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Germqns "fest" duri ng October celebrc by Darrell -Anh ur McCulley

festive spirit reminiscent of old Germany and the celebrating atmosphere of the rowdiest of Munich Beer Halls, Fresno City College was the scene for a

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celebration of OKTOBERFESZ sponsored by the German I & ll classes of Mr. Alex

Kalistratov. Oktoberfest is a German festival akin to Thanksgiving, where there is much feast and levity. Both of these ingredients were

present at this particular function, which featured such famous Bavarian delicacies

as German Sausage, beerocks. and various

After much admonishing by Mr. to "eat, eat, and don't be bashful or you'll starve," many of the

maybe once a week." Novemberfest,

dishes containing fruit.

'Kalistratov

anyone?

During the festivities,_which started off with a German prayer, two large cardboard

guests overcame their timidness and enjoyed the feast, having their meal

German classes, (austandern--foreigners,

cutouts painted

to look like

traditional German farmers were introduced as the "Burgermeister pf Munich" and his wife,,

who were honored with a toast. Shortly after the Oktoberfest started, visitors representing almost all of FCC's foreign languages were invited in. All soon became German at heart. though, and the gathering

lasted well past the end of the class time.

accompanied

by a

drinking songs and

medley

a

of

German

suspicious-looking apple cider that was rumored by some tebe al least 9O-proof.

Although everyone ate well, there was

good deal

a

of food left over, and thís

suggestion was made that perhaps the class should do this a little more often. "like

Students and faculty not enrolled in the as they're called) were charged a dollar for

the privilege of participating in

the

gastronomic delight, the benefits of which could be captured with the naked nose up to quite a distance away. ln order to give some of the other classes equal time, Mr. Kal¡stratov's Russian I blass will soon be holding a party of their own, but they'll have ro arbeit (workl quite a bit to exceed this one.


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