University of Houston - Houstonian Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Everyone wants to vote for Dennis Cervi when thoy sco his attractive handbills. Elections and Politics Vote for .. . here, have a handbill . . . voted yet ... arc you a junior . . . such is the cry outside buildings during elections. Handbills littered the campus as elections for senators, class officers and Homecoming Queen were held in the fall and for student body officers and cheerleaders in the spring. Propaganda was handed out as organizations diligently campaigned, traded votes and block-voted. Got your handbills right horo is tho cry of studonts who clutter tho outsido of tho Don during elections. Vote counting is tho final step in elections. Dean of Men James E. Williamson and Lester Hewitt do a double count. Campaign posters are a necessary part of elections and. bosidos that, the grounds keeper has to have something to do. 25

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“Strike a V” • • • Symbol of Spirit Strike a V was the cry heard across campus, at pep rallies, at football games all year long. It is the new symbol of the school spirit at UH. It stands for the enthusiasm present in the student body. It is a password of pride and symbol of victory over intercollegiate foes. And it stands for Varsity V.” Early in September, 1963, a new club was formed. A number of male students working on Kitten Kickoff joined together to promote school spirit (and perhaps try some spirit 90-proof.) Their symbol soon became heard all over campus, and by the first football game the symbol had been appropriated by the entire student body. Strike a V” is destined to become a cry as famous as that of any other school . . . a cry symbolic of our school spirit. Strike a V it the cry . . . and Varsity V member thow their school tpirit. Wonder what they're saying. Pep rallies were instrumental in spreading the sy'ool across campus. “Varsity V members strike a V at the Homecoming pep rally. Homecoming Qucon Ponny Dunham flashos the victory sign at tho Homocoming Dance. 24

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 Study . . . The Most Vital Part of College Life Study is an intrcgal part of college life—although some manage without it, as many professors know. Cramming for a mid-semester . . . spending hours in the library doing research on a theme . . . making a dress for a home economics course . . . worrying over making a 2.0—or worrying over making the Dean's List . . . staying up all night before a final . . . trying to organize time to study every day ... all of this is part of college life. For despite the time spent partying and playing, students realize that their primary purpose in being at UH is to receive an education.