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Show DIXIE COLLEGE HAS COOD TIE "D" DAY "D" day was observed by the Dixie college students and faculty last Friday. Fri-day. The day was spent in cleaning up the schoo 1 grounds, part of the students going up to the "D" on the black hill west of the city and giving it a coat of whitewash. A departure from the usual proceedings pro-ceedings was made this year in the shape of a torchlight parade and program 'on the college lawn. The parade formed up with color bearers mounted, one carrying the national flag the other carrying the school flag. These were followed by the D. C. band with torch hearers on each side of them and in front. Following Fol-lowing the band came a beautiful float, decorated with the school colors, col-ors, in which the "D" day queen, Miss Hortense Snow, was seated upon a throne surrounded by her maids- in waiting. Following the queen's float in succession were students and faculty facu-lty carrying torches, autos bringing up the rear. The parade was a beautiful beau-tiful and inspiring sight as it marched march-ed through the principal streets. Returning to the point of assembly the parade reformed on the college grounds with the queen's float drawn up on the west edge of the north lawn. Here a platform had been erected upon which the program pro-gram was given. A spotlight of four colors was fixed upon a platform in a tree facing the float and platform and was used very effectively by Sam Thompson. Five barefoot maids did some classy Greek dancing on the lawn in front of the queen. This was followed follow-ed by the presentation of gifts, the scales of justice, the sword of truth, the torch of learning, etc., to the queen by the various classes, the presentation pre-sentation speech being made by one members of each class and acknow-legment acknow-legment made by the queen in clear and well chosen speech. All went well until just as the program was near the end when the platform collapsed, col-lapsed, fortunately without injuring any of the party standing and sitting upon it. Several photographs were taken. The "D" Illuminated While the program was in progress, the band struck up the prelude to the school song, in which a couple of shots are fired. These: shots were the signal for lighting up the big D, S0x90 feet, on the black hill. Cans filled with crude oil and sawdust had been planted all over the D and when the shots were fired these were lighted light-ed with" a torch and immediately flared up in a living letter. Applause burst from the big crowd which had gathered, enthusing them for singing cf the school song immediately following, fol-lowing, which was given with great gusto. A very enjoyable dance completed the day's- activities, closing a busy "D" day which will undobtedly be remembered for many years by those taking active part in it. |