Grayson College - Saga Yearbook (Denison, TX)

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Q vibgiiilpha Phi Omega's enlry and Marilyn Brown, Sherman freshman and Sigma 'candida+e, was crowned Weslern Week Queen al lhe dance held al The Silver Wings Club on Wesl Campus. Dance A+ Silver Wings Club Ended Wes1'ern Week Donna lvlcfhden, runner-up in l'he queen conresl, +es+s Larry Gold- en's beard during 'rhe judging ol .f i3beard growing conlesl. Larry eiwinner. 96 Sigma candidales Marilyn Brown and Larry Winlers dominaled The queen and sheriff eleclions during Weslern Week.

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he sponge Throw was easily The mosT exciTing booTl'i aT The WesTern Week carnival as sTudenTs goT a chance To geT even wiTh me of Their colleagues and insTrucTors. Ronny Perry, Denison sophomore lleTTl and baskeTball coach Jim Spivey hesiTanTly Took Eeir licks. Perry and Prissy SmiTh posed Tor The Press Club phoTographer who cap- Their now Taces in yesTeryear's dress. The Press Club's PhoTo BooTh was one of The nine booThs seT up Tor The carnival which was held Tuesday nighT WesTern Week. Round-Up NighT Was A Big Success ApproximaTely 300 cowboys and cowgirls won cakes, drank cider, Threw sponges, Tossed pennies and baseballs, and had Their picTures Taken aT Round-Up NighT. The carnival was sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega and consisTed oT seven booThs: IO To I BooTh .... .......... A PO Sponge Throw .... .... S amoThrace Cake Walk ..... ........... T ESA PhoTo BooTh ..... ......... P ress Club Penny Toss ....... .... P hi TheTa Kappa Wheel oT ForTune .... Phi TheTa Kappa SoTTball PiTch .............. Phi BeTa Lamb A IT was a money making proiecT Tor all oT Th clubs who sponsored booThs and iT provided The sTudenTs a chance To Try Their skills as gamblers.

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5 Richard lce. Jackie Wall and Nancy Ellis-Anwyil are sTaTioned aT STEP 2 oT The regisTraTion line To pass ouT The grades Trom The previous semesTer and To checlc if sTudenTs should an ' ikgix I 'sg' be placed in special T secTions OT English or 58. l'lisTory. Fall RegisTraTion ToTaled 2,955 ln T965 Grayson CounTy College opened iTs doors expecTing an enrollmenT oT 250 sTudenTs buT when The Tinal counT came in The enrollmenT was over I400. The Tollowing year Tound more Than l700 sTudenTs enrolled. Grayson achieved Tull accrediTa- Tion in I967 and iT was ThaT year ThaT The enroll- menT reached 2,000. ln l968 Grayson increased iTs enrollmenT by 250. In I969 a bond issue passed To expand The campus TaciliTies To meeT The needs oT over 2600 sTudenTs and an expecTed 2800 The nexT year. The enrollmenT neared The 3000 mark in I970 and I97 I. WiTh The increase in enrollmenT and comple- Tion oT all new TaciliTies plus The addiTion oT The WesT Campus, Grayson is one oT The mosT modern and progressive iunior colleges in Texas. Technical VocaTional direcTor Dr. Bill Dean along wiTh nursing insTrucTor Mary Moses and oTher direcTors helped counsel sTudenTs during regisTraTion on course selecTion and sched- uling. This counseling aT The beginning oT regisTraTion helped many sTudenTs decide on courses and also sTraighTened ouT any problems due To classes closing.