Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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20 Band Day KS provides formation flashed in the sun as 6,500 high school students, Ft. Riley and K•State band members merged onto the KSU Stadium field during the next special football game. A morning parade and a mid.game performance were both included in the Band Day activities on Oct. 6. During halftime of the K-State•Tulsa football game, members from 79 high school bands entertained the 33.000 spectators. Several selections were played, including Wildcat Victory, Copacabana. Wabash Cannonball and Tchaikovsky ' s 1812 Overturn. For the first time since 1973, the bands, dressed in brightly colored uniforms, marched in a formation forming the letters K and S . This was also Susan Schllckau the first year performers had been grouped according to instrument. Excitement was added to the day when the public address system quit at halftime, so marching band director Phil Hewett had to cue by voice. The 1812 Overture finale featured the Howitzer cannons, manned by Ft. Riley personnel. Cat nap- The morning parade, practice and all the excitement proved too much for this h0 school band member. who napped in the stands before halftime.

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Homecoming activities stuff an absence of homecoming n activities for a number of years, the festivities have returned. In an attempt to reinstate school spirit for the second year In a row, Blue Key planned various activities. Horsetank dunking kicked off festivities on Oct. 10, when administrators, student leaders and faculty members took water baths in front of the K•State Union. The proceeds of this event, went into a general scholarship fund. The major events of homecoming took place on Thursday, Oct. 11. when Stuff the Union theme helped pack the K- State Union with spectators and participants for the planned contests. Competition covered two days. Spirit banners covered the courtyard walls as living group representatives participated in a raw egg juggling contest followed by an ice cream coneeating relay. The various living groups earned points based on their placings in the different events. Finalists in the Yell like Hell contest competed at the pep rally and bonfire held at the old Memorial Stadium. A traveling trophy, sponsored by Blue Key, was awarded at the homecoming game to Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Delta Delta Delta, who had accumulated the most points for participation in homecoming activities. Student entertainment featured the K. State Jazz Band, and a musical performance by Ed McPheeters, Kevin Susan Schlickau McCraken and Joe Stegman. Other entertainment included a concert and workshop by John Biggs, movies In Forum Hall and Moonlight bowling. For the third year, students ambassadors were elected to represent K- State at school and community events throughout the year. Winners, Tina Dahl and Gene Atkinson, were named during the K-State-Iowa State game on Oct. 13th. On Oct. 12, the internationally-known Harlem Globetrotters performed their basketball skills to a large crowd in Ahearn Field House. kill And They ' re Off And Snarling- With a helping hand from Don George. sophomore in nuclear engineering, Ken Clisso, junior in landscape horticulture. eats a smashed cone during the ice cream cone relay. Stuffed In The Union. Spectators line the rails of the Union Courtyard during the body building contest. That A•Way- Threatened by the boxing glove of Geese Ausbie, a fan quickly points an accusing finger elsewhere. ( Homecoming 21