Illinois State Normal University - Index Yearbook (Normal, IL)

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The traditional Friday night snake dance-an endless procession of saddle shoes and sneakers, trench coats and sweatshirts, smiles and laughter, and sometimes determined ellorts to grip tighter-opens the Homecoming wcck end amidst color and excitement. enkindled in the young and old . . . morning. President Bone flashed his red vest, and Dean Larsen prompted the Redbird team to forge ahead and fight ferociouslyf, Tensions mounted. Cheers, speeches, and skits preceded the announce- ment that Pat was queen. Then, a stunned but happy Miss Pruetzel accepted a bouquet of red roses, and Homecoming 1960 was oflicially underway. Friday, panicky people Fixed broken tapes, enlisted operators for moving parts, and frantically located the final box of stuffing to make last-minute repairs. Crises were met and dissolved. By 5:00 p.m. the campus had become a veritable Disneyland as the seven dwarfs assumed the stature of Northernis eleven and were snowed by ISNU, as Dumbo flew over the goal posts, as the threat U-23' was presented Northerng and as a huge octopus squeezed out victory from the Huskies. It was this pink octopus, 020,000 Leagues Under the Sea, that captured the first place trophy for XValker Hall. Strong, too, was the competition between oil- campus houses, the winner skillfully working into its theme the admonition to vote for the Universities Bond Issue. Seven dwarfs, each with a 'iyesw vote, marched in front of the house at 309 North Street, singing Hi-Ho! Hi-Hol It's oil to Vote XVe Go. The letters ISNU beamed quietly from lighted rooms in Hamilton-XVhitten Hall. contrasting the Hurry and excitement below. There the snake dance formed, then twisted and turned a circuitous route through the Caffe and on to the football field. Stu- C3 C7 dents were jerked and pulled, but muscles ached not 21

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C0'l11Ii1iI10' ith fiery pirit Red and white mums brightened fall coatsg a uXVUlL'Ol'I1Gn sign accented the Uniong and smiles in the crowd were of childlike gaiety and ot nostalgia. It was Homecoming 1960-the week end of tradition. Planned hy senior co-chairmen Nancy Dawson and Al Xllalgren, it was a week end dedicated to alumni -a time of coffee hours, receptions, and breakfasts, a time to renew college friendships. The unexpected awaited alums. Even those returning from their first year of teaching found that a ten-story dormitory had altered the campus skyline, that McCormick Field had heen equipped with lights, and that men had moved into Barton Hall. Some of the moments of Homecoming belonged only to students, however. Hundreds crowded Mc- Cormick Cym for the pep assembly on Thursday Fiercely lulazing. the lionlire stimulates and symbolizes its counterpart within the hearts of ISNU alums, faculty, and students-the ever'-glowiiig Homecoming conlidencc in gridiron victory. l QQ at ff Q G if af . z i a pu 5 - Q .,,,,.V ,, I ff if Ks Oil fy i

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