Southeast Missouri State University - Sagamore Yearbook (Cape Girardeau, MO)

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i ll X if 1. 6-M , Dearmont and Myers residents take advantage of the good weather and work on their float outside. Weather conditions move the blue grass concert originally scheduled for Academic terraces into the University Center. Pomp stuffers for Towers float are Debbie Laurentius, Mary Shelly, and Rob Pudney. Homecoming 27

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Homecoming 1977 Life on th Mississippi For the week of October 24-29, homework, classes and other normal college activities were temporarily pushed aside, life on campus was transformed into Life on the Mississippi as SEMSU celebrated its 1977 Homecoming. The activities planned by the Homecoming Steering Committee for the week began Monday night with the movie Seven Brides for Seven Brothers being shown free in the University Center. On Tuesday night students had the opportunity to hear a bluegrass concert in the U.C. Ballroom given by two Ken- tucky bands, Splitwater Creek and the New Grass Revival. The Amazing Mendoza, well known psychic, enter- tained students Wednesday night in Academic auditorium with his ESP talents and slight-of-hand tricks. Thursday night the action moved to the Arena Building where the traditional Homecoming Dance and Coronation was held. Progress, a band from the St. Louis area, provided music for the capacity crowd of students ready to dance the night away. A spirit-rousing bonfire and old-fashioned snake dance 26 H mecomhg were Friday night's activities. Members of the Homecoming Steering Committee, along with the cheerleaders, marched to each of the housing units on campus picking up people, forming a human chain as they went. The spirited procession continued across campustoawaiting bonfireand sound system at the North Sprigg parking lot. The most spectacular celebration of the week came early Saturday morning as the annual Homecoming Parade slowly made its way down the people-lined Broadway and Main streets. lake Wells, professor of art at SEMSU and well known artist, served as this year's Parade Marshal. His exhibit of 27 watercolors of Missouri Mills opened the previous night in the University Museum. Other parade dig- nitaries were State Auditor Thomas Keys, Monica Huber and Susan Wilson, 1976 and 1977 Missouri State Fair Queens, respectively. Following the win over Kirksville, a victory dance was held in the U.C. Ballroom Saturday night, bringing the Homecoming week activities to a close. Working on the Dearmont and Myer's float are Stan Presson and Craig Harp. The Amazing Mendoza prepares to saw his assistant in half.

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fl gi m, ,,tigh ...sv K5 ...1 MMM ff if - s . 'ff' ' Q yi R The Parade Marshal float is the result of Dearmont and Myers Hall residents' Placing third in the Class A floats is the Towers entry. combined efforts. Weeks of work premier right on Broadwa If I poke one more pomp througn chicken wire, l'll die! This was one comment that summed up how weary students felt after they pomped, painted, hammered and glued finishing touches to floats in the chilly, pre-dawn hours before Saturday's Homecoming Parade. This year's parade featured 125 entries, including SEMSU's own Golden Eagles Marching Band, 15 floats and 21 area high school bands that were invited Second place in the Class A float is an entry from the Alpha Delta Pi sorority and the Sigma Chi and Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternities. 28 Homecoming by Tamara Baldwin to participate. This year for the first time, the Homecoming Court rode on a special float built for them by Cheney Hall and C-DI women. An estimated 600 hours of construc- tion went into each of the Class A floats, the largest float class, at an estimated cost of S600 per float. To encourage workers, some housing units offered cash prizes for the floor with the most hours of float building, while Greeks had mandatory i A w ff? . is lt . s Uh, ' T 'W rx.. float hours and fines to encourage participation. The accumulation of hundreds of work hours, the money spent and the sleep missed all seemed worthwhile when the names of the winning entries were announced during halftime activities at Saturday's game. Trophies and cash prizes were awarded to the winning floats in each class. Marching in the parade are Golden Eagle members: Kevin Melanie Cummins, Randy Smith, and Rob Louder.