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There are little state university story

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university with the conference title.
World Class University with multiple

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campuses.

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Generations of graduates have returned
to campus since that first

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commencement of the class of 1888
filled with memories of close friends,

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faculty mentors, assignment,
deadlines, campus club events and off campus

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activities. Homecoming at issue is a
very personal experience that is

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brought to life by rediscovery of our
campus traditions and the search for

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familiar people and places the growth
and change. S. You make homecoming

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particularly poignant because if they
look carefully alums can still find

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their history amongst the ever
changing campus buildings in the faces of

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students staff. In fact

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The first issue homecoming dates back
to 1926. A Rainy Friday night in

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December, the Tempe State Teachers
College alumni association invited

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graduates back to campus for a bonfire
and pep rally that night in

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preparation for the homecoming
football game to be played, saturday

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afternoon game against the phoenix
indian school made a muddy mess of the

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new football field. Located at the
present day site of the memorial Union.

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Student council organized the second
S. U. Homecoming in 1927 which

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featured the first homecoming parade
and a trophy donated by Mr and mrs

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Garfield Goodwin to recognize the best
parade float. The football field

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was dedicated to Frederick Cap irish
this year. Yeah In the 1930s many

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enduring homecoming traditions were
established. Two parades with floats

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were held the morning parade down
Central Avenue in phoenix and the

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afternoon pregame parade in Tempe.
Beard growing contests called whisk

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Carino started in this period and the
homecoming King and queen were

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crowned at a homecoming ball float and
house decorations were judged in

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several categories.

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Most homecoming traditions were
continued in the 1940s, although football

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games were suspended from 1943 to
1945.

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Campus administrators expressed
concerns about excessive drinking floats

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with inappropriate messages and a
shortage of faculty volunteers serving

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as chaperones at the homecoming ball.
In these years, President Gammage

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personally crowned the homecoming
royalty with these words,

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all loyal subjects of the realm of
Arizona state. You are gathered here to

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witness the coronation of two of your
number duly chosen by you as your

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king and queen. These two have been
chosen by you as typical of the

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highest qualities among men. I charge
your royal obedience and cooperation

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with these, your chosen ruins.

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A special Midwinter Homecoming was
held in January 1946 to celebrate the

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end of World War II and welcome
veterans to the college President Gammage

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invited alumni to homecoming in a
special announcement on K. T. A. R.

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Radio

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1950s were the golden age of
homecoming at ASU. In this period, Homecoming

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featured a full week of events
including western dress and square dancing.

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Those arriving without the required
western apparel were subject to the

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humiliation of a donkey ride around
the quadrangle incarceration in the

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bullpen or a small fine parade floats
became major productions with as

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many as 20 oh handmade crepe paper
flowers. Campus fraternities,

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sororities and clubs entered house and
window decoration contests, which

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attracted carloads of local residents
anxious to see what the students

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came up with. This year. At least 10
high school bands would perform. In

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addition to the USC marching band,

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the Associated Students of Arizona
State College coordinated the popular

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election of the homecoming king and
queen and the alumni association

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sponsored an all alumni banquet.
Student interest and traditions faltered

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in the homecomings of the 1960s.
Western week festivities were set aside,

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the beard contests ended and no
homecoming parades were held from 1959 to

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1965,

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1960 For Vonda Kay Van Dyke A. S. U.
Second Miss America returned to crown.

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Homecoming royalty, terry Coulter and
Maryland Web 1966. Homecoming

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parades return but they were smaller
and only marched through 10 ft.

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Homecomings of the 19 seventies
reflected the political activism of the

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times as well as the success of frank
kush is sun devil football teams all

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season long. The fans had been
pleading for ASU to put it all together and

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really blast somebody. They got their
wish in the homecoming game against

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University of pacific. The defensive
unit produced four spectacular

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touchdowns and the offense added three
to lead 48 to 7 at halftime, final

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score A. S. U. 55 pacific 14 that set
the stage for the biggest big game

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in Arizona history In the first half,
the 70s, the homecoming parade was

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replaced with campus decorations and
displays, 1971. The associated

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students withdrew all support for
homecoming leaving planning to the

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Alumni Association.

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The 70s was also the era of Big Name
Homecoming Entertainment with Ella

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Fitzgerald, Sergio Mendez, Billy, Joel
bob, hope paul Williams and the

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beach boys performing at either the
university activity center or Gammage

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Auditorium.

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The tradition of big entertainment
continued in the 19 eighties featuring

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the chinese national acrobatic amateur
team, King Crimson the platters,

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the ink spots, the who and john
cougar. In 1980, homecoming was again

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expanded into a full week of events
with the general public invited to a

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fun fest Carnival,

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a golf tournament, racquetball
tournament in a distance run were included

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in these years, 1985, a bonfire Pep
Rally was held in the Salt River

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bottom.

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Mhm, 19 82nd. A year of triumph and
recognition for Arizona state, a year

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to remember. Mhm.

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Mhm

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California is the opposition but scott
stevens interception in the game's

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opening minutes flattens whatever
resistance the bears might offer.

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Mhm. A su becomes the state of
Arizona's first ever Rose Bowl

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representative Finishing the regular
season as the nation's 7th rank

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college football team. Yeah, The

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homecoming program was again shortened
in the 1990s, offering events

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thursday through saturday and sports
tournaments and bonfires were not

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continued, but spirit and cultural
days were established on Katie mall and

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the coronation ceremony for the
homecoming royalty was moved from the

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ticketed homecoming ball to Katie mall
so all could attend. Mhm 1994

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President Laddie core football coach
Bruce Snyder and 400 alumni students

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, faculty and staff revive the lantern
walk tradition with a candlelit

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procession up to the A. On Tempe
butte. In 2001 homecoming planners

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applied the Fest Devil title to
homecoming but events were limited to

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friday and saturday The following
year, Dick Jacobs, the original

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performing sun devil from the class of
53 served as grand marshal of the

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homecoming parade in 2000 and three.
President Crows, entrepreneurial

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spirit infected the staff, alumni and
students of ASU who created and

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hosted the largest and most
spectacular homecoming block party ever held.

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The best devil homecoming block party
closed university drive and

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featured an art walk craft fair and
information display tents created by

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most every ASU department office and
organization.

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Homecoming at A S. U. Is now the
annual event that ties all of us together.

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Trials, tribulations and successes of
our experiences as alumni students

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, faculty and staff serve as our
common ground and are beautiful and

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growing campus is our second home ASU
is our place under the sun in the

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vale of old Tempe hail to Arizona
State Go Sun Devils.

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Mhm.

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All loyal subjects of the realm of
Arizona stick. You are gathered here to

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witness the coronation with your
number. You only chosen by you as your

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king and please. These two have been
chosen by you is typical of the

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highest qualities among men. I charge
your royal obedience and cooperation

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with these your chosen rulers

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to you. As rumors of this group of
individuals. I charge you with the

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faithful response to the honor which
has been accorded. I charge you with

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the faith that has been vested in you
by these your subjects. And may you

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ever strive for a clearer conception
of those virtues which have caused

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your selection to better typify and
personify them to all mankind

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by the authority vested in me by the
subjects of this realm. The students

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of Arizona state. I crown you queen of
the campus. To rule with

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graciousness and humility and example
of virtue and beauty. With this same

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authority I crown you king of this
realm. May your office reflect credit

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on these your subjects and may your
rule be marked as an attribute to

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manhood, temperance, leadership and
honor. May progress ever attend the

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course of this Dominion and may these
two royalty after leaving its

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province continue as the
personification of its spirit, a reflection of

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the highest in its ideals andstandards