The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-11-07
'HONEC0M|NGEVE
PLANS FOR BIG TIME
ARE BEING MADE
PROGRAM AT UNIVERSITY
1t Is Dated For November 7 and
8; Two Days of Real
JoIity

Elaborate preparations are being
made at the University of Minnesota
for Homecoming celebration Friday,
and Saturday, November-7 and 8, that
will far eclipse any previous celebra-
ton of the kind at the Gopher insti-
tuition. An alumni banquet will be
held FriT evening at Shevlin Hall
ard the L&rquet will be followed by
a monster mass meeting anl pep fest
10 work vp enthusiasm for the ILL
nois- Mir esota game the following
day.
Saturday morning a Homecoming
! conyocaticn. will be held at the arm
DRY at which The old grads will be
welcomed back to the campus by the
president. Alumni will be presented
with the key to the university by the
president of the All University coun-
Gill;
Immediately following the half
hour convocation, the freshman
sophomore class rush of former days
will be revived in bag rush on the
parade ground. Rivalry between the
two academic classes has been at few
er pitch since the university opened,
and auSurs for bitter struggle for
class supremacy. During the progress
of the scrap, the annual CARING Cup
cross country run over a five mile
course will be held, the runners to
start and finish at. the parade ground.
Alumni Will Register.
Almuni will register during the
morning at the library. Glasses will
be dismissed early Saturday, so that
the undergraduate will be, free to take
part in the celebration.
Saturday afternoon, the Minnesota
eleven will clash on Northrop Field
with the University of Illinois foot
ball team. Additional stands will be
built to take care of the crowds that
will attend the game, Special enter
tainment stunts will be staged be-
tween halves by the Masquers Dram
attic club of which George p Hough,
of Kerkhoven, Mimi, is president.
Fraternity and sorority houses will be
decorated for the gala occasion in
Minnesota and Illinois colors. A cup
will be awarded the house having the
most artistic and unique decoration.
A souvenir program is being pub
lished for the occasion. 1t will have
an attractive cover design in two col
ors and will contain athletic, history
with cuts of former and present stars,
plans for greater NJ nnesota, with
cuts, the program in detail, and side
lights on university life and other
matters of interest 70 alumni.
Plans for Pep Fest.
Plans for the pep fest on Friday
night have in view an enormous bon
fire, and live program in the arm
DRY. DR.. Williams, the veteran coach.
Johnny McGovern, Bert Baston, Fudge
Wyman, and Bunny Rathbun, Judge
Leary and other former gridiron lumi
naries and rooter kings will be present
and will take an active part.
The national convention of the
American Legion will open in Min
neapolis on the Monday following the
homecoming celebration and it is be-
lieved the convention will prove an
additional drawing card that will bring
alumni in large numbers to the twin
cities in time for the gala reunion on
the campus. In former years, the day
of the big game of the season has
been designated as Homecoming Day
at Minnesota but never before have
such extensive plans been made for
the reception of grads. Minnesota
homecoming this year will approach
the famed Homecoming celebration of
eastern institutions in magnitude.
The committee on arrangements for
the Homecoming celebration is COM
posed of Max Stevens, Minneapolis,
chairman Elizabeth Forrsell, st.
Paul; Herbert Lefkovitz, st. Paul, and
Charles Cantieny, Minneapolis.