University of Illinois - Illio Yearbook (Urbana Champaign, IL)

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lt' e of the Ynar-You Go 'lGung2-llofl FN The dress of this couple suggests they are at the famous Shar1tytovvn Sl'1uftIe dance. Bowls and all thus pair appears to have come straught from Chma to attend thus dance Anything goes at a pledge dance and we see all types of costumes and make up wlmch create defmnte nmpressuons tor example the fellow in the l-lomburg looks luke a dxplomat.

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Let De it the Hair and Go to ei Pledge Daneeg K we 'x 4 a 14 ea Behind a bead curtain, lurks pledge-dance-intrigue as man in a raincoat and a lady in a floppy hat confer. , if f' .' F- IT V, 'mf Using cardboard, paint and our ingenuity, we can transform our houses into anything. Choosing the theme is the difficult part. livery liutternity :intl sorority usuztlly hats two pledge dances per yezne, one in the lull :intl one in the spring. On the day ol the event, the llullst' is lli2lllSl0l'l1lCCl into at setting lor the theme ol the tlznnte. The tlecoixtting job is clone by the ineinlmers ol the house, who fintl themselves getting up at :tn eztrly hour ol the morning to get the job clone. When the cletoiuitions :use linishetl, the znssenihly ol ztppropriztte costumes lor the tlnnte toines next :intl anything goes when youie marking the final costume selection. ,Xlter you and your tlztte have seen ezuh other in your tostuines, tztntl you've stoppetl laughing to some clegreej you proteetl with the rest ol your house to czunpus where Others Slllll' :tt you in lllllll!L'lllL'lll. Then, you return to the house :intl set yoursell in the inootl ol' the clztnte. At the stroke ol twelve, we niust go, but znlregttly we uwztit the next one. Not only the French maid, but everyone at a pledge dance loves to rock 'n' roll when the drummer starts his swinging solos, if 4 5

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. ,it . 'f' 4'7 t I- gg: QS we A in li yi. is , A 3 imfgii ' 'M'-,t N-.r 5 Si Mil Since the origin ol Honietmning on the eztmpus in lflltl, there hztve been -lil meetings ul' pzist lllini with current Illini. Ifroni thztt first year, Home- toining trzulitions liznve swollen lo gigantic propor- tions. liztth yezir, we lintl more wztys to show the :alumni our grzititutle. Trzttlititmzilly, we hztve open houses during the weelxentl, where the ztlums muy gather or recall lnntl memories, but the prepztrzttitm for Home- tmning stzirts on the tttmpus long helore the alumni ztrrive to see the progress ol this generation. The two It-:itures ol' Homecoming :ire Stunt Show :incl tlecoiutiotis, both ol which tatlee planning. everynne's ellort :mtl plenty ol' time to perfect. This ye1tr's theme ol' Clzt1'toon Colossus was txirrietl through in both Stunt Show :intl tleeorzt- tions ztntl zuclztitnetl by the ztlumni us the best Honiecoming ever. Alter Homecoming is over :intl the zilumni leave, we :ire still lztcetl with re- turning to the hooks to pitla up where we left olf. C .d E t Mr. Illini Clean was really working in washing out Minnesota in e the winning Homecoming decoration constructed by the TEKE's. ie .1 , W is fi, 7 In ,gtg 5 - . 1,i.w,xi.-- , 3, .,,1,' -' fi- 'li lf- N f .-3 V1 A N .' -1 ...,.. r - -.L . 1 - 'mv ' zlifid' i . .LIEE43 . new .rf ' r 9 J ' ' - W' Y ,, 'P x J . V i- Y, 4, E133 ,tif r N f s. V fam-Q HQ'-QQ., ., .H s mfs- iw egg' Homecoming is a meeting of past and present. Here, Robert C. Matthews, tirst Illini cheerleader, confers with Mary Sue Drendel. I6 Even Dogpatch citizens were here at Homecoming. They met in Granada's winner to defeat the Golden Gophers.