Baylor University - Round Up Yearbook (Waco, TX)

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Alumni return, visit old classmates Amidst the chaos and hoopla of Baylor's 7?-ltli Homecoming, it was easy for students to forget the original intentions of' the event. Homecoming was an opportunity for alumni to return and celebrate with current students the pride that they have in Baylor. Lining the parade route on Saturday morning were innumerable fiuture Baylorites dressed in tiny yell leader uniforms and green and gold overalls accompanied by their zeal- ous parents waving pom-poms and greeting old friends. Over half of' the football game's fans were alumni who came home to cheer their team on to victory, or as in the case of this year, to a bitter end as the Texas Christian Horned Frogs defeated the Bears 24-ll. I believe it is the spirit, tradition and ex- citement that keeps me coming back, said Martha Emmons, a graduate of' l9l9. There's no place like Baylor and there's no feeling like coming home to Baylor. The first year that alumni returned to their alma mater was in 1909. Since then, the annual fes- tivities have grown to include a parade, dance, bonfire and numerous other traditions outside of' the football game. This year Baylor continued to host the largest collegiate homecoming parade in the world. Reunions for various graduating classes were spread out all over the campus and parts of Wfaco. At the Harrington House, a notable Golden Diploma dinner was held honoring graduates of 19.5 7 and earlier. My parents went to Baylor in the fifties and they are still as spirited now as they were then, said Paula Stripling, a junior from Wiico. I can easily see coming back and bringing my own children for Homecoming, Alumni were offered a chance to reserve gam tickets as well as alumni dinner tickets, Pigski Revue tickets and the like several months prior t the festivities through the Baylor Alumni As sociation. Besides attending the planned events returning graduates visited old hangouts sucl as Poppa Rollo's Pizza on Valley Mills and the re opened Baylor Drug on Bagby, Other schools may boast of' spirit and tra dition but here it seems unsurpassed, said Blan Kilpper, a senior engineeringfphysics major fron Rochester, New York. Homecoming here a Baylor is the biggest deal. Ms, Emmons added, No matter how mucl the campus or traditions change, Homecoinin, will always be basically the Katie , 'mx V523 F Homecoming Queen Missy Yeary rides in the parade. Freshman men construct the bonfire. Care has to be taken so that sophomore men don't destroy the fire before the Friday night pep rally. llllliltfflllllflg I-ui.

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Scott Norville 5 if. l i K Zeta Tau Alpha and Alpha Tau Omega work together as one of the first two co-ed Sing acts ever. L04 an S' - ge .vi ,f W L ,.,.. yi' 5 Alpha Delta Pi members perform their Pigskin act, A Little Old Bitty Country Place. Bonfire flames consume an old Volkswagen Beetle. ml E5 . T -- EQ H 3 I ' ll'I l

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