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

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Black Oak Arkansas belts out rock sound in down home style One of the serious moments. Black Oak Arkansas adopted their name from their hometown. Noted for their t'downehome rock? their songs Mountain washboara' rhythmn. are iiHot and Nasty, and ttLord, Have Mercy on My Soul.n Why songs Black Oak consists of Jim like these? Because the population of Mangrum, Stanley Knight, HarveyJett, Black Rock is 204 and because they Rickie Lee Reynolds, Pat Daugherty, feel with a different pulse. Wayne Evans, and their sometimes singer Ruby Starr who Black Oak claims has Joplin appeal. A drum solo highlighted Black Oak's performance in which the drummer first used sticks and then his hands alone. For added homesy effect the lead singer played the washboard. The groups may have been loud, but they certainly held the crowd,s attention. A bassoon added a touch of class.H Black OakiHot and Nasty. Fans loved the stage antics. 23

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22 A little guitar solo. R.E.O. Speedwagon and Black Oak Arkansas shared the iiNo. 1 posi- tion on the list of Sycamore Showcase entertainment this year. R.E.O. stands for an old truck that a man named Ransom E. Olds invented. The name is used for npurely aesthetic reasons remarked Neal Doughty, piano player for the group. Besides Neal there is drummer Alan Gratzer, bass player Gregg Philbin, lead guitarist Gary Richrath, and lead singer Kevin Cronin. R.E.O. is known for the hit songs iiGolden Country, uMusic Man, and HLittle Queeniefi REO Speedwagon offers harmony and hard rock REO fans shouted for more after every song.

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a Campus Carnival Week opened with a splash, with Lambda Chi Alpha and Pickerl Hall taking top honors in r the water games at Tirey Memorial Union Pool. But that was just the begin- ning. Festivities included an old movies and cartoon orgy in Tilson Music Hall. Pure Funk performed live in the Heritage Room of TMU and Copper- field played on Boozer Field. And an ice cream social was held on the TMU patio. Perhaps the carnival itself is the most exciting. It is the event planned way back in April, the chance to be reacquainted with old friends, and the place to meet new ones. Will it rain? Who will win the Sweepstakes Trophy? Kappa Sigma again? Kappa Sigma again. llDungeon of Horror Their provided a graveyard of delights. While the Kappa Sigls were taming ghouls and searching for headless bodies, the Phi Gamma Delta natives stopped their hunting long enough for a friendly pose. Seems they If you 'Ve got it, flaunt it. found lst place in the menls division. Lambda Chi Alpha with 2nd place, supervised the carnival proceedings. The Honorable Judge Roy Bean was not a biased man. He sentenced everyone to an indeterminable amount of time in the Chopper jail. Not to be outdone, the Kappa Sigma Little Sisters enticed carnivalities into their uGarden of Eden? innocently walking off with lst place in the womenls division. Gamma Phi Beta took 2nd place with their casino of slot machines and candy money. 24 Someone should really speak to that man . In the paired division, Sigma Pi and Delta Gamma rode off into the sunset with lst place tucked into the saddlebag. They did the town with gunslingers and all. Alpha Phi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon enjoyed 2nd place in this division with a little wet humor. Judging was done on a point system. The qualifications were ll originality, 2l quality of construction, 3 costumes, 4i staging and presentation of theme, and S for every 50 tickets sold, tfor Sweepstakes Trophy onlyl. A total of six judges evaluated the booths which were constructed by housing groups, honoraries, sororities, fraternities, Little Sister organizations, and other student activity groups on campus. The week- long activities serve to introduce Union Board to all students and to get Greeks and NomGreeks together in friendly competition. This years carnival had a type of mascot. a 24ft. x 16 ft. clown face called Garlinda served as an entrance to the quad. It was constructed in 1964 by Lin- da Eldred and Gary Goss. Linda is coor- dinator of Student Union Board. One added feature of Campus Car- nival was a carry-over from two years ago. Danny Wilson of Sigma Alpha Ep- silon received the lst place award for the most attractive legs among all other male contestants. Jack Smith from Lambda Alpha Epsilon, a professional law fraternity, was first runner-up. 5 Steering Committee Members, seated cIockwise: Melanie Goffstein, Brad Washburn. Lynne Nover, Kim Thomson, Mike Kerins, Keith Kn'nn, Linda EIdred, Peggy Mascari, Dennis Dropkin, Tom jones, Della Averitt and Rick Randall. . the way he treats his help. 1 1