Riverside College - Tequesquite Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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Dream Date Rings In Rites Of Spring WHEN THE IDES of March are over and the winter lull lingers but is beginning to be replaced by the happy hours of spring, student conversations in- variably turn to topics of love. Preceding the dance there is a spirited competition to determine who on campus would be the ideal dream dates. Competition this year was fierce. Competing for the male Dream Date were Vic Collins, Nathan Searle, Hershel Cherson, Bill Tichenor, Randy Snook and Scott Johnson. On the feminine side Sandy Tewksbury, Donna Robinson, Becky Thiem, Linda Smith, Sue Bassler, Jackie Wilson, Kim Sel- lon, Jenny Gray and Mimi Walker were nominees. THE WINNERS were the peppy pair portrayed above and to the right, Kim Sellon, who doubles as the Tigery Tigeress seen at various athletic events, and Hershel Cherson, one of the Tiger cheerleaders. They were crowned at the formal by last year ' s Dream Date royalty, Carol Ashmore and Dan Johnston. Everyone agreed it was a great dance and a fine coronation, held in the best traditions of spine-tingling suspense. Even the ballroom of the Disneyland Hotel — the House of Mickey Mouse — was quiet as a qualm. But as at every Dream Date, everyone was really a winner.

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A Most Magnificent Mardi Gras Forecast a Very Special Spring LATE IN FEBRUARY, when the second semester has begun but hasn ' t really warmed up yet, Mardi Gras arrives to perk things up and herald the coming of spring. This year the festival was bigger and better than ever, with the best look- ing girls on campus competing for the silver coronet and a wide variety of booths and games to occupy students ' attention. The girls pictured above, who lent their feminine charms to the queen contest, are (front row, from left): Deanna Garret, Judi Routon, Georgia Pearson, Jenny Gray, Ellen Evans; (back) Diane Nickel, Caren Vassily, Darlene Wickline, Maureen Whitaker, Sue Rees, Betty Hughes, Karen Krey, Karen Pree. GORGEOUS GIRLS are always the nicest thing about a college event such as Mardi Gras, and Judi Routon, a statuesque brunette, certainly qualified. The lovely Miss Routon was judged most worthy to wear the Mardi Gras crown and was dutifully crowned at the ball by AMS Presi- dent Dennis Thomas. Miss Routon and the other candidates were presented at the Mardi Gras Assembly on Friday morning, and each of the girls made a short speech on which they were judged. Another feature of the assembly was the appearance of Mickey Elley, a popular folk and roll singer, who played his guitar and sang songs to the delight of the student merry-makers.