Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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paraded down High Street toward Cook Field for a pep rally and bonfire. Walter Havighurst, Grand Marshal and author of the Miami Years, announced the 1977 Homecoming King and Queen, Sue Smith and Greg Grimme. The pep rally ended with spirited Miami cheers as fireworks bombarded the cool autumn sky with a brilliant spectrum of colors. Friday evening also included a Program Board sponsored Jazz Ensemble in the Heritage room and a disco next door in the Towers room. On the final day of activities Paul MCO- wen dropped delicately from a height of 5000 feet to present officials with the game ball. And, with the same delicate finesse 0f McOwen, Larry Fortner led the Redskins to a 28-24 Victory over the top-rated Ohio Uni- versity Bobcats. PhotographiB. Greenberg 66It9s fun to see so many people involved in a common activity and genuinely having a good time doing it.99 HOMECOMING, PARENTS, WEEKEND i 21

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GILDMEMIB com. 66I canat believe it! Pm so thrilled I want to go hug everyone in sight?9 e Sue Smith Photograpr. Nedzbala September ended with a splash as the campus Greeks decorated Oxfordas mer- chant windows in the A-E-Phi window splash. GREEK WEEK provides fraternity and sorority men and women, with a chance to compete in various athletic, so- cial service, intellectual and eating con- tests. Throughout the week sounds of dan- cers, beer chuggers and pizza eaters echoed on F raternity Row. Some of the Greeks toiled the hardships of the Pike obstacle course, the Phi Psi trike race, and the Lambda Chi chariot race while others applied their mental faculties t0 backgammon tournaments and trivia bowls. At the awards ceremony on the final day of competition, Alpha Chi Omega and Sigma Nu received the Victory trophies. HOMECOMING WEEKEND, October 13-15, followed Greek Week on the calen- der of events, with 66Follow the Red Brick Road,9 as the 1977 theme. Festivities began Thursday with a German-style Oktoberfest featuring beer and good ole German Music. On Friday, the MU marching band and float entries ABOVE: Paul McOwen, senior jumper for the Firestone Air Show parachute team, casually iidrops-in7 0n the 50 to hand the game ball to officials. OPPO- SITE PAGE: Larry Fortner evades two Toledo defensive players in a Redskin victory of 27-3. RIGHT: A halftime homecoming highlight is the crowning 0f the King and Queen. Chosen for 1977 was Sue Smith, representing Delta Gamma, and Greg Grimme, represent- ing Phi Kappa Psi. 20 7 ALMANAC

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GILDMEUQE com. 6619m impressed; the University presented us tparentQ with a well plan- ned and enjoyable weekend of ac- tivities. 99 22 7 ALMANAC Saturday ended in the same grand man- ner indicative of the entire weekend. Candlelight dinner and dancing attracted couples to the Heritage room while the straight forward power rock music of Foreigner and Andy Pratt attracted some 7,500 people to Millett Hall for a coneert. All in all, Homecoming 1977 left Miami with a spirited exclamation of fun and satis- faction. For a fine fall finish PARENTS9 WEEKEND reserved its mark on the ca- lender for October 28-30, allowing Miami Parents a few days to vicariously live the life of the collegiate. Sons and daughters made frantic at- tempts to clean their rooms, as they pre- pared for the arrival of their parents to 66Our World and Welcome to It.,, Activities were planned to entertain and inform par- ents, including special walking tours of the campus and displays from the different divisional schools exhibited at the Univer- sity Center.