File #2868: "1986 Yearbook, Activities."

1986 Yearbook, Activities.

Indiana--History; Vincennes (Ind.)--History; College Publications

V.U. TUBE RACE ON THE WABASH: Left page: Text: Describes the annual Tube Race, one of the highest student-participation activities in the state; describes Dr. Summers signalling for the race's 49 teams (490 students) to begin. Results: Gamma Tau, first place; CL Two's Swim Team, second place; USS Sigma Nu, third place; The Old Dawgs (Sigma Nu); Prof & 4 Fingers, fifth place; Rec-ing Crew, sixth place; TL-1, seventh place. Best Decorated: Floaters (Sigma Phi Sigma), first place; Aerho, second place; Wabash Connection, third place. Top picture: A team practices rowing in the grass. Middle picture: Dr. Summers standing in a boat and one of the teams. Two pictures of the beginning of the race. Right page: Top picture: Tube racers in the Wabash River with the railroad bridge above. Middle left picture: One of the teams tubing. Middle right picture: A team posing after the race. Bottom left picture: Teams in the river and spectators on the banks. Bottom right picture: Two Tube Race teams in the Wabash River.

Vincennes University, Byron R. Lewis Historical Library

1986

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