Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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ATHLETIC souls find that winter isn ' t all bad. Snowboots trudged through piles o£ whiteness on their way to class. Remarks about quitting school and going to Florida were fre quent, and buildings were more crowded than usual with students who just couldn ' t quite get up the courage to brave the cold. Winter had hit the campus again. The first few days brought many complaints, but after a couple of weeks most of the faces of students and instructors alike wore an expression of grim acceptance. About January when most people had decided that winter was going to stay for a wliile, snowball fights were frecjuent and a few snowmen dotted the resi- dence lawns. Lake La Verne was a retreat for those few winter en- thusiasts who liked to ice skate. Even the sale of Union coffee (be- lieve it or not) went up. Well, at least it ' s hot. Then in February those false starts of spring brought a few warm days which were fol- lowed immediately by heavy snow and zero temperatures. CAR OWNERS trotted out torches, heat lamps and inverted prayers in their efforts to get their cars thawed enough to move. i 29

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LAKE LAVERNE seemed to be frozen solid, but water still flowed over the dam. Winter brought less snow and more bitter cold than usual SNOW clothed Christian Petersen ' s statues on the MacKay lily pool. 28

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Christmas Festival of Music presented for seventh year; participation has groivn to 1,000 students and faculty Eight hundred voices blended in an old German melody, Of The Fath- er s Loxie Begotten, the opening of the annual Christmas festival of music. This program was started seven years ago as a service to the campus and comminiity. The participants have grown from the origi- nal 500 to 1,000. Three years ago the performances were increased from one to two to accommodate the growing audience. This year the program included old popidar Christmas carols as well as contemporary 20th century and traditional Christmas music. Above the chorus, spot- lighted in the darkness was the modern dance cltib depicting the Na- tivity. The final Christmas wish was a combined offering from band, o rchestra and festival chorus — The Messiah Chorus. COACH HORNS opened the festival program. DANCERS interpreted the joyful mood of the Christmas music. 30