Indiana State University - Sycamore Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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Top left: Chi Omega's entry There's No Place Like Homecomingt' captured the Chamber of Commerce Award. Top center: Peggy Emmert helped create the Alpha Xi Delta CIrCUS atmosphere Top right: Zorah Temple charmed the crowd with their costumes and band. Bottom right: The magic of homecoming is ex pressed in the eyes of the young and youngiat-heart. Bottom left: OId-fashlon big-wheel bikes made their first ap4 pearance in the ISU parade. 29

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28 ISU loves a parade: largest in the nation The time-Saturday morning, the hour- 9 a.m., the placeeWabash Avenue . . . Homecoming bursts into Terre Haute with the beat of marching bands, the col6rs of rainbow hued floats and the squalls of happy children. The largest collegiate homecoming parade in the nation listed 157 units including 17 floats entered in competition. Vying for honors in Indiana the ISU Homecoming parade is surpassed only by the 500 Festival competition. Parade Marshals Leslie Porksa and Bob Brown worked closely with the Chamber of Commerce to enlarge the number of floats and success of the event. This year marked the first time for floats to be sponsored by downtown merchants. Special features of the parade included the well-known Zorah Shrine clown unit, Zip Patrol and Oriental Band; equestrian units; and old fashioned bicycles. Music resounded to the steps of 23 high school bands, one special band and ISU's own Marching Sycamores. Heading the parade was special guest and Grand Marshal, Miss Indiana Patricia Patterson.

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Top left: Movable eyes, ears. toes and baCk-brush high- lighted the Fiji float. Top right: Parade co-chairmen, Leslie Pr a and Bob Brown. show off the 5-foot SweepV stakes Trophy. Bottom right: A swinging monkey and turn- ing elephant helped the Fur zies place second. Bottom left: The Tau's mechanical foot kicked open the pigskin rev vealing the growth of ISU. a