Moberly Area Community College - Mojuco Yearbook (Moberly, MO)

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HUMlEllMINH Ol' Man Mars put a dent in our Homecoming celebration this year. We blame him because we have no football team, and with no team we could not possibly have a Home- coming game. That -much is true -but just because M. j. C. didn't have the traditional mass meeting, bonfire, parade, game, and flock of banquets does not necessarily mean that the occasion passed completely unobserved. Though the cards were stacked against us, we played the ace of trumps fin the form of good school spiritj and had a rousing good celebration, VVe were limited to just a dance butwhat a dance it was! History, math, and english were the least of our worries that night, as we met old friends and renewed acquaint- ances. In accordance with the state of affairs, the gymnasium was deco- rated in a patriotic motif. The back- ground for the queens throne was made up of narrow strips of red. white, and blue paperg the canopy over her head was made up of drap- ings of the same color. Throughout the dance anticipa- tion as to who the queen would be steadily increased. Suddenly the trumpets blared out in a fanfare and the moment had come. The band played a soft dreamy piece and the candidates from each class slowly walked in and stood on each side of the royal platform. Then the royal procession began. The class attendants took the spot- light as they entered with the re- spective class presidents. The at- tendants were Misses june Brock- way, Maxine Briscoe, Dottie Wil- son, and Georgia johnson. To add to the suspense the big secret was kept a bit longer as Miss Raymon- ette Rucker, the young flower girl, dropped rose petals in the path of the queen. Then came the climax of the evening. Miss Lucy Lee Truesdell, 1942 Homecoming Queen entered with Elbert Stringer, stu- dent body president. b The patriotic theme was further advanced by the appearance of de- fense stamps in the queens crown and the attendants corsages. lm- mediately following the Coronation the entire audience joined in sing- ing the Star Spangled Banner. As the last strains of the national anthem died away and the royal family descended to renew the dancing, the formal ceremonies were over but this fact remained. Homecoming of 19442 had been ob- served. The tradition still lives on even though Mars did succeed in stripping her of some traditional glory. ' F I 1 T Y - Ti I G H T

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HIHNHHNIS JUNE BROCKWAY MAXINE BRISCOE DOTTIE WILSON GEORGIA JOHNSON FIFTY-SEVEN

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HUMIHHMINH Queen-Lucy Lee Truesdell Attendants-Georgia Johnson, Maxine Briscoe, June Brockway, Dottie Wilson Entrance of the Queen. The Queen dancing with . student body president. F1 FTY-NINE