| Show STUDENT LIFE Due to the united efforts of the ladies and Mr Stutterd the gymnasium was decorated in simple though very pleasing colors The ladies had taken pains to sweep the dirt into the cracks so that after all the floor was not bad and everyone seemed to have a good time It had been previously arranged to have games and music in the large reading room for those who preferred such entertainment to dancing Of course the pleasures of the ball room were too enticing to be abandoned for such commonplace amusements as games and music Dancing was then (he main feature of the evening Not the least important event was the “candy pulling” The Sorosis girls had prepared boxes of candy For each box there were ten tickets sold If one were fortunate enough to get the lucky number he ate candy If not he watched others eat for the boxes were small and would not go around At any rate no one was offended and when the visitors from Wyoming departed they felt that we had not mistreated them Student Heeling On Nov 20 a meeting was called for the purpose of practicing cheers and to present the arrangements which had been made to entertain the University of Wyoming football team Immediately after chapel exercises the faculty was polite 83 ly invited to take seats in the body of the hall and Pres Crawford of the athletic association took the stand His remarks were brief and to the point He stated that every effort would be put forth to show our visitors a good time The remainder of the period was taken up in practicing cheers and songs For some time the entire school cheered together then squads were organized and cheers rang from all parts of the chapel until the gong struck for class work to begin Captain Aadscn The members of the football squad met Dec 3 and elected Howard Madsen captain of the team for the coming year We congratulate the team on their good choice Madsen has been in the institution for three years Next June he will receive a certificate of graduation from the Mechanic Arts course He will not however leave the institution We anticipate that he will complete a course leading to a degree before he leaves us At least it is to be hoped so Aside from his being an excellent football player Madsen is prominent in all his class work and very pooular among the students It is the dutv of every member of the institution to encourage the captain to complete a four year course A likeness of Captain Madsen appears on the front cover page of this issue |
