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Skip Day

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Title Date Summary
1 Traditions fade, reemerge through history
Funcke--Jill A. (Class of 1990)
Northern Iowan 86:13, p.2B
10/17/1989 A review of previous Homecoming celebrations and traditions.
2 Oops! Prof corrects the Northern Iowan
Thompson--Thomas H. (Philosophy and Religion Faculty)
Northern Iowan 68:5, p.2
10/1/1971 Professor Thompson corrects many errors in recent report regarding Skip Day.
3 'We could all have a funeral to attend'
Kirby--Kenn
Northern Iowan 68:4, p.2
9/28/1971 Believes Faculty Senate acted hastily in voting down Skip Day.
4 Faculty rejects environmental skip day
Pershall--Mary K. (Class of 1973)
Northern Iowan 68:3, p.1
9/24/1971 Faculty Senate turns down request from Student Senate.
5 Under the rug
Wherry--Peg (Class of 1972)
Northern Iowan 68:3, p.2
9/24/1971 Peg Wherry comments on the Artists Series, Skip Day, and socialism.
6 Opinion aired on Skip Day
Kirby--Kenn
Northern Iowan 67:54, p.3
5/18/1971 Urges group to invent attractive Homecoming activities.
7 Thanks student workers
McKinley--William W. (Cedar Falls Mayor)
Northern Iowan 67:13, p.2
10/30/1970 Mayor McKinley thanks those who helped clean up community.
8 Suggestions for Homecoming
Dole--Karen
Northern Iowan 67:11, p.3
10/23/1970 Suggests shifting schedule to make activities more attractive.
9 400 students participate in "Clean Up" Day
Northern Iowan 67:10, p.7
10/20/1970 Crews fan out across city.
10 "Clean Up" Day replaces old fashioned skip day
Northern Iowan 67:9, p.2
10/16/1970 Professor Clausen will lead environmental activities.
11 Today's activities
Clean-Up Committee
Northern Iowan 67:9, p.5
10/16/1970 Outlines Skip Day clean-up activities.
12 Help the environment at UNI by cleaning campus or leaving
Miller--Dennis D.
Public Relations News Release 67:8, p.2
10/13/1970 Urges students to participate in Skip Day activities.
13 Proclamation
Public Relations News Release 67:8, p.1
10/13/1970 President Kamerick proclaims Skip Day devoted to ecological concerns.
14 Environmental clean-up day: a replacement for skip-day; Senate
Public Relations News Release 67:7, p.8
10/9/1970
15 Use "Skip Day" to clean environment
Oliphant--David W. (Classes of 1971 and 1976)
Public Relations News Release 67:6, p.2
10/6/1970 Not optimistic about prospects.
16 Senate takes action
Patton--Philip Lee (Class of 1970; Registrar)
Northern Iowan 67:5, p.7
10/2/1970 Considers Skip Day, Homecoming, and class attendance.
17 Use skip day for dialogue
Glenn--George David (Theater Faculty)
Northern Iowan 66:6, p.2
9/26/1969 Proposes use of day before Homecoming as time for dialogue with students.
18 Grant Study Days
Northern Iowan 65:59, p.8
5/16/1969 Two days will be available before finals.
19 Potpourri
Northern Iowan 65:56, p.4
5/6/1969 Activities and meetings.
20 Skip Day
Northern Iowan 65:56, p.4
5/6/1969 Two days of class will be cancelled so that students and faculty can prepare for exams.
21 Faculty sent letter; no skip-day
Northern Iowan 65:47, p.1
4/4/1969 Student Senate asks that faculty not penalize students who miss class for Good Friday observance.
22 Ombudsman
Northern Iowan 65:47, p.2
4/4/1969 Questions about skip days and highway safety.
23 Ombudsman
Northern Iowan 65:46, p.2
3/21/1969 Questions about plusses and minuses on grades, campus lighting, and skip days.
24 SS proposes skip day
Northern Iowan 65:31, p.1
1/10/1969 Would allow students more time for study.
25 Faculty Senate downs skip day; referred to EPC
Northern Iowan 64:41, p.9
3/15/1968 Also consider alternate class schedules including Saturday classes.
26 Untitled
Klemensen--Dick
College Eye 64:2, p.2
9/15/1967 Student's forefathers skipped class; so will the student.
27 Minutes of Student League Board
Siepert--Evelyn (Class of 1952)
College Eye 43:5, p.2
10/19/1951 Receive report on Skip Day survey.
28 Board tells skip day poll results
College Eye 43:4, p.1
10/12/1951 Will be selected by committee.
29 Minutes of Student League Board
Slepert--Evelyn (Student--1951)
College Eye 43:2, p.2
9/28/1951 Student League Board provides minutes to the readers.
30 "Skip Day" starts TC Homecoming
Public Relations News Release 1950:72, p.1
10/14/1950 A headstart on Homecoming Friday morning began with a 50-car caravan that moved from the campus to the business district. An impromptu square dance in the Commons, student social center, was staged following the rally.
31 With fall came skip days
Old Gold 0:0, p.88
6/1/1949 Photo.
32 Wartime Skip Day held
Alumnus 28:1, p.1
1/1/1944 Students rake leaves and participate in other activities on October 27, 1943, Skip Day.
33 He wouldn't say yes; he wouldn't say no, so--
Alumnus 25:1, p.1
1/1/1941 Central Hall bell peals out Skip Day.
34 Eighty-five percent of seventy-five school systems in Iowa
Public Relations News Release 1930:130, p.1
12/21/1930 Majority of Iowa high schools do not permit a senior "skip day."

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