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

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alloween, This holiday u sually conjured up images of clad in costumes, running door to door in an attempt to gather Perhaps it also presented images of teen-agers dressed in costume, playing pranks and stealing jack-o-lanterns. Most people might have thought that by the time one reached college age, such foolery would be out of one ' s system. However, every year the students of K-State proved this wrong, through their antics and legends. Janelle Zimmerman, sophomore in bakery and management, and Rachele Gagliano, junior in business administration, react with surprise to the Halloween costumes of Brian McCallum and Rob Caffey, both freshmen in arts and sciences general, as they walk through Kite ' s Bar and Grill. The two were dressed as East German women wrestlers. (Photo by Jim Dietz) Aggieville was a hot spot on Halloween night. Bars in the area were packed with students dressed up in everything from Ronald Reagan costumes to grapes. It is an escape from reality, which is what we need up here. It is a good way to blow off pressure and be a kid again, Ken Schmidt, senior in engineering, said. For the past two years on Schmidt entered a room, applied extensive stage makeup and exited as Freddie Kruger, the villain from the horror film A Nightmare On Elm Street. Last year Schmidt, in his frightenly real Freddie costume, made an appearance in Aggieville. Guys would say, ' that ' s cool, ' and girls would cower and refuse to talk to me, Schmidt said. People I know didn ' t even recognize me. However, if a college student with a lot of theater makeup didn ' t send a chill up your spine, maybe some of the local ghost stories would. Polly Pi Phi was said to roam the halls of the Lambda Chi Alpha house. The Pi Beta Phis occupied the current Lambda Chi house in the 1940s. Legend had it that one member, who was referred to as Polly, died in her sleep at the house. I myself have never seen her, Bob Stuart, senior in biology, said. But some of the guys and one of our housemoms claim they have. Allegedly, early one morning the Lambda Chi housemom went down into the basement to get ice. As she was about to ascend the stairs she saw a young woman enter the house ' s chapter room. When she went to the door and looked in, she found no one. The woman had vanished, for there was no other exit to the room. The Purple Masque Theatre, located in East Stadium, was said to be home to a ghost named Nick. In the 1950s, East Stadium was an athletic dormitory. As the story went, Nick was a football player who was injured during a game. He was carried into the cafeteria, where he died on a table. It was said that he haunts the theatre. The years between 1964 and 1969 seemed to have been Nick ' s most active years. Clanging pipes, vanishing costumes and dimming lights were all attributed to Nick. During the summer, four students spent a night at the theater in hopes of making contact with Nick. Answers to questions they posed to Nick via a Ouija board sent chills up their spines. They also claimed to have heard footsteps in the corridor above the theater. So next Halloween, if you are look- ing for something scary, you need not look far. The K-State campus and Aggieville could be two of the scariest places on earth. Visitors to the Putnam Hall Haunted House react to the work of mad doctor Andy Van Blarcum, freshman in architecture, as he works on Sandberg, sophomore in engineering. (Photo By Brad Fanshier) 13 Halloween

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by Nancy Chartrand GHOSTS OF THE NIGHT Halloween celebrat ions have students dressing up in costumes and carrying on stories of campus ghosts and legends. 12 Halloween

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Hold on to Your Hats...Here Come the Cats echoed throughout the Union as groups participated in the 1987 Homecoming celebration. The competition preceded the K-State vs. University of Oklahoma football game. The festivity began with groups competing in Body Building. Yell Like Hell consisted of skits with acting and singing. Pant the Chant, a screaming contest, took place at the bonfire held in Memorial Stadium. The morning of the game, competitors displayed their floats in the annual Homecoming parade. For two weeks, every evening we spent at least four to five hours on the float, and some nights we spent up to eight hours, said Kim Dahlsten, member of Kappa Kappa Gamma and sophomore in management. This was the first year that FarmHouse participated in the Homecoming competition. For our house, it was a little difficult because we had never done it before, said Stacey Campbell, senior in agricultural journalism and member of FarmHouse fraternity. The Homecoming activities culminated Saturday afternoon with the announcing of the new ambassadors. Janelle Larson, junior in animal science and industry, and Mark Lacy, junior in business administration, were named ambassadors in front of 27,200 people at halftime of the game. by Sheila Graber Football schedule doesn ' t deter Homecoming festivities. Eric Becker, left, senior in and Dave Johnson, in civil engineering, get a good view of the Homecoming parade. (Photo by Gary Lytle) 14 Homecoming