Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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Hark! All is not well at the KK. The vigilantes are on the go-go. KARNIVAL The success of the Karnival was undoubtedly due in no small way to the general enthusiasm of the campus organizations. When booth assignments were made October 14, the junior class representative waited outside the Student Senate office eight hours in order to be first in line! (He got the ducking booth, which proved quite successful— with the added inducement of some ' brave Clarkites who olunt(( ud to risk pneumonia by perching above the tankini ol rather cold water.) KAMPUS Despite cold, gusty winds and a temperature which refused to rise above fifty, the October 23 Kampus Karnival was the most successful one ever held on the Loras campus. As usual, the noon-to- midnight festivities took place in the fieldhouse. Bob Bodensteiner, a junior from Waucoma, Iowa, was general chairman of the ICC-sponsored event. Stacyville, Iowa, junior Chuck Pitzen handled the financial duties of accountant. 20

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Softly—softly. Gently, aahh, perfect! The Maestro himself—calm, cool and supremely self assured. The program presented by Mantovani and his orchestra included such popular favorites as Seventy- Six Trombones’’. “More’, Fascination , Deai Heait , and “I Could Have Danced All Night combined with such serious offerings as The Waltz Fiom Swan Lake”, Blue Danube”, and Piccolo Bolero . The orchestra ran the entire sound gamut from soft, gentle, almost ethereal haunting melodies to the bold, brassiness of “Seventy-Six 1 rombones . The audience was alternately lulled and stirred as the maestro manipulated the orchestra as if it were a single finelv-tuned instrument. Reception of the program was enthusiastic and the orchestra played several encores. 19

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Delta Sigma ' s Go-Go girls were the hit of the Karnival at the fraternity ' s booth. Delta Sigma A-Go-Go. From the looks on the faces of the gathered admirers, it appears that the Free Throw Booth is going to part with another prize. Umph! Every extra inch of reach counts at the Kampus Karnival ring toss. Come on ball! Not the six, noooooo. The three—the three! Oh well, can ' t win ' em all, even at the Kampus Karnival. Along with such standard favorites as the pie throw and the jail, this years Karnival featured some new activities. With Clarke again being talk i into the picture. Delta Sigma utilized the current lsco theque fad in its booth, while the “L Clu in¬ augurated a “record-breaking booth (quite ’ t l . Another L” Club feature was Roger Hanleys infamous “bush hog. With a net profit of over »l.m ' “‘ campus oriiani ations received a strong tanetal oust Inter-Cluh S ' J ' Hm.L.:: an. ' -freshmen,s . KI.OR (stuffed animal raffle), and Alpha Phi Omega (the tail Other students who helped plan the Karnival wert . non Marsh and Terry Flanagan, publicity directors- Dave Kischeid and Don Chenoweth. decorations chairmen: and the construction firm ot Kcnnealb and Rosauer (Joe and Mark).