !he state.patro1 will reatlv interested in the welfare escort the group to Lincoln. John Campbell, veteran Chicago market observer, arrived Thurs- een developed---- greatly: ih, recent 1 day to participate in the genera' ears. . - -* session. Bleachers are up -hi t The dinner in his honor will bc cattle barns where the expel.- neld at the Union By the studenl mental cattle will be viewed. More honorary livestock fraternity --ace was being provided also in Tickets will be sold for 60 cent3 e student activities building for each and may be secured from th~ aitors. I nimal husbandry department in dvance and will be on sale until At four o'clock yesterday, the oon on Feeders Day. fire for the big barbecue was This will be the fom annW built. The meat was placed on inner. Those honor& @ tha the coals late last night. . vents in the past iaCIud(l_-Ssm [u&on, Chtprry punts ma&; The ag- ccunmittee of :ruce McCUnouch, PU'bhShQC Of t;he the Umoln' Junior Charq- mah ha &~?&W~OC@WJI;and Commeroe will help register peo- . N, McKelvie, ST., FaMeld. at the day's session and get 'heir portraits now hsng in ani- county-by-county count of cars la1 husbandry hall along with hose of the late Everett Bucking- delegation of state senators am of Omaha and the late Gc'- .. C. Shs&%@wgerof Alma. farmers have to buy. ne aalu 11 1920 the producer got 54 per cent Feeders ,of the consumers' meat dollar corn Told pared with 40 per cent now. Meat Value Praised Stock prices Former- live stock chairman a the college of agriculture, Gram lich said he was "glad to comc back and find a big rainstorm ove: the state." He left Nebraska twc years ago to become secretary o the American Shorthorn Cattle as sociation. , . LM~I~ 2,500; Thrust ai A third Chicagoan, Vernon E Schwaegerle, described the tw Perkins Applaudec million d o 11a r meat advertisin program of the American Meat ir By Carlyle Hodgkin stitute. He said the advertising i concentrated on information, aE (World-Herald Fami Editor.) proved by the American Medic: Lincoln, April 18-For at leas association, about the food value c another year, live stock prices wi1 meat. Citing examples, he sai be good-but not too god. "There's enough vitamin B-1 in Some 2,500 farmers and stock single pork chop to satisfy tk men were given this appraisal a needs of one person for one day Feeders' day here today by Joh~ Thalman's Swan Song', : S. Campbell, chief of the govern ment's live stock market new Ray R. Thalman sang his swan song," summing up 12 years of service at Chicago. cattle feeding and breeding ex- IW. W. Burr, dean of the stat1 perience at the college. He will agricultural college, welcomed th~ leave soon to become manager of crowd to the campus and Goverm Sam R. McKelvie's ranch at Wood Dwight Griswold spoke briefly. Lake'. Defense Demands Grew William J. Loeffel, live stock Fast-growiqg demands of na chairman, announced Thalman's tional daense were cited b: successor will be M. L. Baker, Campbell as the chief reason fo / stockman for several years at the strong live stock prices. Six mil 1 North Platte experimental sub- lion people have been put back tl station. I work in the past six months, h Thalman reviewed the value of said, and the back-to-work move various minerals, supplements and ment should "just be i~ good swin< substitutes for cattle. "But the 12 months from now." man with shelled corn and alfalfa Campbell said live stock will re iy just doesn't have to worry," main on "a safe and secure basi : concluded. for the present year and mayb 1y ul. LUCLUI,. Cookery Prizes Awarded Cattle prices likely will sta Mrs. Beth Bailey McLean, Chi- about where they are, the marke cago, stressed the responsibilit9 of man thinks. He pointed out th homemakers in planning and pre- i; government wants to make por paring meals that will contribute raising profitable, hence its pric to the family's health and pleas- boost to $9 per hundred, but at th "re. same time it will "not let pric For the second successive year, spiraling take place." 4rs. Frank Hanson, Lincoln, ame near stealing the show in Will Buy Pork Products The government will buy por e baked foods contest. She roducts, not hogs, Campbell ex laced first in pies, second in lained, and if the prices go to ghnuts and third in rolls. igh it can release storage stock ere were more than 75 entries ack into the private trade. He ir the contests in which use of icated there is little likelihood c rd was required. Winners weie: og prices being pegged at $17.5 Pies-Mrs Hanson first. Mrs Agnes er hundred as in the last war. ;ulllvan ~hllam,seGond; krs. ~arleM. )owning of Davev third. H. J. Gramlich, another Chica Roll-Mrs. ~rnhst Lindholm. Valley. irst. Mrs William Franzen, Aurora, sec- goan, jabbed a time or two at or ad;'Mrs. a an son, third. ganized labor. His assertion "farrr Prlzes for Cakes Cakes-Frances Hansen, Nehawka, first! ers and stockmen would feel bet iIrs. Albert Hutchlnson. 