Pittsburg State University - Kanza Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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There once was a girl named Peak Who was crowned during Homecoming Week. The weather was fair. There were drunks everywhere And the win was the seasonal peak. Sunshine flooded Brandenburg Sta- dium to cap a festive homecoming week, as the Gorillas rolled to an easy 21-7 victory over Fort Hays State. Con- vocation kicked -off” the excitement with a change from past years as Scott Blunk narrated an original film shot on campus. Emphasis speaker Com- mander Lloyd Bucher, captain of the U.S.S. spyship Pueblo, spoke to a sparse crowd in Carney Auditorium about the trials of capture and impri- sonment in North Korea. Major attrac- tion Ozark Mountain Daredevils enter- tained the audience with their country-blues-rock style music. Car- toons” provided the theme of the par- ade, with few of the Saturday morn- ings stars being forgotten. Alpha Sigma Alpha's float The Flintstones” captured first prize in the float con- test. with Newman Center's car Mickey Mouse” taking first in the queen car division. Susie Peak was crowned queen before the game by 1973's queen Anne Hommertzheim. 18

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 ft was a hot, dry summer in Pitts- burg. For weeks it remained ap- proximately 92 degrees in the shade and 110 degrees on the sidewalk. A national drought caused agricultural production to drop and brought on increased prices on the produce that made it to the grocery shelves. From June 12 to August 7. heat scorched crops here and sent people to the refreshing water for swimming or inside to the com- fort of air conditioning. Nixon resigned, after he said he wouldn't. For the first time we were left with a President who was never even elected to the Vice-Presidency. Investigations into the Watergate scandal droned on exposing top executives for what they really are. Foodtown employees went on strike and suddenly it wasn't even safe to go to the grocery store. Gas prices went down for awhile, unemployment percentages went up to stay, and though the go- vernment wouldn't admit it. we were in a recession. 17

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Far Left: Members of Delta Rho (Alpha Phi) soror- ity took second place in the Yell Like Hell contest held at the pep rally Thursday night of homecom- ing week. Left: Two members of the Ozark Moun- tain Daredevils entertain students in Carney Audi- torium as this year's major homecoming attrac- tion. Above: Queen Susie Peak rides the parade route in her first place winning car Mickey Mouse. 19