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Social Activities: Introduction

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Sophomore "At Home" on St. Patrick's Day.

Numerous and varied social distractions have always been available to University students. From the early years of the University until well into the 1960s occasions such as banquets and formal dances were the most common. Students would dance the night away in the dance halls and ballrooms of Saskatoon, always under heavy chaperone. As the 1960s drew to a close these events fell out of favour as students turned to more informal activities and increasingly to off-campus events.

Beyond such occasions there were always other experiences to be absorbed. Musical performances and dramatic productions on stage and on radio were popular and frequent, as were the endeavours of various groups and campus clubs. The Sheaf and The Greystone yearbook, and even the short-lived Auricle magazine provided a forum for the written word, and life in residence often provided ample fodder for the publications.



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