This silent 16mm film combines color and black and white film (15 minutes, 16 seconds) of two separate events at the St. Cloud State Teachers College: freshmen orientation camp and 1952 homecoming activities. Listed here are the times on the film, by minute and second, of the different activities represented in the video. The first segment is color film of students participating in a variety of activities during freshman orientation camp at Lake Koronis, near Paynesville, Minnesota. 0:23 - Students arrive at Lake Koronis by bus. 2:05 - Students participate in recreational activities such as lounging on the lawn and swimming. 2:35 - Swimming and basket weaving. 4:14 - Students making crafts, weaving, and writing. 5:09 - Man and woman talking together on park bench. 5:30 - Women in bathing suits walk to cabins. 6:01 - Students play volleyball. 6:33 - Men and women participate in archery. 7:20 - Students study a snake. 7:54 - Lake Koronis. 8:00 - Men wearing green freshmen beanie load cots into the back of a truck. 8:23 - Swimming. 8:43 - 1952 homecoming title in black and white. 9:17 - St. Cloud State homecoming parade through downtown St. Cloud that featured floats, homecoming royalty and other personalities, and marching bands in color. 12:12 - ""'Ike' (U.S. presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower) Crowns TC Queen"" title in black and white. 12:22 - U.S. presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower steps up to the podium in front of the Stearns County courthouse in downtown St. Cloud. 12:26 - ""'Ike' Faces Queen-Not Camera No Wonder!"" title. 12:44 - Eisenhower crowns Joyce Pearson as St. Cloud State Teacher College's 1952 homecoming queen on the steps on the Stearns County Courthouse in downtown St. Cloud. 13:19 - Eisenhower gives a speech in front of the Stearns County courthouse in downtown St. Cloud.
Silent color 16mm film (2 minutes, 58 seconds) of St. Cloud State Teachers College freshmen orientation camp at Lake Koronis, near Paynesville, Minnesota, that shows students square dancing in a cabin. St. Cloud State Teachers College is now St. Cloud State University.
