Washburn University - Kaw Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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in the middle of the field. Queen Mitzi had as her attendants: Ardie Heggie. Alpha Kappa Alphag Bar- bara Spachek, Unaffiliatedg Mary Lou Lackey, Benton Hallg Marla Leuenberger, Kappa Alpha Thetag Joyce Wilch, Delta Gamma: and Janet Gladfelter, Zeta Tau Alpha. House decoration winners were also announced and Zeta Tau Alpha emerged as the sweepstakes winner with its Showboat to Victory . Sigma Phi Epsilon won in the fraternity class with its decoration depicting the Hornets' dance to the Washburn tune. Kappa Alpha Theta walked off with the sorority honors with its Washburn Web showing a black spider capturing the Hornet. The decorations were judged this year by a newly devised system of points. The football game failed to be as successful as the rest of Homecoming as the Hornets pounded out an easv 27-6 victory. But the coffee and doughnuts in the Un .1 following the game for the alumni and the soror- ity and fraternity open houses helped soften the blow of the football defeat. The Homecoming dance was held that evening at Meadow Acres with the orchestra of Mat Benton pro- viding the music. Alums and students filled the ball- room to overflowing and latecomers found it almost impossible to locate any empty booths. Old acquaint- ances were renewed and old times relived as Washburn grads celebrated old home week . Reigning over the dance were Queen Mitzi and her attendants. In an intermission ceremony, she was con- gratulated by last year's Homecoming Queen Barbara Boyd, and was presented an engraved bracelet com- morating her newly received honor. This year marked Washburn's 94th Homecoming -- one of the most suc- cessful. Dancing and chatting were all a part of the Home- coming Dance at Meadow Acres when alums re- newed old acquaintances and students enjoyed their present ones as they celebrated Washburn's 94th Homecoming. 'tg 4 . I f' WAN QfHig'WIx 'Q2Jf.'fkA'3ikt i if 1. rr fm .ytliw -11 Q f ,Ms .L Q-iaffifjjv tfj,,4f':-' H it f f it --Q-w 4 if E35 . . l ..,,M.,wewvm. ..........--an . T N Walfzing into first place in the fraternity division of the house decoration awards was the Sig Ep theme entitled Theyl11 Dance to Our Tune . Thetas captured first in the sorority section with their Ichabod spider enticing the Hornet into his net. .2 Hifi. 23

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'QV' I-se if ,ta N Zeta Tau Alpha captured the sweepstakes award in the house decorations contest with their t'Showboat to Victory , and received an engraved silver plate at game halftime for their ingenuity and hard work. Judged worst of their group were hobo royality, King Doug Wilmore and Queen Dorothy Harding, who pose for the photographer reluctant to approach the strongly scented couple. Saturday, the big day, arrived bright and sunny. Open House in all departments got the day underway at 10:00 a.m. The Women's Physical Education De- partment were hosts to a coffee for alumni of the WAA, Dolphin Club, Modern Dance, and the PEM Club. House decorations began operations in full swing again, and hundreds of additional cars toured the campus and paraded past the houses. The Memorial Union occupied the spotlight at the noon hour as the University hosted an informal lunch- eon for all alumni, families, and friends. Sagamore members reunited for their annual luncheon, and the stage was set for the big game. Amid the scent of the traditional Homecoming mums , the 4,000 fans in Moore Bowl were subjected to another less fragrant scent -- the sign that the hobo queen and king candidates were gathering southeast of the stadium. The zealous hoboes were so successful in their aim for earthiness that it prevented them from being presented to the crowd. No one, except maybe the candidates, was disappointed. Doug Wilmore and Dorothy Harding were the unrecognizable royalty in this contest. At halftime, Mitzi Hayes, Alpha Phi, was crowned the 1958 Homecoming queen by Hart Workman, presi- dent of the Washburn Alumni Association. The AF- ROTC Honor Guard and the Washburn Band provid- ed the manuevers as the Junior Pep Club and Phi Sig- ma Chi formed a heart around the queen candidates

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11' fiiff 1, J La' f' X . ' NHS 'A 'nf-if Reigning over Homecoming was this lovely queen court. bara Spachek and Joyce Wilch. Each of the girls wore an From left to right are Janet Gladfelter, Ardie Heggie, Mary orchid corsage flown from Hawau. Lou Lackey. Queen Mitzi Hayes, Marla Leuenberger, Bar- The lchabvd 9I'id squad battled vainly. against the strong before a Homecoming crowd of about 2,000 people on a Emporia Hornets who trounced them by a score of 27 to 6 sunny Saturday afternoon in Moore Bowl. KYQ.