University of Wisconsin Eau Claire - Periscope Yearbook (Eau Claire, WI)

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I 1 Ron Kuehn, Sophomore Class President, oversaw the freshman class elections. The wait was long, but by then, the freshmen were used to lines.

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Unruly freshmen were sentenced to clean the sidewalks. Blugold Spirit September twenty-fourth, at the stroke of ten-thirty, the largest freshman class in the history of WSU-EC donned tradition. The previous week saw lines of freshmen trying on every size until they resigned to the fact that the beanie was never made to fit. For two weeks. Gold Rush Superior echoed from lab stools of Phillips Hall to the table tops of the Crest Commons. Reactions were varied, but under those blue and gold bonnets, plans for next fall's freshmen were taking form. Judge Bob Tessen adjourned court, the town was devastated of all burnable material, two classes bonded— one to destroy and one to defend, as the beanies became part of the one and only bonfire and the freshman emerged as 1 4200 of his university. ► Glum freshman received the verdict of the Beanie Court.' All was confusion as one of the Freshman Forums was dismissed. 23

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The wall in front of the Blu-Gold Room was plastered with posters of candidates. Leaders Chosen As its first joint effort, the freshman class supported and elected representatives of its student body to serve on the University Senate. After a week of hanging posters, making speeches and meeting people, students used voting machines which registered votes as 956 freshmen expressed their opinion and supported a platform. Ron Negra and John Alexander rose victorious as President and Vice-President by a slim margin of votes. As their first duty, they organized the homecoming bonfire. Gary Peterson explained the voting machine to a freshman voter. Then you were alone in the booth, and the choice was yours. 25