Southeast Missouri State University - Sagamore Yearbook (Cape Girardeau, MO)

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Holiday celebrations are held all over the world as cities from Sikeston to Stockholm enjoy their October 31sts and December 25ths in their own special ways. SEMO also had a unique manner of celebrating last year's major holidays that gave students a few days of break between hours and hours of classes. Halloween 1975 saw the remains of a visit by the Great Pumpkin who left his signature in bright orange paint all over campus. His remains however, soon disappeared with the aid of a good rainfall and various hard working groups on campus. The Great Pumpkin wasn't the only one celebrating the occasion. Many students took advantage of the fact that Halloween fell on the Friday of Homecoming weekend and celebrated Homecoming in Halloween attire. Several Cape neighborhoods saw students in unusual costumes either trick-or-treating or attending costume par- ties. Thanksgiving, the first extended vacation for students since fall break, was celebrated with cafeteria candlelight dinners and a two-and-a-half day week of classes. The first big snowfall of the season slowed down many students driv- ing north for the weekend with anticipation of sleeping late for a change and devouring a large homecooked dinner. With finals not far away, this was also a time for catching up on last minute papers and projects at home. Cctober 3 i Halloween 0 Halloween 0 Halloween N ovem ber 27 Jivi g 0 Thanksgiving 0 Thanksgiving ecember 25 v Christmas 0 Christmas 0 Christmas Hhiiuay highlights The arrival of the Christmas season was obvious. The streets of Cape Girardeau and the various shops were covered with decorations even before the Thanksgiving turkey was eaten. City workers placed greenery, garlands, and colored lights high above Broadway and Main streets as students looked forward to the 25 day semester break. There wasn't an academic office or a dormitory floor that didn't have at least a Christmas tree and a smiling Santa dis- played and a Christmas party fund collected. The bicentennial year began with some students atten- ding various New Year's Eve parties. Before too long, though, it was time to return to campus and the routine of attending classes. As soon as the return was made, students immediately began counting the days until spring break. Florida sunshine, escape to home or to a friend's house, and a look toward summer were some of the pleasures an- ticipated by students when they came back from Christmas vacation. The spring semester finally came to an end with a short three day Easter recess to break up the long stretch of classes between spring break and finals week. For some students, three months of summer vacation meant swim- ming and partying while others had just a short two week wait until the summer session began and another school year with not enough holidays was underway. l' l i l l ji L i I ,7 4