Mighty Metwurst Marathon

On Wednesday 27 February 1974 an unusual ceremony took place at Wintulich’s Smallgoods factory in Gawler. A giant metwurst, made especially for the Concordia Carnival, was presented to College representatives.
The metwurst was 2 metres long and 50 mm in diameter. At the handing-over ceremony it was strapped to a pole, and pairs of students took turns in running with the metwurst on a journey of more than 40 kilometres to Concordia.
It was probably just as well that a vehicle, with eye-catching signs explaining the nature of the marathon, preceded the runners!

This linocut to mark the unique occasion appeared in the 1974 Brown and Gold.