4bion. second. ter if there were man at the he8 rIrs. Guy Dav~s,Llncoin thtrd. a cooliies-~rs. B. ~hmpbell. Lincoln. of the federal labor department irst: Miss Hansen, second: Mrs. George L. Bur ess, thlrd. drew the day's biggest applause. ~ougfnuts-Mrs. Fred Carlisle. York "Labor has been insisteqt 'irst; Mrs. Hanson, second: Mrs. ~ltoh LUX. Lincoln. third. by?2- Ba l I I RALPH SLADE and HI1 -.v.'- I ORCHESTRA .': (Played at Creighton Military Ball) Ag college I FRIDAY, MARCH 14 Activities Building-Agricultural Campus ball features " Informal. For All Ralph Slade Univers~tyStudents 75~PER COUPLE J~niorAk-Sar-Ben show students plan opens with dance Friday; st&show activity ends Saturday ball, Ak-Sar-Ben weekend Highlighting the eleventh annual Junior Ak-Sar-Ben on ag campus is set for March 1415 will be the annual ball Friday eve- Next big event on the ag college ning in the student activities student activity calendar will be the Junior Ak-Sar-Ben ball on the -building with Ralph Slade and his . L+ orchestra playing for the event. 14th with Ralph Slade and his or- Show Sal%rday A k-8 $, I Slade's "Sweetest Band in Met- chestra playing. Saturday night, odyland" features "The Tuae . The Ag college boys and girl! the 15th. students will com~etein Tossers" Don, Dick and oar?sy. :%ve twa big spring events corn a stock showmanship contest l This trio, before sigaing wit& .ing up. Junior Ak-Sar-Ben come: using the university~ pedigreed~ Ralph Slade, recently enjoy& a *IS Saturday night; Farmers' Fail stock. feature spot for eight mor$hs wer Tickets for the ball, to be held -- - comes May 3. in the activities building, went on the coasGto-coast . hook-up a I - Junior Ak-88%'-Ben.is an even sale Monday. They may be pur- NBC. Other appearances ineIudc for which many a bay .spend* chased from Longs Book Store, singing on the National Facm4mm many an anxious hour trying t( the fiance office and from mem- Home Hour and for two years WL teach a horse, cow, pig or lamb tl bers of the Block and Bridle club. the WHO Barn Dance Fr&c. parade and pose. Not the animal, this program they wers phogen br' themselves are judged at thi popular wete as the mmt p-k act of a cast of 75. show, b'ut the accomplishments o Satisfied that they have r firs 'the boys as trainers and showmen rate bnd,the ball committee wit1 K. C. Fotfts, Seward county agent Harold Bacon, chairman, srhf, will be the official judge. that Slade was the hit d th 1 ** * U. S. shearing Creighton military ball. . TW-day affair. Solons Toss Horseshoes champion at A two-day atfair, tha 3-P Two features are on the bill thi Ak-Sar-Ben mlehsatim feat@@ year. One is a horseshoe pitchinl Junior Ak show the showmanship campetiti~nIre-& contest between teams of s Lee Heater, young Washington in the main pavilion & $the Equim .senators and college professor 2 county farmer who holds a na- Manor Saturday. Tbe ~;b~~~peS-nisI they can find the horseshoes an( tional agricultural championship including the showimg arS a@ cE= get the senators and professors to is going to show students at tht of ilvestock, will be jdgd Byp P gether ta gitch. college of agriculture Saturdaj C. Fouts of Seward. Something unusual on p3 me other feature is Lee Heste night how suck gmm will be a sheep ~heeridg of Arlington, who won the nationa high honors are hibition by Lee Haster of Asfmg sheep shearing championship a won. He will ton, Nebraska, champion &* D Chicago last fall anci will do hi show how he won national sheep shearing zed&$ stuff for the crowd. the farm sheep , at the 1940 Chicago bte Marvin Cruse of Loretto will &I flock shearing Livestock show. master of ceremonies, assisted b: championship ir. Harse-shew mntesb, a crew of managers and superin Chicago when he Indefinite plans are now bein, appaws on the tendents including Don Baird Junlor Ak-Sar- made for a horse-%hae throwin Wayne; Oscar Tegtmeier, Bur contest betweeen the senators fror Ben livestock tKe state legislature and the pxc chard; Keith Gilmore, Callaway show at the ool. fessors at ag campus. The pr& Orris Connan, Edgar; Millarc lege. are ready and are awaiting th Ickes, Page; Warren ' P a v 1 a t The shae answer of the senators. Lodgepole; Morris Myers, Broka shearing *emon. Marvin Kruse will act as mae Bow; Otto Pfeiffer, Elkhorn; 01-11 stration of Hes- ter of ceremonies. C@-&aipmen e Wirth, Dunbar; Robert Wheelel ter's is but oq the celebration are -car Tegl Nepaha; Mylan Ross, Lyons; Har of the maw fea- mei.er and Don Baird, ag mniorr ry Uhrenholdt, Elgin; Everett La Lee Heater. tures bein; ar- who announced that