Pitt-Johnstown's 8th- Annual Homecoming will begin at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27 with a return of "Anything Goes" sports competition. in addition to Pitt-Johnstown and IUP teams, Pitt-Johnstown alumni will also participate in this event, which will be held at the Sports Center. According-to Dean of Student Life Lowell Shaffer, no word has been received from St. Francis and the Altoonacampus of Penn State, who were also invited. The competition will continue for one hour Saturday beginning at 9:30 a.m. . The Homecoming parade, which will begin at the Richland mall at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, will feature 10 high school bands and 11 floats, which will be constructed around this year's theme, "No Man Is An Island.” Area bands‘ scheduled to participate are Bishop McCort, Conemaugh Township Area Junior—Senior High, Conemaugh Valley Senior,‘ Ferndale Area, Forest Hills Senior, Greater Johnstown Central Senior, Greater Johnstown. Area Vo—Tech, Northern Cambria Senior, North Star Senior-Forbes Campus, Portage Area Senior, and the Richland Senior High School bands. The Blue-Gold basketball game will begin at 1:30 pm. in the Sports Center. Returning Pitt-Johnstown Mountain Cats ' Vwill be challenged by freshman squad members. Half-time will feature the announcement of float winners and the crowning of the new homecoming queen by the reigning queen, Cindy Malysko. A luncheon for queen can- didates and theirescorts has been set for 12 noon in the faculty dining room.
An Alumni vs.Varsity basketball game is scheduled for 2 p.m.’at the Vo—Tech field.
A buffet dinner-dance will be held at the Sheraton Inn at 61-30 pm‘. for faculty and alumni. Music will be provided by "Clap Hands Here Comes Charley." Pitt-Johnstown's student .theatre group will present "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" at 8 p.m. Oct. 26, 27, 28 and Nov. 2, 3, and 4 in the Engineering and Science Building. Other possibilities are a concert by Pitt-Johnstown's Jazz Band and a disco-masquerade party. All-in—all, this year's home- coming events promise an interesting and fun-filled time for all.
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A shower of cancelled activities and a constant rainfall dampened Pitt-]ohnstown’s Homecoming, I September 30 - October 2.
Although the Anything Goes contest successfully kicked off the ' festivities on September 30, the scheduled Las Vegas Night was cancelled. “The Veterans’ Club couldn’t get enough man power to carry off the event,” explained Dean of Student Life Lowell Shaffer. “It got too late to carry it off with help from other organizations.” Amidst a steady downpour, floats representing twelve ' cam- pus organizations paraded from the Richland Mall to the campus on the morning of October 1. A $100 first prize was awarded to the Delta Sigma Chi fraternity ' for their float depicting the advance of air travel. A boat’-float displaying the storms the university has weathered in its fifty years of existence won the Math Club a second place prize of $75. Delta Chi fraternity won a $50 third place prize for a float exhibiting a huge animated mountain cat. “Despite the torrential rainfall,” commented Shaffer, “I think the floats this year were the best I’ve ever seen.” The coronation of Homecoming Queen Cindy Malysko — and the announcement of the Queen’s court —— followed the parade. Malysko was the candidate for Delta Chi fraternity. She is a junior elementary education major from Johnstown. Leah Alfieri, candidate for Delta Sigma Chi, was first runner- up in the contest. Second runner- up was Vicky Triponey, Acacia’s candidate. Ambassador candidate Nancy Salem was the third runner-up. The rain that ‘fell on the parade caused the cancellation of a scheduled baseball game between 'Pitt-Johnstown and St. Francis College, and ended the finals for the Anything Goes ‘contest. Student organization outdoor booths and crafts booths were moved in- doors to the Student Union due to the weather. “The cancellation of the "Pure Prairie League concert was a real dampener,” said Dean Shaffer. Advance ticket sales for the can- celled concert had reached record highs. ‘‘ “The Aces,” a professional Frisbee team, presented a show on October 2 in the Student Union gymnasium to a packed house. “The group was excellent,’ remarked Shaffer. “But I am sure I that they would have drawn even larger crowds if the exhibition could have been held on the soccer field, as was planned.” “Things went off better than I expected,” Shaffer concluded, “taking the weather into account.” |
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