University of Arkansas Monticello - Boll Weevil Yearbook (Monticello, AR)

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“es . se, FLOAT-MAKING is a combined effort. Scraps and pieces are somehow shaped into things of beauty. One need consider only the variety of activities which take place during Homecoming week in order to recog- nize that it is a week singular in its tra- dition and in the atmosphere that it annually creates. It basically trans- poses two ideals which have been inte- gral to college life as well as life in America; the spirit of competition, and the bond-forging spirit of cooperation. Greek organizations are notorious { TO for their competition which, ironically, exists even though all Greeks claim a common bond of brotherhood or sis- terhood. At no time during the year, with the possible exception of rush, is this latent competitiveness more evi- dent than during Homecoming. It may be due, in part, to the tremendous strain of building a float in one or two nights, the organization of disorgan- ized members who would much rather CINDY SNOW, a Little Rock Forestry major, was crowned Homecoming Queen in an afternoon ceremony. 20 Student Life

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NEW STRINGS SENIOR FORESTRY major Danny Morrow takes a break from his studies to relax and restring his banjo. NOT EVERYONE is adversely affected by a day of classes. Annette Harvill and Camille Clay pause for a humorous moment outside Sorrells. MICKEY FERGUSON glides DANCES around his partner at the Back-to-School Dance. Student Life 19

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aE succumb to the festive spirit of the oc- casion. The evening before Homecoming is usually frantic, often chaotic. Utiliza- tion of an organization’s membership in an enterprize such as float building is truly amazing, carried out with an in- sect-like determination. For example, a select few are delegated to the pro- curement of building essentials (i.e., scrap lumber, chicken wire, toilet pa- OF COURSE, Homecoming activities aren’t totally hectic. Some students choose to simply stand around ...... while others devise a more ingenious method of sitting around ... . and the most industrious of all figure out how to work in a reclined position. ete en: OUT Behold the Boll Weevil. Is it not ironic that this nemesis of the farm- er should be appointed mascot of an agriculture-oriented institution? Is it not pathetic that the only crime against society in which this univer- sally persecuted insect is involved is its systematic munching-down on cotton? . O loathsome creature, is it not true that you, in your infinite com- passion for the humans who trample you underfoot, actually munch down on cotton in an effort to provide eco- nomic. stability?(i.e., business for the — gasp — pesticide people) Alas, ‘tis tragic that this colorful creature shall never be represented as it truly is - in its wealth of heritage and its pursuit of its own nirvana which so many other Americans have found. Weevil, what have your years of evolution bought you? Where are you bound? What were you in past years? - You'll show us? Good .... Flip the pages in reverse order (be- ginning with page 109) to find out.