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

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Colle e Union is home of varied activities The College Union provides more than just a place to meet friends for a Cokeg it is the cen- ter of various community and college activities. Here parents have the opportunity to become acquainted with the college and its activities at an informative Parentis Day Tea. The ballroom is the scene of band jams and various other dances. The snack bar area attracts students throughout the day between classes. Down- stairs, in the Union, a game room provides a place for a quick game of ping-pong or a quiet game of bridge, and a bookstore and barber shop cater to student needs. Upstairs, students may bowl, relax in the lounge, or check out magazines or chess or checker sets at the in- formation desk. J Un the 20th annual larent's Dav. CHS students and their parents gather at a tea in the Union Ballroom. Zgzi Guest bands in the Union. one night and for one dant e makes a Band Jam. In 1965, 524,903 people stopped by the snaek bar. A bridge game in a tournament calls for deep thought and strategy ' f S .gy up , 1 g N...

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Pertle Sprin s all-school carnival introduces students, activities, fun The Pertle Springs Carnival. . . opening the door to another year . . . a driveway lined with booths . . . pushing through massed people to greet old friends . . . millions of How-was-your-sunt mer? . . . a pipe-cleaner monkey dancing on the end of a stick . . . the steady beat of a band blaring from the lodge . . . yellow busses returning to fill the area . . . and going to Yeater for more . . . ten-cent tickets to try your luck! . . . cakewalks and bas- ketball throws and dunk the clown . . . smiles and introductions . . . a constant buzz of voices intermittently broken by a high- pitched laugh . . . or a gutteral shout . . . the Pertle Springs Carnival . . . a night to remember the near past . . . and plan for the near future. . .a night to remember as past . . .in the future. :fx 27 ft hs' fi He's a dead-ringer! -35 nival atmosphere. rl 1 .riff tie it 4. ,, 1 iii 'iw 18 Getting hit in the face with a wet sponge. throwing darts, or stuffing a wild bikini, students capture a car- A driveway transforms into a midway. lu Stuffit INT,

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Determined Daisy Maes nablazy L'il Abners on Sadie Hawkins Day Heralding spring with a burst of youthfulness is Sadie Hawkins Day. . . an almost-legal cut day when teachers turn their heads . . . the warmth of a summer sun . . . cooled with Kickapoo Juice . . . Marryin' Sam . . . the unexplainable air of relaxation . . . and activity that begins and ends in the Union . . . cut-offs and sweatshirts and pigtails and freckles and child-like abandonment return . . . the reverie of a party at Pertle Springs . . . barrel races . . . sack races . . . an all-Greek softball game . . . gum chewers competing to blow the biggest bubble . . . spontaneous singing . . . listening to lectures in uncuttable classes . . . deaf ears and shifting feet . . . Sadie Hawkins Day is individuality . . . nonconformity . . . planned action . . . sudden impulses . . . a day to look forward to . . . a day to remember. W 20 .7 ' ..-