University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Below, students take a break from their busy Welcome Week schedules for an appetizing lunch on the mall of the St. Paul Campus. Above, Danny's Reasons provide the right kind of music for the Welcome Week Whirl. Below, the first pep rally of the year attracts many of the new and old students.

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Olympics and dancing are part of celebration Above, participants in the Fun-Olympics tug-of-war contest find themselves struggling against each other as well as an opponent. Right, the State women gymnastic champions prepare to demonstrate their winning forms to a very appreciative audience. The Fun-Olympics were held on the St. Foul Campus. 28

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Lectures, programs spark Homecoming Float builders cursing rainy skies was only a small part of what turned out to be, in the main, a successful Homecoming. Homecoming 1966, “Shoo-I-Away,” marked a transition from the type of activities offered University students in previous years. Striving to draw more student participation, this year’s Homecoming Committee added many new cultural and educational programs to make the celebration an all-University event. New this year was a Columbus Day lecture series given by members of the faculty on such subjects as LSD and the Viet Nam conflict. Also new was a concert by the University Chorus and Concert Band which preceded the announcement of the Homecoming Queen and her court. The Cambridge Circus, a British satirical revue with music, gave two performances in Northrop Auditorium as part of the Homecoming festivities. In a ceremony closely patterned after Miss America pageants, Albert Heimbach, Alumni Association vice president, crowned CLA senior Jan Jacobsen 1966 Homecoming Queen. Surrounding Miss Jacobsen were her four attendants, Helen Shreves, Jane Gilje, Connie Kroll and Kandi Demeray. Tin■ Minnesota “Gopher ami cheerleader G cor pan ne Dc-Peu (right) keep the Homecominp spirit high despite a steady rain.