University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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 Little Kentucky Derby!

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 m Homecomm Here is UK's Homecoming weekend, 1958, the wet, loud 48 hours of house decorating, shining of trophies, cutting class, sitting at the stadium, renewing acquaintances, and later, the climactic revelry. The photos here of Greek and independent house displays may be a bit misleading, as you might expect, as the finished product certainly belies the long night hours of work and pledge-pushing that went into their construction. . . . Action shots of the muddy Mississippi State game illustrate the powerful UK offense which enabled the 'Cats to thrash an erratic State team 33-12, allowing| Kentucky to keep intact its long string of Homecoming vic- tories. . . . Rain fell during most of the game and the period between post-game time and darkness gave students and] returned alums a chance to get into dry clothes after a wet afternoon and perhaps rest a bit for the night of festivity that was to follow. . . . And such a night did follow. The SUB ballroom and every other place in town with a neon light was packed for a victory dance or party. Entertain- ment at the SUB was by the vocal quartet, the Hilltoppers, who caused some anxious moments for campus officials when they were late for their performance. . . . But by 10:30 p. m. nobody cared much about anything except the business at hand, and the night flamed on at Joyland, the down- town hotels, and all over the fair city of Lexington before quieting down in the pre-dawn hours another year. The week after Homecoming was marked by a bitter dispute among several campus sororities over suspected foul I play in the house decoration competition. But while griev-, ance committees met in an attempt to resolve the issue, time assuaged the sorority wounds and the matter became history | before any official administrative action was ever taken.