Performing this year: musician Citizen Cope. Community service continues on Thursday, Nov. FSU students will supervise playtime fun, including numerous circus-themed booth activities, for about elementary school-age students from the local Boys and Girls Club. Monday, Nov. Tuesday, Nov. Lafayette St. Seminole Festival 11 a. Wednesday, Nov. Friday, Nov. Returning this year are the popular student exhibits and the Homecoming Tailgate Party, both held in the Walker Arena parking lot.
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And, with that kind of lead time, plans were ambitious. College officials expected three thousand alumni to visit campus. There was the usual Friday night pep rally. On Saturday, the band gave a concert on the Library steps and students and alumni from the Women's Physical Education Department played a field hockey match, the beginning of a longstanding Homecoming tradition.
There were a few new things at the thirteenth Homecoming in In addition to the usual bonfire, open houses, receptions, and Sunday religious observances, the college theater faculty and students presented a dramatic production, The Scarecrow. A theater production became a regular part of Homecoming activities for many years to come. Campus buildings were decorated with new bunting of purple and old gold.
TC for Teachers College, Homecoming And the Alumni Association, after a change in its constitution, held its annual business meeting at Homecoming rather than at Commencement. Dreary, rainy weather spoiled most of the outdoor events, including the house decorations, but spirits were brightened by a Teachers College victory over Morningside College, The fourteenth Homecoming, in , saw a major change in the location of many activities.
With the opening of the new Commons , alumni meetings, several receptions, banquets, and the dance, were held in more gracious surroundings.
Indeed, the new Commons, with its attractive facilities and services, was the centerpiece of the Homecoming. It would serve as Homecoming headquarters for many years to come.
Alumni Services Director A. Fuller huddled with student leaders in an attempt to attract more alumni to return for the celebration. A Sunday music faculty recital, as well as a college theater production, provided additional entertainment. Unfortunately, Simpson College defeated Teachers College, Special attractions of the fifteenth Homecoming in included an alumni-student gathering in the Commons after the game and a display in local businesses of life-sized photographs of Teachers College football players.
Professors H. Riebe and George Holmes, both camera hobbyists, prepared these big displays. Members of the American Legion and the football team were honored guests at the football game. A crowd of over three thousand was stunned when Grinnell College, which had lost its previous seventeen consecutive games, defeated Teachers College, Homecoming celebrations for the rest of the s tended to follow the pattern established in the previous few years with just an occasional innovation.
Pep meetings and a theater production were held on Friday. Saturdays included alumni meetings, luncheons, the football game, dinner, social gatherings, movies, and the dance.
Sunday saw religious services and sometimes a faculty recital. A highlight of the seventeenth Homecoming in was the new football stadium, later called O. Latham Stadium. The Homecoming game was played in newly-constructed O. The old football field grandstands had been destroyed earlier that year in a summer storm. In the Teachers College freshman team played Coe College freshmen on the new field prior to the varsity game. In the Marching Band, consisting of both men and women, performed before a Homecoming football crowd of over five thousand.
Professor and former Coach Paul Bender just right of center leads cheers at the Homecoming pep rally. At the twentieth Homecoming, in , several old customs were revived. Blue Key, a service organization, brought back the parade through Cedar Falls, the first in ten years.
The Homecoming saw the dedication of the football stadium in honor of President O. Latham, who died unexpectedly in July President Latham had been a strong supporter of Teachers College athletics. It was largely through his efforts that the stadium had been built, in a difficult financial climate, after the old grandstand was destroyed.
Cut Day also seems to have originated in According to this custom, sometime on the Friday before Homecoming, the bell in Old Central Hall would ring, the band would march through classroom buildings, and students would be given a holiday from class. It was a successful and happy Homecoming, despite President Latham's recent, untimely death.
Enrollment had begun to climb to levels approaching pre-Depression levels. The campus had been nicely landscaped. The college had a new Commons, a new electrical system, a new heating plant , and two new men's dormitories. Things were generally looking better. By the twenty-second Homecoming in , just two months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the prospects for direct US involvement in the war were becoming clearer.
There was the usual full range of activities including a Cut Day, pep rally, women's field hockey match, parade, dramatic production, open houses, dance, and football game. But at the football game, supplementing the usual flag-raising ceremony, there was a two minute tribute to Teachers College students and alumni who were already in military service. In addition, those who appeared at the football game in uniform were admitted free of charge. In , though their ranks were thinning, there were still enough men on campus to field a football team.
So, there was a Homecoming celebration. This celebration began with Hobo Day on the Friday before the game. Students and faculty wore their oldest, most ragged clothes to class, meals, and evening activities. An informal spirit was encouraged for all activities. A student variety show replaced the traditional dramatic production this year. At the football game, the band's program of formations was called "Uncle Sam in Review".
