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Show Well, it finally got to be nice. After a cool beginning, and a big snow storm, the sun came out to warm the campus and give everything and everyone a rosy glow. The trees came out in leaf and the gardners put the flowers to bed around the campus. Yellow forsythias were everywhere for awhile, and it seemed to make everyone happy because they were in a much better mood than they had been in winter. The effects showed in the elections as a hundred and three candidates allowed themselves to be placed before the student body for voting. A record number of voters turned up at the polls in spite of the bad weather. The election of the new officers brought an end to one of the brightest, most colorful campaigns to invade the Ute campus. The W.R.A. Carnival was one of the biggest events of the spring season, as it usually is. Some of the booths were good, some of the others weren't, but there were cakes and other things to make up for it, and most people looked like they were having fun. There were two last big splashes for the year 1957-58. The military held its combined operations dance, the Military Ball. The football team had a splash too. The big Red and White Game brought the alums out on top, to the embarrassment of the varsity, and a few others. Of course, the biggest of big celebrations for the spring (or for the whole year, for that mater) was U-Days. Some people whitewashed the U, most of them didn't. But people couldn't be blamed for a lack of interest in everything. School probably could have been done away with for that week and no one, not even the instructors, would have been too disappointed. The Waterfights took the first day's energies, to be followed by the Pushcart races between the Union Building and Orson Spencer Hall. More work and a few bruised shins were exemplary of that Friday. Lagoon was the gay spot for the dance with Charlie Spivac and the Four Coins giving the entertainment, and Connie Jo Matthews being crowned queen. Spring quarter never is a big time for the more cultural aspects of local living. Sunning, swimming, and cramming all take more salient positions, but Utah did get the advantage of two excellent presentations. The comic, "Barber of Seville," Rossini's gay opera, received plaudits from the audiences in an enthusiastic manner, as did the brilliant performance, "Coppelia." Few ballets have received as much notice on the local scene, as did this array of color, dancing, and music on the Kingsbury stage. No spring quarter would be complete without the annual spring formals of the Greek groups. Found in various and sundry places in the intermountain area, white dinner jackets and fluffy formals attired the couples as they ate and danced in the Tyrolean House, the Homestead, Rose Pine Lodge, and country clubs found across the face of northern Utah. Dates could be seen opening favors of all types and shapes. People have never had so much to do any time of the year. Finally, the thing that will remain memorable to us on the Utonian staff (and possibly to you too) is the fact that we're late. Oh, how we're late. Never before have so many been so glad to see a quarter end. |