Emporia State University - Sunflower Yearbook (Emporia, KS)

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OON AFTER my arrival, I discovered that I had a job to do. My real capac- ity during Homecoming was as organizer of the traditional Homecoming Follies held Friday evening. Iill admit that. Dr. Gilson and Miss Kayser helped some, and Velna Stoutis script did come in handy; but I did the real work. I think thatis why they asked me down. Vic Trusler, good old Vic tHe sure can run his obstacle course, but his poor wife! Heis eating her out of house, home, and himself out of size 40 suitsi. He sure has trouble with those recruits in his mili- f Tms L13 A R1 The story of 1942 Homecoming as told by Private Hargrove t0 Peg L011 Wichert tary training classes. But with my help we iiwhippedii them into pretty good shape for the Follies. THE FOLLIES were really something. I got there in time to hear Orien Dalley and the college band play a short. concert before the Follies started. Then Duane Tucker came out on the stage and an- nounced that the queen was to be crowned. The boys Iid trainedesixteen of them- marched in. Tramp, tramp, tramp, tromp! tEisenbach trippedJ After that the representatives of the sorority and independent women on the campus marched onto the stage, and together they 29

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6kg Sfqut Council in Vite; ?rivafe gfo race gig rqro ve f0 cuffmJ flag annual gfomecominq 97a; fivities 0f Emporia State 6U Quest of gfonor choher 15-16-17, 194:2 a H0? ME? Gee whiz! Just think! W Me, Private Horace Hargrove, guest of honor at the Emporia State Homecoming. And with their Homecom- ing queen- Oh to be king for a day! Well, the invitation arrived, and I talked it over with the C. O. tGood guy, the C. 03, were like this tcrossed fingem me on the bottom, of course. He said, iiSure Hargrove, take the week-end off, the month off ; in fact, personally, I donit care if you never come backlii SO I CAME; and golly, it was fun. 28 Q. S. W. T. Walking up the campus, I surely was surprised at what I found. Imagine-no decorations! Only the Administration Building, the Student Union, and the Sta- dium were decorated by various campus groups, financed by the Student Council. 'But when the Student Council twho controlled Homecoming for the first time this yeari explained that they were put- ting up fewer decorations this year to conserve money and materials for the war effort, I decided that it was pretty won- derful. This is the kind of patriotism that makes us fellows proud to march, march, march, and to drill, drill, drill.

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The improved tnotice how the girls are yellingi Sigma Pi Sigma which spurred our team on to.- ward victory at the Homecoming game. The girls formed a V pattern. tIid like to take some of those cute cookies out and teach them some maneuversj The band struck the first few notes of itEmporia Hailii and the curtains parted to reveal the Homecoming Queen, attired in regal white, standing before the flags of the United Nations, forming the apex of the V-eErma Crawford, Peggy Peda- gog of 1942. The queen was attended by Bettyanne Atherton, Alpha Sig president; Helen Meyer, president of the Pi Kaps; Frances Nunemacher, Tri Sig; and Mavis Rich- ardson, Alpha Tau president. Peggy Pedagog and her attendants were escorted to the Royal Box by Willie Knox, Student Council president. They asked me to sit with them, but I had other jobs to- do back stage tnot that I wouldnit have liked to sit in the queens lap-eI mean queenis boxi so I sent my friend U. Who Dee. And the Homecoming Follies were on! HE RHYTHMIC Circle tand incidentally Trhythm isnit all theyive goti presented their original ttWar Suite? an artistic in- terpretation 0f pre-war joy, waris havoc, and post-war reconstruction. As the color guard marched onto the 30 played with their balloons and made more noise than ever before. stage, Russell Porter 0f the Speech De- partment took his place down center and paid tribute to the Emporia State Hor- nets in the khaki and navy blue of their country. As the roll call of last years graduating class now in the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Corps was read to the filled auditorium the band interpolated their official songs-JiThe Caissonis Ar- tillery Song? ttAnchoris Aweigh? ttThe Marine Hymn? and ttThe Army Air Corps? Then I took over. Using my experi- ences as guide, the Gilson Players and I presented the misadventures that any draftee may expect to have while in the services of Uncle Sam. HEN I TOOK: the Super Chief t0 the induction center, there were tear- ful good-byes to friends and family at the stationeespecially to my ttlittle caramel? Myrtle. After I got to camp I had the most wonderful dream. The sorority and independent women appeared and told me that I was the one in their lives. And when the Pi Kap went to work- Wow! What COOperation I ERGEANT ELDER just didnit understand me, and I had such difficulty teaching him the manual of arms. Well, finally,