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

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ALTHOUGH BfiER DRINKING IS A big part of college life for some students, these Kick-Off goers had to move to higher ground when a rain storm hit the annual Fall festivity.

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EDITOR ' S NOTE: The Student Life section is a completely new concept for the Reveille. In the past, all the elements which make up this segment of the yearbook were interspersed haphazardly throughout much of the front portion of the book. Student Life then, is a hodge-podge of things such as speakers, special events and activities which do not necessarily fall within the realm of the normal classroom. Nor do they come within the jurisdiction of most clubs. In this section you will see a lot of the after-hours things which go on around campus. We hope it will be a popular addition and continue to be a Reveille tradition in the future.

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OTTOEEGEEST Beer and bierocks marriage and what be- gan as a five day horse race spawned an annual European tradition which has recently been adopted by the Hays community — Oktoberfest. October is the time of the year when you celebrate ' Francis Schippers, Oktober- fest chairman, said, Oktober- fest is a sharing of different dia- lects . . , the communities are united by a Volga -Germ an background ' For many, the traditional tapping of the beer keg at 10:30 a.m. marked the begin- ning of the fanfare which was scheduled in conjunction with the university ' s Homecom- ing festivities. Nevertheless, there was much more to Oktoberfest than beer. Floating through the fresh autumn breeze was the aroma of Bierochs, sau- sage, sauerkraut, pastries, breads and much more. Some kind of Volga-German delica- cy could be found at each of the 39 food booths. If the food and drink lines were too long for some to wait, there were 19 other booths selling T-shirts, hats, antique like photographs, art projects, collector ' s beer steins and var- ious other articles. Adding to Hays ' largest folk festival was the Stiles and POSING FOR OLD-TIME pictures was probably not as much fun as some were led to believe. Company Medicine Show, Created by Bill Baker for a cowtown festival in Ellsworth, the unique form of entertain- ment has been a part of Okto- berfest for the past three years. The back of a brightly paint- ed wagon served as a stage for Baker, Susan Jewell, Susan lanzen-Bittle and Colleen Jewell as they tried to convince potential customers to buy their elixr. Dressed in brilliant- ly colored costumes, the four- some sang and danced, em- ploying friendly persuasion to accomplish their task. By the end of the day on Friday, Oct, 2, over 15,000 community members and uni- versity students and personel had taken part in the Okto- berfest celebration. The at- tendance was one of the lar- gest for the Hays ' Oktober- fest, OKTOBERFEST CHAIRMAN FRANCIS SCHIPPERS toasts the seventh annual event. ELIXER WAS ONCE again peddled by the dancing girls of Stiles Sc Co. SHARING A BIEROCK with a friend is part o£ the Oktoberfest tradition. For the over 10,000 people at Oktoberfest it. was more than just 10