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

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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

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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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OLD-TIME VOLGA-GERMAN music was provided by Bob Maxwell and his band. U