Show Wednesday Oct 23 1974 Page 8 o 1 homecoming festivities State Utah n tn f Homecoming Aggies ' Kr 5 ' rK - ' s vV 'f r-- ! - ' V‘4 having left the nests the school paper kept an ever watchful eye out for who was where doing what and why And if one of the flock returned “home” for a day or even an hour--- a celebration was soon in the making A 1903 STUDENT LIFE made the following report of its alumni : “We now have a total of 69 graduates from 10 classes The smallest class consisting of two members (1895) and the largest class 14 members (1897) Of our 69 Alumni 20 are married 36 are single and the other 13 are doubtful 21 are ladies the other by Marsha Bowen Staff Reporter Q 1974 This year is upon us to the ap- propriate past pondering theme “The Way We Were” Yes a time for “misty water-colo- r memories” and a breath of nostalgia A time for many to reencompass “the smiles they left some of their behind” to e moments their most brightest moments and maybe exciting even their most sentimental Hoping to add to the meaning of this occasion STUDENT LIFE is taking a brief look at The Way We Were With the help of records kept and put together by those who were here long before us we present for your reading pleasure (or disregard) the following history of “Homecomings Past” at Utah State University re-liv- Jk'SSW'ft are gentlemen” we take liberty in assuming that homecoming 46 Thus began the first day one of our loyal Aggie ancestors honored his alma mater with a visit Alumni Return —In the Beginnin- g- The commencement program for the class of 1903 began the first formal extravaganza as far as alumni were concerned Many Aggies then returned to give a ? & ' ' ' 'i - T r? wf of the Established in the spirit Land Grant College act of 1862 the Utah Agricultural College first opened its doors in 1890 with a first day registration of 22 toast to the graduating class and to “The Farmer Boy” Of this students and a faculty of nine SL reported: event were Hearty homecomings was ended one of the “Thus to in down trace hard that era It one most that without enjoyable reunions in the goes saying and cannot return to a “home” from history of the college those present departed to meet which he ne’r has parted With only a handful of students some other time and place v ' £ :r s’- - R ‘h-Mfl- - THIS PHOTOCADE was published for Homecoming in taking with them the recollection the pleasure of the occasion and the memory of friends from whom they are now parted” The year 1909 brought an Alumni celebration of a different sort to the UAC this one in the form of an Alumni Ball Described as an “unqualified social success” the Alumni Ball became an annual celebration and usually the first big event of each new year A review of the January eelebration described the festive activity like this: “ on every side the expressions of gratification and of mid-wint- pleased er were surprise unanimous The alumni had as their guests nearly all the leading students of the college a considerable portion of the faculty and a large and enthusiastic crowd of friends Many graceful gowns were conspicuous and harmonized well with the brilliant decorations Everyone looks forward now to this auspicious opening of each years social calendar Stable Economy May we interject here a note that may suggest the economic situation in the early 1900’s — Tickets to the 1909 Alumni Ball were 75 cents (disgusting!) but in 1911 students enjoyed the Ball 1938 I umv tts V? ‘ t JH' i r— mu s X 1 ’ jtj j iviJsaiittpiW:5ii3il fffimi fk fSrtf iff i -- ‘1 Mf v 4 "'&& v v I I " s I Ttumxti KMIUT HtATKlS completed Animal Science building and the incompleted Plant Science building The Animal Husbandry building was the barracks for men of Utah's 145th Field Artillery HERE IS THE for just four bits Farmer’s B s s LADIES STORE I s S S J “Center for Distinctive Women s Wear ” LOGAN V NORTH MAIN STOEET n w W kit Tr1’ —i UTAH Round-u- p A returning of the college’s alumni was also brought about in the early 1900’s with the annual Farmer’s Round Up and Housekeeper’s Conference After attending one such roundup Joseph P Welch of the class of 1913 wrote: “Yes back to my Alma Mater! Breathing once again the sacred atmosphere of its beautiful buildings and campus Back to the men who patiently prepared me for the work I am now trying to do The wealth of Croesus could not bring me the joy felt in the handshake of my old time campanions I gather courage and determination to |