Minnesota State University - Katonian Yearbook (Mankato, MN)

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19 T=:=:=i :- i =:=:=:= 25 Senior Class a T the beginning of the Fall Term of ' 24, about three hundred Seniors returned eager to enroll and get back to their work. After nine months training and three months acaticn everyone seemed to ha e a new and broader iew of college life. Perhaps this outlook was stimulated by a vision of thcmsehes. at some future date, enrol l- ing students in their ow n schools. E en the most prosaic must feel their blood course a little faster at this thought. On the first Friday night after their return, the Seniors found themselves re iewing seme of last year ' s experiences w ith old cronies, both in and out of school. This grand review took place in the college library at the reception gi en by the College Faculty to the student body. The first part of the evening w as spent in meeting new students and teachers and in renew ing some of the acquaintances made last year. Later dancing began and flavor was added by sundry isits to the punch bow 1. At ele en o ' clock all departed for their respecti e homes with a renewed zest for their school work and an irrepressible school spirit that is always re i ed by a return to the Old Gang. The ne.xt big e ent of the Fall Term was the Senior Formal Dance which was held in the Masonic Temple. Each Senior was given the pri ilege of inviting a guest. XIany of the last year ' s Juniors remembered their Senior friends, as well as their new Junior friends, so that both groups were w ell represented. The Washington Party which was held at the Armory was another big e -ent of the year. The College Faculty is to be congratulated upon their ery successful management of that picturesque e ent. Aside from these prominent social e ents there were many other interesting acti ities among which were the Junior-Senior formal dance, Class Play, the Annual, and Commence- ment. All of these contributed materially in making a beneficial and enjoyable year for the Seniors. f 111 AppreciaHicini The board of editors of the annual takes pride in the stunning frontispiece, w hich is a gift of a former graduate, Mr. Feli.x Payant. Xo other class has had such distinction. Mr. Payant came to the Mankato Teachers ' College from Faribault, graduating in the class ot 1908. He is also a graduate of Pratt Institute of Art in New ork City and ot Columbia College. For several years he w as connected w ith the art department of the city schools of Cincinnati. During the war the go ernment used him to instruct officers and men in the French language. He is now an established artist in New ' ork City. We ha e indeed a very great debt of gratitude to Mr. Payant for his generous gift to the class of 1925.