Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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A friendly chat with Margaret Mead, noted anthropologist lecturer, follows her talk at an assembly in early fall. Dreamy melodies and jazz favorites offer dancing pleasure for students as Louie Kinman and his band play for the Barnwarmer. You were enveloped in another moving line a few days later. Classes had been shortened that morning and upon leaving the second class you found yourself entering the Auditorium with the rest of the crowd. The speakers for these assemblies were selected by a committee of students and faculty and represented a variety of interests. Programs ranged from serious views on current affairs to humorous interpretations of the lighter side of life. Of course, not all assemblies were centered around one main speaker. The Christmas spirit was never quite complete without the presentation of the Messiah. Each year the Y.M. and Y.W. groups sponsored and staged the Easter assembly. In the Auditorium another time you saw the First Piano Quartet, the opening presentation of the 19 54- ' 5 5 Artist Series. You might have said that all four of those pianists were musical child prodigies, as they all had performed on the concert stage by the time they were nine years old. Since each liked to arrange his own music, all four did their own arrangement and then put their heads together and compromised on their works. The re- sults were seen in the varied program they presented. The Artist Series programs were given several times a semester so townspeople and College students saw well-known artists they might have heard of but not otherwise seen. The programs featured local or na- tionally-known talent in musical and dramatic pro- grams. First Piano Quartet was the first event of the ' 54- ' 55 Man- hattan Artist Series, which features well-known local and national talent. The quartet, all of whom were musical child prodigies, chat by the piano in the Auditorium before the performance.

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A fitting climax to Ag week and its horse tanks was the Ag Barnwarmer. Red kerchiefs, faded jeans and scuffed cowboy boots were predominate campus costumes. Coeds sported peasant outfits at the dance. Before choosing the Barnwarmer Queen, contest- ants performed a variety of farm chores to the dehght of onlooking Aggies .... short gals had a great time saddhng tall horses .... many hog troughs weren ' t quite milk-tight .... tractor gears nearly threw some of the feminine contestants for a loop .... pitching hay was new to some of the girls .... and scared chickens were a part of the last round-up as the girls chased them back and forth on the lawn in front of Anderson hall. Authentic cider and doughnuts help many a weary couple through the lively Ag Barnwarmer held in Nichols gym. Bales of home-grown hay replace chairs. It ' s saw one, hammer two instead of knit one, purl two as a coed participates in one of the many prereq- uisites for Ag queen .... building a hog trough. Radiant smiles show that pre-queen activities were enjoyed by the contestants. Sitting on the queenly throne of baled hay are attendants Marilyn Pence, Sylvia Hyde, Queen Bonnie Morton, attendants Nancy Blackburn and Jackie Johnson.

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Colorful bands, representing 20 Kansas high schools, combine forces parade and play for 21,500 spectators at the opening of the M.U. game In the fall a young man ' s, and coed ' s, fancy turned to thoughts of football and all its festivities. Those sometimes warm or sometimes cool Saturday afternoons found the lines moving toward the stadium .... enthusiastic cheering for your Wildcat team .... a punched activity ticket wadded up in one hand, and a mangled hot dog clutched in the other .... cold pop .... or hot coffee .... sweat-drenched handkerchief .... or warm overcoat .... and singing the Wildcat fight song. The second day of October brought both parents and high school bands to Manhattan for the K-State-Missouri university football game. The annual band day parade was staged that morning and sororities, fraternities and dorms gave open houses and teas for guests after the game. The K-State band honored visiting parents by spelling out MOM and DAD as part of its half-time show. Quiet hours are both in and outside the Library as a coed and friend look over notes before the next class.