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That's nothing after a cow won the prom queen contest one year.
Homecoming Queen-winning cow remembered in Union
Andy Gottesman / The Lantern
The Maudine Cow Room in the Ohio Union was named after the 1926 homecoming queen, a cow.
Although there are numerous rooms in the new Ohio Union named in honor of people and organizations, there is only one room named after an animal ? the Maudine Cow Room.
David Hothersall, professor emeritus of psychology and something of an expert on the subject, tells the story like this:
In 1926, Rosalind Morrison won the Homecoming Queen election, but because only 10,000 students were enrolled and 12,000 votes had been cast, it was clear the election had been rigged.
?Rosie was named Queen, but as an honorable young woman, withdrew when the fraud became apparent,? Hothersall said. ?The runner-up was Maudine Ormsby, a mystery candidate entered by the College of Agriculture.?
It turned out that Maudine was actually a Holstein cow. Despite this, she was still crowned and rode in the Homecoming parade.
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