INNESOTA w@~~rn @~ l1~rn ALUMNI- Minnesota In This Issue Continuing the Minnesota Alumni Weekly which was established in 1901. Published monthly from October Page through April, and bi-monthly J\'lay-June and July­ August, by the Minnesota Alumni Association , 203 Coff­ EDITORIAL 3 man Union, Universi ty of Minnesota, 1inneapolis 14, Are College Graduates Spectator Ci t izens? Member of the American Alumni Council. JULY·AUGUST FEATURE 5 Vol. 52 J ULY-AUGUST, 1952 NO, 1 Freedom from Tradition-Use It or Lose It! STUDENT LIFE 9 THOMAS C. BUXTON, 1936-40 Editor EDWIN L. HAISLET '3 I ED .. Managing Editor THE DORMITORIES, A GOOD PLACE TO STAY . 11 THE M IN N ESOTA A LU M NI ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MAA MEETING 13 Executive Comm ittee 1952 REUNION IN NEWS AND PICTURES 17 Victor A, Christgau ' l iSchAg;'24Ag Presitlent MINNESOTA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION . 23 Th~odore Christianson, Jr., '37 BSL&LLB ... I.t Vicc Presiden t Mrs. H arold L. Stemsrud '35 Ed . 2ntl Vice Presidl'nt Homecoming Plans; Scholarships Awarded F rancis L. Lund 193 -35 Sccretary ' MINNESOTA PROFILES Lawrence E. Johnson ' 291T . Treasurer 25 Wells J, Wright '36BSL&LLB Past President ALUMNI CLUBS 26 Mrs. Wright Brooks '36BA Rudolph T. Elstad 'lgCivEng New Services Offered Edwin L. H aislet '31EtI E ecutive Secretary THE UNIVERSITY .. .. 28 Board of Directors Two New Deans Named: Mo re Retrenchment Term expires 1953: V"ldimar Bjornson '30BA, Victor A. C hristgau ' 24Ag, MarCIa Edwards '3 IMA;'35PhD, Rudolph T . SPORTS ..... 30 Elstad ' 19CivE, Theodore 13. Knudson 1927-2M, Maynard E. Pirsig ' 23BA;'25LLB, Charles L. Sommers '90BL. WITH THE COLORS 33 apires 1954: Elmer G. Apman '34Ed, Mrs. Wright W. T~ ' m THE ALUMNI Brooks '36BA, Theodore Frit.che '3 JMD, Lawrence E. (Duke) 34 Johnson '291T, Glenn E. Seidel '36MechEng, Mr., H arold L. Stem.­ CITIZENSHIP IN PRACTICE . , 36 rud '35Ed, Wells J. Wflg ht '36 BSL&LLB. Term expires 1955: Theodo re Chri.tlanson, Jr., '37BS L& LLB, Mrs. H arold S. Ebcrhartlt '3 1 BA , Elmer E, Engelbert, Sr .. ' 20BusAdmin, Francis L. Lund 1931-35, Mrs. Earl A. Knudtson '23Ed , Richard L. K ozelb '31 PhD, John S. Pillsbury '40LLB. Rcpresclltalive on CoCm/III Ullioll Board 0/ GOL'eI'l10rs: Robert J. Snow '43Ag. ReprcsclllallVe 011 Farm Umoll Board 0/ Govemors: The Cover Owen H allberg '46Ag;'47MS. RcpresclltaliL'cs Oil Ulliv~'slIy Swale Commillecs: A tMetics, M. O. Gill ett 1928-33, a nd Louis G ross ' 2,;LLB; Mditary Affairs, Robert Conn 193 ' -35, and Leslie E , Only a few minutes after he was elected as the We. tin '40Ed; SllIdelll AUairs, Mrs. E. A. Knudtson '23Ed, and T homas Salmen '4 1 BA. new preS ident of the Minnesota Alumni Association AlAA Standitlg Commillce Chairmen: HOI/aI'S, M:lUrice Salisl- ury May 24 at the annual Board 1T '08BA: lnveslmwls, Lawrence E, Johnson '29 . _J:""~;;;';':!.'!~7"~I'W_ Directors meeting, Vic- Honora ry life Board Me mbers Christgau '17Sch PIIsl Presidents: William F, Braa,ch '00BS;'03MD, George Earl g, pos d for the photo 'o6BA ;'09MD, Arthur R. I-lu. tad ' 16IlA, C lurks F. Keyes '9(,BA;­ '99LLB, Arthur O. Lampland '30BusAdmin ;'34LLB, H arvey NclM,n the cover of this issue. '22BS;'Z5MD, Ben W . Palmer ' 1I BA;'13LLB;'14M , Erl ng S. was taken by Stu GG11 g PI.Hou ' 19BS;'2 IMD, Wells J. Wright '3613S L&LLB, Edg3r F. IW!""..T'I!~' ~' ~ iJINNESOT 's staff Zelle '13BA. Pasl TrcaSllrers: Thomas F, Wallace '9313A ;'95LLR; Arnulf pher, in the officc Ueland ' 17BA, Ed Haislet, M A Exec­ Honorary Life Associa tion Memb-e rs Secretary, where a Dr. J. L. Morrill, Pres ident of the Unll'ersity: E. B. Pierce '04BA, to mural of the Minnea­ (ormer dIrector of Alumni Relations. polis campus provided an appropriate background, GREATER UNIVERSITY FUND Stanley J. W enberg '4IEd;'47MA .. Fund Director Boa rd of Trus t.es A ll/111m : John K. Fesler '24BA;'26LLB, chairman ; Arthur R. Entered J' . econtl cia" m,lltt'f at the post olliee in Minn.e apols" Hustad '16BA, Parker D. Sanders ' 18Ag. Mrs. Alicc Warren Minn., untlcr Act of 'ongrcs< of M,ueh 3, 1879. Annual dues of the Gaarden '04BA, Edward L. Tuohy 'o2BA ;'oSMD. !