Howard Payne College - Lasso Yearbook (Brownwood, TX)

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Oak Ridge Boys Thrill Roundup Crowd Call it whatever you like, but freshman initiation for 1977 began with a new twist—a concert by the country vocal group, the Oak Ridge Boys. What followed the concert, better known as freshman roundup, was almost anticlimactic after the show put on by the Oak Ridge Boys. Most of the females on campus fell in love with at least one of the quartet. The most popu- lar was the bass singer, who hit notes so low that the bal- cony vibrated. The group also endeared themselves to the crowd by wearing beanies and getting into the spirit of freshman initiation. Because there was an abundance of mud, stolen water- melons did not dampen the mood of the upperclassmen too much. Most of the area between Winebrenner and Mims Auditorium was the traditional mud puddle. To prevent initiation from dying out or being discontin- ued, a freshman initiation committee headed by Rex Cameron revised some of the rules and suggested new traditions. These ''new'' traditions were Sundays as beanies off day,” the marching of freshmen men to the girls' dorms every Thursday night for serenades, and freshmen sitting together at the first home football game. Of course, there were the old traditions such as fresh- men carrying trays, freshmen girls answering the phones in the dorms, dress up days and switchout day. (1) Donna Clark screams at Eva Gutierrez while she is doing button-ups. (2) The Oak Ridge Boys plus beanies entertain the initi- (3) Freshman” Harvey Patterson makes a typical (4) Brian Holt, freshman, thinks about one of the better moments of initiation.

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Frats Engage In Fall Activities In an era when rumor had it that sororities and fraternities were dying out in colleges, HPU societies remained strong. APO sponsored its semesterly coffee house ice- breaker with Danny Willingham as its traditional emcee. Circle K and Delta Chi Rho collaborated to run the Jerry Lewis telethon for the Brownwood area at KBWD for 24 straight hours. Phi Mu Alpha and Delta Omicron planned and prac- ticed for their fall variety show. Sigma Alpha Sigma and DOC, along with the others, prepared for their fall pledge classes. Delta Chi Rho, however, bowed out of a fall pledge class because of an already abun- (1) Phi Mu Alpha members Rick Turner and James Wilson pay close 3 (2),(3),(4)3Delta Chi Rho and Cir- cle K members participate in the telethon. Campus Life 27

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(6) Slime” Pete Brown, Pam Broussard, Donna Clark and Gaye Felder sing the alma mater. (7) The favorite” Oak Ridge Boy, the bass singer, plays the tambourine. (8) Penny Mayo is proof that upperclassmen get muddy on roundup night. (9) The lead singer of the Oak Ridge Boys concen- trates on the guitar. (10) Buddy Wilson shows his exasperation at being dressed up on switchout day. Campus Life 29