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

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becoming 1978 •?tr fun, floats, and football. ' .;PON A TIME in the land of SEMSU, the faculty and tody prepared a week of festivities to welcome i.ome former students and to crown their Queen and Man of the Year. They called the event Homecoming. Stories and dances from the Appalachias and the Ozarks were presented Monday by a quartet called The Bluebird Special. Those students still believing in the supernatural were given an opportunity to hear more stories on Tuesday when the Warrens appeared on campus. The husband and wife team were among those to work on The Amityville Horror case. Wednesday the court jesters (the Homecom- ing Steering Committee) entertained with a cartoon festival including films such as M.A.S.H.. W.C. Fields, and The Pink Panther. Berlovitz and Serrand entertained students on the next day with mime. With the arrival of Friday came the Alumni Merit Awards Dinner, the opening of an exhibit of works by art instructor Win Bruhl and the crowning of the Homecoming Queen and Man of the Year at the dance. Debbie Turek and Stan Presson were given the honor of reigning over the remainder of the Homecoming festivities and representing the land of SEMSU at different functions throughout the year. Susan McGuire and Kevin Glaser were named first runner- sup and Mary Reiling and Jim Maurer, Marueen Clancy and Kevi n Billings and Cathy Ebeling and Chuck Geier made up the remainder of the royal court. Saturday the alumni came from everywhere to enjoy the final day of activities. The parade followed the traditional route down Broadway and contained approximately 119 units. Pooh on the Mules took first place in Class A float competi- tion, it was built by members of Alpha Chi Omega, Pi Kappa Alpha, and Phi Sigma Epsilon. In Class B competition, the Lutheran Campus Center was awarded first place for their depiction of Let ' s Rumple Mule Skins. The National Speech and Hearing Association took first in Class C. The Parade Marshall Trophy was awarded to Myers, Dearmont, and Uni- versity Hall for Indians in Tderland. The Homecoming game saw the Central Missouri State Mules against the Indians in a heartbreak. With only a few seconds left in the game the Mules kicked a field goal to win the game 17-16. (Not everything in a fairy tale is good.) Ending the week of festivities was a D.J. dance featuring the sound system of Disco Unlimited. How many girls found their Prince Charming is not known but this 1978 Homecoming will hopefully be remem- bered happily ever after. One of the favorite gathering placet for watching the parade it the Pladium. located toward the beginning of the parade route. Members of the Homecoming Steering Committee include: Seated: Janice Baxter. Kathy Metzler. Dr. Tom Harte. Jane Stacy, Mike Renfro, Suxan McGuire. Dr. Bob Mize, Meg Sutton. Dr. Joe Low. Standing: Row h Anne Foster, Lisa Chirnside, Bryan Young, Mark Stacy, John McFarland, Peggy Trantham, Cindy Carlton, Ann Feaster, Marietta Hannigan, Leise Gilson, Maureen Clancy, Lynn Rhodes, Peggy Thomason, Cathy Richardson, Shelly Sickmeyer, Sanay estes. Row 2-. Greg Rannells, John Smith, Phil Krupa. Row 3: Laurie Markusch, Linda Hoitmeyer, Row 4: Tom Mauer. Many different locations were used and many late hours were spent putting together floats such as this one built by the Sigma Chi and TKE fraternities and the Tri Delta sorority. The logo for Homecoming 1978 was designed by Joyce Heeb. Joyce also designed the 1977 hlomecoming k 80. 12

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Top, Doug Beard check the tough Mule de- fente in the Homecoming game. Middle, six hundred studenlx attended the dance and Homecoming coronation . Bottom, the crowd await the opening kick off to release their balloon . 14