Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Hilltop During Homecoming Fete CONGRATULATING HER SUCCESSOR is last year ' s queen, Kathy Stanosheck, as she presents Carol Varnes with a bouquet of red roses. OFFSTAGE are these members of the court: Patty O ' Callaghan, Mary Ann Ruppe, Sue Cody, Betty Jelen, Ellen Olson, and Adelaide Herbert. HEADING FOR PEONY PARK to practice marching are princesses Mary Schwinghamer, Chris Caligiuri, and Mary Ann Voeller. GUEST OF HONOR is Patti Neisius, Queen of Deglman Hall. Others seasted at the speaker ' s table are Patti ' s grandmother and mother; The Rev. Bernard .J. Hasbrouck. and Dennis Fanning. 23

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Broadway Has Week End Run on California Street took on a new and sparkling personal- ity as Broadway came to the campus during the Home- coming week end in early December. Floats and dormitory decorations were inspired by Broadway plays and musical hits. Carol Varnes, Arts sophomore, was presented as Home- coming queen, Thursday afternoon in the quadrangle. After the presentation, copies of the Homecoming booklet were distributed, featuring a My Fair Lady motif. A show business spectacular took place Thursday night, as the Pep Club variety show spotlighted talented Creighton students, and an Omaha recording artist, llobert Starr. An- other feature of the show was the Pep Rally which starred Coach Red McManus and the Blue Jay team. The Homecoming Parade got started early Friday after- noon, Dec. 6, with Parade Marshal Joe Ryberg directing the panorama. Riders on the floats and onlookers along the streets laughed with abandon, and it was generally agreed that Homecoming 1959 was one of the liveliest to parade down California Street. TALLEST MEMBERS(?) of the basketball teams are Dave Olive, acting as a Creighton team member, and Art Konopka, masquerading as one of the Air Force players, in the Pep Club Variety Show. PRESENTING HOMECOMING PROCLAMATION to Queen Carol Varnes, is Jerry O ' Kief, president of the Student Board. KEAD TO TRAVEL in the Homecoming Parade, is Queen Carol, wearing her official Homecoming tojj-hat. She reigned over one of the most spirited of Creighton Homecomings. 22 . mmmmtmJtni

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Stadium Events are Preceded by AN EAGER CROWD of Push-ball enthusiasts start off the annual battle, as spectators kibitz and sip hot chocolate. DEFENDING THEIR TITLE, the sophomores shove their team into a strategic position, as the freshmen struggle to outwit the tlefense. TAKING OVER the lead, the freshmen succeed in leavmg the soph- omores in a stunned position, as last year ' s victors begin to lose. EMERGING VICTORIOUS, battered, and torn are the freshmen, who have finally succeeded in defeating the powerful sophomores. The freshmen, determined to break the traditional soph- omore win of the annual Push-ball game, emerged victori- ous at the end of the game. The chilly December day failed to cool anyone ' s spirits, least of all the Push-l)all sportsmen. At eight o ' clock Friday night, the Blue Jays met the U.S. Air Force Academy team on the basketball floor. The feathers flew, as the determined Blue Jays met the Falcons in an exciting game. The Creighton team won by a score of 56-49. This was the first Homecoining game for coach John J. Red McManus. who has held former coaching jobs in Iowa. This exciting Homecoming victory helped to inspire further hopes for the season ahead, and the detennination to make the season a meinorable one. The outcome of the game kept alive the enthusiasm that had prevailed during Homecoining activities earlier on Thursday and Friday. The end of festivities was marked by the Homecoming Dance at Peony Park. Highlighting the evening was the crowning of Carol Varnes, Queen of Home- coming, 19.59. As the last peals of laughter were heard in the ballroom, the colorful Homecoming became just another collegiate memorv. THE BONFIRE RAGES, and the once-beautiful floats, depicting Broadway scenes are consumed in the flames. 24