Nicholls State University - La Pirogue Yearbook (Thibodaux, LA)

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lllloire people than plroduee Qlltll UWQQ WHS ED CJ Ugg? 71 f..1!T f! tml. vim. .Maze F. ...M N .,. . fx nr... . .S . . - fl . r . I :U- I 9.53 l Giving her roses and a kiss, Dr. Vernon'Galliano, university president, congratulates junior Gayle Efchols for her selection as the 1976 Pirogue Oueen, Rudy Thibodaux helps one of his handiworks get up after a dragging through the mud flats. The mud was achieved by dumping ice chests full of water on the ground. , T rollers followed the Darwin theory of evo- lution: eliminating the competition until they were at the top of the hill, or mud- slide. Several members of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity went to the mudslide with bright red jerseys. After several victims of the slide ganged up on them, their jerseys became a dark brown. A Other male students removed their shirts, having only to peel off the caked mud when it dried. Women students were the main object of the bayou-and mudslide, some getting both within the space of a few minutes. After their energy was spent upon one person, that person had the problem of getting the mud off. Bus drivers and the hostesses of the Student Union weren't too thrilled to see Four strong arms and a well-timed heave ho put another victim in the water as friends and bystand- ers were easy victims. Several of the tossers went in too, in retaliation. a brown blob walking in the building or bus. The University Fountain was used to clean off some of the mud and out of the hair, thanks to its concentrated jets of water. As for the races, the participants who swamped their pirogues managed to work them to shore, passing a photogra- pher standing chest deep inthe water snapping pictures of the students hapless enough to get caught standing on the pier and thrown in. With all the activity on the side of Bayou Lafourche, little attention was paid to a couple of streakers on skis pulled by a motor boat. Although this was the second time in three years it happened, scant attention was paid to the students andfor non-stu- dents who risked getting nipped in the bud forthe entertainment ofthose watch- ing. Gradually, with energy and vengeance at an ebb, people began sitting down in the grass and watching the peaceful bayou glisten as the afternoon drew to a close. Ice chests were emptied of both water and drinks and the banner marking the finish line had begun to sag. People sat around the fountain, soak- ing tired feet or trying to rinse some of the mud off before heading back across the highway to the campus. , Trophies, shining in the sunlight, had all been distributed to the winners, while the pirogue queen and her court had left the scene. Many miles down the road, in the small town of Lafitte in Jefferson Parish, a festi- . ' .Ar QQ, , sf t .51- EQXQLQHB E -Q 4:3 'vw e -...f ,. 1'-u ,A...,.3-124,-.51 .Av WS., fr A. 5 - , V-I 7.75, 1.1.55 ' ' 'iff-Vl,1'ff .. H . ., .. P, -ve 1 A , , . . f 3f'5'f ' -J 1 -5-i-'fi ' .- ' fl 1, . A' ' f'n2lf- 1 1.2 ' ' f ,A 9 it Aj.L,5.:y5. ,A -1.f Are These me PIROGUERACEQ , mggjg, . Tiff , .,

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