Multnomah University - Ambassador Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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J 'Y 'W W s J N. Upper left: On loan from Adolph Goertzen, Upper right: Former student Leslielwayland a 1924 Model-T Roadster provides the gets tossed as the guys race to deliver their backdrop to Charlie Chaplinis fLarry group of girls Hrst to the end of the matfr-'BSS Glaznerj flirting with Glenda Chadek. line. Img Lower left: Speaking on the 'igood 01' da ys of the 203, AI Capone lDave Gutlzriej took time to rub-out a fellow bootlegger. Lower right: Denise Augustine strikes a typical flapper pose after the side-splitting vaudeville show, where she changed the show cards for each ac t.

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Upper right: Bright lights, music, and leering comics greet partyers to VaudeviIle, USA, I 924. Left: Marlene Etter and Laurel Halley tote Fred Harris during game time in the Trout Creek barn-or is Fred dragging the girls? Lower right: Opening the'.v11ow, M.C1 Kevin Stone toe-taps down into the audience singing Ain 'I She Sweet. .Hiatt 50 Taste of the 'Twenties The scent of nostalgia drew hungry takers. Students quickly picked up a fragrance of the roaring twenties. A few modest flappers, accompanied by wide- lapelled escorts adorned over- crowded buses. After all, who could miss a chance to go back in time, a chance to visit Vaude- ville! But Vaudeville fans were in for a surprise. Leaving the mo- notony of never-ending school projects, students stepped into the brisk October air surrounding Trout Creek Bible Camp. Beauti- ful. But where was Vaudeville? Herded into a swirling array of activity, they soon made Trout Creek's huge barn seem like a cracker-box. Spectators witnessed young ladies struggling to hold onto worn mattresses as the Multnomah gals passed through the hands and over the heads of at least 20 males lying in a row. Room temperature in- creased twenty degrees. So did anxious anticipation.

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Left: Following the directions of caller Steve Ramp, Bob Hayes drops to his knees as his game partner, Michelle Martin, makes the most of a once-in-a-life time experience. Right: Searching for the Chickadee, Jim Hun ter portrays that old time favorite, W. C. Fields. Walking out into the crisp night air, students admired a starry sky. Entering the the- ater, they exchanged one set of stars for another. Al Capone Calias Dave Guthreyl set the tone of the show with his pseudo-serious soliloquey about the distasteful- ness of violence. Following Ray Lubeckis one-man-band, Kim Tillgore harmed his chisteners with a trelling of the famous tairyfale, Prinderella and the Chincef' Melvin the Magnificant mystified the audience displaying his magical talent. A special appearance of the The Uncalled Fourv aroused coos and swoons from delighted admirers. Sentiments rose While Vaudevillians submitted to the comical antics of W.C. Fields and Charlie Chaplin Ulm Hunter and Larry Glaznerl. Spotlighted sep- arately, they both united specta- tors with one intent-that of historical for perhaps hystericalj fantasy. M.C. Kevin Stone returned after a brief intermission to lead the audience in several choruses of Tiptoe Through the Tulips. Finally, that ol, heart-throb, Perciville Princeton III serenaded listeners with his version of Winchester Cathedfalf' sung through a megaphone. Reluctantly saying uso long to the good ol, days, Vaudeville fans headed home to 1976 and a chance to create their own nostalgia. by Lisa Brandsberg