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Show Over 300 Attend Dixie College Alumni Banquet Dolphins of 1914 Win In Attendance; Warren Cox Group Receives Honors Topping the commencement week entertainments was the annual Alumni Banquet and homecoming, celebrating the thirtieth year the Dixie college has been in existence. exist-ence. Many former Dixie students returned for the event, some coming com-ing from long distances, especially members of the class of 1914. At 5 p. m., Friday a large group of past and present students and patrons met in the college auditorium audi-torium where Pres. Glenn E. Snow and Mrs. Juanita Brooks directed an interesting program. . Students of Mrs. Jay Tolman presented an elaborate scarf dance number, "Blue Danube", followed by two-minute talks by Sam Brooks, 1914, and first student registered at the Dixie, Sept 7, 1911, John T. Woodbury, first student stu-dent body president, Clifford Em-pey, Em-pey, graduation president of the 1914 class, banjo music by Ray Whipple, former student body president, reminiscing by Ann Woodbury Hafen, 1914, now of Denver and nationally-known for her poetry, Juanita Brooks, former form-er student, teacher and now magazine mag-azine writer, Grant Prisbrey, 1914 basketball hero, member of the first Dixie Flyers and first all- j state star from Dixie; reading by Beth G. Schmutz, 1914, and brief comments by Wayne C. Gardner, Glenn E. Snow, both past student stu-dent body presidents, Maurine Whipple, 1922, author of Giant Joshua, Katharine Larson, A. Karl Larson, Mathew M. Bentley, 1915, and Emil J. Graff, 1914, now prominent business man of Hurricane. Hurri-cane. Former Students Introduced All former students in attendance attend-ance were introduced and gave their present address and past affiliation af-filiation with the Dixie, recalling many incidents, humorous and otherwise of the first years when the Dixie was the St. George stake academy. At the conclusion of the meeting meet-ing moving pictures were taken by Ross Hardy of all former student stu-dent body officers present, of the 1914 class members present, and of various groups otherwise. These will be added to the historical pictorial pic-torial collection of the Dixie college. col-lege. The entire group adjourned to the Woodward high school gym, where the Alumni Banquet was underway at 7:30 p.m., with nearly 300 attending, this being the largest larg-est attendance recorded in many years. Tables were decorated with Dixie flowers, with special decorations decor-ations in electric lighted placques, and other features manifesting class spirit. The 1914 class was in evidence with miniature red hats suggestive of the "Little Old Red Hats the Dolphins Wore", back in 1911, and 1914 red ribbon badges. Projrram Introduced Jos. T. Atkin Jr., was toast-master toast-master and introduced the program pro-gram which included a violin trio by Irene Everett, Jane Pace and Alice Thompson, with Mae A. Pace accompanying; toast to graduates, grad-uates, Milton E. Moody, county superintendent of schools, with responses by Schuyler Gardner, col-'ege col-'ege graduate of 1941, and Wayne Prince, high school graduate; vocal solos, Marion Bowler; toast, "The Olden Days", Ann W. Hafen of Denver; who also gave a request reading of one of her poems; vocal solo, Rhoda Andrus Jackson; toast. "The Lean Years", B. Glen Smith; brass quartet, directed by Earl J. Bleak, with LaRaine McArthur, Ernest Pulsipher and Wayne Prince, and toast, "Dixie Moves Ahead", by Maurice J. Miles. Roll Call of Classes Roll call of cla sses showed the W14 class with the largest number num-ber present from before 1910, and the college juniors with largest total attendance. The special honor to patrons gave Mr. and Mrs. Warren Cox the diploma for 'he parents with t h e greatest number of descendants present. who had graduated from high (Continued on page five) Alumni Activities (Continued from first page) school and college courses at the Dixie. Including children, grandchildren grand-children and in-laws there were 25 at the Cox table, and all had attended the Dixie but one. Several families who had had six or more attend the college included in-cluded Mr. and Mrs. Miner G. Prisbrey, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Seegmiller, Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Hafen, George E. Miles, Mrs. Mary E. Woodbury, John T. Woodbury Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Alma Nelson. Nel-son. The Nelsons have had all of their 11 children enrolled or graduated grad-uated from the Dixie but two only were present, their son Wesley, being 1940-41 Alumni organization organiza-tion president. Many families in the county who were present have had six or more of their children in school. Several short impromptu impromp-tu speeches were made, the program pro-gram concluding with the singing sing-ing of the college song, lead by J. W. McAllister, with Mae A. Pace at the piano. |