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

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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.

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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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• • an excellent play ... set down with as much modesty as cunning . . .” Shakespeare’s comment fit the scene . . . Hamlet One of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies came alive for an extremely re- ceptive audience as the spring Lecture- Concert Series brought the Canadian Players to the TC stage with their pro- duction of “Hamlet.” The company gave a rather unusual interpretation of the play, stressing the youth of Hamlet and his friends. They were represented as a group of Elizabethan college stu- dents with a youthful enthusiasm not normally displayed in more traditional interpretations. The set was extremely flexible, permitting a rapid progression of action so that very little had to be cut, and the play could be presented almost in its entirety. 26 . . . the queen . . . O Hamlet, speak no more.