The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-10-23
COLLEGE
DAY A SUCCESS
DAKOTA WESLEYAN STUDENTS
CELEBRATE CLASS
SPIRIT.

Saturday was a gala day at Dakota
Wesleyan. From the first challenging
class yell at 8 O'Clock, in the morning
to the shouts of the victorious classes
at midnight, thrilling events and lu-
dricous scenes were crowded in. The
event was college Day. in which
the different classes strove to Guido
each other in athletics, theatrical
stunts, and enthusiasm.
In physical feats, the only place
where supremacy was actually de-
termined, the sophomores and jun
Tors triumphed over their respective
rivals. the freshmen and seniors. In
the academy. the second and third
year classes defeated the first and
fourth year classes.
This day was inaugurated by Pre-
sident w. G. Seaman to provide for
organized class scraps. Last year the
inevitable observation-disclosures fight
was staged, without notifying the
faculty, in nm alley on the South Side
several hours after sunset. The sup
%eriority of the rev method owe the
old was attestod by all.
AT S:30 the days exercises were
! opened by u chapel meeting, which
vas attended by the classes in sep
arate groups. Prof. H. F.. Ford.
chairman of the day. presided. Speech
es i~nterspersed by rousing class yells,
formed the program. The main speak
er was Lauritz Miller.
At the close of the chapel the
classes adjourned to the athletic
field, where the sophomore and fresh
men met on the gridiron. All first
squad men were barred and the quar-
tiers were shortened to ten minutes.
This contest resulted in a 0 to 0 score.
a more evenly fought combat could
not have been staged.
Following the football game. two
quintets from the senior and junior
classes contested in basket ball. This
was the only athletic event between
the two upper classes and resulted
in a victory for the juniors by a score
of 10 to 3. Neither team showed ex-
ceptional form.
In the afternoon, two events new
to Dakota Wesleyan claimed the at
~tention of the crowd. The first was
the cane rush between the first and
fourth props and the second and third
preps. Speed was the essential ele-
ment in this contest as in only a few
comparatively few cases were the
men forced to struggle over the pos
session of canes. The second and third
year men won by a margin of nine
canes. t
The freshman-sophomore bag rush
proved to be a big eve of the day.
The sophomores succeeded in advanc-
ing the bags for a total distance of
1923 yards to the Freshman's 1882
yards. AS the football game was a
tie, this gave the sophomores suprem-
acy. M
In the evening the scene of activity
shifted to the chapel where an orig
inal stunt was put on by each of the
four college classes and the school of
music. Several burlesques on the
sophomores, music by a Dutch"
band, and original wells and songs
constituted the freshmen's part of the
program. The sophomores presented
a pantomine. 1.-THE Gourtship of
Miles Standish," and a one-act com
edy illustrating how the sophomores
play on the ignorance of the unsus-
pecting freshmen "A moving picture
show" with a colored barker was the
attraction offered by the juniors.
Football in 1850 was depicted by the
senior class. Rules for the game were
taken from the Bible, a dainty blue
and white football replaced the pig
skin, and drawing room etiquitte
characterized the actions of the play
ers. The music department added a
fitting close to the evenings enter
tainment. The setting for their stunt
was the studio of a chorus director.
Would-be chorus girls, a vaudeville
troupe, and a first class chorus made
successful appearances.