Stephen F Austin State University - Stone Fort Yearbook (Nacogdoches, TX)

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Sixty Years of Class: Homecoming SFA celebrated its 55th Homecoming in conjunction with the celebration of the University ' s 60th anniversary. The theme for Home- coming was Sixty Years of Class. As part of the Homecoming festivi- ties, the Sylvan ' s Club in the School of Forestry sponsored Lumberjack Day with events such as crosscut sawing, log-rolling relay, greased pole climbing, bucket brigade and tug of war. Activities for individual competiions also included axe throw- ing, fire fighting, Lumberjack costume contest, pulpwood toss and tobacco spitting. The 1983 winners of the distinguished alumni awards were Charles O. Kilpatrick and Glen A. Chancellor. Kilpatrick, a former Pine Log editor who earned a bachelor of arts degree at SFA in 1943, is editor and publisher of the San Antonio Express-News. Chancellor, a 1959 graduate, earned a bachelor of forestry degree at SFA. He is group vice president, forests division, of Temple-Eastex, Inc. The Lumberjack Band and Twirl-O- Jacks led the Torchlight and Homecoming parades. The Torchlight Parade, sponsored by the Intrafraternity Council, was one of the participation events in the competition for overall homecoming award. Before the SFA Lumberjack Southwest Texas State University foot- ball game, the Homecoming Royalty was presented. The 1983 Home- coming Queen Angie Lipsey, Missouri City senior, and Homecoming King Mark Bullock, Nacogdoches senior, entered and exited the field via helicopter. Three former letter men were in- ducted into the Lumberjack Athletic Hall of Fame. They are John E. Linney, Harold Fischer and Gene Barbin. Homecoming festivities were appropriately culminated with a Lumberjack victory and with an alum- ni dance. Pholo by Hal Lott Left: The Lumberjack Band leads the Homecoming Parade Right: SFA students par- ticipate in the pole climbing contest, one of the many events of Lumberjack Day. Photo by Bobby Chapman 26 Homecoming

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Photo by Hal Lott M A S H Portrayed Idiocy of War Former M A S H star Mike Farrell opened to a standing ovation when he spoke to students Nov. 17 in the Grand Ballroom, UC. Asked about his M A S H costar, Farrell said, Alan Alda is everything positive that anyone ' s ever written about him. Farrell ' s favorite episode of M A S H shows a reporter inter- viewing the members of the camp. Farrell calls the episode the best sin- gle half hour that ' s ever been on the air. Speaking of B.J. Honeycutt, the character he portrayed in M A S H, Farrell said, B.J. and I share a lot of the same views. But Farrell added that he was different from Honeycutt in some ways. B.J. doesn ' t have as many rough edges as I do, he said. Throughout his speech, Farrell an- swered questions from the audience about M A S H and about U.S. mili- tary involvement around the world. Farrell said, Voter apathy in this country is appalling. He said he is in- volved in politics because he is a citizen and believes we all, as citizens, are responsible for what our country does. Farrell said, I was a political and social activist before I became an actor. When asked if he would like to be President, Farrell replied, I don ' t want to be in politics except as a citizen. Farrell said M A S H portrayed the idiocy of the war in Korea. We had a lot of support from the military, he said. They knew that we were talking about the mindless- ness of war. Farrell said that the U.S. government ' s rationale for invading Grenada is contradictory. ... it ' s one more indication that our Presi- dent leaps before he looks, he said. We have absolutely no business dictating to any country what kind of government they should have. How can we condemn the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan if we invade Grenada? 28 Student Life