[NU Sports] Could Northwestern emulate Iowa's Black and

[John Labbe]

It's amazing what you can find on the Internet.  According to the following 1981 Time article, the flip-card section was disbanded sometime in the late 1950s or early 1960s, which is consistent with the recollections of our list members.

Quote from 7th paragraph of article:
"Ara Parseghian supplied some euphoric times in the late '50s and early '60s, when the flip-card section at Dyche Stadium reached a point of such giddiness that cards were tossed, spectators hurt and the section disbanded."

See: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953208,00.html#ixzz12lMZvpaN


On Oct 18, 2010, at 08:09 PM, AJWDBW at aol.com wrote:

> I really can't say, Mike. I left campus in 1955 and didn't return for about
> fifty years. Sorry.
> Don Williams C55
>
>
> In a message dated 10/18/2010 6:52:19 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> nolan at romaine.tssi.com writes:
>
> When was the card section discontinued? I don't recall seeing it at any
> games when I was there in 1967-72.
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