University of California Riverside - Tartan Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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Qpfopj With the trained eye of FL Parif sian artist, Denny Weeks, right, blends the paints to that delicatef shade so fashf ionable for concrete college letters in 1957-yellow. lim Greenfield watches the master's touch admiringly. fBottomj Freshman Judy Gust, left, starts the long process of painting the This job was the first projects of the freshman class and right away they proved themselves worthy of the name, Highlanders. ent a helpin an Page 35

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Endresult-the largest bright yellow concrete letter in the United States, looks over the UCR campus and the vicinity for miles around. fTopj Working iwth the EL. Yeager Construction Company crew, Larry Beger, left, and Ray Duncan, center, prepare forms for the pouring of cement. Materials and labor were donated by Mr. Yeager, a Cal alumni. Ucrans certainly owe Mr. Yeager many thanks for making the C possible this year. fBottomJ After spreading cememt for ad afternoon, Dave Boin, in sun- glasses, returned to UCR more appreciative of his scholarly existence. Mike Hogan, squatting upper left corner, critically surveys the scene of toil and swear, and shrewdly calculates his next maneauver to evade manual labor. ,, ,,.. , ,.m.....,..........-1-......vMu-m Plans and talk concerning the Big C stopped this year and the real work began. Forms were laid, cement was poured and a coat of paint bright' ened the largest cement college letteri in the United States. The C was the target of many a prank. There was Homecoming, when it disappeared completely, and during finals' modification produced an optif mistic C+, followed by a C-. Thanks to the generosity of a Cal alumni and the hard work of new and old students, a brilliant yellow C now looks over th-e UCR campus and the city of Riverside. but he

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Getting the year started off with a bang was the Hello Dance held in the Gym. The weeks activities, thoroughly enf joyed by all, and especially the new students, as evidenced above by the gleeful smile of Marlene DiOrio as she is carried by the traditional California Bear, Dave Boin in disguise, across the dance floor. ulzalling leaves of autumn formed the backdrop for the fall dance sponf sored by the Gaels. Even Dave Peter' son enjoyed this evening at the Women's Club House. This happy group pausing to rclax on the floor of W3fkiI1xS House is so engrossed by the bedtime story that they don't notice the slee-pwalker pass' ing by. Dressed in almost every conceivable type of nightwear finconceivable t-QOH, gay couples danced the night away at the third annual Pajama Dance. Sam Blacki seems to have noticed some shortics.