Augsburg College - Augsburgian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Vickie Mellum ... shortly after being crowned as Homecoming Queen. 1965. HOMECOMING ROYALTY . . . Attendants, Beverly Rosvold, Kathy Kalpm. Sylvia Torstenson and Kathy All had a part in Homecoming ... whether they stuffed napkins in a float. Popp rtde in Augsburg’s first Homecoming parade sponsored by societies. decorated a college house, cheered at the pepfest or the Hamline game ... 14

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 FRESHMAN DAYS Gathered 'round a tattered scarecrow, reminiscent of a typical Oklahoma homestead, are the newly crowned freshmen royalty-Beanie Queen Bam Bjorklund and Princesses Susan Tange and Linda Bundy in Western attire Upperclassmen and freshmen gather around a bonfire after a snakedance to Riverside Bark Blazing firelight sparks the final activity of Welcome Week. Freshmen beanies go up in smoke, but many lasting impressions re- main as freshmen conclude orientation with the “burning of the green Being a freshman means being lowly and lonely . . . new names, new faces ... enduring ten days of wear- ing a bright green beanie . .. complying to the demands of upperclassmen who feel their rooms must be cleaned, their dishes must be washed, or the frosh must pay the penalty by singing a musical rendition of the beanie song; We are frosh, lowly frosh, as we make the Auggic scene; All frosh are green .. Rain clouds faithfully adorn the skies during most of Welcome Week activities. Myriad selections of umbrellas are laid to dry while freshmen and faculty advisors gather for orientation sessions. Dressed in sunbonnets and chaps, upperclassmen, serving as college brothers and sisters, direct such activities as the dinners at faculty homes, CBS night out, and a visit to the Guthrie Theater. Freshman Days or Daze concludes with crowning of Pam Bjorklund as Beanie Queen at an all-school squaredance mixer and variety show. A snakedance and a bonfire mark the end of the beginning, symbolized by the traditional burning of the green” in a conical of fire. Cool breezes caressing the air . . . singing, cheering ... and in the midst of the Hood of excitement a lump of loneliness remains.

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 I’m shaking.” Don’t open the door, my hair will blow. Minutes later one of the girls, Vickie Mellum, is chosen as the 1965 Homecoming Queen. Drop the Ham-line”, the Homecoming slogan, is carried out in decorations. New edifices of crushed nap- kins, spray paint, crepe paper, chicken wire, and card- board appear on campus, capped with slogans — Stop the Drippy Pipers,” Tau ’em Away”-monuments to the ingenuity of the student body. A week of firsts-the Queen’s Ball, Augsburg’s first dance, the first parade, and the first coed-football game. Other highlights of the week —a pepfest, an honor’s convocation, faculty follies, a pep rally at North- western Bank, the traditional smorgasbord, and the game with Hamline College. Augsburg’s pep band, the Basin Streeters, booms in the background as crowds file into the stadium. Auggie fans form lines for the players to run through. Balloons fill the sky as the game begins ... a cloud of confetti falls into the air as Augsburg makes its first touchdown . . . the crowd sings, led by cheerleaders in new maroon and grey uniforms. Stands look like a collage of color ... a little boy yelling Auggies, Auggies-”, claps soundlessly with mittened hands. Other spectators, wrapped in blankets, drink coffee to keep warm. As the final gun sounds, fans cheer . . . the team runs over the field ecstatically . . . fans gather around the fence . . . Ben Nieters hobbles off the field, having suffered an injury at the close of the game . . . Mums, a little wilted already ... a twisted program . . . mem- ories of a successful Homecoming... Queen Vickie, escorted by Grant Norum. walks happily xwf the 1965 Home coming crowd. Vickie's reign ends in a 26-6 win over Hamlinc College Five names thrown into the crowd... a pause . then one is chosen as queen. 15