Vanguard University of Southern California - Centurion Yearbook (Costa Mesa, CA)

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Bright floats and royalty began the memorable day in a widely-publicized parade that surprised perplexed house- wives and bored children with a colorful interruption of their daily ironing and morning cartoons. The First Place Junior creation and other more controversial floats enjoyed their moinent of recognition but soon faded from memory and rains. The day culminated in an attack of enthusiasm and cockeyed optimism as alumni, thought translated, made their way home for reunion and recognition. In the midst of the basketball game against University of California, San Diego, the lights were dimmed exactly nine minutes for tlie homecoming coronation. To the strains of And We Were Lovers, from the Sand Pebbles, Jody Rubiy, the 1968 Homecoming Queen, graciously relinquished her title and reign to the new queen, Pat Popoff. As the evening turned darker with night, the Queen and her lovely court reigned over the defeat and victory to the conclusion of the Homecoming activities and a solemn Alma Mater. Tlie day had come home to the hearts of the true Vanguards and a vision of unity stood above the faithful old and new warriors, hailing the blue and the gold. k 1 . . 1 1 Iite«».- JlLUlllU i J { i

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ir - % ' i«J, » A class of Freshman artists and iiandymen assiduously applying decor to the bland gymnasium abet- ted a night of creative frustration as the various classes worried about unpatented prized floats. The Home- coming theme, Peace Through Understanding was never attained; peace came only through the termi- nation of Homecoming ' 69.

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