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

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Charlie Brown, played by Jerry Vaughn, asks 1 ucy. Kevin Ward, how to obtain school spirit. The Phi Sigma lipsilon skit placed second in the Greek men ' s com- petition. Lori Tyner mixes tears with joy after be- ing crowned the 1981 Homecoming queen. Tyner was sponsored by the Ag- Club. Flying down the street, Don Fernald por- trays the Red Baron during the chilly Homecoming parade. Fernald was part of a Delta Chi group clown entry. Homecoming 13

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HEL? 5 THE DOCTOR 15 Frozen Funnies As Homecoming week approach- ed, it looked as though the weather would be nearly picture perfect, but those dreams ended with the arrival of unseasonably colder weather and brief snow flurries earlier in the week. However, the change in weather did not dampen the spirits of all who were involved in Homecoming 1981. It took weeks, even months, of preparation to make the fast paced week a sucess. The parade, the variety show and the house decora- tions all carried through with the theme Campus Comics, which was chosen last spring. Homecoming required the coor- dination of five separate committees to produce the variety show, the parade, the selection of judges for both the skits and the queens, and publicity to arouse student interest and participation. There were so many little things, like finding judges and se lling tickets; I felt so involved that it was almost like I wasn ' t going to school, said Rob Bolin, chairman of the variety show. Students became involved in Homecoming for various reasons. Both Greek and independent groups competed in the skits, house decora- tions and float entries. Many others simply wanted to commit themselves to the annual campus ac- tivity. It ' s my last year and I haven ' t been very active, said Cheryl Williams, a member of the Homecoming committee. I wanted to make college a part of me and have something to remember other than books. People not on specific Homecom- ing committees kept busy helping their organization build floats or house decorations, compose skits or make clowns for the parade. We started creating our Lil Abner float last summer and started building it the last part of September, said Anne Carroll, Delta Zeta. As Homecoming drew nearer, organizations nervously presented the variety show skits twice before elimination judges and individuals or small groups tried out for the olio act spots. All of the hard work was rewarded as the variety show, held in the Charles Johnson Theater Oc- tober 20-23, played to sellout crowds the entire week. Wednesday night ' s performance was highlighted by the crowning of the new Homecoming queen, Lori Tyner. Tyner, a senior sponsored by the Agriculture Club, was crowned by Student Senate President Linda Borgedalen. Her attendants were Cindy Kackley, Kathy Kiburz, Melinda Higginbotham and Leslie Zetmeir. John McQuire and Al Andrew hosted the show of eight skits and 1 1 olio acts. This year ' s theme gave groups the opportunity to select comic strip characters that would be fun to create and portray on stage, which would also appeal to a range of age groups. This year ' s variety show was a heck of a good time, said Jim Roddy, Alpha Kappa Lambda. Winners of the variety show in- cluded Alpha Kappa Lambda and Delta Chi, tieing for first place and Phi Sigma Epsilon taking third in the Greek Men ' s division. In the Greek women ' s division, Sigma Sigma Sigma took first place. Phi Mu won second and Alpha Sigma Alpha took third. Herman Ransom III won first place in the oho acts with his vocal solo. continued 12 Homecoming

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Ilp - Frozen Funnies Karen Kniger With much of the variety show completed, efforts were redirected to the completion of floats and house decorations. Phi Sigma Epsilon won first place in the Greek men ' s division with their Snoopy and Bobby Bearcat deck, while Delta Chi took second and Alpha Kappa Lambda and Tau Kappa Epsilon tied for third. In the independent category. Pi Beta Alpha took first place in house decks and Millikan Hall took se- cond. Saturday brought chilly temperatures and cloudy skies for the morning parade. The cold weather didn ' t stop people from en- joying the parade and lining the streets to see the floats, jalopies, clowns and area high school bands. One hundred and forty-five entries were Hned up to be judged at 7 a.m. at the start of the parade at the Olive DeLuce Fine Arts Building. It was still dark and very, very cold when we went to line up at 6:30 a.m., said Ann Henry, Sigma Sigma Sigma. I guess it was about 32 degrees outside, but it felt like about 20 below. Despite the low temperatures and hard work, most agreed the reward of seeing the parade made their ef- fort worthwhile. We stayed up until 3:30 a.m. working on our Wizard of Id float, but I ' m glad I could watch the continued 14 Homecoming