Northwest Missouri State University - Tower Yearbook (Maryville, MO)

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Meanwhile, 12 students entered the bicycle races. Bob Gradale pedaled the 4 miles first for a $25 prize. Union Board booked Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show for the Saturday night concert in Lamkin Gym. An optimistic crowd thronged the gym, only to be ir- ritated and disappointed by the Medicine Show ' s ribald, rotten showmanship. The debacle ended at midnight, but half the audience left before 11:30. And that was Joe Toker Daze. A weekend of changeable weather and unpredictable entertain- ment, it kept most of the stu- dents on campus — and happy. DG

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m(B Tuesday, March 5, 1974. Stre aking, the act of running in the nude before unsuspecting observers, was in everyone ' s con- versation. The news media was soon reporting streaks at num- erous points across the country, mostly universities. None as yet at Maryville. But Tuesday night, in minds filled with reports of streakers, ideas were formulating. A male and female streaked around the college pond, in the dark and unnoticed. Trying out their wings, one might say. Wednesday, March 6. It was a warm day, the first in many weeks. Conversations still revolved around streaking tales, and after dark, NWMSU had its first full-scale streaks. Ten to fifteen males streaked around Franken dormitory, screaming to attract the atten- tion of the residents. Hudson Hall had another dozen streakers, with a crowd of about 100 spectators watching them play football and do cartwheels. Meanwhile, groups of streakers appeared all across campus , enough to cause one observer to comment that you couldn ' t look in any direction without seeing at least one streaker. 26 streaking I