Howard Payne College - Lasso Yearbook (Brownwood, TX)

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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

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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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Slime Just Love ‘Fun’ Activities Initiation is a time for fun and games. Sept. 17 the freshmen cleaned the H-Pond, had a picnic, and sat together at the football game. The H-Pond cleaning was probably the least enjoyable of the three events, but the picnic was fun as the fresh- men ate, played games, and elected their new cheer- leaders, Eva Gutierrez and Tim Doyal. The first home football game gave the class members a chance to sit together and display their spirit. They outyelled the upperclassmen several times because the upperclassmen would not attempt to yell. They also had to do button-ups and each lose one shoe, which they retrieved after the game. The Tug-of-War between freshmen and upperclass- men was Sept. 26, but the freshmen lost. Probably the freshmen’s most favorite day of all dur- ing initiation was switchout day. For 24 hours, freshmen got to be upperclassmen, and the freshmen tried in this ■T £ VjI % i - t ,.4 ' one day to retaliate for everything that had happened to them for the past four weeks. But upperclassmen have long memories, and they didn't let freshmen live an easy life after switchout day. October 1, as soon as the final gun sounded in the football game between HPU and Southwest Texas State, freshman initiation ended for the class of 1981. And were they glad! (1) Linda Crawford and Kim Capps wait for their turn in the three-legged race during the freshman picnic. (2) At the first home football game against Texas Lutheran College Sept. 17, the freshmen sit together as (3) Upperclassmen sometimes wear strange garb on switchout day. 30 Campus Life