Jacquie Berndt '63 was announced as the Homecoming queen for 1962 last Friday night, at what was classified by all conservative estimates as the biggest, the gaudiest, and undoubtedly the most well received homecoming Maine West has witnessed.

Arrayed in a bell shaped gown of gold brocade she stepped forward as her name echoed across the stands. Her eyes were streaming with tears as the crowd went wild with applause.

Later the queen and her court, consisting of Queen Jacquie, Karen Broberg, Barb Georgans, Carol Kristen, and Toril Matre, watched the remainder of the football game on reserved seats with their escorts. Mink stoles, worn by the girls, were furnished by Wirth Furriers, Des Plaines, and their convertibles by Des Plaines Motor company.

Winners of the coveted first place award at the Illinois State fair, Maine West's famous marching band, under the direction of Mr. Robert Kuite, presented several of probably the most difficult college field maneuvers and formations ever staged before high school students. The marching band, later accompanied by the Maine West Cadet marching band, held spectators on both sides of the field spellbound.

Dancing to the rhythm of a simulated tom‑tom beat, the Maine West majorettes went through their routine; of course, the Pom‑Pom girls were active also with a precision performance.

Helping to cheer Maine's Warriors on to their two victories over Leyden's Eagles were the frosh‑soph and the varsity cheerleaders who were aided for the first time this year by Maine's new and all male cheerleaders, "The Morfit Misfits."

Capturing first place in the annual float competition, Boys club‑Girls club proudly paraded their float, depicting a warrior beating his tom‑tom before a colorfully decorated teepee. The float, entitled "Beat 'Um," was a project which has been undertaken by the combined forces of Boy's club and girl's club for the past three years. Taking second and third places, respectively, were the Sophomore class with a huge Indian brave sending smoke signals and entitled "Warriors Signal Victory," and the Senior class with its large golden bell ringing out "A Victory Heard Round the World."