Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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The Quad— Center of Activity When the sun shines on OSU the place to go is the Memorial Union Quad. It is the hub of campus activity. Sure you can sit around and chew the fat with your friends. And you can also get your daily exercise by tossing the frisbee from one end of the quad to the other. What better place to get a tan than just lying around on the grass soaking up the rays? However, in addition to being the big social gathering place on campus, the Quad offers matters of political and national concern. California Governor Jerry Brown talked to a crowd of 4,000 people in his unsuccessful bid to become the Democratic presidential candidate. A concerned civic group inflated an enormous plastic whale in the quad to emphasize the destruction of the whale and its breeding grounds. The MU Quad. You just can’t beat it. Anything is liable to happen—and it does. Write-in Jerry Brown for President TOP: Man is dwarfed by plastic whale erected in the Quad. ABOVE: The political rally in the Quad for California Governor Jerry Brown in his bid for the Democratic Presidental nomination drew many supporters. 22 NEWSWEEK beaver‘77

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Cow Day Returns to OSU When you are recognized as a “Cow College,” you’ve got to do something to live up to that image. What better way than through Cow Day II. The first Cow Day was such a success that the 1976 variety just had to be bigger and better. On Friday, April 9th at 12:30 pm, Cow Day II officially opened with the sailing of 75 fris-bees off the Memorial Union roof. Those people lucky enough to catch one were allowed to enter the frisbee throwing contest. There were cow milking contests for the farmers in all of us, mini tractor races for the athletic celebrities, a blue jeans contest for those with rasty jeans, a pie eating contest for the true gluttons, a sidewalk art contest for the frustrated Goyas, and an invitational track meet for the competitive spirits. Or you could just make like a cow or pig at the mooing and oinking contests. To top it off there was music in the quad and Lone Ranger flicks in the MU. Top that, Iowa State. NEWSWEEK 21

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“Music Man” Performed The Music Man was one of the largest productions ever to he shown at Mitchell Playhouse. It was a winner. The 1958 musical comedy was Broadway’s Tony Award winner that year beating out another very fine show— West Side Story.” River City, Iowa is the setting for “Music Man.” According to the script it is a typical Iowa community—the townspeople are of gruff exterior but have a heart of gold underneath. The town is just ripe for the picking as travelling salesman and con man, Harold Hill appears on the scene. Hill wants to take this town for everything it is worth. However, he doesn’t figure upon falling in love with a pretty librarian named Marian. C.V. Bennett directed the cast and chorus of 50. Dick George designed the sets. Ivan Schechtman did the lighting and Nancy Bryant was in charge of costumes. The cast included: Joe D’Amato as Harold Hill, Karen Wilson as Marian Paroo, Doug Aberle as Mayor Shinn, Kathy King as Eulalie MacKechnie Shinn, Barbara Madden as Mrs. Paroo, Stacey Nachtwey as Winthrop, and Georgia Kranz as Amaryllis. TOP: Cast member applies makeup backstage. LOWER LEFT: Harold Hill gets ready to strike up “76 Trombones. NEWSWEEK 23