Buena Vista University - Log Yearbook (Storm Lake, IA)

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iwowllcb ABOVE was shown the freshmen as they battled the upper classmen in the water tight of the year during Homecoming activities. This was the last event of freshmen initiation and many claimed that it was also the most fun. The object was to get the ball over the opponent's goal line, but the ball was soon forgotten and the warring teams concentrated on getting each other wet. AT THE LOWER LEFT Terry Etter and Gary Scharnberg were surprised in the campus center by a Log photographer. AT THE LOWER RIGHT Cafeteria manager, Dick Flagg, proved that he could do more than cook at the Buena Vista Hootenanny.

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You could spot a freshman a mile away, it seemed. The freshman was the one looking for Fourth Floor Pierce, kissing tearful parents goodbye, trying to smudge up his new white Tennis shoes, buttoning resentfully in the middle of the union, or tracing his footprints in chalk from the dorm to the cafe- teria. Shortly after the freshmen arrived on the Buena Vista campus, a plague struck. lt seemed to be extremely contagious among the upperclassmen, and turned them from their sweet old selves into tyrannical, frightening ogres. This, of course, had adverse effects onthe freshmen. Initiation had begun. Fre'hmen purhased a little item to help the upperclassmen distinguish friend from foe. These blue-and-gold felt speci- mens of millinery genius were called, Beanies, and soon the frosh became quite attached to them lseeing as they could be without them only on Sundays, in chapel or convocation, or in their own roomsl. On top of the beanie was a small button which had great significance, as it had a maior role in the ritual buttoning. Failure to button, to wear the beanie, or to perform any task-no matter how absurd-assigned by an upperclassman, resulted in a summons to Beanie Court. Beanie Court was pro- vided each week by some campus organization, and was complete with a cold-hearted judge and an atrociously biased iury. The offender was called forward, asked to state his chargefsl, and after the iury deliberated for a second or two, was given the automatic verdict and his sentence. Anything from polishing the Victory Bell to announcing the time every five minutes during lunch, to wiping the football players' shoes was performed by frosh. ...TlwwfWasQ ' Unique