Illinois College - Rig Yearbook (Jacksonville, IL)

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Queen Mary Lee Coultas reigned over the Homecoming Dance this year, attended by her blond attendants, Jan Maynard and Edwina Johnston. At the dance Dink Ransdell, and his crutches, struggled proudly down the aisle of dancers to present Mary Lee to Mr. Clements who crowned her queen.

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Since activities, traditions, and songs make up a vital part of college life, Wednesday morning brought an assembly to acquaint the innocent ones with these essentials. A wet soft ball field and a not-so-dry tennis court welcomed the would-be athletes to the playday in the afternoon, and then in the eve- ning all who were still able to shake hands attended the President's reception. Thursday was red letter day in each freshman’s diary, classes began. Freshman Week came to a glorious finale on Friday night when the upper class male worms crawled out of their shells to appraise the freshman female worms at the Bookworm Crawl. When new friends get together N 7: Ke IE $3

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HOMECOMING The bonfire was lighted! The 1948 Home- coming had begun! And as the fire blazed and the singing grew louder, the line for the snake dance formed. This “arm-jerker’’ bolt- ed through town, down to “Mac”, and then disintegrated. A non-typical J'ville sun greeted the events of the following day. Colonial Inn won the house decorations cup and Gamma Nu with their man-powered tank “walked off’ with the float cup. The I. C. sun went under a cloud on the football field in the afternoon, but its reflection was back in time to add glamour to the Homecoming formal. n