Long Beach City College - Saga Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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DEE BEST. Smiling Dee Andrews, Long Beach City Col- lege's all-time scoring leader, takes a well earned breather after a busy evening while assistant line coach George Allen gives encouragement. t 3 if l HA HA! BIG JOKE! Ole dazzles pepsters at football games with his iokes. Why Ole, are you blushing? E ALL SEMESTER continued was chosen Homecoming Queen to reign over the events, which included float building, International Clothes Day, a special dance and rally, and the Homecoming football game against Bakersfield College. The Drama Department was kept busy during the semester in presenting two outstanding plays. The first one was The Skin of Our Teeth, written by Thornton Wilder. The other was The Late Christopher Beanj' written by Sidney Howard. Both plays drew standing-room-only crowds. AMS and AWS were not idle during the fall for they sponsored a variety of events ranging from a surfing film to co-ed snacktimes. jubilee Night, the biggest fun night of the year, was sponsored 'by the ASB Cabinet and presented in the middle of the semester. The Firehouse Five Plus Two were the featured entertainers of the evening. Sports, always a big thing on the LBCC campus, again enjoyed a highly successful year. In football the Vikings finished with a 7-2 record that was good enough for third place in the tough Metro Conference. Amazing Dee Andrews, All-American halfback, completed his junior college career by smashing almost every record -in LBCC books. He gained more ground, scored more points, averaged more yards, and delighted more people than any other player in local history. But another team was having a great year, too. The water polo team, coached by Monte Nitzkowski, finished second in the State. Their final game of the season produced the only loss against junior college competition the poloists had suffered in over six years. While all of the activities and events on campus took place, it was up to someone to report them to the student body. The task fell to the All-American VIKING newspaper, headed by editor-in-chief Del Daniel. Something special was added to the paper during the semester when it was enlarged to a bi-weekly paper with six pages-full of pictures covering every phase of campus life. The climax to-the semester came in January when the long list of college banquets took place and awards were given to outstanding students in many areas of school life. But things didn't end at that point. Already students were thinking ahead to the Spring Semester and hoping that it would be as fun and successful as the 1961 Fall Semester had been. l3l

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-t HIGH FASHION. LBCC co-ecl models for snack-time fashion show for girls only in the sludenl' lounge. EALL SEMESTER continued all rallies and football games in addition to concerts and parades, Made up of more than 100 marching members, the 1961 band was among the greatest in LBCC history and the finest in California. - Agnes Moorehead, popular entertainer, visited the college on Oct. 15 and gave a performance entitled That Fabulous Redhead that many students will remember for years to Come. Forums again played a big Part in the cultural and academic life of students. A host of outstanding speakers appeared in the campus auditorium-one on every other week-to discuss a topic of interest to the LBCC student body. Some of the topics discussed included The Battle of Berlin by Dr. Adolf Stoneg Life Behind the Iron and Bamboo Curtains by Dru Rodger Swearingeng U.S. Propaganda Tactics Abroad by Dr. Totten J. Anderson and The Webster Quimmley Society vs. the john Birchersn by Dixon Gayer. The Forums were very interesting and an average of about 400 attended each one. Homecoming came to the campus in November and a week of colorful activities took place. Ruby Hada, LBCC freshman, I l NORSEMAN AWARD, the largest trophy here, was displayzclraf Sfag-lllignhf-if-l-fellld fhewsiludeynfinunge. Thelfirsi annual USCG Norseman cup Trophy for school service last year wen? lo Vidar. l2l

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Q-4 ...pm4p.-,We ,- INTERNATIONAL CLOTHES DAY saw the candidates for Daniels, Michele Kilpatrick, Rita Lynch, Mynet Marks, Homecoming Queen getting right in the spirit of things. Nena Mosula, Sharon Stewart, Nancy Scott, and Lita From left to right are Ruby Hada, Maralynn Alt, Rannette Valencia. LBCC's 34th Homecoming QUEEN RUBY HADA was crowned at the Homecoming Talent Show in the Auditorium. fit. L 141 r .I ., -l ,jgcb-X, ,gl r.-,. - r i s o gf fi- A-i 'I , af' j 'Sr rf. . its lf- ' -xx pf +., '?- .V K. From October 20 to November 3 all campus extra-curricular attention was turned to LBCC's 54th annual Homecoming. Events got underway with the announcement of ten candidates for Homecoming Queen. Women's social clubs and co-educational organizations of 25 or more members were sponsors of the candi- dates. One week later International Clothes Day took place, with prizes being awarded to clubs and individuals best carrying out the theme Ole Goes International. Sweepstakes winner in the Clothes Day competition was Ramayana. TNT and Tammuz tied for first place in the Women's Club Division, and Tong won in the Men's Club Division .'.' Election of the Homecoming Queen was held on October 51, and Queen Ruby Hada was crowned at the Homecoming Variety Show on November 1. LBCC talent was featured in the show, which was held in the campus auditorium. Thursday, November 2, was a day of intense preparations for the Vikings-preparations for a night-long float building project by campus organizations. Early in the evening a rally dance was held in the quad and cafeteria, followed by the all-night effort to com- plete the floats for judging before Fridays Homecoming Rally. When dawn broke over the campus on Friday, some 400 club members and independents could still be seen applying the finishing touches to their labors, but at 10:30 judging took place. Prizes went to Mahabharata, TNT, Tong, and Band. Tickets for the Homecoming game with Bakersfield were sold-out a week before the game, and a crowd of over 16,000 WHS on hand at kick-off time. Boasting a tremendous defensive line, Bakersfield halted LBCC,s mighty offense, got their own offenSC into gear, and went on to win the game 20-O. F And still Homecoming went on. Following the game a dance was held in the Womens gym for students, and a post-game get together was held for alumni, replacing their customary pre-game dinner.