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

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' Queew ' Nafmowed Each organization was eligible to sponsor a candidate for Homecoming Queen. The group of girls picked by the organi- zations were introduced to the student body during a convo- cation. Voting took place, and the number ot candidates was narrowed to seven. Karen Bluedorn, a twenty-one year old senior from Wheaton, lllinois, was sponsored by the Delta Phi Rho Fraternity. Karen majored in.elementary education. Ruth Heglin, Glidden, Iowa, was sponsored by the Kappa Tau Delta Fraternity. She was a twenty-one year old junior majoring in elementary education. Mary Ellen Hughes, Boone, Iowa, was sponsored by the Lettermen's Club. Mary Ellen, a twenty-one year old senior, majored in languages. Laurel Peterson, Storm Lake, was sponsored by the Circle K. Laurel, a twenty year old senior, majored in mathematics. This was the second consecu- tive year that Laurel was a member ot the Homecoming Royal- ty. Lynette Lund Snyder, a twenty-two year old junior majoring in physical education and history from Storm Lake, was spon- a I O sored by the PEMM Club. Helen Teddy Wackher was spon- sored bythe Phi Alpha Pi Sorority. She was a twenty year old junior from Palatine, lllinois, majoring in elementary education. Linda Stephens Williams, a twenty year old junior majoring in elementary education and French, vllas sponsored by the Gam- ma Sigma Phi Fraternity. Her home town was Centerville. During the Variety Show, the Hbmecoming Queen, Karen Bluedorn, was crowned, She had bleen selected by a vote ot the student body after a campaignlwhich almost covered the campus with posters. Pictured FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, BELOW, were: Ruth Heglin, Mary Ellen Hughes, Laurel Peterson. SECOND ROW: Lynette Lund Snyder, Helen Wackher, and Linda Stephens Williams. Pictured ON THE OPPOSITE PAGE was 1965 Queen ot Home- coming Karen Bluedorn as she appeared with her royal robe, crown, and traditional bouquet of mums.

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tees Vafaetg Show!-Iazlaias Eesti? The i965 Variety Show was hailed as the best ever presented on the Buena Vista College Campus. Held the evening before the Homecoming Game, the Variety Show included acts sponsored by campus organiza- tions. Top honors were won by the Phi Alpha Pi Sorority for their version ot Seven Dwarfs Snowed by White, the story of the Dubuque football players who were fooled by Snow White, played by Carol Johannsen, and a dashing B.V. Letterman, portrayed by Michele Pelle. Other sorority girls played the roles of football players, a narrator, trees, and a horse. Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, a music fraternity, easily won second place with their brilliant execution of Kansas City and Standing on the Corner. More music was provided by the Wee Six, a freshman girls' sextet com- posed of Jane Mikes, Pat Drury, Sherry Eichman, Robbie Swartz, Sharon Rose, and Sue Maher. The group won honorable mention for its two numbers, one an original satire of college life at Buena Vista. Other notable acts included the presentation of songs from South Pa- cific by Kappa Tau Delta Fraternity and featuring Jerry Sears as Honeybun, and The Ravens, a folk group composed of Bill Neff, Janet Gutz, and Steve Gunn. The Thalassic Three, another group of folk singers, included Andy Meredith, Bill Neff, and Jerry Thompson, under the sponsor- ship of Delta Phi Rho fraternity. The climax of the evening was the suspenseful presentation of the seven beautiful queen candidates and the coronation of Queen Karen Blue- dorn, a iunior from Wheaton, Illinois, who was sponsored by Delta Phi Rho Fraternity. After the coronation, the crowd gathered for a pep rally and a bonfire held at the Vista Court Pork near the lake.