University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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WWill Got tluit pig, brother! Then came Homecoming and along with it Greek Week. During the week long celebration, the fraternities and sororities put on a great show for the alumni. The first big event was “Festival of Fun. All types of games ranging from a frog race to a three-legged basketball game had the onlookers howling at the antics of the participants. Hut while many of the Greeks were participating in the games, others were building the house fronts that issued a welcome to the alumni. 44 One strike! Two strikes Three strikes . . . and out!

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 What do you mean, ‘Yea California!’ Pitt is our team!” When Pitt played its first game, the students flocked to the stadium. It was one of the very few times that the football season started before registration. Pitt students wanted to catch a glimpse of their team under the tutorship of a new coach-—Johnny Michcloscn. The weather was warm and the team was hot. As the sultry weather sent shirt sleeves rolling tip and the sweat pouring down, Pitt trampled a comparatively soft California team 27-7. Pitt had begun its season with a strong showing. The students yelled and cheered. From the press box, the reporters fingered their typewriters and clicked out stories that Pitt was returning to the “big times” and that this was the year for a winning season. “There lie goes again. That makes it twenty seven points.' The day was hot.

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Some people . . . Really worked ... Themselves up . . . Pitt in the doghouse. The next night the Greeks held Stunt Night. Each Greek organization put on a skit dealing with Walt Disney characters. They had great fun with their theme of “Disneyland,” more fun perhaps than the j»eople that watched them. They enjoyed portraying the comical little people of Disney’s fantasies. Even though all of the groups did not win prizes for their jjerformances, they won greater prizes in the laughs and cheers that they received. Into a lather.