Ball State University - Orient Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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Float Construction Continues Far Into The Night -dr 4 .l Judy Leslle at the AOP: float seems to have but one printable com- ment as the float nears completion, Well thus night EVER end? va ..'- After a whale Betsy Wnlllams and her Alpha Chl sororlty sister devlsed a system for stuffing napkunsi one stuffer, one twister. Lambda Chls eventually got to the pount of seelng a punk elephant on the Frxday night before the Saturday morning after, l L X 0 ii And then there was making paper rnalche at the Theta Chl float. Nancylee Cambridge puts another coat of paint on the Pu Phi float's dragon. The nnght resulted not only sn bloodshot eyes and filthy tenmes but also second place In the sororuty dlvusuon for Pi Phu. ik.

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all 5 ueen Sue Ellen Reigns Over ln Retrospect s Homecoming queen candidates, sponsored by sororities, make their first appearance as such at the annual Delta Zeta tea. They are Jane Beickman, Bev lngalls, Carolyn Jensen, Sharon Plotner, lvlarylou Burkhart, Sue Ellen Anstak, Phronia Howard, Pat Skorupa and Grayce Butler. In sick bay at the time was Linda Lewis. Homecoming activities for 1960 began Friday, October 7 with a variety of moods from the begin- ning of the freshman-sophomore games and the blazing bonfire to the climactic queen crowning. After the frosh-soph games at the football field, attention focused on west campus where the bonfire was ignited for the pep rally and the queen court was announced. The excited crowd then moved to the Arts building terrace to meet the football and cross country teams and coaches and see Sue Ellen Anstak crowned Homecoming Queen. To conclude the official activities for Friday, the Academy Award winning movie, L'From Here to Eternity, was shown at Assembly Hall. The Queen and her court: Pat Skorupa, sponsored by Alpha Sigma Alphag Sharon Plotner, Alpha Omicron Pig Sue Ellen Anstak, Chi Omegag Jane Beickman, Alpha Chi Omegag and Phronia Howard, Tri Sigma. va . 99 President Emens crowns Sue Ellen Anstak 1960 Homecoming Queen,

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In Preparation ,F or 3A.lVI. Parade Time Sue Ellen Anstak, 1960 Homecoming Queen. Homecoming Day itself began with parade line- up time at 8 a.m. The parade formed near the White River, went through downtown Muncie and ended at the football field. Units included the queen and president's car, three float divisions, cars with organization members and the band. Several thousand alumni from Indiana and 4 Q4 t M TW ' B17 A . a, ..- A four-man banner proclaiming the theme In Retrospect, heads up the 1960 Homecoming parade witnessed by more than 40.000. acquaintances. They registered in the Student Center and met for a pre-parade coffee hour with faculty members in the Pine Shelf. Campus decorations for In Retrospect were miniature gridders mounted on lamp posts. Each bore the name and colors of the schools which were Homecoming game opponents in previous years. neighboring states traveled to the Muncie campus to partlclpate In the festlvltles and renew college Alums, parents, students, faculty, Nluncleltes gather in front of the Student Center awaiting the parade from downtown Muncie. 1-1-1 in t!C.lW 't . .ur 155