University of Montana Western - Chinook Yearbook (Dillon, MT)

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The fourth convocation of the year is set aside for College Day. The purpose of this convocation is to instil in the students a greater loyalty for the school and to show the new students the college traditions. The traditions were depicted this year in shadow form. Shadowy students could be seen toiling up the hill to whitewash the M”; Indian chiefs and braves dancing around the campfire; enthusiastic students starting on the “Go”, and tired ones returning; ghosts and witches flitting across the screen, and finally a graceful dance to portray the May Festival.

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It is traditional that the Normal College have a (Jo twice each year. One is held in the summer, and the other early in the fall. On these occasions the students and the faculty get together and go outside the city, usually to one of the canyons around Dillon. Here, climbing up among the many-colored rocks in the narrow canyons, they have an opportunity to enjoy Beaverhead's beautiful scenery. The weather as well as the Go” has become traditional. It always snows or rains, but it takes more than that to spoil a good time for a lot of Normal College students. This year's autumn Go was unlike others that had gone before in that the students did not “go.” The place chosen was Dillmont Park. Cars furnished by the Dillon Kotarians took the students to the park where a huge bonfire was blazing to greet them. Some of the students and faculty played football, baseball, and volley ball to keep warm, while others sat by the fire. The best time of the afternoon was when every one got in line for his lunch box and hot coffee. Later, every one gathered around the fire and sang until the orchestra, furnished by the Kotarians, arrived. Normal graduates of earlier years can scarcely believe that for once Normal” girls danced at Dillmont Park and were not interviewed by either the President or the Dean. —19—

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i i The Hallowe’en frolic is one of our most lookcd-forward-to parties. It is a get-together affair for the students and faculty. They all put away their dignity and dress in any costume that suits their fancy. The first big attraction is the program given in the College auditorium. There, stunts are put on by the senior and junior classes, new members of the faculty, old members of the faculty, and other groups. When the program is over, all the students form in line. and. guided by ghosts, go through the laundry door of the old dormitory into the dark halls. Here a cold hand takes hold of the students; weird cries and moans are heard; dry leaves are crunched underfoot. As the students walk through the passageways, a skeleton blocks the path. At last the escape is effected from the ghosts in the lower regions, and the final destination—the “Rec Hall—is reached. Sacajawea forgets herself and flee-hops with Little Boy Blue. The colonial dame with snowy curls remembers that she is a sister beneath the skin with the modern flapper and tears herself away from a hilarious game of Three Deep” with Peter Rabbit to strut her stuff” with a Sir Walter Raleigh. In these days of democracy, king drinks down with beggar the cider or the punch. .Merriment reigns until the stroke of twelve. Ghosts beckon. Within fifteen minutes the “Rec” Hall once more is quiet. —21—