Dances The first major dance, the Harvest Ball, gave the females a chance to display their prowess. The girls' choice affair was sponsored in October by the Associated Women Students. Working on the assumption that males are more likely to relate to cars than the usual hay bales and pumpkins, they chose for their theme, "Shifts, Gears and Wheels." The Homecoming Dance conformed to the theme of the Homecoming Week, "Carnival". The decorations were dominated by balloons. The theme of the Snowball was "If" from the song of that name by the rock group that goes by the name of Bread. The ball was sponsored by Sigma Nu and La Dianaeda. Chosen to reign as Snowball Queen was Cathy Etherington. Her first attendant was Judy Carter and Joyce Johnson was second attendant. Nritya Mala was the theme of the Preference Ball. Sponsored by the Associated Women Students, it gave the girls an opportunity to dance the evening away with the guy of their choice. Named by the girls as the campus' most preferred man was Rich Watkins. The Sweetheart Ball, one of the oldest continuous socials on campus, was held March 10. It was sponsored by Otyokwa and Beta Theta Pi. The selection of the King and Queen was made this year by a fraternity and sorority from the University of Utah. Selected as Queen was Mary Taylor and Dean Johnson was named King. "Just An Old Fashioned Love Song" was the theme of the Jr. Prom. The spring quarter event was decorated as various love scenes. The Prom Queen was selected by a student body vote. (Because of Press deadlines it was not possible for us to include the names of the royalty.) The U.B. Ballroom was the setting for a stomp nearly every week of the year. They included an array of stomps sponsored by campus organizations. Homecoming Week Undergoes Several Major Revisions The homecoming activities made a break from tradition this year. Several major changes in the annual format gave the week a new identity. The downtown parade was replaced with a carnival held on campus. The Feline Follies was changed to a different type of performance. A bonfire pep rally returned to campus after a six or seven year absence. The weeks activities were geared around the theme "Carnival". The remodeled homecoming week was coordinated by Homecoming Chairman Louona Harline. Highlights of the week included the homecoming concert. Entertainment was provided by singer Helen Reddy and singer composer Jimmy Webb. Results of a studentbody voting to select the homecoming royalty were announced at the Reddy-Webb concert. Doris Poll was named Homecoming Queen with Mary Taylor as first attendant and Shelly Winslow second attendant. Noon Programs offered a slate of musical presentations, old movies, caricature drawings by faculty member Farrell Collett, and speeches by candidates for city elections. The Feline Follies were changed from a talent show into an evening long program. The Follies, the annual alumni sponsored show, featured fewer performers appearing more often. Honors were bestowed upon two Weber alumni at the Alumni banquet. John A. Dickson was honored as the "Most Distinguished Alumni". Dr. Leland Monson was recipient of the "Most Distinguished Service" award. Fireworks and flames lit the sky during a pep rally held in the dirt parking lot across from Promontory Towers. The stomp scheduled to be held around the bonfire was forced inside Promontory Towers by an onslaught of cold weather. The humor of Dan Valentine, columnist for the Salt Lake Tribune livened the Fine Arts Center convocation. Valentine poked fun at items such as education, re-Won, politics, women's liberation and sex. The Homecoming Dance swirled around the week's theme of Carnival. Decorations included balloons, balloons, and more balloons. An early morning breakfast launched the activities for the final day of the week. The breakfast as well as the carnival were originally planned to be held in the stadium parking lot. Below-freezing temperatures moved the activities into the Union building. Features of the carnival were booths sponsored by campus organizations. The attractions included a booth filled with costumed O.T. pledges selling their kisses for a modest fee. L.D. pledges stood behind cardboard characters with an exposed belly exhibited through a hole. The delicate mid sections of the girls then became target for chocolate syrup-loaded-squirt guns. The Wildcat football squad suffered its first defeat of the season at the Homecoming game. The Grizzlies of the University of Montana squeaked by the wildly 14-13. Dan Valentine Brought Nothing Serious to Weber State College. Salt Lake Tribune columnist Dan Valentine took "nothing serious," as he entertained during the Homecoming Week convocation. One of the first comments he made about the campus was, "The homecoming committee took me over to see the new bell tower - to make a donation." Valentine revealed he knew where Howard Hughes is, "I arrived on Air West-one of the few unscheduled airlines. I know where Howard Hughes is. He's in the bathroom of the airplane I came in on . . . the door was locked for the entire 90 minute flight." "They won't let me talk at the U. of U., my hair is too short. They won't let me talk at B.Y.U., my pants are too short". . . I'm a last minute replacement, they tried to get J. Bracken Lee but he doesn't come out around elections. They also tried to get Governor Rampton but they couldn't find him. Last I heard he was in Berlin on state business. I asked a student if there is any women's lib controversy here - The answer was no. I asked, what, no bra burning? He replied, what's a bra.' I've been in Utah for 21 years ... I came from America. Utah is a good place to write a humorous column. You can get up at eight and not have anything to write about and know that by eleven somebody had made a fool of himself. When I go to big banquets I never know whether to smoke in front of everybody or go to the back and smoke with the bishops. Do you know what a hippie is? A dirty JayCee. Clean a hippie and he'll start putting up Christmas lights downtown in September. Sex was a lot more fun when there weren't so many books written about it. One thing about the generation gap ... I like the gap. The more I hear the young people's music the more I'm glad I'm on the Lawrence Welk side of the gap. They (the football team) are kind of smug at the U. of U ... They all kind of sit in the locker room and think they're Notre Dame. I went to school too soon. We used to rip down goal posts at football games. Heck, that's not half as fun as burning down an ROTC Building."