College of Idaho - Trail Yearbook (Caldwell, ID)

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Monsters, Clowns, And Dancers romanian folk ballet of bucharest: a company of 45 dancers and singers in one of the most colorful and brilliant shows ever staged in jewett auditorium. tuesday night dorm members held secret meetings ex- cluding their r.a. ' s. a mysterious air descended upon some of the floors as they planned for Wednesday evening, keith beebe, a resident assistant from hayman remarked that he was feeling fine until that night when all the guys seemed excited about their plans , he also jokingly added, i do realize that they have a real job ahead of them in order for me to even qualify. just before dinner, each r.a. was searched out and forced to submit to the schemes of their floors, putty, makeup, paint, grease whipped cream, and who-can-tell-what-else were applied to faces, hair and bodies, then costumes were carefully donned, bringing into full view the true characters of the college of idaho resident assistants. that evening amid great applause, dink hootman from sim- plot emerged as a hunchback, her face was truly grotesque with a misplaced eye and a bloody mouth, the judges soon made their decision, and dink was announced the winner, dean eichlin awarded her with a certificate proclaiming her the ugliest r.a. on campus, when asked if she had any comments she only wanted to say i have the best floor on campus. 91

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the royal lichtenstein quarter ring sidewalk circus has become an annual tradition at the college of idaho. September 17th, the circus performed at c of i for its seventh year, the one hour event offered fifteen new acts including the tightwire feats of larry ryan from denver, comedy unicycling by veteran clown stephan cole of santa clara, and eccentric juggling by flip well- ford of florida. the wild animals included trained dogs, cats, a monkey, a miniature horse and — an elephant! college of idaho students assembled on sterry lawn to enjoy the circus and some even participated. presidential candidate anderson spoke to students. 90

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liCHECCMING DCRA4 DECS DIECIK D€CM$ with a homecoming theme that centered around the wonderful world of disney, the possibilities for dorm decorations were enormous. anderson hall took first place with an ingenious representation of the pirates of the Caribbean. the men from anderson lined the floor and walls of the basement with visqueen and duct tape to prevent seepage and the basement was flooded to form a sea. the andersonians them built a ship with an open treasure chest in it. there were also mem- bers dressed as pirates, the judges were transport- ed across the sea in a rubber life raft from one end of the basement to the other, for special effects, the ceiling was covered with a blue plastic material with the lights shining through, this sky had the appearance of being cloudy, the windows were covered and extra lights were strung to highlight certain parts of the exhibition, there was a mural along the back wall for the display, and mark peirce provided the music for the judging. finney hall took second place with a well-done rendition of it ' s a small world. visitors entered from the front steps where there were cardboard replicas of the animal-shaped sculptured shrubs found in small world in disneyland. the en- trance was decorated with Hello in several lan- guages and pictures of scenes in several countries. hawaii was the first place visited by the judges who all received leis. africa was next with animated animals cut out of cardboard and painted, three natives in brightly colored costumes also added to the african secene. mexico was very colorful and the north pole had an igloo and stuffed animals, japan was beautiful with several genuine Japanese artifacts and two lovely Japanese girls, germany was a large mural with a mountainous background, and in france Le tour eiffel and wine were fea- tured, holland was very colorful with miniature windmills and tulips, the exit was decorated with good Bye in several languages and many pic- tures, the judges were transported in the s. s. finney, a cardboard boat. the voorheesians captured third with alice in wonderland. alice was portrayed by janet crepps. she led the judges and visitors from the entrance in the basement through a tunnel and past the mad hatter playing cards with other wonderland characters, the judges then went through the key- hole and over a pond created by a stream running down thebasement stairs. simplot and haymen also entered in dorm decora- tion, placing fourth and fifth, simplot used a Cin- derella theme and haymen decorated their dorm like the castle at disneyland. 92