Kent State University - Chestnut Burr Yearbook (Kent, OH)

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AS CAMPUS DA ■ cxc mils mi. suulciiis Ijiijiii In sIkhv the wear ami Ic.ii that loims Imni d.iss ol wc ' ikiii;; on lloals liii soiiu ' it ' s a liHi r iiifjht. 11 llAi ' PENS cvcrv spring, bcilh tin- rcndci I ' lap and Delta (.aiiiiiia eapttiiing fiist plaee in siiKiiity eompeliliun, litis was Iheii tititd conseciili e wintiing float. THESE ENTERPRISING Vdiinj ' nieit man- aged to .get ieser e seats Ini ihe paiade. THE WILD ANTICS ol Phi Delta lliela s -lokei ' .g.itiieieil a liist place IKiphv for tiie frateriiit ' s mantel. . nil. before Ihe jtid. ' os the )oker eertainlv was wild. 26

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Floats and fun lure thousands to KSU Campus Day Long before sunrise lights began tlicking on in dorms, fraternity and sorority lioiises. Soon sleepy, bleary-eyed students began emerging from campus dwellings into the early morning darkness, heading for the stadium for last minute float work. The Sim was higher and the cani|)us cro viletl ' (viih townspeople anil isitors as Delta Upsilon ' s K girl paint- ed the white K on front campus. Later Cardinal Key women and Blue Key men led the Campus Day queen and her court down the , triimi steps to their grassy court. Paying tribute to her majesty, Maypole dancers mo cil among gay-coloreil streamers. P. R,4DIN ' G DOWN Main street between lines of spectators, 4 ' ) units made tip the Campus Dav procession. Represented were soror- ities, fraternities, independent groups, the ROIC; l5an l. Cardinal Key. C.olden K. and tlie Roosevelt and Kent State high school hands. 1 25

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PONDERING the experience ot being queen fm a cl,i . Her Majesty Mary Jo Kaylor looks o er an admiring courl. STUDENTS AND alumni pause a momeni lo enjo the swinging music of Harry James anil his baud. The baiul is plaving from a platform extended over Memorial pool. Singing, dancing end day Aher liiiuli tii c (ilitl cinwd ol ltKlc■llls, :iltiiiiiii. anci gtiests gathertd along Main sticci. Ai the soiincl ol appioaching intisii thc dancd ihcii lut ks to icw a (oloiltil pioccssion ol giaiid niaishalls, a Miiiliiig |ticcii anil (oiirt, and lloats behaving like peiled (liildtcn, ad- ing lip bclore llie onmipoienl judges. ' iewer,s nioxtil lo lionl iaiii|)iis loi a seal in the outdoor nuisi( looin as (he paiade passed on. Pastel dresses, blight c uinbei bunds, ,iiul harmoni ing oiees, blended against the spiingtime green ol the campus. Before the singers, the listeners blurred into a mass ol lorms and eolors on the hillside. Visitors depaited .iiul the (.iiiipus grew (|uiet ,is the sun set. In dorms, fraternity and soroi ii houses students were donning more lormal .iitire. exiiiedlv talking oxev the da . I oorbelK .nul bii zeis beg, in ringing as men callecf for their dates for an excning ol dancing lo the music of Harrv [ames. Hallway thiDugh the e eniug the .lir grew tense and filled with cxcitenrent— intermission and time for awards. Deha Gamma, Phi Delta Theta, Engleman hall and Johnson hall won toj) houois. All too soon ii was two o ' clock. The campus settled into shnirber and auoiher Cainjjus I)a was over. But happy memories (d the spring da were filed away to peek at now and (hen thioughoui (he (oming years.