Teachers College won this game against Morningside College, Classroom and recreational activities on Hobo Day, Homecoming Homecoming was not celebrated in or due to war time stringencies.
Military obligations claimed most of the men at Teachers College. Rationing of gasoline and other products made travel difficult. And it is likely that people were not in the mood for college celebrations. Cut Day was held October 27, ; students spent the day raking leaves on campus. And, in , Greek organizations invited their alumni back to campus for smaller gatherings.
Women raking leaves on Cut Day, October 27, Professor Leland Sage serves chili to hard-working leaf rakers, October 27, All-college Homecoming celebrations returned in Some Homecoming practices were a little rusty.
For example, should Cut Day be held just before Homecoming or at some other point in the school year? And, would the old method of selecting a Homecoming queen still work? Traditionally, the I-Club elected the queen, but there were only three members on campus in the early fall of Despite questions like this, Student League Board and other student organizations put together a broad range of Homecoming activities: a pep rally, a play, lots of receptions, dinners, open houses, a football game, a dance, and chapel services.
There was no official theme for the Homecoming, but the clear message of the entire program was "Welcome Home". President Price called the twenty-fifth Homecoming, in , the one that everyone had been waiting for. Students had worked hard in the previous year to put together the Homecoming, and it had been successful. But many veterans, especially those in the Pacific theater of war, had not been released from service at the time of the Homecoming.
And many who had been released had not had time to get their lives back into order by November Consequently, it was not until that things were getting back to normal.
The Homecoming was a big show. First, organizers began the fairly consistent practice of assigning a theme to the events: this year it was "Homecoming of the Veterans". Prior to this, themes had occasionally been assigned, but they had been coincident with larger campus celebrations. Men form a kick line at the veterans' variety show at the Homecoming.
In there was a dramatic production, a pep rally, a snake dance, an "all-girl" variety show, a veteran's variety show, the band performing in new uniforms, house decorations, a Homecoming queen, a dance, and religious services. In a throwback to the defensive struggles in Homecoming games of the s, Teachers College tied Western Michigan College, The parade returned in , with thirteen floats, but its route was confined to campus. About alumni visited campus, though rainy weather dampened spirits.
Teachers College defeated Morningside College in a downpour, There were several noteworthy highlights to the twenty-seventh Homecoming, in Members of the Iowa State Normal School football team that had defeated the University of Iowa were introduced at the game.
And, instead of a play or a variety show, the Robert Shaw Chorale performed on campus on Saturday night. This was probably the first instance in which performers from outside campus provided Homecoming entertainment. The twenty-eighth Homecoming, in , brought several significant changes.
First, the I-Club queen was selected from photographs submitted by student organizations to the I-Club. And second, the football game was played at night for the first time. This meant that the scheduling of certain events, especially the dance, had to change from previous practice. What had previously been a relatively formal dance became an informal dance after the game. In keeping with the theme, "The Home of Champions", the walkway from the Campanile to the West Gymnasium was decorated by a committee led by Professor Thomas Larkin of the art faculty.
Whether it was the lights, team spirit, or the quality of the opponent, Teachers College defeated Augustana College of South Dakota, In April , Homecoming Committee chair Paul Bender solicited students for ideas on the theme of the twenty-ninth Homecoming celebration.
Ultimately, the committee selected a timely theme, "Half-Time of the Twentieth Century". The football game was again played at night, so the dance and a variety show were moved to Friday evening. Maucker crowned Lucile Hilger as queen. The music faculty concluded the weekend with a Sunday evening concert. For the first time in many years, probably since , the parade left campus.
The route began near downtown Cedar Falls, wound through town, and ended up on campus. Good crowds lined the route. Over eight hundred visitors took guided tours through the buildings. The thirty-first Homecoming, in was held on the weekend on which Halloween fell. In order not miss a party occasion, some student organizations held their Halloween celebrations early. The parade again went through Cedar Falls. There was no Cut Day, but the program of activities this year included both a play and a variety show.
The football game, a loss to the University of South Dakota, returned to Saturday afternoon, and the dance returned to Saturday evening. The football team was honored at the game. The Homecoming was an enjoyable, spirited affair. First, there was a strong and memorable theme, "Panther Prowl". Then there was a complete array of activities: pep rallies, parade, two performances of the variety show, three performances of the play "Harvey", a queen and her court, and a strong victory over Morningside College, Student and faculty pep band, Homecoming But there also seemed to be sense of relief that students had managed to keep themselves under control, though barely.
Reports in the College Eye indicate that students in the men's residence halls were itching to do something disruptive, probably a panty raid, during Homecoming week. Their plans for Cut Day before Homecoming were thwarted, and they were frustrated.
