Iowa City Press-Citizen from Iowa City, Iowa • Page 5

Sunday, October 6, 2002 Iowa City Press-Citizen 5A LOCAL Iowa celebrates first Homecoming 90 years ago 7 $325. The Corn Monument and variations have been a homecoming tradition since 1914, when a class in hydraulics engineering erected the first. It was made with 3,000 ears of yellow, red, and white corn reportedly a 'corny homecoming parade, decoration of fraternity and sorority houses, bed races and kings and queens are popular traditions that have been added in more recent years. "Price of tickets for the 1912 homecoming football game cannot be located, but I recall in those years the athletic department sold what was known as an Book' for $5, which contained 25 to 30 coupons, good for any Iowa sports event, including football. 'Herky the Hawk' is a Homecoming tradition and much more.

"In 1948 after World War II, Frank J. Havlicek, Iowa athletics business manager, was concerned that while Iowa had always been known as 'The Hawkeyes' there never had been an animated mascot similar to Wisconsin's Badger, Minnesota's Gopher, Northwestern's Wold Cat or Michigan's Wolverine. "He secured Dick Spencer 111, a member of the Iowa informa tion staff and a talented cartoonist, to draw a Hawk in cartoon style, and he came up with 'Herky the The origin of the name 'Herky' was Hercules, the Greek hero of extraordinary strength. The animated Herky, greatly loved, appeared at all Iowa athletic contents, as well as other Iowa functions. "Herky became human in 1961, and, originally, Delta Upsilon fraternity members performed as Herky in all his appearances.

The fraternity even kept a live hawk in the basement as a mascot, which members fed mice and chicks. 2 n-sf itT r. r- MtMMr -iif i State Historical Society LAST 2 DAYS TO SAVE! The following are excerpts from Irving B. Weber's account of the University of Iouhi's first Homecoming football game versus Wisconsin in 1912. The Hawkeyes lost the match-up 28-10.

"About 5,000 loyal Iowa fans were there on old Iowa Field, rooting for Iowa in that first homecoming football game, Nov. 23, 1912. The game was a sellout, just as all Iowa home games are today. Coach Jesse Hawley's Hawkeyes used their famous "Iowa Spread" but Wisconsin, who had been averaging 43 points a game, won 28 to 10. Walter Eckersall, the Chicago Tribune's football authority, selected nine Wisconsin players for his mythical Big Ten team.

"I was there for that first homecoming game, an 11-year-old boy. I didn't gain entrance in such an ignominious way as climbing the eight-foot fence, or tunneling under it I went in 'first hidden under the blanket of Iowa guard Wilson (the players had blankets then, not parkas). The first event scheduled for the 1912 Homecoming, after registration, was a mass meeting (now called a pep rally) in the natural science auditorium (now named Macbride Hall) at 7 p.m. It turned our to be a real and the auditorium was packed, with standing room even at a premium. There were speeches by 'the old and great enthusiasm, as pictures of the players were thrown on the screen.

"The second event was a 'smoker' at the Union Clubhouse, which also was homecoming headquarters. The union was the Iowa Union located in the former four-story St. James Hotel, on the southeast corner of Clinton Street and Iowa Avenue. Cigars, apples and cider were the accessories. The piano was kept 'in constant operation and it was not long before a great delegation of old grads were "No mention is made of any ladies being present, but it is extremely doubtful that any lady of that day would have frequented such a den of iniquity.

"More than 500 alumni returned. Of the first 79 to register, only two were women. How things do change! All parts of the United States were represented, and one man came from Alberta, Canada. Des Moines had the largest delegation. Many colorful and popular Iowa traditions have originated at homecoming.

The annual homecoming badge has proven to be one of the most popular, starting in 1924 and for a number of years, they sold for 10 cents; they are $1 today. the 1943 badge that was paper rather than metal because of World War II is the most difficult to locate and is valued at WOT in orr- bUIMDAY-MUNuAY Take An Additional SUNDAY-MONDAY Take An Additional 20 20 lAny" Single Sale Or Clearance Price! I Accessory or Intimate Apparel Item I Any Single Sale or Clearance Price Men's Furnishings Item SUNDAY-MONDAY Take An Additional 2 I Any Single Sale or Clearance Price I I Misses', Petites', Fashion Plus or I I Juniors' Item I I You must present coupon to receive discount. 'Excludes Bonus Buys, Red Dot Sale, National Sale Events, Selected Better Designer Merchandise. Levi's, Lee, 4 Bill Blass. Shoes, Columbia, The North Face, Women's Leather Outerwear, Maternity, Fur Services.

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No promotional adjustments on previously purchased merchandise, valid October 6-7. From 1A Marci Kessen said. "There's no way we're converting to Wisconsin." Marie Daley, a 1948 UI nursing graduate, received a temporary tigerhawk tattoo on her right cheek at the Alumni Association tent at Klotz tennis courts. Travelling from Charles City, she and her husband Jerry, a 1949 UI graduate, trek to Iowa City on Homecoming to catch up with friends and watch the game. Before 9 am Saturday, countless tailgaters already had commandeered the streets, lawns and parking lots near Kinnick Stadium.

Brats were grilled, beer was sipped, and air horns were blared all for the sake of a Hawkeye victory. "Homecomings are a lot bigger these days," the retired school nurse said. "Back then, they were a lot quieter and fewer people, of course." Daley's son, Patrick Daley, makes the Homecoming trip each year from Riverside, Calif. The 1971 MBA graduate said there is a group of diehard Iowa fans back home who regularly congregate and watch the games on televi-sioa For Patrick Daley, Homecoming is not just about seeing his favorite team in person. It's also about tradition.

"It's a combination of a college and family reunion," he said. "My family and I used to go to the Airliner on Saturday mornings, but we don't anymore because of the early kickoffs." Just minutes prior to kickoff, Carroll and his two young daughters were scrambling up Melrose Avenue in search of three tickets. Though his mailing address has changed, he remains loyal to the Hawkeyes. "I'll always be an Iowan," the Spencer native said. "I just happen to live in Minnesota." IMS YOUN'K-ERS THE ONE ONLY YOU.