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

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

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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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Time to With Urban Cowboys, assorted alumni Homecoming V 81 was celebrate nearly a mile. The cloudy October 3 morn- ing was brightened by numer ous colorful floats which incor- porated America ' s Energy is Mind Power or Urban Cow- boy 1 ' into their themes. Along with the 29 marching bands and 25 walking entries were the five homecoming queen candidates. Selected by resident halls, honoraries and organizations were Darcel Dubbert, Cawker City senior; Kitza Knight; Burr Oak junior; Michelle Shanks, Minneapolis junior; Kim Thompson, Dodge City senior and Julie Wirth, Chaflin sophomore. The skies cleared in the afternoon soon after a helicop- ter from Fort Riley whisked in from the north to deliver the game ball The mechanical bird touched down at midfield and a soldier presented the football, which was to be used in the game against Missouri A nticipating the first glimpse of the Homecoming parade, an estimated 10, OCX) on-lookers lined Main Street for 12 blocks. They huddled together as the parade slowly made its way from 16th street and continues southward for THE SIG EP lire engine, a parade tradition, was once again on the scene. Western State College, to the head official, It was very impressive 1 Kandy Bruce, Galva junior, said. ' The crowd seemed to like the unexpected surprise ' However, the near -capacity crowd did not appear to enjoy the surprise delivered by the football team. The Tigers ran up a 31 -6 score at halftime, but much to the dismay of their fans, were beaten by the Grif- fons with a score of 39-3 L Perhaps the highlight for the crowd was the crowning of Wirth as queen during half- time ceremonies. Escorted by her brother Kevin, Wirth re- ceived an unexpected kiss from a McGrath Hall Kazoo Band member following her coronation. LtED BY J P, Randall, a sworm of Tigers make a tackle. 12