University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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Party Life With the Greeks house parties are an institution, and costume parties, a favorite, Although they are limited to 10 a year, onfy one of which may have live music, by the faculty, open houses, which are legal alier any ball game, give them plenty of chances to get together. Every two or three weeks ihe party crowd gets together at a dance In the SUB ballroom, which is probably the finest in town.

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Jam sessions, often scheduled to conincide with cocktail hour, when drinks are half-price, always feature a colored rumba, that screams rock and roll through the smoke to the swingers. Remember Little Enos, and the Houserockers? g g i i Q

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.w 3.5. Homecoming In a section treating social life it is only fitting that the biggest blast of the year should climax the treatment. Undoubtedly Homecoming, although it had compteitors, was the weekend most devoted to social life, and the week end in which the spirit of partying reached its heightht Everything else, at least untii UK won the NCAA regional in basketbalt, seems mild by com- parison AS an organized University activity, Homecoming was participated in by a larger precentage of students, present and past, than any other. To the constant University party crowd was added the most enthusiastic alums of UK who returned to see the game and to renew acquaintenances. This mix- ture was agitated to a frenzy at celebration by the most unexpected victory over the traditional rival in tootbaIIeTennessee. Parties that had been planned anyway, win or lose, were given a highly potent hypodermic by the startling win. The town was packed Most groups had taken the precautions ot reserving tables somewhere, but after about 10:00 p.m. nobody knew, or cared, where they were sitting. The revelry lasted well into Sunday morning at the hotels, and students were given the etxra encouragement of having Monday off to recover, a tradition that would have been observed even had not President Dickey announced it at halt-time, when the outcome already seemed evident. The necessity of erecting house decorations meant that a lot of student were up for more than two straight days, and the crowning hours of elation made the rest needed as well as appreciated. mmmaemmw WII-I-v-n-au- m-mwm Ebr LEnntitt-Euntml BLAST ms, w VOL BODY 1N L011 W's cos; tTlLl ' Wlh'tt