Pittsburg State University - Kanza Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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ENTERING THE PYRAMID building contest was one way that organizations such as the Fellowship of Christian Athletes displayed their homecoming spirit.(photo by 8renda Collins) GUS GORILLA TAKES A BREAK from his cheerleading duties to watch the Gorillas1 losing battle with Kearney State, (photo by Fred McGary) 18

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Wild wild week Royalty hosts wild week by Catherine Henderson The 1979 Homecoming Queen, Cathy Duffin, was sponsored by the Newman Center and is a junior from Weir majoring in Automotive Technology As Homecoming Queen, Duffin attended many homecoming events with her escort Tom Smiley, Overland Park senior, such as the theater production of Vanities’' and a dance at the Alumni Center, Duffin was also Master of Ceremonies at the “Yell Like Hell” activities. After riding in the parade on Saturday, Duffin and Smiley were guests of honorat an aiumni luncheon at 11:30 am. in the Imperial Ballroom of the Student Union. I started at Pitt State as a business major,” said Duffin, “but I had electives to take and was persuaded to take them in automotive technology. When I decided that I really liked it, I decided to make it my major, with DURING THE PARADE, homecoming queen, Cathy Duffin does her part to raise support for the Gorillas In their upcoming game, {photo by Kyle Cleveland) business administration as my minor.” Duffin is third in a family of seven children. She has four sisters and two brothers. Her mother Is Mary Francis Duffin of Weir. Duffin commuted as a freshman and pledged Sigma Sigma Sigma that year also. She has lived in the sorority house for the last two years. As Membership Rush Director of her sorority, Duffin was voted as Out- standing Member” for 1978-79. Other clubs and organizations that Duffin has been or is presently in- volved in are Newman Club, her sponsor as queen candidate; Student Senate and committees in the Student Senate; SecretaryTreasurer for Epsilon Pi Tau, technology honor society; former Diamond Editor in charge of reporting and the scrap book for Lambda Sigma; charter member of Order of Omega, a newly formed honor society; the Sociey of Automotive Engineers; the Society of Manufacturing Engineers; and Little Sigmas, the Sigma Chi little sister organization. by Catherine Henderson Western Style activities were the order of the week for Homecomeing 1979. Many campus organizations participated, carrying out this year’s theme of the Wild, Wild West. On Tuesday evening, October 23, the last of the queen candidate competition was held in the Imperial Ballroom of the Student Union. Earlier that week, each of the 23 candidates had met with each other and the nine judges and were in- terviewed. The candidates were judged by An- nabelle Loy, Rollie Peters, and Larry Thornburg, of the faculty; Tim Sohl and Linda Lawrence, alumni; Jerri Staton, Girard junior; David French, Pittsburg senior; Marissa Crawford, Wichita junior; and John Barrington, Overland Park sophomore. BURSTING WITH ENTHUSIASM Stephanie Cook, Monica Harrison, graduate, Debbie Price, and Twylla Williams let it all hang out at this year’s Veit Like Hell contest.(photo by Kyle Cleveland)

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THE LAMBDA CHI’S were one of several organizations showing their spirit for the Gorillas at the Yell Like Hell contesUpholo by Fred McGary) Wild wild events . . . The 23 nominees were given two questions, one impromptu, and one previously given them. The ten finalists were announced at the convocation at Brandenburg Stadium on Wednesday, October 24f at 10:30 a.m. Classes were dismissed for the event. Finalists were Stephanie Cook, Pittsburg sophomore; Cathy Duff in, Weir junior; Elizabeth Fast, Columbus senior; Teri Garner, Lee Summit, Mo., sophomore; Lori Hess, Cambridge junior; Diane Hurt, Pittsburg senior; Lori Kingrey, Baxter Springs sophomore; Janeile Renner, Garden Plains senior; Bronwyn Stafford, Pittsburg junior; and Diane Wheeler, Springfield, Mo,, junior. With the finalists lined up behind numbers one through ten, the crowd was asked to make their choice for queen. Ballots were collected and as they were counted, master of ceremonies Dean VanDeMark, Lamar, Mo., senior, and Miml Gorman, Kansas City senior, in- troduced University President Dr. James Appleberry. After an inspiring speech from Ap- ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE two Kearney State tacklers, Richard Overton races downfield.fphoto by Fred McGary) pteberry and a demonstration by Pitt State mascot Gus Gorilla of what the Gorillas were going to do to the Kearney State Antelopes, the Clone Brothers performed for the third consecutive year at Homecoming festivities. Rob and Bob even drafted Kelly Waldo, Lee’s Summit, Mo., junior, to sing a song with them. Other entertainment included an in- troduction of the 1979 football coaches by Head Coach Ron Randleman, and a final thank you from 1978 Homecoming Queen Jeannie Fowler Watson. Gorman and VanDeMark then an- nounced the queen and her court: Cathy Duffin, queen, sponsored by Newman Center; Teri Garner, sponsored by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes; Lori Hess, sponsored by Lambda Chi Alpha; Lori Kingrey, sponsored by Dellinger Hal I; and JaneJIe Renner, sponsored by Sigma Phi Epsilon. Other Homecoming activities included “Yell Like Hell,” which only 15 organizations participated in, yet many more attended and yelled from the stands. Wilma Minton, Director of Student Affairs, Dr. Peter Hamilton, associate professor of speech, and H. Francis Short, associate professor of speech, were the judges of this year’s com- petition. The winners of the contest were Dellinger Hall with first place; Shirk- Nation in second place; and Alpha Sigma Alpha winning third. Besides the spirit of the PSU Yell Leader and Cheerleaders, another event that sparked the crowd was the introduction of the 1979 football team and it’s coaches, which was followed by a chant that they performed for the crowd. The results of the sign painting contest followed, with the Sigma Chi fraternity placing first, Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity placing second, and the Newman Center placing third. After the excitement and enthusiasm of burning Kearney State’s mascot, many groups, clubs, and organizations worked into the morning hours making final completions on their floats. Saturday morning, October 27, crowds of people lined Broadway from 9th to Rose Streets, despite the brisk October weather, to watch the annual Homecoming parade. With more than eighty floats, novelty acts, bands, and queen float cars making their way through downtown Pittsburg, the 23 Homecoming candidates waved 19