University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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selling peanuts at the Campus Capers inter- •Tiission time, Dean of Students Halladay used coercion and high-pressure strategy to help the Civic Club meet the Campus Chest charity quota. 23

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ART STUDENT Diane Trust answers the call of Springtime and takes to the out¬ doors for drawing project. Students in many classes move outside to escape the confinement of windows and doors. Capers, carnivals and campaigns Springtime . . . and the cold of a Fayetteville winter grades into the pleasant and la y warmth of March, April and May. On the surface, Spring of ’56 was no different from any other spring. With its arrival, the University community ended its mid-year lethargy with a burst of parties and outings and special days. Agri Day and Engine Day came and the strongest men of each clan gathered to stretch a rope between them. Former governor Francis Cherry spoke to the business students on Commerce Day. With the help of a highly successful Campus Capers show, the Campus Chest drive netted $1,400. Mortar Board and Blue Key and ODK tapped campus leaders. Elections were quiet as candidates forsook political parties and campaigned individually. With tension-breaking timeliness, the Gaebale weekend ushered in May. Senator J. William Fulbright, a former University president, was the featured speaker at Honors Day as awards were distributed to outstanding scholars and campus leaders. Fraternities and sororities entertained with spring formals and, before the corsages were wilted, bottles of suntan oil were opened and spread on winter-whitened skin. Lake Wedington and the White River sandbars and the tennis courts competed with classes and im¬ pending finals for students’ attention. For most students, the school year ended days before the seniors graduated. BATTLING in the traditional tug of war, DISCUSSING campaign issues with a group RACING down Maple Street in the renew- the Farmers and Engineers welcomed Spring of ChiO ' s, Dean Brown kicked off the race ed Soap Box Derby, the Gaebale clowns ' with a celebration of 41st annual Agri Day. for president with tour of organized houses. entries failed to win anything but laughs. 22

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SIGMA NU s, garbed In knee-skirts and olive branch garlands, joined Holcombe Hall girls in skit A Yankee On Mt. Olympus ' . Three hours of BOB GREEN skillfully filled the time between acts with well-received impersonations of famous singers and comics. 24