Southwestern College - Moundbuilder Yearbook (Winfield, KS)

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Tradition! Tradition! Why do Builders place big rocks and little rocks on an ever-growing mound? Why do we have a Jinx? Why do we have flags from around the world? Why do the four pillars of Christy Hall have special significance? The answer is . . . Tradition! In four years Southwestern will celebrate its centennial. Many such traditions have bound Builders together through the years. Early during Freshman Orientation Builders place a rock either from home or from their favorite organization on the twenty-foot deep mound of rocks originally humorously designed to build our own moun- tain in Kansas. From this practice comes the name The Mound- builders. When old Fairmount College tnow Wichita State Universityi was defeated in a football game -3, a Southwestern student prepared a tombstone with the figure of a black cat, the word Hoodoo at the top and score underneath. From that time on for I4 successive years Fair- mount couldnTt defeat Southwestern! Then the black cat came to be called the Jinx. For years Fairmount students used many evil plays to destroy the Jinx, eventually succeeding by using dynamite and blowing the Jinx to bits. But the Spirit of the Jinx could not be defeated. Tradition says that on occasion a black cat appears on the gridiron in real life and hands Southwestern's foes a crushing defeat! The Jinx still lives and fights for oid SC. After a devastating fire in l950, nothing was left of Richardson Hall tnow known as Christy HalD except the outside walls and four pillars. The building was rebuilt and the tow pillars remained as an integral part of the new building symbolizing the KNOWLEDGE. HOPE, COURAGE and FREEDOM of everyone that attends Southwestern. Another tradition originated in l964 when Ambassador Loy Henderson member of the State Department and Diplomat for 45 yearsi presented his Ambassador's Flag to his Alma Mater on Founders Day. The tradition continued as students from over the world graduated and presented flags from their countries. The flags, flown in special ceremonies, tie Southwesterners together from around the world focusing attention on Southwestern's concern and interest in World affairs. l ' .'.n- M- FDR K? '.. t The Freshman Banquet is just one of the orientation activities to help the new students get to know each other. upperclassmen. faculty, and Southwestern Col- lege. One of the colorful rocks decorates the Moundbuilding pile in front of Mossman.

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Ronda Rivers, along with many other students and organizations, follows the tradition of adding a rock to the pile in hopes of building another Mound. The traditional Moundbuilding Ceremony greets both old and new Southwestern students in the fall. Brad Smith tells the audience the story behind one of the monuments on the campus after the Moundbuilding ceremony.

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10 Keri Alexander Reflects Spirit Of Homecoming Homecoming l98lh82 under the theme of Re- flections. brought lots of activities. October IO brought dorm decoration and spirit contests, mum sales, Parents' Day and a downtown parade which kept Southwestern students and organiza- tions busy. The coronation of Keri Alexander. the l98I-82 Homecoming Queen during the Southwestern- Friends football game highlighted the weekend. Keri was a senior, nominated by A Cappella Choir, majoring in Gerontology. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Loren Alexander of Manhattan, Kan- sas. She was escorted by Don Smith of Liberal. Homecoming Candidates and Escorts. Kerrie Woods and Jim Podschun. Dawn See and Joe Cobb. Brenda Narvaes and Mark Duensing. Lessie Diener and Ruben Lopez. Keri Alexander and Don Smith.