Furman University - Bonhomie Yearbook (Greenville, SC)

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 A PROCLAMATION Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye! Be if known to all and sundry to whom these presents may come! The day of OCTOBER 12, 1976, is hereby proclaimed os FESTIVAL DAY for the students and faculty of FURMAN UNIVERSITY Upon this day—until the hour of 4:00 p.m.--there will be no dosses, labs, or other such drudgery, and the time will be spent in play, games, and kindred other festivities and frivolities. Duly ond properly signed and sealed by me upon this 11th doy of October 1976.

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Field Day: Remember when ... Male — you ended up tied to a girl who was labeled by your hall as Miss Clearasil — you won the tug of war contest and haven’t been that close to a girl since — you get slapped for trying to jump in the same potato sack with Thunder thighs Female — you wondered why the guy you were tied to undid the knot before the race was over — you thought that tug of war contest was the most intimate moment of mix week — you wished that guy was jumping into your potato sack Both — you took that unexpected and unwanted dip in the lake 23

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on ot pans being beaten, and paper being slipped under Tins paper pronounced the of all classes and labs, and an to join in a day of festivities, mg activities included fnsbee throwing, softball, a hike on Pans Mountain, relay races, a picnic lunch, and extra sleep to some. A biuegrass band played in the parking lot of McAlister Auditorium that afternoon and the coach' led participants through various folk and square dances Refreshments were not forgotten - bushels of apples were pressed into ole fashioned apple cider. th the desire for secrecy had failed, the be remembered as a Furman experience not have to spend