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Show THE THUNDERB1RD MONDAY NCMEMBER 9, 1987 PAGE 7 Katherine Olsen Patti Esplin Bevy of beauties to compete for title of Miss SUSC Friday BY NATALIE CONDIE A group of SUSC students will vie for the title of Miss SUSC, Friday evening, and an opportunity to represent the college in the Miss Utah pageant. The pageant will begin at 7 p.m. in the Auditorium. Entrants will perform a talent act which will be 50 percent of the judging scores. The other half of the judging will come from the evening gown modeling, the interview and swimsuit competitions which will be held earlier in the day. Miss Utah, Mary Ann Bales, will serve as mistress of ceremonies, and the new Miss SUSC will be crowned by 1986-8- 7 winner, Anne Bruce. "All Together Different" is the theme for the pageant which is planned to include a production number featuring all 17 contestants. This year, a hostess has been assigned to each woman to assist with clothing selection and help with backstage jitters the night of the pageant. Parents are not allowed backstage, but the hostess is allowed to stand backstage and help. A number of activities have been held for pageant hopefuls including a tea, fashion show and several workshops. "Our goal is to provide the Seventeen women will compete for the coveted title of Miss SUSC Friday evening in the college Auditorium. women with as many growth opportunities as possible, "said LaRee Rees, pageant chair. "We want them to have a lot of public contact before the Miss SUSC and Miss Utah pageants." Miss SUSC and her attendants will make their first formal appearance Saturday, at Thunderbird Stadium, when SUSC meets Western Football Conference Luis Obispo. A second opponent Cal Poly-Sa- n is that appearance planned evening at a formal college dance. Alphabetically, the 17 contestants are Julie Cook from Fountain Green; Sharon L. Cox from Alamo, De Busk from Nikiski, Alaska; Patti Nev.; Dawn-Mari- e Esplin from Monroe; Audra Kasparian from Salt Lake City; Marm Madsen from Littleton, Colo.; Katherine Olsen from Washington; Mary Lee Pearson from Cedar City; Nathele Poyer from Montezuma Creek; Staci Roberts from Salt Lake City; Tamara Saunders from Brigham City; Rebecca Schmidt from Salt Lake City; Stephanie Small from Cedar City; Arlene Snow from Cedar City; Susan Topham from Delta; Debbie Wardle from Delta; and Michelle Webster from Enoch. Hatch recalls his SUSC student years Chemistry professor donates year's salary to help fund scholarships BY JOE GILES "When Conrad Hatch, professor of chemistry, recalls his transition from SUSC student to faculty member. Hatch's service to SUSC began as a student body president and continues today. He will donate this year's salary to scholarships. was here, worked for the dairy farm. milked cows, fed cattle and hauled fertilizer. One of the embarrassing things to me as a freshman and sophomore student was to take loads of manure in a spreader past the girls' dorms to fertilize the lawns." So remembers Conrad V. Hatch, professor of chemistry, his humble beginnings at SUSC. Hatch attended SUSC from 1940 to 1942, when he served as student body president. "At that time, of course, it was a two year school," he says. "I played football and basketball." For nearly all of the tour and a half decades since his introduction to SUSC, Hatch has been associated with it in one capacity or another. Hatch received an associate degree, from SUSC, in 1942. He later earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at Brigham Young University in physics and chemistry. In 1961, he completed his doctoral work in chemistry at Oregon State University. He has been on the faculty at SUSC since 1948, although this year he is not getting paid for educating. He retired last year and is donating th of teaching to the this entire yea's I school. "He thinks the college exists for the students. They are the important element," says Elva, Hatch's wife of 38 years. "The school's done a lot for me. don't think I'll ever have a could lot of money to donate, but thought donate my time," explains Hatch. "They could save the money they pay me in salary and use it... hope for scholarships for students." Terry Alger, provost at SUSC, confirms that this will occur. "We're going to honor Dr. Hatch's wish," he states. Hatch is loved and admired by all who know him. His wife describes him as kind, understanding and very generous with his family. "His priorities have always been very family oriented," Mrs. Hatch comments. "His children, his grandchildren and his wife are high on his priority list. They are very important to him." The couple has seven children Dale, Elaine, Lynn, Larry, Paul, Anne Hunter and Linda Wood. Each has graduated from SUSC. The family took a trip to the Eastern United States and Canada in 1968. They bought a new station wagon, and all nine of them loaded into it. One memorable experience on the road was I I (continued on page 8) |