South Dakota State College - Jack Rabbit Yearbook (Brookings, SD)

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Ljonc but Razor Razed The first weekend also brought the first football game. And the first pep rally . . . which many freshmen (bless their souls) attended and many upper- classmen (may they transfer to the Uni- versity) did not. Sadness reigned at the football game, for more than one reason, but mainly because of the burial of the razor. Black- gowned, solemn-faced, cigar-smoking pallbearers marched slowly onto the field. With much care and tearful con- sideration the razor was lowered to the ground. In a ceremony tinged with ut- most sadness Leon (a crumb off the old Graham cracker) Pfotenhauer rode in regal splendor onto the burial site. With a lump in his throat (it might have been his cigar) he read the last rites for the deceased razor. Throughout the course of this saddest of all sad ceremonies a long line of mourners wept great pools of tears into their handkerchiefs. To the co-eds the burial was indeed significant. They had lost their last chance for a really smooth date. Top, Judge Pfotenhouer orrives at the burial grounds in regal dignity, astride o magnificent black-and-white charger. Bottom left, the second girl from the left ond the third from the right don ' t seem to be taking the occasion seriously. Come, come, girls, let ' s hove no unseemly frivolity. Bottom right, the last and solemn rites are read over the inert Mr. Straight-Edge. Twenty-five

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. . . Someone to watch over me . . . Wayne King watches over Roger Dean, who Is wandering off some- where, and the bond vocalist, who is about to take a break. Wayne King, the Waltz King . . . played his way into the hearts of Staters as he appeared here this fall. King and his saxophone appeared in a two-hour concert. Although he is noted as the Waltz King his program went from waltzes to popular songs and to jazz. Just as his waltzes set everyone dreaming, his jazz bounced them right out of their chairs. C-v f v3oivln % Waltz King His two vocalists won the whole- hearted applause of the audience. Such songs as Josephine and Alexander ' s Rag Time Band were special audience favorites. King ' s stage manner of friendly jok- ing and mugging were both relaxing and enjoyable. At the same time he commanded the audience ' s interest like a true artist. Campus dignitaries gave a dignified hip hooray when the enrollment rock- eted to a new high of 2662! The fresh- man class was the largest with 1071. And the Ag division was plowed under by the engineers who topped the di- visional count with 713 slide rules to their favor. The entire Wayne King orchestra. Most ot the bond take a break as a trio ot musicians tootle away. Here is one of the high spots of the concert. Twenty-four

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liree ckeers and Welcome Willie Weary Willie, the epitome ot State College hobos, arouses moss enthusiasm in Pre-Hobo Day festivities, after his arrival at the station. The solemnity of the occasion paused long enough for the upperclassmen to cackle gleefully as the initiation pro- clamation was read. Prospects of long weeks of torturing freshmen in green beanies and pigtails brightened the dis- mal lives of many a sophomore, junior and senior. The freshmen sighed and resigned themselves to fate and green beanies. Weary Willie, the pride of the Hobos, rode the rails once more. Amid cheer- ing Staters the tattered Spirit of Hobo Day climbed down from the royal coach of the hobo, the freight car. Waiting for his arrival was the Bummobile, especially polished and shining for the occasion. Strains of Yellow and Blue and Hail, Hail, the Gang ' s All Here rose from the Hobo band, which was, to say the least, noisy and ener- getic. Escorted by spirited collegiates Willie rode through Brookings to State campus. Hobo Week had begun. Number one on the list of activities was the freshman and sophomore tug- Milling State students await the arrival of Weary Willie. The fellow slightly right of middle, intent upon the cameraman, come dangerously near being run down shortly after this shot was taken. Twenty-six