Laney College - Oak Log Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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Homecoming War Amon the By Siu Smilh Homecoming at Uakland Junior College this year had a blend of sounds all its own. The potpourri of events resembled a rapid-firing machine gun. A wild scramble captured the routine of things in the happiest-go-luckiest day of the school year. And commingled emotions, ex- citement zmd nostalgia held firm grip as events unfolded. This ycar's spectacle was a 'gfirstw in several respects. There was the Homecoming Parade through downtown Oakland, the Coronation Ball at Colombo's Club, and of course the third annual Homecoming football game which saw the Thunderbirds thunder past the San Mateo Bulldogs by a 34-14 count. So also there was the Home- coming assembly over which George lFireman Frankl l,eMont presided, and the traditional Pizza Feed in Laneyls wonderful cafeteria. Add to these events the flair of showmanship by Rudy Daniels, Dick Taylor, and Ken AleXanderfChairman of the traditional event-and you have the formula for the most successful Homecoming staged by IUC. Homcroming QIlf'l'll and Conrl. Slumfing, lcfl lo rigbf: Bonnie' Kane, Rhoda Hcinz, aml Shirley Chin. Sralvd: Ian Bowlin, 1957 Quvrn, who frrojrrls a charming xmilv. With a record field of twenty competing for thc title of UJC Homecoming Queen of 1957, the competition was iso to speakl hot and heavy. With girls being sponsored by Laney and Merritt, it seemed everyone wanted to get into the act of sponsorship. Jan Bowlin, the eventual Queen, was the participant sponsored by the Plumbing class, and Bernice Manes was the beauty put forth by the Language Department. The other eighteen girls and their sponsors were Rhoda Heinz, Sigma Delta Sigma, Anne Wilson, Medical As- sistants, Joanne Tikker, Theta Chi Upsilon, Joyce Bur- night, Architectural Drafting, Bonnie Kane, The Tower, Frances Vassallo, Mechanical Drafting, Sue Etter, Omega Phi Kappa, Sue Holt, Dental Assistants, Yvonne Det- wiler, Industrial Electricity, Joy Key, Kappa Phi Delta, Neva Heckman, Foods Department, Phyllis Ravn, Music Association, Elaine Robert, International Dance Club, Alest Anthony, Vocational Nursing, Dorothy Breves, ln- ternational Club, Minerva Alcosiba, Diesel Club, Cathy Hurricd lux!-minute j1rr'11uraIi011x takr' Irfan? bcforz' 161' purmlr lfarougla tlowzlfown Oulzlaml.

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and Laney Cawqbufes If Mock Democracy the WClCOlllC Dance, Student Council elections, and at- tendance at conventions. They also help support athletics and the athletic teams at UJC, and to secure benefits for student body card hold- ers. These benefits include the right to vote in student elections, and the right to hold office. Free admittance to home athletic events, dances, and assembliesg use of the student loungeg use of the recreation room. participation in the athletic program, discounts at local stores and for services at Laney, and a free copy of the school paper, The Tower, are also on the list. The student council grants charters to all campus clubs which are then governed by the lnter Club Council. Members of the council participate in CJCSGA region- al and state student government conventions, and UJC belongs to the California Junior College Student Govern- ment Association. Niembers of Laney's Fall council were Frank Wells. president, Audrey Williams, vice-president, .lim Frazier, treasurerg Carrie Carte, secretaryg and Rudy Urtiz, fifth member. Spring officers were Norm Toly, president, Larry Mc- Caffrey, vice-president: Sally Strom, treasurer: Minerva Alcosiba, secretary: and ,lan Bowlin, fifth member. At Merritt the Executive Council for Fall consisted of George Spowart, presidentg Henry Dishroom, vice-presi- dent: Sam Obregon, treasurerg Pat Clcwett. secretary: and Jim Hubbard, public relations officer. sq. Lcff: fruity Fall Prc.iii1cz1i, Frank W'cll.vg Rigfvl: Sjwriug Pn'.vi41c11l Nuruzurz Tuly. l.um'Vi'.x ci01t'V'IIIII'Q Iimlq lx xl zilul graujm lll7l1'!l fmt Iliifkftl l11'z'h'Xtiy for lfn 'qnmf of flu' nzmjwm.

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emffr Most Memorable Events Kincaid, Co-Rec: and Paula Theriault, Delta Psils entry. The purpose of the parade was to put on display the beautiful lassies who attend HJC, and to open the eyes of the downtown merchants to the fact that there is an Oakland .lunior College. Both purposes were accom- plished as the gaily decorated convertibles tooted their horns through town calling attention to their lovely passengers. The assembly was a ball as LcMont, witty as ever, used remarks never heard by his younger set audience. Each girl took her turn conversing with the Hold fireman. Attendance at the Homecoming Game set all records as a capacity crowd turned out to see the Oakland team eapturc their only win ofthe '57 season. The festive crowd also saw the contestants paraded around the field at half- time. Pizza was in abundanee at the Mfeedn held thc night before the eoronation ball. Those in attendance got their fill. lt was at the 'afeedv that the semifinalists were an- nounced. They turned out to he Joy Key. Bonnie Kane, Joanne Tikker, Rhoda Heinz, and Sue Etter from Mer- ritt campus, and Sue Holt, Dorothy Breves, ,lan Bowlin. Frances Vassallo, and Minerva Aleosiba from Laney campus. MA gala affair , best describes the ball held at the Co- lombo Club. The semifinalists awaited anxiously for the big moment, the announcement of the winners by judges Walt Brown of the Uakland Tribune, Wayne Cockrell of the Y.M.C.A., and Alan Lindsay of the Citizens Com- mittee for Better Schools. Bonnie Kane, a Hfive-foot-two package of eutcness and formerly of Fremont High was announced as the Third Place winner. Rhoda Heinz, a statuesque beauty formerly of Oakland High took Second. ,Ian Bowlin, a finely fea- tured doll formerly of San Leandro High, won all honors as she was crowned by the 1956 Queen Shirley Chin. Homecoming festivities for 1957 will long be remem- bered, since the progress made by UJC over the pre- ceeding years was evident in the homecoming. Ioyfnl pizza eulers jrarlake tl meal of Ilulian Jcligb! nl I.um'y's HIOt,l'l'lI rrlfclrria. Semifinulisfs joy Key, Bonnie Kane, Ioaum' Tiklevr, lilmtla Heinz, Sm' liller, Sue Holt, Dorolby Brewx, Ian Bowlin, Mivwrzw Alrosibu, Frumws Vuxxallo, fillea' with anliripalion and hojwfulncss, guther for ojiciul phologruph. 25