University of Iowa - Hawkeye Yearbook (Iowa City, IA)

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THOUSANDS OF IOWA FANS FOLLOW HAWKS WEST PLANS Tor going To The Rose Bowl were underway wiThin a Tew hours aTTer The I-lawlcs' vicTory over Qhio STaTe. Six Trains carrying SUI sTudenTs, alumnae, Tacul- Ty, I Club members and The Two musical groups in addiTion To The Thousands oT oThers Tans who Traveled by oTher means, represenTed Iowa aT The TournamenT oT Roses. The nine days proved much Too shorT To see and do all ThaT The Tournamenl' and Los Angeles had To oTler. There were parTies, sighTseeing Trips and Triends To visiT. Anxious Hawkeye Tans awaiT The arrival o'I The I-lerlcy Special Train wl'1ichTransporTed 750 Iowa sTudenTs To The WesT CoasT. Jan. I, oT course, was The Big Day. Crowds Tormed early in The morning To view The parade OT Famous FirsTs, Iowa parTicipanTs included The Highlanders, band, cheerleaders, The live I'lerlcy, and The Big len and Iowa TloaTs. Then The bumper- To-bumper sTream of TraTlic began iTs way To The Tamous Rose Bowl. Baclf in Iowa The sTreeTs were deserTed as almosT everyone saT peering aT a TV seT. No one was sur- prised when Iowa emerged vicTorious, 35-l9. BuT The pride in The I-Iawlrs was as overwhelming as The crowd pulling aT The goaIposTs. Sandy Lohner, Miss SUI ol l956, adorns The Big Ten TloaT in The 68Th annual TournamenT oT Roses Parade in Pasadena. la..

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FOR PARTIES, GIFTS, CAROLING IN HOUSING UNITS, CLUBS Egg s 5 '-'-stag PM ,. we lax The In+efna+ionaI FesIiveI in Ihe Union depided Ihe diIIerenI' ways Chridmas is ceIeIoraIed in Ihe various coun+ries. SUI'S FOREIGN STUDENTS REPRESENT HOMES AT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL Wishing Io share, groups had pariies for handi- capped chiidren and sang carois aI Irhe hospi+aIs, enIerIaining and giving giIIs. A vicarious four oi ofher counIries was pre! senIed aI Ihe Union when Ihe foreign sIudenIs our did each olrher by represe-nIing Iheir homes ar The Inlrernaiionel Ee-sIivaI. Dec. I6. Throughouir Ihis Iinfie everyone was busy shop- ping Ior Ihose giiis Ihar would Ioe iusi righI. Fi- naIIy, SUI's siudenlrs bundied info every 'rype of ve- hicle and, Ioraving Ihe Iowa winIer, were on Iheir way home Ior vacahon. Singing carois around Ihe Iree, simiiar Io Ihis scene aI Wesi Iawn, was Iypical of Chrisimas parries in SUI's housing unirs

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M ...imawfw W , The SUI Marclwlnq Band enlerlalned lO0,000 specfalors In lne Rose Bowl aa well as mllllons more wafcning On TV. l l wav M J QL fx il K ig R i 1 .lull 1wW2 l'. V' 5 3 fn 25 The dramallc flip ol llmc coin, wilnessed by lowa co-caplains Dlclc Deasy and Don Suclwy opened ine Hawks' sensalional 35-I9 Rose Bowl vlclory. A lllllc: veal is sought by lour Iowa Coccls allow Qomplelinq cm 9-day lrip which included visils lo Disneyland. Hollywood and Knolfs Berry Farms. 'W ls diff ll l KSQPEUY A! Egg' 'lf