The school also started the tradition of having dances after the football games. It also threw informal parties with games and music for the alumni who preferred to skip the dance. The Homecoming spirit grew and changed over the years. Later students brought forth different traditions to suit different periods of time. Tim Breland, manager of programs at Alumni Association, says, Back in earlier days people were more class-oriented.
Most people now identify with their majors.
Back then when they had Homecomings, they would highlight certain classes, and that would really make people turn out. He also described some of the Homecoming reunions in the past as bow-tie affairs. Although Homecoming customs have changed over years, the University still maintains, as quoted from The Alumnus , the idea that the ultimate strength of a college rests with its alumni. They are keepers of the tradition, preferred stockholders of the enterprise, the mark of its accomplishment.