Michigan State University - Red Cedar Log Yearbook (East Lansing, MI)

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-'F QQ -an 4 just as the events of a day con- tribute to a year's character, so must its eventful days. One such day began fall term with the antics of two chief executives perched 10 feet off the ground for MSU,s zaniest marathon, a tree-sitting contest. Sophomores Win In The Frosh-Soph Daze The two venerables were Fresh- man Class President, Bob Gale and sophomore President, Ioe Wallace. The event their stunt initiated was the traditional rivalry of the Frosh- Soph Daze. This year tradition went by the board as, alas, the little brown jugv awarded for countless years to the winning class, turned up green. The year's other big days, though somewhat more conventional, were equally memorable to their partici- pants, from the alums here for Home- coming to Mother and Dad visiting over Parents, Weekend. 12 HOMECOMINC QUEEN. Dottie Schweinsberg, leaves thc DIP-QLIITIP ceremonies. ,ig AN ANONYMOUS, thoroughly greased porker caused chaos as he slipped from the grasp of Frosh-Soph Daze competitors. SQ . AE W2-M '56 'KN 5 lik, 3. F Q i k R

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The escapades of Igor, the iguana, were by no means our only claim to off-beat fame this year. While apple enthusiasts the campus over fed coins into the new apple vending machine sponsored by the Horticulture department, the fortu- nate students participating in Dr. E. H. Lucas, uapple-a-day health ex- periment found themselves featured in Life magazine. Bob Harvey Crowned Mr. MSU Nor were we without our heroes, as locally, Bob Harvey reigned su- preme as the first Mr. MSU and nation- ally, All-Americans Yvalt Kowalczyk and Dan Currie appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. But for all our on-campus cab- bages and kingsf' few can hope to attain the even now legendary stature of the old Coral Gables, lost in the great Ere of the summer of ,57. THIS YEAR for the first time, students of radio and TV wrote and produced sever- al full length dramatic television plays. WITH EXPANDED seating for fall crowds, Macklin Field became Spartan Stadium. II

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AI-DAY FESTIVITIES were ac-coinpanied by the music of an informal outdoor band. THE UNION lounge became an art gallery for the Parents, Weekend show. THE SACK race was high on the list of zany Frosh-Soph competitions for the lit- tle green juga' awarded to the winning class.