Dickinson State University - Prairie Smoke Yearbook (Dickinson, ND)

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EDITOR KUPPER RAMBLES - - - If this book had an introduction or preface, this would be it: The staff of student writers have put in a lot of time and effort to bring you the 1941 Prairie Smoke. The free range produced a hard-working, free- thinking, hearty type of American pioneer, character- ized by a thousand quirks of vocabulary and manner. The staff members have chosen this western atmosphere as a background for your book. Should a yearbook be formal, or informal, de- scriptive or narrative? Whatever a book should be, this one is decidedly informal and the intent is to have the makin's flow along as a tale that is told. In short, here’s a story of the life of the folks who together make up the personnel of the college at Dickinson. The account of the doings and hopes of a half thousand of western North Dakota young men and women IS interesting and the staff members' supplication is that they have been able to bring flashes of this interest to you. Theme In Western We have tried to use a western theme. We may not know all the western lingo, but that which wo have used is authentic, for we got it from a ranch- man’s handbook of North Dakota brands and west- ern phrases. All the western scenes that you will find enlivening the book were drawn by our art editor and her associates. We hope you’ll like them. As you will see, the freshmen are the Tenderfeet. sophomores are known as Waddles, juniors as Hands, and of course, the seniors are the Top Hands. The faculty are the Bosses, Mr. Scott is the “Big Boss of the entire spread, the deans are the Foremen, and the members of organizations are the Rustlers. For the first time in the history of DSTC annuals, individual pictures of all students are being used. If yours is not to be found, don’t come to see the editor (wjk), because it isn’t his fault—it’s your very own. He tried to get you to have your picture taken, but you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. In other words, we tried to get away from group pictures such as some appearing in the earlier annuals because we want the people who will be looking at this book in the future to see you and be able to recognize you from your picture, rather than from your name. You will not be able to find a separate section for teachers, but will find them scattered throughout, most of them with the activi- ties with which they are commonly associated. Informal Plan The book will not follow a formal plan of presentation, but will be in chronological style, following the year’s events as closely as we could make it. For a change, most of our snaps are not captioned. In past years the captions were never good enough for some of the readers, so this year we have furnished more snaps, and we suggest that each person put his own caption on the snaps, so everyone should be happy. Another improvement in this book is the bind- ing. When you lay it down, you will notice that it stays open just where you want it. The binding and back cover are new features of the '41 year book also. We have several new sections in our '41 book, such as Student Leaders, Hairdo's, and Porten and Gals. These are devoted to outstanding students, unusual coiffures and to good pictures of some of the beautiful girls in our school. And of Russ. Your Name' In It The index is to be used if you are in a hurry to find yourself, a boss or a buddy. You may find it handy in looking for a pix of your best cowgirl friend, to see who or what she Is placed next to be- sides yourself. Now go ahead and look at the book. If you like it let us know. If you don’t like it keep it to your- self. We know there are some things wrong in it it wouldn’t be a success if it were perfect. We hope you like it.

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HOWDY! 4 Well, folks, here’s the lecord, as tee see it, - - - told in an informal, eds} imt- ern style. Plain, simple and honest, - - - that’s us. So, Howdy everybody! We hope you like your copy of WILLIAM J. KITPPEK Editor

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THE FIRST DAY - - - Hundreds Gather At DSTC For Annual Fall Roundup On Tuesday. September 10. 1940, a great gather- ing of tenderfeet took place near the central ranch house, commonly known as the State Teachers College, at Dickinson. The day before, the older hands had showed up to make arrangements for their winter’s provisions. But back to our tenderfeet. “Who’s that tall, earnest-looking man over by the fence?” said Irene Miller, to John Bach, who looked ns though he might know. “Oh. that man? Why, he’s the owner of this whole spread! Scott’s the name,—Charles E. Scott, they call him. Nice man to work for, I hear.” “He been here long?” “This is his second year as boss of the spread. He’s been in these parts for a good long spell, though. Came here ’way back in the ’20’s. Well, the tenderfeet were herded together in the big corral, where the bosses, directed by E. S. Hatch, arranged about bunks, chow, and entertainment. All the youngsters joined the chow line and saw many of the sights. First off. they visited the Reg- ister of Brands. Charley Bugbee, who passed on their letters of application. They found Charley plump, efficient, and anxious to keep everything on the spread in motion. CHARLES E. SCOTT President Then the tenderfeet got their stock of reading matter from Marion Gardner, cheery and proper be- hind her high counter where she keeps the stocks of books. Finally they stopped at the ranch strong-box and left part of their gold for safekeeping and some to pay part of the cost of their keep.