New Mexico State University - Swastika Yearbook (Las Cruces, NM)

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Entering the ballroom, the guest is greeted by a reception line of university administrative officials. L to R: VV. B. O ' Donnell, vice president of NMSU; Mrs. Seaborn Collins. Seaborn Collins, secretary- treasurer of Board of Regents: President Roger Corbett, Mrs. Frank Bromilow, Dean Frank Bromilow of College of Engineering. President ' s Reception Annual NMSU Affair The President ' s reception is an annual affair at New Mexito .State to liel]) tiic students ct attjuaiiilcd witli President Roger Cx rbett and other administrative offi- cials at the iMiixcrsity. All university students, farully, and staff are invited to the reception held at the com- mencenieni of the fall semester in the .Student Center ballroom. Guests meet the dignitaries in the reception line and are then invited to enjoy refreshments while chatting with friends and new atciuaintances. Later in the evening, a band is engaged to ])la for the group ' s in- formal dancing pleasure. Guests form conversational groups near the refreshment table. Students revive acquaintances with friends of last year or talk with new students. This arrangement of group clusters seems to find the men talking among themselves, while the women observe activities in the rest of the room. . few couples take to the dance floor as the bands begin a familiar melody. 19

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Tradition Keeps A ' Sparkling Shorts-clad freshmen in red beanies dump a load of white wash over the traditional ' A ' of the mountain. The event serves to keep the letter a sparkling white symbol of New Mexico State. A tradition thai keeps the ' A ' white, the freshman humble, and the upperclass- men overlords is the annual ' A ' Day. Cul- minating Ireshman orientation in the fall of each year, the day is set rolling by the sophomores who see that all treshinen are loaded into trucks and hauled to the base of the mountain early in the day. At the end of the long hike to the top the freshmen are greetetl by more upper- classmen and a pep band which provides the music while the frosh and upperclass- men exchange swats with a brooin and begin to pull weeds from the white area. By the afternoon the group is ready to form a line to ]jass the white wash up the mountain and the girls down to the water truck. It ' s a weary group of freshmen who finish the job then drag back to the cam- pus for the hreshman Dance in Milton Student Center Ballroom. ii X ' ' Left, a freshman girl ducks behind others to investigate the sticker that ' s punctured her shoe and sock to snag her foot. Another freshman dutifully car- ries out upperdassmen demands to clear the weeds out of the white area. At right tlie boys pass the girls down the mountain to the water truck below. 18

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Homecoming Holiday Full of Before the homecoming bonfire the cowbov ■iiihonette reminds Aggies ot the beginnings of Land Grant Colleges in 1862. when agriculture and mechanical arts were most instrumental in the heritage of America and education. Spectators watch the advancement of the winning float down Main Street. Built by the Lambda Chi .Alpha fra- Girls of Women ' s Residence Center don grubbies and sweatshirts and set to work on their house display, featuring the seal of NMSL and of Land Grant Colleges. This project involved drafting of boyfriends, stuffing lots of paper napkins into chicken wire and meeting the home- coming deadline. A visiting bai Below— .Another homecoming float parses in review. Floats mean work till the beginning of the parade. Here the organizations line up for the big parade. - «ft 20 ii s»K£fmxHi: