Arizona State University - Sun Devil Spark / Sahuaro Yearbook (Tempe, AZ)

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Vonda Kay crowns Marilyn and Terry Smiling after an active campaign are first runners-up Joe Sparks and Tima Irani and second runners-up Earline and Jack Johnson. Following anxious moments of waiting, Miss America, Vonda Kay Van Dyke, celebrating a special homecoming, crowned King Terry Cotter and Queen Marilyn Webb. On November 5, Miss America, Vonda Kay Van Dyke, made her first appearance in Tempe after securing that coveted title at the annual pageant in Atlantic City. her motorcade passed cheering Vonda entered Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium amidst a standing ovation and crowned the 1964 royalty : Terry Cotter and Marilyn Webb. The activities of the campaign and the campus decorations for this yearly event provided both excitement and a release from the tension of five-weeks exams. Over 5,000 alumni were among the 32,026 attending the ASU-Kansas State football game, at which the fighting Sun Devils proved victorious, 21-10. Decorations sweepstake trophy and first place in the sorority div ision was taken by Alpha Delta Pi with their Kachina doll. Chi Omega captured second place, with Kappa Delta taking third. Alpha Tau Omega and Delta Sigma Phi tied for the first place fraternity trophy, with Pi Kappa Alpha getting second. McClintock Hall, Palo Verde and Irish Hall received first, second and third respectively in the dorm division, while Phi Sigma Kappa was given special commendation for adding spirit to the with their humorous display. Laid by Actives was the caption which pledges placed beneath an egg cradled atop the house ' s veranda. 28

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Just as the nation was enveloped in tension and excitement with the big so was ASU as the annual bid for the 1964 Homecoming king and queen honors began. Campaign slogans paralleled many phrases heard throughout 1964: JDJ for the USA ; Reeds Along the Nile ; The Runt is Running ; I ' d Rather Fight than Switch ; Team up with Tima ; and Let ' s Mike Love. Cars, hors es, trucks, burros, and people paraded. Over 4.000 students voted — a sizable increase over last year ' s election. Finalists for each of the crowns were announced at the pep rally held under the East Butte during the evening of 4 by Max Goodrich, Election Board chairman. Finalists were: Terry Cotter. Jack Johnson. Mike Love. Joe Sparks and Bernie Wrightson. and Kaye Anderson. Tima Irani. Julie Loper. Webb and Earline Wilburn. The Afterglows, a rock and roll group of ASU students. provided the spark for the accompanying street dance held Homecoming campaigns reached fever pitch with a traffic jam of posters, people and noise. The pace of homecoming week quickened when the cheerleaders and pom pon girls led students in a rally around a bonfire. 27

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Many late hours and many neglected study assignments went into the building of decorations at fraternity houses, dormitories, and other campus locations. Vivid colors and imaginative ideas developed the theme of Arizona ... Past, Present, Future . Fleet-footed Ben Hawkins (18) moves the ball down field with John Torok (11) running the interference during the homecoming game. Queen Marilyn Webb and King Terry Cotter are reviewed by the crowd at the game. 29