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

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Homecoming snake dance. The snake dancers wind themselves from the Delta Zeta house to the bonfire site. German — A L 17 ALLEN LANG

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Worth waiting for by Tonia Richardson Homecoming started with a snake-dance and a bonfire on the Thursday night before Oktoberfest. Previously, the homcoming weekend had started with Okto- berfest on Friday. Prior to 1973 there had been a bonfire, but it had been discontinued until this year. The bonfire was sponsored by the Student Government Asso- ciation and the Memorial Union Activities Board. It will wind around the block and do wn Seventh Street. We ' ll end up at the fire sight south of the old stone schoolhouse across from the library, Kevin Amack, SGA president, said before the event began. Oktoberfest. What immediately comes to mind? Homecom- ing, parades, loud music, and no school. The date for Oktoberfest was Oct. 9 and the place was Frontier Park. Homemade crafts, lots of food and drink and folk dancing were included in the day ' s activities. JIN ' A LA [SO Performing in the firelight. The cheerleaders do a routine at the bonfire festivities. The bonfire had been discontinued in 1973. Starting off Oktoberfest. President Hammond gives an opening speech in Frontier Park to start the German celebration. German 6 Oktoberfest is a time for getting together with friends and family, Francis Schippers, chairman of the Oktoberfest activi- ties, said. Oktoberfest is basically an ethnic festival which started quite a few years ago. The main reason we tied it to Fort Hays State Homecoming was to try to promote the community and univer- sity together, Schippers said. The Oktoberfest festival is organized by the Volga-German Society, located in Hays. According to Schippers, it takes quite an effort to enforce the idea behind the entire festival. We ' re trying to bring parts of the German culture out in this festival by featuring a lot of the German culture and ethics. It ' s really not intended to be a big party, as some students may assume, Schippers said. Added to all the folk music, German sausages, beer, costumes and art, the homecoming parade and festivities take place the day following Oktoberfest. PHOTO LAB

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PHOTO LAB Element of surprise by Mildy Hall It was another cold homecoming. The football players wore jackets on the sidelines, and fans brought blankets. The Tigers played Wayne State College, Neb., for the home- coming game. The four homecoming finalists were Brenda Geerdes, Menlo senior; Mary Ann Hurst, Goodland senior; Julie Ann Isom, Kensington sophomore; and Tricia Thull, Cawker City senior. Although she insisted she didn ' t believe she would be named queen, it was Thull who was crowed during the intermission, I told myself all week that I wasn ' t going to get it Thull said. ' 1 was so surprised. I didn ' t know what to say. I just wanted to get out of the cold, Thull said. The weekend came to a fitting close when the Tigers rallied to post a 29-24 win over Wayne State. Handing off. Two football players complete a successful hand off during the homecoming game against Wayne State. The new queen, Tricia Thull was crowned queen during halftime, Thull was the Wiest Hall candidate. PHOTO LAB Crowning — 8