Sweetheart Ball

Each winter the freshmen class sponsored a Sweetheart Ball.  The queen of the ball was voted for by the entire freshman class.  The top seven vote recipients have pictures taken that are sent to a modeling agency in Portland, Oregon.  There judges view the pictures and send back their choice for Queen of the freshman Sweetheart Ball.

The Associated Student Body President announces the Queen at the intermission of the ball.  The ceremony of escorting the queen to her throne and crowning her then follows with the princess standing, as her court on either side.  Pictures are taken and the Queen signals for the dancing to continue. 

I thought it was a very nice process and it was reviewed by the press as “the loveliest ball of the year”.  It gives the freshmen a chance to feel important as a class in the eyes of the other students. 

It’s quite obvious that if a student came to Eastern to have fun, there was a non-stop agenda to choose from.  It would be difficult however, to maintain a grade point that the college would except without the student showing some restraint.  A balance of fun and study was recommended.

*Taken from "Which Road Should I Follow?, Volume 1, Growing up in the country", an autobiography by Edwin K. Hill.