Ball State University - Orient Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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A Rancilli knit dress warms the winter days of Jenny Franks. A Don Daughterty prepares for the Muncie winter with a pile-lined coat. Tailored and brightly-colored baggies and blazers hit C for coeds. California Byer makes knit tunic outfits for dressier occasions. ‘big D. Rancilli knits also come in long styles for those coz winter evenings. F. Don and his friend, Vicki Hunte, leave for class in s styles. suede coats and the bright colors of this year ’

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A revolution... to be different | Anything but naked. Well, anything but totally naked. Because, of course, most pro- fessors tend to frown upon nudity in the classroom. But jeans were all right this year. Oh yeah, jeans were more than fine. New. Old. Starched. Sagging. Patched (and patched and patched.) Pipe-stemmed. Ever- so-fashionably flared. And those with ele- phantiasis. Buttoned. Zippered. Safety- pinned. Along with jeans went just about any- thing. Smocks. Midriff tops. Halters. Velvet, suede, corduroy, cotton and denim jackets. Embroidered, flannel, Ball-U, army and work shirts. Baggies hit big. And bigger. Topped with a blazer. Dolman sweater. Just a sweater and shirt. The standard skirt rose. And fell. Split. Flared. Even gored occasionally. Almost dis- appeared completely after class. Evening and duding up finery consisted of good jeans, good corduroys and the good beloved Ball State Baggies. Bare-back dresses. Shawls and sorority suits. Ties were rare. Sweaters prevailed. The more different, the better. Even students’ ten toes received their fair share of well-dressed attention. Bent bodies stumbled across campus in clogs. Shuffled in work shoes. Wobbled in wedgies. Blistered in platforms. And studded in two tones with heels. The ever-popular loafers were ... ever popular. It didn’t all fit. Or match. Or survive the. deluge. But we weren’t naked. Maybe next year. BRR ar es wee Cpanentanancen tc come ee es ee 7 mer

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‘Ball State —Our World’ welcomes families, alums at Homecoming Homecoming fever hit before October be- gan as dorms, sororities and fraternities planned front lawn displays and floats. The theme, ‘Ball State — Our World,’ was gen- eral and gave students a lot of lee-way in slogans. With floats and displays well under way, the Homecoming Steering Committee turned to other activities. Queen candidates, nomi- nated last spring, still had to be voted on. Wednesday, Sept. 27, ID’s were marked, display pictures studied and the queen and her court were chosen. Linda Bouman, a veteran in beauty contests and a Clevenger Hall candidate, was selected queen with Susan Wade, first runner-up; Kathy O'Rourke, second runner-up; Christy Mar- cus, third runner-up; and Chris Crawford, fourth runner-up, as her court. Linda’s first A. A member of the “’Pride of Mid-America”’ throws in a good measure of Homecoming spirit. B. While Greeks made floats, most dorms joined in the Homecoming spirit with lawn displays. C. Neither early hours nor damp and chill kept people from viewing the parade. duty as queen was to visit the SVS children’s. party on Oct. 8. The next major event was Tuesday, Oct. 10 — the Kick-off Games. In this, dorms competed against one another in every- thing from a necking relay to a centipede race. Wood 1 and Wagoner 4 were overall champions. Campus spirit “fired up’ Friday night at the Bonfire on the Field and Sports lot. People drifted from this to attend the all- campus Variety Show, which began at nine. Following the Homecoming theme, the Vari- ety Show surveyed Ball State through the years in song and dance built around their theme, “Where the Roads Come Together.” A free film on the Arts Terrace was shown after the Variety Show at midnight.