University of Northern Iowa - Old Gold Yearbook (Cedar Falls, IA)

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Benefit Fair 1957 brought another first to the TC campus in the form of the Benefit Fair, an event or- ganized by Student League Board to raise money for eleven welfare organizations. The new event proved highly successful, furnish- ing a gay evening for some winter-weary stu- dents. Booths ranged from the usual to the unique . . . some organizations sold food and such services as ironing and baby sitting . . . a kissing booth filled one comer . . . elsewhere the male population tossed rings at feminine legs to win prizes. A troupe of clowns created additional merriment as the evening progressed, and on-stage entertain- ment was also provided by members of the student body. . . . a kissing booth filled one . . . booths ranged from the usual to the unique ... the male population tossed rings at feminine legs to win prizes. 24

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. . . nil press conferences took place in the “I” club room. Russia's Barkovsky waves as he board' a plane. . . . Joseph J. Sisco, who represented the United States. The press confer- ences took place in the “I” club room in the Men’s Gymnasium, which served as press headquarters through- out the sessions. However, the press conferences were not the only form of activity in the press room. Reporters kept busy at the many typewriters, and gallons of coffee were consumed. The delegates found excellent hosts in the members of the conference hospi- tality committee who met them at the airport, squired them around campus, and saw them off again. During his stay, each delegate dined with groups of interested students. 23

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.1. . each sorority and fraternity was represented in the variety show by an [original act ... a calypso mumber. Creek Week Life must have been great in ancient Athens . . . who were Socrates and Sappho . . . who’s go- ing to be chosen king and queen . . . what should I wear to the dance . . . these were some of the thoughts that ran through Greek heads on campus as TC Greek letter societies prepared for Greek Week festivities. The week included a vari- ety of activities beginning with the annual variety show. Each sorority and fraternity was repre- sented by an original act, ranging from a calypso number to a dramatic reading. The climax of the week’s festivities was the Greek Week dance, fea- turing the music of Bobby Andrews. Vic Dierck- sen and Sally Graskewicz, chosen as Greek Week king and queen, were crowned with wreaths of laurel at intermission. . . . Creek Week royalty was crowned with laurel wreaths.