Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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FORESAKING DIGNITY, twenty-year-old coeds ride tricycles for the benefit of Cam- pus Chest at a blast booth. A MONEYMOMETER measures the donations as they gradually climb upwards toward the goal. VOTING BY MONEY or tickets only, students selected a Miss Legs. THOUSANDS OF MAN HOURS of con- struction are quickly demolished. 27

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BLAST WAS GAMES of chance, nightclubs, food and people donating time and energy to reach an anticipated goal of $2,500 for Campus Chest. Blast brought weeks of planning and work for a few hours of fun and a full Campus Chest Campus Chest struck gold in our pockets this year. When the pieces-of- eight were counted, they totaled $7,012— more than $1,000 over the goal of $6,000. Before the auction we prepared to sell our services as party- givers, shirt-ironers, or Homecoming display-builders and checked our treasuries to determine bidding potentials. In the end the bidders ' bills totaled $1,245. Saturday night 3,200 of us streamed toward the Armory for the Blast. We struggled back and fourth through the crowd to see the 18 booths, while the moneymometer crept closer to the $2,500 Blast goal. We cast our penny-votes for our favorite pair of legs and waited expec- tantly until Arlene Nelson was named Miss Legs of Iowa State. Later, Lincoln House and Freeman Hall received the Blast Sweepstakes trophy for The Unblastables, a 1920 ' s speak-easy show. Converse House won the trophy for the best pre-Blast publicity with their Kangaroo Court. 26

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Flames of Homecoming rose high as spirits of anticipation and excitement filled the air . . . ENGLISH DEPARTMENT COMRADES team up at the pep Bar-be-Que for a sarcastic rendi- tion of the national political conventions. HOMECOMING QUEEN CANDIDATES calm their nerves as they are inter- viewed by a panel of judges. The first sparks of Homecoming sputtered out of brainstorming sessions staged in the offices of the Homecoming Central Committee last spring and summer, and residence plans for entertainment and displays began to take form. By October, flames of excitement ignited the campus. We collected mounds of lumber, nails, bolts, gears, and chicken wire and transformed them by means of detailed diagrams into creatures that waved, squealed, wob- bled, or wailed. Finally, long lines of cars crept by to view our efforts. Tau Kappa Epsilon won the grand sweepstakes trophy for the second consecutive year, this time with the theme, No Whomp ' em — No Tale. Lat er, At the Buffalo Bar-Be-Que, we caught the spirit of the Band and the Singers and waited impatiently until Ann Minert received the Homecoming crown for the 1964 Queen. 28