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

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Uhe (Day Fete With the coming of spring the Normal campus is Dillon’s favorite auditorium. For this reason it is an ideal place for the May Festival. This celebration is in the form of a program staged by the Normal Students and the training school pupils. The May Queen, who is a Senior, is elected by the school. She is escorted to her throne by a procession of attendants, who strew her path with flowers. After the crowning ceremony a program is given for her pleasure. —23—

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 CD” ‘Dai( After much suspense, on the part of the students, “M” day arrived. The weather was favorable; the eats were ready; nothing else mattered. On this day. theoretically, the Juniors work and the Seniors play. Many Juniors were introduced to regular mountain climbing before they reached the “M.” The first task was to enlarge the “M” one foot on each side. The Seniors armed with brooms and whitewash with which to whiten the M” appeared on the scene. It will probably always remain a mystery where all the brooms come from. A high wind did its best to remove all traces of the Seniors. The work done, the weary participants slowly descended the hill to the valley below where Dean Smith was waiting with the lunch. Then the halting procession made its way back to town. “M” day has been an annual event at the Normal College since the “M” was built. It is the duty of the Seniors to give the “M” a coat of whitewash. —22—

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£?he Vow-Wow As the name suggests, the Pow-Wow is an annual “peace-pipe smoking” between the Senior Chieftains and the Junior Tribesmen. The Junior warriors are endeavoring to take the hunting ground from the Senior braves. A war is averted by a compromise. The Seniors decide to give their hunting ground to the Juniors, only after the latter promise to uphold all traditions and customs hitherto observed. The significance behind this ceremony is the annual transfer of power from the Seniors to the Juniors. The ceremony itself is impressive. A campfire is built on the campus; around this the chieftains and braves assemble. The scene thus presented is a beautiful one. It has a natural effect and brings to one’s mind pictures of Indian conferences which probably took place on the site not so many years ago. —24—