Riverside College - Tequesquite Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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Beauty Reigns EXCITEMENT IS THE WORD for Homecoming, especially, when it comes to the election of a queen. It all starts when campus organizations begin considering who should be their candidate. Feminine loveliness, winsome personality, popu- larity with both men and women students— and a large group which will work to get out the vote- are essential attributes for a candidate. As elec- tion day approaches, word of mouth publicity is supplemented by posters witty, elaborate, or downright blatant. The vote is taken, but tension merely mounts. With the result of the polling known only to the off-campus judges (usually alumni with some position in the community and a proven eye for pulchritude), Kiowa-Z hosts all candidates and past queens at a banquet. At this time, the judges observe the three highest vote- getters and select the one best fitted to reign as Homecoming Queen. Their decision, too, is kept a closely guarded secret which is revealed only at the coronation exercises staged during half- time at the football game. This year the judges ' (and the people ' s choice) was Joy Defenbaugh. She and her princesses, Karin Francis and Sue Reynolds, the other two finalists, reigned over the second half of the game and over the traditional Homecoming dance on the following evening. Joy Defenbaugh HER ROYAL HIGHNESS, Joy Defenbaugh, ruled over Homecoming— and a lot more besides. She might well have been named the song leader with the most verve. Women students thought enough of her last spring to elect her their AWS president. Others recognized her talents, and she became Miss Riverside of 1965. ' Tis no wonder that Kappa Upsilon fraternity staked their reputation as astute campus politicos to choose her as their Queen candidate — and the rest is history. Karin Frances Sue Reynolds 13

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I Everyone Had A LONG WEEK-END filled with activity, Homecoming for most people begins on Friday with the rally in the Pit, continues with the parade through the business section, reaches one climax with the foot- ball game and the crowning of the Queen at halftime, and achieves another high point at Saturday ' s Homecoming Dance. For more active participants, however. Homecoming begins long before, when organizations first start planning their floats, or even when Cabinet begins hag- gling over a suitable theme. Fantasy in Floats INCALCULABLE HOURS are spent in con- structing the floats that parade down the streets of Riverside and around the track at Wheelock Field. Secrecy surrounds their motifs, for it is commonly believed that much of a float ' s success depends upon the ingenuity with which it carries out the Homecoming theme. ETA PI WON FIRST place with its arrogant command. Unfortunately, the Dons didn ' t get the word and humbled the Tigers instead. SECOND PLACE went to Kappa Upsilon and Gamma Nu, who showed a Tigerish matador besting a bullish Santa Ana Don. SIGMA RHO CHI and Delta Chi Delta had a Tiger about to blast a cowering Don with RCC ' s great explosive power. I