Ball State University - Orient Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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the room. To avoid pushing and shoving for an ideal place, some stood on chairs to insure a good view. Then from the back entrance came sounds of tribal chants. Each fraternity and sorority had been invited to perform a line, a dance and chant routine expressing the love and friendship of their brotherhood or sisterhood, and what one must do to live happily in this world. The first of the two-night celebration was set aside for visiting fraternities and sororities from other schools such as Indiana State, Indiana University, University of Detroit and University of Kentucky. Saturday night, the Ball State Black fraternities and sororities entertained. After the dance ended atl a.m. in the Ballroom, the night still had two to three hours of entertainment yet. The scene moved to the F.O.P. Lodge in Muncie for the afterset, the extension of dancing, singing and partying. Annually sponsored by Delta Sigma Theta, Jabberwock was provided for in the national by-laws as a fund- raising proiect for scholarships. The money, which netted nearly S800 this year, was donated to the Dr. Helen Sorenson Book Fund, in honor of the Delta Sigma Theta sponsor, who retired this year. The Special Programs House divided the allocation among needy Boll State students. he main feature of Jabberwock is the lines from the different Black Greeks throughout the state and on campus. Omega Psi Phi members Fred Cox, Mighty Mite, and James Lewis dance their fraternity's line. Q Kappa Alpha Psi begins their line, with Lorenzo Pookie Franklin leading out and iiving to the music. Events are easier to remember if pictured, ei- ther for personal or scrapbook use. Janet Cook, Delta Sigma Theta, captures the highlights of Jabberwock for later years. -Q Direct from Indianapolis. Ron Butler, dlsc iock- ey from radio station WTLC, spins the platters and throws in a few comments at Jabberwock.

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Black Greeks celebrated annual migration to campus with fund raising dance designed for self-expression Jumpinl jivin' Jabberwock u i i i i The occasion had hints ofa high school prom, but it was much more sophisticated. Some of the celebrants had initiated the evening at a restaurant: others began the two- night celebration at the dance. Height of fashion, getting together, Greek publicity-such was Jabberwock. Donned in semi-formal attired, the climax of the fashion world, the couples paraded into the appropriately named Student Center Ballroom. Styles ranged from long Civil War era men's coats, bow ties and feathered hats to Spanish boleros and Sequined evening dresses and pant suits for women. Others felt more appropriately dressed comfortably in Kappa Alpha Psi or Omega Phi Psi shirts. Records of pop and soul artists such as Marvin Gaye and Sly and the Family Stone provided the music, but the vibrations formed on their own. Syncopating with the music, hymns of Come, follow me livened the dance. Throughout the evening, men circulated, inviting the women to dance. Occasionally being refused, they would iust continue along the circle outlining the walls. I During a hop and skip type dance, they incorporated their own words into the song, You can have your Ball State, you can have your Watergate... and continued with suggestions for a more peaceful and satisfying world. Johnny Biscuit, disc iockey from WLTC, Indianapolis, spun lrecordsj the whole night, explained Sharon Mukes, Wood Hall, Jabberwock chairman. Around li p.m., the dance changed form as all the participants shifted en masse to form an aisle extending from the stage to the west doors of

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lust grin and bear it 52-I4 -Uncommonlg gond Any day con be brightened with sparkly eyes and a sunny smile from a Ball State coed. Jenni- fer Norris grins as she explains her reasoning to a friend. This score reflected on the board as the final gun sounded in Boll States first home football game ofthe season. The Cardinals overwhelm- ing victory over Butler was the reason for much celebration by BSU fans that evening. E:-15 ow -' Q .- o T I M E f - s- ' - LH ,592 TA'l:E ' ,li 145, rs' x- -iff OUA ER fi l ' ',bi 5 W- it 31 Lf Eiiilffil we ' X1 W ' ' 4 f 3 1' 1