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Alumni first began returning home for Homecoming in 1912. Since then, the celebration continues to entertain both young and old, with traditional events, including tailgate parties, fireworks, lawn displays.
Some of the excitement of Homecoming begins to stir, when students wonder who will reign as the Homecoming King and Queen. It has become not only an event, but also a legend at some colleges and universities since the early 1920s.
The title of King and Queen originated as merely a popularity contest, which some yearbooks hosted to raise funds. The football game was then included as part of the event. The Homecoming Pageant in the 1930’s and continued to build momentum which consisted of posting enlarged portraits of the Homecoming Queen and her court.
The first record of a real homecoming is in the fall of 1935. That year, the precedent for the crowning of a homecoming "princess". It was started by the student council. Only those who purchased tickets to the banquet and dance could vote for the princess, one recalls.
The war years put a halt to several homecoming football games, but the tradition of a homecoming dance was not discarded, nor was the election of a princess.
At one college the an annual Homecoming parade was added during the 1970s and 1980s to help unite the University campus. Winding its way to downtown the parade attracted a lot of attention from the public for the University's academic programs and athletic teams.
During World War II, the Homecoming celebrations were scaled down markedly.
In 1946, the formal College events and the unofficial rally were combined in a single grand Homecoming event, and for the first time the festivities were intentionally scheduled on the weekend of Homecoming. Since then, the Homecoming weekend has undergone a number of changes, but its unique essence remains.
Despite change, and the ensuing games of Homecoming weekend still provide the ideal opportunities for members of all the College communities to show their dedication, lest the old traditions fail. High schools and some Jr. Highs also celebrate homecoming with football, dances, and student body events.
sources: Wikipedia.org and floorage.com
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