Forum Flashbacks: Oct. 8-14

MARYVILLE DAILY FORUM, OCT. 13, 1951
75 YEARS AGO: A kiss was the reward to this freshman boy who paid penance by having his legs taped. As a part of Walkout Day the “M” club set up court on the courthouse steps where they tried and sentenced freshmen who had failed to wear their beanies and those who had shown disrespect to upperclassmen. The freshman girl shown above was forced to pull the tape off the boy’s legs and each time he yelled she had to kiss him. “M” club members look on.

75 years ago

Maryville Daily Forum, Oct. 9, 1951

Frosh Suffer Walkout Day

Walkout day at Northwest Missouri State College was staged yesterday with the traditional march to the courthouse where the “M” club holds its freshman initiation court.

At 9:15 a.m. the freshman class lined up in front of the College administration building and after numerous “buttonings,” kneelings before the upperclassmen, marched down Fourth street to the west courthouse steps.

Here Judge Walt Stanton set up his court trying freshmen who had failed to wear their beanies and those who had shown disrespect to upperclassmen. All defendants were found guilty and punished in the traditional manner — haircuts, shampoos, warpaint and taping of the hair and legs.

A Conga line was formed for the walk to the College athletic field where the freshmen took part in a tug-of-war.

EDITOR’S NOTE: The 75-year flashbacks are courtesy of the Missouri Digital Newspaper Project from the State Historical Society of Missouri, accessible at shsmo.newspapers.com.

MARYVILLE DAILY FORUM, OCT. 14, 2016
10 YEARS AGO: South Nodaway senior Sydney Harlan shows off her compound arm fracture while getting made up early Friday for the Maryville High School drunken-driving docudrama. Harlan was also outfitted with a fake-blood pump that simulated a severed artery.