University of Central Missouri - Rhetor Yearbook (Warrensburg, MO)

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- it Homecomin creates and recalls an international holiday Homecoming is to remember the past by celebrating the present. lt is a holiday of nostalgia for college alumni. and weeks of hectic excitement and preparation by undergraduates. lt is a memorable event of renewed friendships and treasured years. Homecoming l965 . . . the freshman's first glimpse of special college weekends . . . yesterday meeting today . . . campaigning for a personal favorite . . . time for organizations . . . footballs and cleats . . . extra grid practices . . . nocturnal drill for an impressive convo . . . Saturday and Sunday in Hendricks Hall . . . black lights and opera hose . . . the glow that comes only from winning . . . walking across a darkened campus in the shadows of defeat . . . planning the following phase . . . a name tag and a straight pin . . . Note for Judy, or Barb, or Nancy, or- . . . the sophistication of a Coronation Hall . . . a gasp and a tiara for Queen Sharon Hilgedick . . . silver charms for princesses Jennifer Clay and Janice Sprague . . . an injured player who missed the crowning of his queen . . . raining confetti to welcome a princess home to ljanhellenic Hall . . . one week to Homecoming . . . frantically finishing floats . . . secrecy superseded by pride . . . who's got the wire cutters'? . . .hours of twisting tissues . . . stuffing. . . Friday night panic . . . wind cooling a Saturday morning . . . a day of international fantasy on an lnternational Holiday . . . a kaleidoscope of color . . . pushing to the curb and crouch- ing on the edge . . . a float that snagged every overhead wire . . . future collegians marching proudly in high school bands . . . the freshman float bearing the regal radiance of Queen Sharon Hilgedick and her court . . . a stalled Corvette and new transportation for a poised former queen . . . welcoming Creeks at sorority teas and fraternity coffees . . .a stadium of swarming fans . . . dust and cinders swirling in the breeze . . . disap- pointment at defeat dimmed by memories . . .ending Homecoming at thc final dance. . .the aftermath of celebration . . . Remembering a worthwhile extravagance . . . Homecoming is. W- ,i Z fis c 37 After her eoronation. Queen Sharon and her es- A I t Yi-lsr' t. , , M..,mXh QT? ,lack Bozarth. President of SGA. crowns a beautiful l965 Homecoming Queen. Miss Sharon Hilgedick. fx X cc 5 2 - i - - '-dlt.l'lth-r wld cu . Um'TUU ld O edt 1 uid an l ll Students and alums dance to the music of NX arren Durett. X 5 5

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ueen's court beautifies 1965 Homecoming activities 5, FIRST PRINCESS Jennifer Clay Alpha Gamma Della SECOND PRINCESS Barbara Cumper ,lanice Sprague Delta Zeta Ilouts-Hosey Hall N udy Wclili Sigma Sigma Sigma June Riekhof Donna Folk Alpha Sigma Tau Alpha Omic-ron Pi K Vivian Tate Judy Roberts Nancy Watts NICIKCTSUU Hall Young Democrats Alpha Sigma Alpha 12