Austin Peay State University - Yearbook (Clarksville, TN)

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3 R313 E. 3ELE. $333: Top 3 In the fraternity house competition, Alpha Tau Omega won first place. Above - A beautiful fall day was supplied for Paulette Suggs to ride on the queens' float in the homecoming parade. Right 3 ROTC Blasted Murray to take second place in the float compe- tition. MW? 1? y ' 3 ;

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The 1977 homecoming was no second place affair . . . it was a ' time of ttfirsts Who won? Have you heard? This was heard many times over AP's campus during the first week of No- vember. The students were talking about homecoming. Paulette Suggs, a 22-year-old senior from Clarksville, reigned over the fes- tivities that took place. Her court con- sisted of Laura Gentry, Nita Key, both seniors from Clarksville; Linda Qualls, a junior from Linden; and Joannie Mat- tox. a sophomore from Dover. Thirteen vied for the honor in an early campus- wide vote which led to the runoff among the top five. Homecoming actually began on the Thursday night before the big week- end. The Dunn Center was the scene of a bump and boogie concert featuring K.C. and the Sunshine Band with spe- cial guest Wild Cherry. HThe interest really seems to be re- viving, remarked Mildred Deason, dean of student development, about the homecoming parade. The homecoming parade is for all people a young and old, as exempli- fied by the different age groups who came out to see the lovely girls, clowns, floats and bands. Floats were judged 20 percent on originality, 20 percent on theme, 30 percent on general attractiveness and 30 per cent on effort. A bonus of five points was given to Pi Kappa Alpha fra- ternity, ROTC and Alpha Gamma Rho- wKappa Delta floats for the completion of their entries by midnight on Wednes- day, Nov. 4. Pi Kappa Alpha won the float contest with the theme tlDoggone it, we care! Over 300 hours were spent construct- ing the winning float. '201 Years of Caring won ROTC its second place. Sigma Chi placed third and Alpha Gamma RhowKappa Delta placed fourth. Sigmi Chi placed first in the car decoration division while Alpha Phi came in second. Delta Sigma Theta and Alpha Kappa Alpha were judged third and fourth, respectively. In the womenls dorm division, Blount Hall placed first followed closely by Harned; and Harvill placed third. Top - The members of the 1977 homecoming court were Joannie Mattox, Laura Gentry, Linda Qualls and Nita Key. Paulette Suggs tSeatedl reigned over the homecoming festivities. Left - Members of the Kappa Delta sorority, with the help of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, placed fourth in the float competition.

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Top e Even though their float wasn't judged a winner, these members of the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity still Hcared about Austin Peays' homecoming. Left e Paulette Suggs, homecom- ing queen, and Sharon Schreiber, last years' queen, must have found the homecoming festivities interesting. Above e Gov quarterback Randy Christophel comptetes a pass, while Waddell Whitehead blocks, but it wasn't enough for APSU to overcome Murray State.