Fort Hays State University - Reveille Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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Homecoming Theme Depicts Circus I fori Hays Start ? Homer oming 1974 brought with it (Iritis oi falling leaves, (ragranl yellow loot ball mums and reunions wilh lass- males and I fiends, Student Heritage a s ulplure by Pete frit ' ' I eften, of flays was deduated by the women ot Mortar Hoard lame Huttaker, Emporia tumor, accepted the robes oi l MS Home- coming queen and ruled over the activities, including the fridav night lug-of-war over Big Creek, snake dance anrf front ire pep rally, Hluegrass anti contemporary music highlighted Ihe weekend as the lari Scruggs Revue and the Burgundy Street Singers pre- sented concerts Friday and Satur day nights. C low ns. 45 Boats, 2“’ bands and 12 i ars ot dignitaries partic ipated in the biggest ever Oktoberfest Homecoming parade Saturday morning Dunng the Oklobertesl celebration a steady crowd drilled through Ihe park enjoying German tood, beer and i raft demonstrations — goose-pluck mg, spinning, quilting, ceramics and stone c ulling steady downpour of rain tailed to keep many Tiger fans away from the f HS-University of North- ern Colorado game, which ended in defeat lor the soggy Bengals a tan Kappa h siton vvas given a merit award m animation lor its gorilla lloat. iliai illustrated ' We Co Ape Over i he I rgers b A member of the Hays community demonstrates -pinning ter hn nines during t tkioberled llomn oming — Oktoberfest 25

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24 Homecoming — Oktoberfest a Pioneer trail demonstrations are part ol the Oktoberlest celebration Here a llavs student weaves a mat on a loom b 1 he parents and friends of the Commu- nity Day Care Center designed this train float for the parade t Swing With Tiger Bandwagon. ' cre- ated by the Youth Committee for St loseph ' s Credit Union, won the $100 sweepstakes award and a $ 10 merit award for design d Custer Hall ' s ' Blast the Bears float in which a bear was shot out ot a cannon won the $50 f HKSC Award

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Homecoming Includes Oktoberfest Activities a. McMindes Hall residents proudly dis- play the fact that they won the Alumni Award for their float entry. I). The Burgundy Street Singers sang, danced, mimed and played a variety of instruments during their Homecoming performance. c. All tension is dissolved among Home- coming candidates Ian Harrel, Kathy Kruse, Letha Caeddert and (Debbie Cook, as Mike Schardein, student body presi- dent, robes 1974 Homecoming queen lanie Huffaker. d. Two McMindes Hall coeds work dili- gently to complete their float by parade time. 26 Homecoming — Oktoberfest