\"OClJtlon arc 4 of which c n, titutes a year's subscnpllon tu Unil'cY$IIy Administroliol1: President j . L. Morrill, Vice Pres ident th e MINNE OTA. Subsenpllon for n n-Jlumni: 4 per ycar William T, Middlebrook, Vice Prc.ident Malcolm M. Willey, Lester Jtiu n ~d advertising representative: American M Jga7~ incs Group, 21 A, Malkerson, '.15AgEng, member o[ Board of Regents. Wa,h,ngton Square cw York 1 I, y ,; pho ne GRamercy Edwin L. Haislet '31Ed ........... .......... Board Secretary 5-2039, 2. MT N ESOT . Are College Graduates Edwin L. Haislet Alumni Secretary Spectator Citizens? B YE ERY criterion colI ge graduates are the in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and best qualified t be practicing citizen . The Intemational ffairs at Princeton niver ity, should know that our American system of gov­ state; "The citizen who abstain from politics ernment is based upon th participation of all is not a non-politician. He is merel, an ineffec­ its citizen; that it , orks only if people do par­ ti e politician who unwittingly serve as an all. ticipate; that when people stop working at gov­ of the worst machine bosses ward heelers and erning them elve , then government stops work­ peddlers of influence." ing for them. College graduates hould under- o orJe is more aware than the college grad­ tand that our countr i ' great onl b cau e our uate of the forces abroad in the world toda , system of gov rnment is ba ed upon the dignity which would change our merican way of life and freedom of the individual. bove very­ - forces which are attacking tl dignity and thing else they hould realize the man bl sing freedom of the individual. They ' ould destro, that belong to us alone and the freedoms we our system of go ernment becau (t it is the best have ar po sible onl becau e of the form of - and instead give us socialism or communism. government we enjo . The rights which are our merican Heritage Yet, knowing all of thi ,colleg graduate are will not be lost throuO'h force from without. If probably the v ry wor t offender when it come they are lost it , ill be becau e we aUo, them to taking an active part in government - , h ther to slip awa , one bone - becau e we don't vote it be at local, state, or fed ral Ie el. and don't participate in our go ernment. On the How many college people vote? 0 figures other hand, if we are ]jterate, participating prac­ are a ailable, but ca ual observation would lead ticing, and supporting citizen - if we insi t on one to believe that it i no b tter than the nation­ beinO' heard, if we never mi an opportunity al average, which wa only 4-1 per cent of the to voice what we be]jeve and ote for what we Ugible voter in 1950. \ "hile it is true that col­ think i right - then our freedoms will be for­ I ge graduat ar appar ntly b tt r informed e er afe, a 'ell a our merican way of life. on political and worli iu s than non-grad , it Th editorial polic), of the magazine for thi is al 0 true that they ar not either articulat coming ear, ill b to featme article each or acti e whon it co~ to xercising their mo t month which will bring to our alumni the thrill­ preciou lib rt - th right to vote. ing tor" of the m rican wa v of life - the There are oth r indication of th lack of par­ thing. that hay made llHuica' reat. ticipation on th part of college graduat in The fir t of uch arti I i featured tl1i month O'overnment - the fa t that only ix p r cent und r the title of "Fre dom From Tradition " ha ever run or be 11 lected to office, the fact b rthur "R d" I tle\'. H e tell u why fr ' that only 17 pre nt ontribut mon for po]jt­ dom from tradition ha ' mad merica gr at. I ical purpo e , and onl three per cent ha ever urO'e ou not to mi it. helped rai fund for uch a program. 0 Fillally, in Un 'ith ditorial poli )' for tI1i The obviou conclu ion is that ou, a oll g ear, ach month will feature a hort me ag trained p rson, hould ither be a politi ian or on on of th inherent right of m rican citi­ intere t d in politics. L t ou di agr e, Dr. z n hip. Th mat rial, ill b r print d from that Joseph E. IIcLean, a ociat profe or of politic thrilling bookI t, 'ood itiz n,' throuO'h the • Fi~ures Quoted from, "l'hey Went To College." by Dr. p 11ni ion of th merican H rita e Founda­ Patnc.a alter West nnd Ernest H avemann. The book is one that all college graduate, ought lo reE d. It is based upon a tion. survey sponsored by TIME, which covered the graduates of 1,037 American colleges, and was analyzed by Columbia UnivE'l'­ In clo ing, what do ou think? r coli ge sitv.