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Tuesday, October 29, 1974
University Daily Kansan
The baby Jayhawk celebrated its third birthday during the halftime of the football game with famous movie celebrities drawn from characters
in famous children's stories. The Homecoming theme was "The great Entertainer: Hollywood Hawk."
Homecoming weekend successful despite football loss to Iowa State
The only event of this year's Homecoming that didn't come off as expected was that the Iowa State Cyclones beat the University of Kansas Jayhawks, said Robert Foster, chairman of the Homecoming Committee and director of the KU Marching Band.
In spite of this shortcoming, however,
Stephen W. Clark, assistant director of the
Alumni Association, said everything went
well well.
"The people who came back had a really good time," Clark said.
This year's Homecoming incorporated reunions for the classes of 1949 and 1948 along with the traditional decorations competition between the organized living museum and the school also the occasion for celebrating the 50th anniversary of the School of Business.
About 300 people attended the class of '49 reunion and about 250 people were present for the class of '64 reunion, according to Clark.
The class of 64 had a barn party Friday and a pregame luncheon in Wescoe Cafeteria.
The class of '49's reunion included a dinner Friday night at the Ramada Inn and a performance of "Goddspell," the University Theatre's current production. Saturday, the returning alumni had a pregame luncheon.
About 150 people attended a postgraduate
50th anniversary of the School of Business.
There were more entries this year than last in the Homecoming decorations competition between the organized living groups, according to Wendy Martin, Leawood senior and member of the Homecoming committee.
In Division 1 (three dimensional with moving parts) first place went to Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and Delta Delta sorority. Second place in Division 1 went to Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity and its little sister organization.
The winners in Division 2 (three dimensional) were: first place, Triangle fraternity and Sigma Kappa sorority and second place, Oliver Hall.
In Division 3 (two dimensional), Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and Kappa Alpha Theta sorority took first place; Pi Kappa Halia and Pi Beta Phi sorority took second place.
Martin said the judges had difficulty in deciding the Division 1 winners because all
Also, according to Martin, the All Scholarship Hall Committee had a canned food display that went to Penn House after the competition.
Mike Miller, programs director for Student Union Activities, said the attendance for the Dionne Warwick-
cinder concert was between
4,000 and 8,000.
Flanker Bruce Adams, and the remainder of the Jayhawk football team experienced anything but "home sweet home" in Lawrence Saturday night following their 22-4 loss to the Iowa State Cyclones. Contrary to the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and Kappa Alpha Theta sorority homecoming display prediction, right, the Cyclones stole the show and probably returned to a blublant homecoming in Ames, Iowa.
Miller said the SUA's reception after the game had a good turnout. The reception featured photographs from the University and other colleges, and the campus has changed over the years.
Foster said that this year there were more students involved in doing more things for Homecoming than in any of the four years he has been on the committee. He said this was the first year in a long time that that there had been a theme for Homecoming.
The success of a homecoming shouldn't be based on whether the football team wins or loses, Jerry Waugh, assistant athletic coach, says it'll "more please if they win, he added.
"Homecoming is here to stay, but we must
inspire and make Homecoming
for everyone."
"You can't have a Homecoming without a football game." he said.
Although the alumni enjoy seeing the students involved, Waugh said, the number of students at the game and participating in activities was less than 20%. The students enjoy this type of thing too.
Butch Ross, Leslie Weber, Bill Schmidt and Kyle Wiedemann, above members of the Sigma Delta DeltaDelta Delta
more than pleased with their first place Homecoming display trophy. All trophies were wrapped in repellent ragge ceremonies Saturday.
The football game evoked vociferous crowd reaction. The outspoken Cyclone rooter above directed his team onward while no doubt impugning the character of the Jayhawks, and the KU Marching Band member below pleaded for a little offensive action from the Jayhawns while also no doubt impugning their character.
Kansan Staff Photos by DAVE PETERSON JOYCE MENDELSOHN DEBBIE GUMP