Hamline University - Liner Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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Qt Enlorged Porent's Weekend offers better view of school Hamline expanded parents' visitation in 1968 to a full weekend, October 12 and 13. Registration began at 7:45 on Saturday for the 500 parents attending, who sampled Saturday classes ranging from CPI to calculus. Norton stadium filled up quickly for the football game against St. Thomas, during which the Pipers demonstrated their power in a 39 to 12 win. junior Jed Knuttila raised a cheer from the crowd with his 99 yard run against the Tommies. Halftime activities included a performance by the Gaylord High School marching band and intro- duction of the parents of the football players to the crowd. Parents and students alike had the opportunity to meet Hamline's President-elect, Dr. Richard P. Bailey, at the post-game coffee hour in Bush Student Center Lounge. Saturdays activities concluded with the eight o'clock performance of Belf, Book, and Cfmzlle, a comedy by John van Druten at Hamlines Edyth Bush Theatre. A special student-parent service was held at Hamline United Metho- dist Church Sunday morning. The Goliards, Ed Holland and Al Strand, folksingers, along with the a capella choir and the theatre improv group, entertained at the Sunday afternoon student achievement session in the Ballroom. Post-game coffee hour finds Sharon Knuttila talking over the game with her parents. 1 if 55, 5? t g. .- K as i 1- l , 1 . page .rf . un' to i .zi-LJ. I. Kg C if .,, i - ll ' 24 Q Wl't-'i ii A student and his parents catch up on a month of local and school news over lunch in Sorin Dining Hall. The capacity crowd begins to fill up Norton stadium. ,Q-sf' f

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26 Queen Helen reigns over homecoming weekend festivities To the theme of Piper Power, Hamlines 1968 Homecoming activities begin Thursday evening, October 24, at Norton Field with the annual bonfire and pep rally. Following was the Variety Show, which, although smaller than ever before, provided the audience with a good assortment of talent. Carol Swenson won first place in the singles competition with her baton twirling, and a freshman duet, Skip Zetzman and jennifer Sturges, took second place with their folksinging. First Place in group compe- tition was taken by Alpha Phi Theta sorority, doing a vaudeville comedy, and Epsilon Lambda Sigma won second place with their serious interpretation of Rod McKuen poetry. Highlighting the evening was the Coronation of Helen Margellos as 1968 Sponsored by the Association of Drew Residents, Helen Margellos, a senior from Rochester, reigns over Hamline's 1968 Homecoming activities. Homecoming Queen with Dottie Meyers, Carol Smith, and jo Bryan making up her court. Friday afternoon, Hamline hosted the Scots of Macalester in a MIAC soccer game, in which the Pipers fell to a decisive defeat of 4 to 0, The damper of the Hamlinites was lifted, however, as The Pair Extraorclinaire, nationally famed recording artists, generated new enthusiasm with their evenings entertain- ment in Norton liield House. The two demonstrated their versa- tility, doing both soul and pop music arrangements. The selection of Helen to reign over the festivities was made known to the audience by means of a silver slipper, tried on by all the can- didates, but which only fit Helen's foot. X ,t est 1 .1 A l i it