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

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.1-get ,,,,,,. Qi Y' x 5 - F615 lu I e Casmin Davis clutches a chicken back to the start- tng line as contestants had to puck up as many chickens as possible. Two women tued havung caught three chickens each. Western Week 55

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Carolyn Landry let the customers know where she stood, as the Ag Club cooked up traditional Western Week burgers The money is used to finance field trips mantle 102501-U Burgers and greased pigs make a campus roundup bale onto the bar, then seeing it fall back. When the Ponderosa gang made their attempt, the bales were loose and any farm boy knows loose hay tends to fall onto the ground instead of going up. This, along with one member who fell down trying, gave the Ag Club some respectability, and a victory to the West- ern Week sponsors, ln the tradition of other festivals, a Western Week King and Queen were selected from among the Ag,Club mem- bers. Selected as the 1976 King and Queen were Joey Blanchard ot Baceland, spring Ag Club president and Elizabeth Leche of Thibodaux. By late afternoon, the last beet burgers had been sold and the weary winners had stretched out to enjoy the coming week- end. l-lay was still in the grass of the quad- rangle the next few weeks, about the same period of time some students swore they would never touch chewing tobacco again. But next year, when the bar-b-que is cooking, and boots are cutting half moons in the ground, people will plunk down a quarter entry fee to show they're as country as anybody else. Joey Blanchard Cyellow capl leads several contest- ants back tothe starting line after one ot the greased pigs was lumped by five students, each claiming a piece. With almost a snarl, one tugger refused to give ground as the women had their own struggle inthe tug-o-war, A chicken scramble was also held for women if 'fa VB, rn 'A i V- V rifpxk QEQEFF5 4-xiflrstti sg-'?Z-ref' , Q. LA ki , ' N' .f:. B , ,. :',,, ..i ..,., . ,rklzg -1, - 5- -1 . 1 era l 'ti 1 r Q V 'P . ir Q-, T Y , 4472 ' NF , .y 'W , 1 i 43.45, ,yrlrlsww at ,, , 3 - Q 443471, ,M Y 'Ui llirrilirritiiill 54 Western Week Art Boudreaux watches his toss roll over the bar, as the Ag Club took on the same team which beat them at tug-o-war. They came back to win. .gf w. ',, nhl ci 4 'i .. , Uni, , , 1l .g Pennington

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Cseazaiemb swam Mattttii Geese ?EEi3 55532 are NSU A unique tradition hits the streets for another year As he sat in an empty classroom, a friend walked up and handed him an open paper bag. 'tWould you take care of these, he asked, pointing into the empty bag. lt's my inhibitions, I vvon't be needing them this week. Such is the nature of Freak Week. Described as a week of uncontrollable expression, the Fifth Annual Freak Week rolled onto the one campus which cele- brates it. Ftegarded as something akin to Mardi Gras, Freak Week began under different guises, Several students, tired of the Greeks hav- ing all the fun during Greek Week, got together and resolved to hold a week for the Pe n ngton T ' i ,' P ' iff ..- l-langing ten in combat boots for a pho- tographer is not unusual when Freak Week allows anything or anyone to roll by. Mardi Gras beads and facial makeup add to a costume. Glittered and painted faces outnumbered those wearing masks to the ball. or Fxecilf Week at NSU jfs, ai' ' .aff acc ' VJ S . -:A X4 N! l t xv' Y,.L Pennington