The Chinook, 1916: Annual of the Montana State Normal School College
Edith Johnson
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(Forgotten Books, May 22, 2017)
Excerpt from The Chinook, 1916: Annual of the Montana State Normal School CollegeNobly the Freshman class president acted the part of St. Peter.Sent to the land of shades the professors of science and nature; Sent to their just reward the Freshmen and Senior protectors.Marvelous, too, was the stunt which the little Prep class then presented, Up side down, wrong side to, gayly they danced to the joy of the watchers. Worn now by laughter and shouting, the students retired to their couches, Dreaming of visions fantastic, of goblins and witches and fairies.The tennis tournament. Next Tennis Tournament claimed the attention of all expert players; Filled were the courts with athletes who worked for their class in the contest. Juniors, through practice proficient became and so won all the laurels. Then to the rescue of the Senior class came R. Mosher so skillful. Vanquished the previous victors and by careful and glorious playing Carried off honors sufficient for him and the Senior class members.Basket ball. Once again Seniors and Juniors engaged in athletic contest, Basket ball this time it was and the tournament called forth a struggle, Score at the end of the first game - I3 to 15 for Juniors. Great was excitement in second game, would that the Seniors could win it. Loud were the cheers and the atmosphere tense as the team took their places. Fiercely they battled and-quick were the passes as Seniors then Juniors Captured the ball, but the Juniors succeeded in making first score. Seniors succeeded in tying the score and their hopes were uplifted.~ Ah! Again they were shattered for the Juniors have made one more basket. Will now the Seniors be able to vie them? The ball's now in their hands. What do we hear now? The whistle-and thus ends the basket ball season.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.