Fort Hays State University - Reveille Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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Homecoming 1976 was not unlike any other Homecoming at Fort Hays State. There were reunions, a parade, a football game and mums. In some ways, however, it was different — than last year, at least. The football team revived the losing tradition that had been broken by their 1975 predecessor, and as an anti-climax to the Bicentennial, the parade carried the theme Celebrate 767 ' Custer Hall’s giant beer stein won the $100 sweep- stakes award in the float competition. At the Oct, 1 5 concert, Neil Sedaka was the featured celeb- rity, and for those who sought a different form of musical entertainment. Fort Hays State Players presented A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum ' on Oct. 1 6. Homecoming — whatever its significance — keeps alumni coming back to renew old friendships, to watch the growth of their alma mater and to recall the past while enjoying the present. Homecoming WELCOME BACK

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— 1 1 . Tiger football players break 3 through the Pep Squad ' s paper H | barriers. Unfortunately, however, I I the team was unable to break through Northern Colorado ' s defensive line, and lost the Homecoming game, 48-20 2. Laughing despite an unexpected dunking in the Big Creek, Reveille staff members Kathy Schramm, Hays graduate student, and Carolyn Cook. Rus- sell senior, wade out wet and muddy. Their team was defeated tn the tug-of-war competition by McMindes Second West. 3. Tension turns to tears as the Homecoming queen is announced Runners-up Marlene Ptlieger. Logan senior, and Carmeli Thompson. Wickenburg. Ariz sopho- more. applaud Queen Carol Donetl. Weskan senior, who was robed on the banks of Big Creek Friday, then crowned at halftime of Satur- day ' s game 4. Fifty years ago this alumna was a graduating senior Members of her 1926 class were honored at a Half Century Club luncheon Oct 15. 5. A professional clown, whose nose looks good enough to eat, intrigues a young parade spectator. 1 2 Homecoming

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What ' s in a name? A lot of history . . . by Connie Nelson What ' s in a name? To Fort Hays State, name changes occurring within the past 75 years have indicated the growth and an increasing awareness that there is an institution in western Kansas worthy of legally being awarded university ' 5 status. From early beginnings as the Western Branch of the State Normal School at Emporia, the institution has under- gone four name changes: Fort Hays Kansas Normal School, 1913: Kansas State Teachers College of Hays, 1923: Fort Hays Kansas State College: and most recently, Fort Hays State University, 1977. Fort Hays State today is the result of a past destiny. The destiny of the past is the heritage of the present, shaped by circumstances, environment, and the collective will of stu- dents, faculty, staff, alumni, administration and countless other, reads Fort Hays State: Its Destiny. 1 4 Fort Hays Slate History