tickets ar max, Wilsonville; Robert Messer ranged by students. A team of now available to all student8 a smith, Alliance, and Fred Prestor state senators ia Long's book store, the finance td to compete-in ho fice, and from members of th Fairbury. with a squad of Block and Bridle. The show is ut on by th sors. ~clrb~~i' B?oci< a& &!! Sponsoring W big student sub, at 8 Saturday Big@., Frida: is Block and Bridle .club, hob- nSgbt1uas a ~~~~~~~m, the boy ary animal husbandry group. Don and 'girls tos~.oQthe@- annual Jun Baird of Wayne and Oscar Tegt- &or, Al&ar-Ben, bal, ma~agedb: meier of Bwchard are co-man- %p! agers of the 1941 exposition, which . . Jr. Ak-Sar-Ben- Ball Friday night, March 14, approxi- mately 300 couples danced to the tune- ful music of Ralph Slade and his or- chestra in the Student Activities Build- ing. The party, sponsored by Block and Bridle, was the opening event of the Junior Ak-Sar-Ben Show. The building was decorated in true St. Pat- rick's style. A pen of three lambs in the center of the floor proved to be the center of attraction between dances. Pictures taken at the ball may be seen on another page. J -33-
A week late . . . I Farmers' Fair riporoaring rodeo I scheduled to ceme off Saturday E . . . because of Though rain washed out the game between ag and city campus ride are nine women picked at rodeo at the Farmers' Fair last teams. I elimination ride lastmeek. They Polo team members will be are: Mary man Kier, Alpha Phi; Saturday, participanb in the fea- mounted on the largest of the ag Susanne Woodruff, Kappa Kappa' tured event, with spirits undam- college draft ponies, and will we Gamma; Betty Ann Nichols, Kap- pened, will be on hand to 'com- broomsticks mallets. Members pa Kappa Gamma; Mary Beeson, pete for awards this Saturday of the city team are Paul Svoboda, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Gwenith -'ternoon, according to managers Bob McNutt, Bob Sleigh, John Orr, Kappa Alpha Theta; Betty the contests. Theisen, Clyde Martz and Dick O'Shea, KappafAlpha Theta; Joan Young. Ag team members are Metcalf, Kappa Alpha Theta; Bar- Beginning at 230 p. m., the Dale Tehobald, Keith King, Miles. bara Ernesti, Kappa Alpha Theta, ldeo will feature steer riding and Cadwalder, Charles Marcy, Arlo and Betty Orme, Pi Beta Phi. 'ping, a western stock saddle rid- Wirth and Warren Hutchinson. g contest, an intcr-sorority ride, Judging rules. bucking ford contest, and a polo Finalists in the inter-sort r Decisions of the judges will be "~sedon the ability of the girls to tndle their five-gaited horses at mfferent paces, and their riding ~bility. Shreves' Riding Academy is furnishing the horses and the women's English style saddles. All mounts that will be under competi- tion have been drawn by the con- testants. A cup will be awarded the winner. Fooling the weather - - - 1i The buckingford contest is a new rodeo wrinkle t- '-3 revealed Farmers' Fair board stuges this year for the firs ne. heir rodeu on szcnn y afternoon &'he Farmers' Fair board pulled of the girls in handling and riding )ne over on the weather~nanyes- their five-gaited horses at differ- :erday and had their rodeo without ent paces. rain. Aa-. ~olo team wins. ' Beginning slowly, the Probably one of the most spirit gained momentum as the i events Of the rodeo took 1 steers bucked harder, twisted more and bellowed louder. Winner of the ag polo team> star- the steer riding contest was George ring Warren Hutchinson' Pete Post, jr., student at Wes- lopedand careful the city maneuvers team la-'' by the ag eyan college. team played an important part iu Whe intqrsorority ride, one of the victory- '\- - attractions of the afternoon's tea was yon by Betty Q'Shea, When the "open the shute" ord, napp Alpha Theta. Joan Met- was giver, in the calf roping co. caLf, Kappa Alpha Theta placed test, out bolted the victim second, and Mary Kier, Alpha Phi, /Scared stiff, with tail 'high, placed third. The decision of the calves made an attempt to dod judges was based on the ability -m$ir ropers and in some cases st cceded. Object of the contest was to las- the calf and tie it in the shortest ne possible. Winner of the con- , .-st was a team composed of M:' lard Ickes and LaVerne Curry. Stock saddle contest. An the western stock saddle ria- g contest, Don Roth and Isabel canet placed first; Clarion Buethe and Eleanor Jacka placed second and Charles Marcy and Louise Reed, third. Probably the title for most wicked bucking goes to Bill G r e e n e's mechaical horse. A saddled barrel tied to a plank that -tended to the rear of the Ford caused many would-be cow-punch- ers to "pull bather" as the blocks Itied to the nlns of the rear wheels provided fhe necessary flips, nnina r-11~ and reels to outdo th~ # -L-