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Show No. 5. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, FEBRUARY, 1951 Volume 4. Annual Mardi Gras Festival, Saturday, Feb. 24 An Introduction ... On Saturday, February 24, the annual Mardi Gras festival will be held in Payne. Gymnasium under the sponsorship of the Language Department. The fete will be marked by colorful dis' plays and booths, representing the French, German and Spanish sec' tions, all the foreign language elements represented on the Westmin' This utricle is dedicated to the new members of our Westmin' ster campus. In addition to these, many Westminster, social and ster family. I would like to introduce to you some of the activities athletic organizations will be represented. The language booths will feature typical foods of their respective countries, and entertain' we have here. t Early last fall, we had several parties and picnics to get ac' ment is being furnished by all three sections. Plans are well under way, spurred by the organizing capacities quainted with the new and old students; one a wonderful fall can' of the general chairmn, Bill Patterson. The superior organization on party, is an annual event. The girls of Westminster entertained their mothers at a fall and production of. the Mardi Gras has ever marked it as the out' social event of the year. The displays are artistically de' tea in Ferry Hall on October twenty'second. The music, the pro' standing the costumes are unique, and the entertainment gay and gram, and the delightful getting acquainted made the occasion one signed, ' funny. to be long remembered. For those who are not acquainted with the Mardi Gras tradi' Our Homecoming celebration, over which Barbara Pendleton tion, Mardi Gras is translated from the French as meaning Fat" reigned as queen, held thrills for everyone. Tuesday. On Mardi Gras, the people don bizarre costumes and dis' The girls of Ferry Hall had their open house following the guises and lose themselves in a wild revelry of feasting and parad' the rooms Homecoming celebration; refreshments were served and ing. However, at 12 o'clock, the merrymaking stops, as if with a the is once This and visitors year during guests. were surveyed by sudden chill, and the revelers scurry to their homes, the last strag' dance was this a After and clean.. neat when all the rooms are glers revealed by the gray dawn of Ash Wednesday, the beginning held in the Payne Gymnasium. of an austere Lenten sason. live who A part of the Mardi Gras profits are annually earmarked for Foster Hall, too, has its share of activities. The boys dance. the continuation of a scholrship for language study. Any language there entertained their dates at the annual Cowboy'Lady The couples enjoyed a lovely dinner and dance plus a welhorganized student of Westminster College doing summer study is eligible to about this dance is that the apply. program. The most unusual thing attire. AlLstudents of college age are invited to attend the festival. girls wear formals and the boys wear western A Halloween party, sponsored by the Senior class, took the Westminster students wishing to bring friends are invited to do so. of Ferry All attending are urged to come in costume. spotlight in October. It was held in the lower lounge Hall, which was decorated accordingly. After returning from our long'awaited Thanksgiving vacation, we were delightfully entertained by the Fall Play, Village Green, presented by the Westminster Players December 15 marked the date of the Christmas formal held at the Ladies Literary Club. This event concluded the social activities of the first semester. Special mention goes to our football team, were proud of it. , Starting the new semester off with a sock, pardon me, I mean bang, was the Freshman Sock Dance, Saturday, Feb. 3. The am nual Westminster Carnival, the Mardi Gras, will be held the 24th of February, over which a King and Queen preside. It will be a lot of fun so we hope to see you all there. The Westminster Players will present a spring play March 17; if it is anything like the last one, it is definitely something to attend. The Spring formal will be m April. The Girls Glee Club is planning activities ior the spring months. This is one of the nicest groups on the campus, dont miss hearing them sing. W. A. A. and Girls Physical Education classes present their As you have all noticed we have a pep band at our games now. It will Another time in some Fete annual May is small, composed of two clarinets, Duke Jennings and Daphne Tap-pacanyon picnic May. the brim. calendar of affairs fills a flute, Mamie Lewis; three trumpets, Jim Sako, Harold Wylie to the be held in May which Of course, in June there is the excitement of graduation and and Charles Knight; a piano, bliss Johnson; a snare drum, Barry Wright, and a bass drum, Dona Stafford. As you have heard, it makes an elaborate Farewell Banquet on the 2nd of Jun6. lots of noise, though. You must remember that these are only the main events, there If anyone can play a saxophone, a melophone or a clarinet, please are many others, too many to mention here. Be sure and come out enlist in our band. We need everyone we can get, so see Miss Johnson if you can help add any pep. to these affairs, its your school. , , ' . . . I Pep Band n; 4 |