Cowley College - Tiger Daze Yearbook (Arkansas City, KS)

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Tiger Tubes • Michael Shoemaker DOMINATES TIGER TUBES What did the Intramural Sports Department get when they added in- ner tubes, water, hot dogs, and lots of people? The first Tiger Tube Week. The event was organized by Bob Juden, student activity director. It was a brainchild of mine to get people to know people early in the year, said Juden about the three-day extravaganza held from Sept. 3-5. The first day ' s event was held on the Washington Street hill. The idea was to see which six-member team could roll an inner tube the farthest down the hill. Team Two won. The second day ' s events were held at Carver Park. Water relays and relays with inner tubes made up the schedule. Team Two won the relay races and Team Three won the water games. The final event was a river race down the Arkansas River. The race began at the Chestnut Street bridge and ended up just north of the Madison Street Bridge. It was followed by a weiner roast open to all students. The point system was read- justed for the river race, which would have allowed Team One or Team OCEAN SPRAY-Chrls Stover, a mem- ber of Team One, and his opponents at- tempt to fill their milk jugs with water in order to win a relay during Tiger Tube Week. The event, held at Carver Park on Sept. 4., was a Cowley first. When the water was turned off Team Three was the team with the most water in their milk jugs, thus winning the event. Relay races with Inner tubes were also held at Carver Park. Team Two won the relay races, as well as the tube roll and the river race, becoming the week ' s champions. Three to win, but it wasn ' t enough. Team Two took the final event and the championship. A member of Team Two Georgana Weigle, participated because, it sounded like fun, so they ' d have it next year, and to WIN ! ! Each member of Team Two recieved a T-shirt saying Tiger Tube Week 1985 Champions . It was great! according to Juden. The only bad thing was I told the freshmen it would be fun, but they shyed away. Now they know how much fun it was and maybe they ' ll get involved next year. Hopefully we ' ll be able to add some new events to make it bigger and better. Team One consisted of Roy Prewitt, Janine Wells, Angela Dulohery, Julia Unruh, Chris Stover, and Randy Perry. Team Two consisted of Tammy Wyant, Susan Oliphant, Danny Snow, Sam Williams, Rob Jackson, and Georgana Weigle. Team Three con- sisted of Mark Kendrick, Keith Herring, Jeff Vanghn, Dawn Thomas, Pam Newell, and Chris Croft.

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M » 1 HP? B TO CAMPUS Now he does about 170 live Twain presentations in 190 days and reser- ves summer and part of the winter for television and film work. In addition to the live Twain presentations he makes, he also performs in stage productions like Promises, Promises, Oklahoma! and Brigadoon. Before each performance, Richters undergoes a remarkable makeup transformation which is open to in- terested students. While they watch him apply his makeup, they are en- couraged to ask about the theatre and his experiences. The makeup process us a complex one for Richters. He uses several specially poured palettes of face color, sponges, surgical wax, cotton balls, Q-tips, and makeup brushes to make him appear as the crusty, gray- haired author in his advanced years. Always close by, sits the actor ' s white wig which he has named Herman. Across from him are his mustache and eyebrows, appropriately called the Hermettes. Herman is the most expensive part of Richters ' wardrobe-and he always carries a spare. Each wig carries a $1,500 price tag, the mustache, $40; and the eyebrows $20 each. Makeup usually runs $150 a month. The white linen suit, cigars and of course the whiskey, are all standard props for the Twain characterization. Samuel L. Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, was born Nov. 30, 1835. From his first literary venture at age 13 to his death in 1910, he brought joy, laughter and wisdom to millions. But his works have always been surrounded by controversy. In 1885, when Huckleberry Finn, was published, LIFE magazine, then a humor magazine, savagely attacked the book. According to LIFE, the book was filled with blood-curdling humor, gutter realism and course and dreary fun. It was, the magazine said, totally unsuitable for children. That same year the Library Com- mittee of Concord, Mass., called the book rough, coarse, inelegant and banned it from the shelves. The critics of the day were universally against the book. This year the Citizens for the American Way in their third annual censorship report, cited at least three instances in 1984 when Huck Finn was banned from the shelves of school libraries. But even in the controversy the story remains one of the favorites in American literature and Richters promises that the Twain character will come alive for the audience. FROM RICHERTS TO TWAIN-Ken Richerts goes through several steps of transformation before he appears as Mark Twain.

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Watermelon Feed • Georgana Weigle Powerful pucker breaks record spit PUCKER UP- Chris Roberts unsuccessfully attempts to beat a 26 ' 5 seed spitting record. (Photo by Eric Buller) The Watermelon Feed marked the first social event of the year and proved to be a history-making event. Besides being able to witness the women ' s seed spitting record being broken, everyone could eat all they wanted of the 300 pounds of water- melon that were on hand. While those who were on hand just to eat, got sticky from the juicy melon, others were warming up for the seed spitting contests. Angie Dulohery, a freshman from Campus High School, turned out to be the best female seed spitter in the history of the College. She broke the record with a 26 ' 5 spit. That power- ful pucker was enough to take the title away from Linda Hargrove, director of admissions and women ' s basketball and volleyball coach. But Hargrove carried no grudge over the defeat. I ' m not heart broken. I didn ' t take great pride in holding the title and to be honest, I ' m glad to give it up. It seemed to carry a lot of pressure , Hargrove said. The female division of the contest included a large group of contestants and saw Nanny Mathias, Highland freshman, placing second. Debbie Davis, assistant women ' s basketball and volleyball coach, placed third. Competition was close in the female division with 15 women en- tering, said Brian Howell, vice- president of Student Government Association, the group which spon- sored the feed. I ' m glad a lot of people got involved. Brian Morris, Arkansas City sophomore, took the men ' s division with a spit of 30 ' 5 ' . But there was a battle for second place with the dif- ference being one inch. Jim Pellock, Parsons sophomore, ended up win- ning second place and Danny Snow, Burden freshman, receiving third. I think everyone had a good time at the Watermelon Feed, said Chuck Sigler, SGA president. I was glad to see so many student participate inthe seed spitting contest and I ap- preciated the amount of advertising we got in the Roar. Although the 1985 version of the Watermelon Feed was a historic event in terms of records being set, the tradition of Watermelon Feeds goes back a long time. It has become a tradition, said Pam Mattingly, dorm manager. They had it when I was a freshman at Cowley and I ' m sure it will stay around for a long time.