Look, up on the ceiling.

Between the technicalities and tedium(?) of Commencement ceremonies on June 3 and the real world crashing once again on us on June 5 came several hours of magic in McElroy Commons. (We’re posting on June 4, because no one left the ball before the clock struck midnight June 3.)

The 1968 Commencement Ball took place in McElroy Commons. !? “Upstairs,” the main dining hall, featured Count Basie and his band. “Downstairs,” Eagles’ Nest(?), there was Lester Lanin and his band. Back in our day, those were two premium musical entities. McElroy may have never heard better musical sounds.

Classmates invested $15 per couple to attend. Was it worth it? Were you there? What do you remember?

Here’s a gallery of photos taken at the Ball and published in the spring supplement to the 1968 Sub Turri. If you have identifications for people in the photos, please let me know.