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

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Far Lafl: Blue skies autumn Wars and a spruced up Oid Mafnr prOVWde the ba'ckgreun for the Homecoming Parade, Left: The Phi ths stomp cut the winning yell for Homecoming '78. Below L3 : The 606's capture first place for their vocal inlerpretation of the Homecoming theme, These are the Good Old Days. Below ngm: Sievg Lundeen mellows the audience with his solo performance of BarryManilow's. Lay Me Down. Far Len: According to the GAB fraiarnily. clothes make the man. lafl: ViAKing duties Include crowmng and kissing Junior Princess Beth Sleemam Above: Joy Thorbpumsen and Jon Morrison combine their talents and perlarm To the Mom- mg. Homecoming 27

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Tradition Lives On In Good Old Days nThese are the Good Old Days was the theme that set the mood for Homecoming '78. The Homecoming activities kicked off on Wednesday with the rope pull and yell contest. The competition was great but the Phi Rho's and the POP'S came through with the winning yells, We Will Stomp Them and 'tLord We'll Rip You. Afterwards. the senior football- players. carrying flaming torches. led the procession to the bonfire. There the rope pull finals were won by the KEls and the PUG's. Luck Be a Lady and It Ain't Easy were just a part of the entertainment Thursday evening that made the talent show a success. The Convocation. held Friday morning. featured the com- edy team of Edmonds and Curly. That evening Vi-Klng, Steven Spayer. and Vi-Queen, Deborah Lusa. were present- ed during the coronation ceremony. The sing contest lol- Iowed with the COG's and the Roundels being awarded first place for their original entries. Hundreds of people lined Seventh Avenue Saturday morn- ing in anticipation of the Homecoming parade. The floats. the royalty, lots of clowns, bands and even a troop of Webe- Ios all were a part of the excitement. The Charlie Daniets Band thrilled the concert goers Satur- day night. Following the concert the Sheraton, Rock Island played host to the Homecoming dance. Sneaker provided the music while the couples themselves provided the enter- tainment. In all the '78 Homecoming weekend made everyone agree that These are the Good Old Days. 26 Homecoming

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it was the Vikings versus Vikings Saturday afternOOn as Augustana met North Park in the Homecoming football game. A 210 half time score predicted Augie's easy victory early in the game, The Augustana Vikings came on strong through the first three quarters of the game with quarterback Mark Schick making 13 of 17 passes and having nine consecutive comple- tions. Augie tallied 98 yards in the air, 25 of which came on a Schick pass to John Stockton late in the first quarter. setting up Angie's first score. Scampering into the endzone. Tony Schumann put the first six points of the game on the board and then went on to gain 61 total yards. Mark Zoran earned 60 yards and Kevin Minch gained 48 as these three men led Augus- tana's rushing siege for 252 total yards. Dominating the first half, the team found it difficult to give their all by the end of the game. Although the fourth quarter saw North Park score two touchdowns, Augie retained their commanding lead to win 31-14. Far Above: Quarterback Mark Schick iades back to pass as Doug Irvine pravidas protection. Above: Tony Schumann attempts t0 out maneuver his North Park opponent. Right: Kevin Minch ensures that the hole stays open iongenough for Tony Schumann to cross the line of scrimmage. 28 Homecoming