So, after being calmed down at least a little by a residence hall director late Sunday evening, they marched to Lawther Hall and gave the women an early morning serenade.. Then they went to President Maucker's house to demand a Cut Day on Monday as a reward for the Homecoming football victory over Morningside College. President Maucker explained that it was not within his authority to declare a class holiday. The crowd left reluctantly, and there was no further mischief reported.
The thirty-third Homecoming, in , did not have a theme, so floats and decorations did not need to reflect any particular topic. Probably based on their experience, college officials did allow a half Cut Day on Friday afternoon for a pep rally and an all-college picnic.
The biggest change for the Homecoming was in the method of selecting the queen. Until this time, the I-Club, made up of Teachers College lettermen, selected the queen. But already in the fall of there had begun to be dissatisfaction with this process. In the Student League Board decided that the process would change.
The I-Club would select nominees, but the queen and her court would be selected by a popular vote of the entire student body. Betty Vance was the first Homecoming queen elected in this way. The special Homecoming edition of the College Eye ran a complete schedule of activities At least thirty-eight organizations--religious centers, Greek organizations, departments, and others--held receptions, coffees, teas, lunches, dinners, banquets, or other gatherings. This schedule shows that Homecoming in the s was an intensely social affair for students and alumni.
The College Eye also reported that about two hundred men participated in what was probably a panty raid on the Wednesday before Homecoming. In more destructive activity, several windows were broken, screens were damaged, and the goal posts on the practice field were torn down. Four students were suspended for their involvement in this activity. In , for the thirty-fifth Homecoming, the Homecoming Committee, headed by Len Froyen, again asked students for their ideas on a theme.
The committee, probably considering that was a Presidential election year, chose "Campaign for Victory". A week before Homecoming, a College Eye editorial remembered the student suspensions and offered the following advice to would-be rowdies: "Enthusiasm is fine.
But don't overdo it. The celebration was the Homecoming that almost wasn't. Campus organizations and officials made the usual preparations for a parade, variety show, dance, football game, open houses, and other events. But the same newspaper that carried the final Homecoming schedule also carried the headline: "Flu Bug Hits Campus! President Maucker had a difficult decision before him. Best advice on treatment of the flu included rest and avoiding crowds. Those recommendations hardly matched conditions that would prevail during a campus celebration.
Consequently, President Maucker met with other college officials and on Monday announced that the play, the football game, the chapel service, and the faculty recital would be presented as scheduled.
But the fraternity sing, the variety show, the parade, and the dance would be canceled. Some students demanded further explanation. Those who were still unconvinced after President Maucker talked with them turned to destruction. They destroyed property and entered a women's dormitory after an unscheduled fire drill.
President Maucker met with students again Tuesday evening, answered questions, and pled for consideration for those students who were really quite sick and needed peace and quiet.
A spare, subdued Homecoming followed. The thirty-seventh Homecoming, in , featured Cut Day again, with a nice range of Friday activities to start the weekend: the inter-fraternity sing, a pep rally, and the variety show. The pep rally was highlighted by the flaming letters I S T C, instead of a bonfire.
But there seemed to a certain amount of dispirit about this Homecoming. College Eye columnist Diane Tenglin liked the play and the parade floats, but she did not like much else about Homecoming.
She found most of the variety show mediocre, the pep rallies outdated, and cheering at the game quiet. She speculated that the Teachers College football crowd "wasn't fortified with alcohol like the one at Iowa. The very name Homecoming signified the original purpose of the event: it was a time for alumni to return to campus.
Earlier Teachers College Homecomings clearly demonstrated that purpose. Alumni reunions and opportunities for old students to meet current students were a primary purpose of the celebrations. The Alumni Association constitution had even been amended to require that the annual association business meeting be held at Homecoming. But by the middle s, alumni events seemed to have become secondary. Certainly alumni still returned to campus, but their events seemed to be organized and held in a sphere apart from student events.
The orientation of Homecoming seemed to have shifted to opportunities for students to show school spirit and have fun. The spirit of the Homecoming was not improved by a loss to Morningside College, By no means did signal a complete and irrevocable change in Homecoming. Many students and alumni enjoyed the celebration and would continue to enjoy future Homecomings.
Rather, some of the opinions expressed simply showed that changes more significant than the modification of queen election procedures were in the wind. Rowdiness had become an unfortunate expectation for Homecoming. Before the thirty-eighth Homecoming, in , President Maucker asked students to refrain from any sort of late night, mass demonstrations during Homecoming week and stated that damage to property, forced entrance into residence halls, disobedience to campus police, and other serious infractions would result in suspension from college.
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