University of Illinois - Illio Yearbook (Urbana Champaign, IL)

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Setting out for the stadium, this crowd leaves one of the six Homecoming Special trains from the Illinois Central Railroad. Carmen Wolynczuke, campus Tumor salesman, ped- dles Homecoming papers just prior to the pep rally. U Famous Firsts ...The Fiftieth Homecoming (or Enthusiastically clutching and waving the Ohio State blanket, this crowd cheers their team at the Homecoming football game. Famous Firsts, the appropriate theme of the '60 Homecoming celebration, commemo- rated the 50th anniversary of the U. of I. Homecoming held here on campus. Alums returned to observe the same Illini ingenuity which inspired the development of homecom- ings. The 1960 Stunt Show, a traditional home- coming event for eighteen years, presented twelve semi-finalist acts on Friday night. The table of Firsts in the front of the pro- gram included 1960, First contemporary Stunt Show program. Also more Firsts, some in a contemporary mode, were displayed in house decorations of the organized houses on campus. Alums joined in a pep rally Friday night on the Illini Union Terrace, where Miss Judy Stephenson was named Homecoming Queen. The opening kick-off, reunions after the game, open houses, and creating memories . . . thus, the 50th Homecoming is complete. 16

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Transportation As Bikes Increase in Number With the opening of the fall semes- ter, many new sights were to be seen on campus. One of the major innova- tions was the bicycle lanes on Wright and Gregory Streets. These paths were erected for the ever-increasing bicycle population on campus. Now when crossing streets, in addition to facing many automobile dangers, stu- dents must beware of the treacherous bicycle lanes. These bicycle lanes were inaugu- rated by the University Civil Engi- neering in order to segregate bicycles from the many cars on campus. During the fall, a survey was taken on the number of bicycles which used these lanes ; it was found that within a twenty-four hour period forty-three hundred bicycles passed Greg Hall. Within a fifteen minute break be- tween classes, three hundred bikes were ridden by this area. On Gregory Drive, forty-two hundred cyclists pedaled past the Armory within twen- ty-four hours. At the other end of the campus twenty-nine hundred bi- cycling enthusiasts wended their way past Altgeld Hall. Bicycles, bicycles, and more bicycles come to campus. Collisions as the one above were once few and far between, but over the past year, they have become everyday sights. However, as shown at the left, bicycles are not always a menace. 15

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'•MHH1 Intently watching the Homecoming football game in which the Fighting Illini were pitted against Ohio State, crowds expectantly await this outcome. Alums from many miles came to enjoy their alma mater's fiftieth annual Homecoming celebration. the Illini and Alumni Trying to elude his pursuers and to gain yardage, Ethan Blaek- aby, junior fullback on the Illini squad, runs down the field. Since Illinois won last year's game, Jack Eby from Ohio State turns over the Illibuck to Phil Siegert. 17