1956

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All captions and photos from Entre Nous, 1957.
Football game: Howard College vs. Carson-Newman College. Score: 6-25. Coach: James Sharman.
Homecoming is marked on the calendar as being October 20, 1956, but Homecoming actually began weeks in advance as Ann Bobo and her committees planned the most elaborate program in the history of proud Howard.

Organizations showered in the contestants for the coveted Miss Homecoming title and girls displayed their prettiest smiles as students voted and chose the top twelve, the finalists.

To honor these select twelve a gigantic Homecoming Rally was planned for the night of October 19 where the top six would be announced. Bob Curlee was named chairman of this event and he gathered together chairmen to create the biggest show ever presented at Howard.

The night before Homecoming special guests arrived at Howard, men in flying saucers, and spoke in the then popular Flying-Saucer talk. A two hour variety program was climaxed as the Homecoming Court was presented and the Alma Mater was sung.

Homecoming chairman, Ann Bobo, points out plans to chairmen Clarence Brooks and Lee Jackson. Master of Ceremonies Bob Curlee asks the Flying Saucer men are they for real, and headman Lindsey O'Rear replies, "Yes, it's me and I'm in love again."
"Hands up, everybody--" Cheerleaders have pep rally at Homecoming Rally. Vessell Quartet Sings
Male Chorus sweetly warble[s] Lady Quartet croon[s]
Mr. Greer serenades with Serenade from Student Prince the Homecoming finalists and football escorts. BSO's win first place in house decorations.
The morning of Homecoming it rained. House decorations looked palely anemic as the rain faded out the bright crepe paper, but students still stayed up all night fighting rain clouds to put up their trimmings on the Greek Houses.

That morning a parade was scheduled for 10:00, finally around 10:30, the car caravan honked its way through East Lake, and that afternoon the Home Economics Club gathered in the first place trophy as the best decorated car in the event.

Even the English Club was in the car parade.
Homecoming afternoon, it rained. The weatherman had no pity on Howard's last Homecoming at the East Lake campus and the football onlookers had to onlook from beneath drippy umbrellas. On the field the teams of Howard and Carson-Newman sloshed up and down the field, with Howard emerging on the muddy end of the score.
Wet Wayman broadcasts... A handy umbrella
But the Homecoming Court remained high and dry. Alternate Virginia Hair, Queen Viola Beard, and Barbara Thompson sit on the front row. On the back row are Betty Benton, Ann Moore, Sue Townsend, and Ann Bobo.
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