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

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Homecoming was The ofhcial end of The iniTiaTion period. .IusT before The game, The upperclassmen challenged The fresh- men To a wafer flghT wiTh fire hoses in The sTreeT in fronT of Edson Hall. No one was quiTe sure who won, buf aT any rafe, The freshmen earned The righT To Take ol? Their beanies. And so all The freshmen wenT back To Their rooms and lovingly chucked Their beanies info The darkesT corner of The cIoseT or sTabbed Them onTo The huIIeTin board, and began To Think of Themselves as uppercIass freshmen. fi: W, i 'lf sv. gf- 'rib .sr , . LSA wghxsiv -AT, ' . r'T T i T About af Ffwslwww ABOVE, ON THE OPPOSITE PAGE, was sho in freshmen .lane Berglund and Susan Maher as They regisfered for fIrsT selnesfer classes. I Transfer sTudenTs Nancy Secor and .Ion Dealn were phofographed BELOW, ON THE OPPOSITE PAGE, during The confusion of college regisfrafion. ABOVE, TO THE RIGHT, William McKinley, Admissions Counselor, was picfured during a lull in regisTraTion. ProspecTive freshmen included, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: W. BrewsTer Bell, Shari STrader, Tim'Harvey, RoneTTe Yarger, and James Dean. BELOW, TO THE RIGHT, Professor Wild was shown helping freshman sTudenT Dave German chose his courses. DIRECTLY BELOW was phomgraphed Dave Cook as he paused To relax and To glance over his new Texts wifh anTicipaTion. M Tw fi ' fi I I I 9 T. l XIIWYQQX . ,, ' e ' T 1 1 , rw - 'i'Www,,g, f . f f Q f 1 I T'x5Lg5agL, . ' L in V, X I fi is 2, 3, N ,L f I l E f G, ' 1 , ,L , , ff .

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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

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