Excerpt from The Selish: A Pageant-Masque Written by Students of the State University of Montana and Produced by the University and the Community of Missoula Mrs. Ganssle, director of pageantry in the summer school, is a trail blazer. In a true pioneer spirit she is achieving what most people would call impossible. Within the short space of six weeks she and her University class in pageantry, with the co-operation of the public spirited citizens of Missoula, are producing The Selish. our first local pageant. The Selish is only a beginning - imperfect hi some respects because the time was so short and because it is an initial attempt; but it represents in its composition and in the co-operation making possible all the details of its production, the spirit of the pageant - the drama of lire folk. And it represents also a realization of the kind of public entertainment to which many at the State University and in Missoula have looked forward for years. In offering this to the public Mrs. Ganssle and the English department hope that it will be merely the first of a succession of annual University and Missoula pageants re-presenting in popular dramatic form various aspects of the rich history, tradition, and folklore of the Northwest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.