Prescott High School - Hassayamper Yearbook (Prescott, AZ)

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 At the hour of twilight on a warm August night, unusual activity takes place in front of an Indian pueblo. For tonight the Smoki dance and ask their Gods for rain. The long awaited day has arrived and in their ceremonial dress they will thrill thousands with their weird, mystic and yet beautifully simple actions. White men shed their white skins and be- come lithe, bronzed Indians for a night to bring back to life those ancient meaningful ceremonials. Not only in body do these men become their dark-skinned brothers, but their hearts beat with the rhythm of the tom-tom and their souls feel the deep meaning of the ritual they portray. As their women and children move around campfires doing typical Indian tasks and preparing to join in some dance, a perfect pic- ture of a native village in eager yet suppressed anticipation of the excitement to come is brought to view. And so to these Smoki people who have added so much to our lives here in Prescott, and the West, and who have become famous the world over, we dedi- cate our 1947 yearbook. ted to...

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