Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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FIRE UP-Homecoming spirit blazes at pep bonfire. VI- VL-Cheerleaders drum up a mid-game cheer. all but forgotten as we turned to such social high points as the Homecoming ball and organizational get-togethezs. Reigning over the entire cele- bration, Queen Jeanne and King Don made up a hand- some VieRoyalty. And when the busy week- end was over, we could look back on the pattiese dccomting bees, coronation ceremonies, game, and all the vital events as combining to form the Fust big pageant of the year. Those of us who were seeing the pic ture Em: the first time could look forward to future events with the anticipation of true members of the Augie family. All of us could appreciate the Homecoming slogan e Old Friends, New Trends. FRESHMAN CHOIR-George directs the freshman Sing entry.

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OLD FRIENDS -- NEW TRENDS PRINCESSiBarbro receives Homecoming dance prize. ROYALTY ON PARADEhVi-Rnyalty lead the Hunwmming parade. Through the football season, all eyes look ahead to the an- nual Homecoming classic. Con- ference championships are won and lost, traditional rivalries, Hare, but nothing quite meas- ures up to the pageantry of Homecoming. Win or lose, this Contest is always one of the highlights of the fall scene at Augie. Pre-garne excitement burned bright as organizations and resi- dence groups worked long and hard to provide one of the most colorful parades in history. The bonflre rally and snake dance fanned enthusiasm to White heat. Even the Prospect of meeting one of the top small college teams in the midwest did not faze a gallant, though undermanned, team. We could not help but adu mire a Viking team that playcd a better opponent to a stand- still for a half before finally falling behind. The game was

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The biggest Fricndship Fair to date netted $2400 toward the setting 1 up Of scholarships for foreign stu- m1- mmm 1 LT , dentg A new feature was added this :W ' year in the provision of :1 scholarship M NR from Fair funds to send an Augie student abroad. Jan Reedquist and Karl Ijams reigned as Mr. and Mm Friendship. A world-wide theme brought varied booth Ideas represent- ing the four corners of the gtobe and resulting in some of the most origi- nal oHerings since the Fair was in- itiated. The Keys' North Pole game booth took the sorority Prize fox beauty with the Phi Rho Scooter- Gram service winning the originality Prize. Beauty honors for fraternitie: went to the Dons' Edelweiss Inc mountain climbing booth. Original. ity honors went to thc 0505I Chimes: rickshaw rides. From row: Shirley Linn Dudle Johnson Peg Palm- 1. quist Slrund vow: Maryanne Normam Orley ' White. John M. Swanson Marvel Ingram Dick Moore, Loane Freedlund John Pal mquist Diane Ecklund Dave Anderzun, Skip Lundcen Andy Prinz, Helen Larson, Lory Holmt THE BIG BRAINSwFair chair- men Lory Holm and Helen Larson. YA DON'T SAY -Alma must have just bid on a Manchurian vase.