Stockton College - El Recuerdo Yearbook (Stockton, CA)

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.,- , I , ll T, QUT' ,f . The Caravan slarfs al' 9:30 a.rn., going down Main Sireel' of We're ollf To The big cily. One hundred slrong, as Tar as eye ' Slocldon. Al righl is Fonfaine Russ who helps direcf lrallic can see. Unescorfed on This 90-mile Trip, we had no accidenls and no Trouble. Piclure is on l-liway 50, Slocldon +o Oakland A closeup of The huge LeBaron drawing as The caravan rnalces Els way +0 The Chronicle Dave Gerber, head of The commiflee, and Phil Gufhrie quesrion Call-Bullefin sporfs edifor, Jack McDonald. He was popular as he was in Ecldy's camp ELER Firsf slop of day was a+ Oakland Tribune during lunch hour. We disembarlced and cheered luslily while our represenialives were upsiairs Jrallcing To Tribune sporls edifor, Alan Ward. Traffic sfopped slighlly. bu? we direclred our own deparlure QR A I Inside lhe offices of The Call-Bulleiin, Sporfs Edilor Jaclc Mc- Donald is inlerviewecl on wire 'rape by radio majors l-lerb Marlaall and Bob Bandelin. All in+erviews were recorded and edi+ed info a radio program for ci+y and campus consumphon

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he Tigers alse a rip A liffle school fhaf 'wasn'f capable of pro- ducing an All-American' crowded foreign news and elecfion refurns off fhe fronf pages of San Francisco's newspapers when some five hundred College of fhe Pacific sfudenfs in- vaded fhe bay area in an all-ouf efforf fo publicize fhe COP foofball feam and ifs All- American candidafe, Ed LeBaron. --Phil Gufhrie The irnprompfu rally of Thursday nighf ended as mosf fhings do. af fhe End Zone. I-lere, organizer of fhe caravan, Dave Gerber, gives a lasf minufe pep fallc fo fhe excifed sfudenfs. Early in fhe evening of Thursday, November 2, fhe word was passed around fhaf a rally was being held in fraferniiy circle. Af fhe rally fhe organizers, Bill Ross and Dave Gerber, under fhe effigy of Mr. Lieser, came forfh wifh an idea. lA few seconds affer fhis picfure was falcen fhe plafform and scafold fell aparf.l A few quiclc-minded sfudenfs re- covered fhe baffered face of fhe effigy, placed if on an innocenf bysfander, Briff Smifh, and boosfed him afop fhe sign posf in fhe circle. The nighf before fhe caravan, an imprompfu band from various living groups on campus invaded all fhe houses fo insfill P Day spirif. Place now under siege is Soufh Hall, liferally shalcing under fhe loud cheering and playing. House mofhers were nonplussed. ' Af 8:00 a.m., afier fhe cars were lined up along Sfadfum Drive, a mass meefing was held in fhe Greek Theafre fo give ouf full insfrucfions for fhe ninefy-mile frip. Bill Ross, in charge of car movemenf, gave everybody fhe good word.

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The Tigers Take u Trip . . Ou+side 'rhe Call-Bullelin, lhe Pacific ihrong was addressed by William Randolph l-learsi and Sporls Edilor Jack Mc- Donald. The paper ran a Celeri - LeBaron con+es+. LeBaron won. +he lasl countgave Ed over 2000 voles 'ro Celeri's 879 The Examiner, in lhe business seciion ar Marlcei' and 3rd, aHrac+ed 'rhe larqesf crowds of well-wishers. Busi- ness people hung ou+ 'lheir office windows and ioined in LeBaron cheers and dropped paper slreamers ou? windows Our Tiger ell leaders organize a bix six for LeB-aron in from of +he CalliBulle'rin. Sporfs Edi'ror Jack McDonald had ius'r announced 'rha'r LeBaron was leading Celeri by one hundred voies in 'rhe people's choice for All-American Leaving The Examiner, fhe gallanl 500 walked 'rhrough busy Merkel Slreel' enroufe lo lhe S.F. News. On lhe way we were ioined by many San Francisco LeBaron enlhusiasis Ou+side fhe San Francisco News, song leaders Wanda Reinhar+ and Jane l-laskall show frue Pacific form while +he imprompfu band blas+s away wilh an accompanymem'