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‘Year of the Lion’ Awaits Alumni At Homecoming Oct. 30-Nov. 4
A week’s worth of activities and events is planned for this year’s Homecoming 2000 Celebration. The theme is “The Year of the Lion.” Starting on Monday, there are the campus decorating events and “Star Trek-The Final Frontier-Where Academics and
Sci-Fi Meet” lecture in the history department and on Tuesday there will be a Halloween Carnival.

Scheduled Wednesday are a Walking Parade and Hot Dog Spirit Rally and on Thursday are the traditional Pep Rally and Bonfire. Friday and Saturday’s events will bring alumni and visitors to campus for the traditional reunion of friends and classmates.

Friday, Nov. 3, at noon check-in begins for the Alumni Golf Scramble at Webb Hill Country Club near Wolfe City. The shotgun start is at 1 p.m. and there is a $50 entry fee. For more information call, (903) 886-5765. Friday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. there is a Lady Lions volleyball game scheduled in the Field House against Midwestern State.Friday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m. a Benefit Dance will be held in the Texas Ballroom of the Sam Rayburn Memorial Student Center. The dance will include a fee of $30 to benefit the Music Campaign. Entertaining will be the University Jazz Ensemble.

Saturday, Nov. 4, several morning receptions and breakfast meetings are slated for various alumni groups and the Mayo Memorial Service will be held. At 10 a.m., the W.L. Mayo Memorial Service will be held at the Mayo Gravesite located on Lee Street. Professor William L. Mayo founded the University as East Texas Normal College in 1889. Another important event on Saturday, Nov. 4, is the Homecoming Luncheon and Pep Rally to be held in the Texas Ballroom of the student center. RSVP for this event to (903) 886-5765; tickets are $10, or $5 for students. At the luncheon will be a presentation of the Homecoming Court, Distinguished Alumnus Citation, Gold Blazer Awards, and the Class of ’50.

Also, the reunion group from the New Center for Learning will be recognized. Kick-off time is 2:30 p.m. on Saturday for the Lions vs. Angelo State football game. Other events and receptions for the day include a 3:30 p.m. Training School Reception in the Leadership Lounge of the student center. At 5:30 p.m., there will be the Training School Commemorative Marker Dedication at the southeast corner of the Ferguson Social Sciences Building.

Also, from 6 to 10 p.m., the Pan-Hellenic Council Annual Fall Greek Show will be held in the University Auditorium of the Ferguson Social Sciences Building. At 6:30 p.m, the Training School Banquet will be held in the American Ballroom of the student center. The Lady Lions volleyball team will play in the Field House at 7 p.m. Also beginning at 7 p.m. is the Truax Dinner and Dance held in the Lions Lair of the student center. RSVP for this event by Oct. 30 at (903) 886-5637, $15.

Also scheduled Saturday is the Pan-Hellenic Scholarship Dance. The dance will begin at 10:30 p.m. Call (903) 886-5087 for more information about this event. For information on the Dallas Multicultural Alumni Reception, also call (903) 886-5087. Several breakfast meetings and receptions are planned for Saturday morning. General registration and a reception for alumni, faculty, and staff will be from 9 to 11:30 a.m. in the Founders Lounge of the student center.

Meeting at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4 is the Distinguished Alumni Chapter Breakfast in the Heritage Room of the student center. RSVP to (903) 886-5765.

Other events planed for Saturday include an 8:30 a.m. Gold Blazer Breakfast in the Rayburn Room of the student center, RSVP 903/886-5765; the Music Alumni Reception in the Concert Hall of the Music Building from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.; the Agriculture Alumni Reception will be in the Leadership Lounge of the student center from 8:30 to 9 a.m.; and the Communication and Theatre, Speech, and Communication Disorders Alumni Breakfast will be in the Mayo Room of the student center from 8:30 to 10 a.m. For the communication and theatre breakfast, RSVP (903) 886-5346 by Oct. 31, $6.75.

Beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday is the the Agriculture Alumni Breakfast in the American Ballroom of the student center until 11:30 a.m., RSVP 903/886-5358 by Oct. 23, $10; the Baptist Student Ministry Pancake Breakfast will be held in the Baptist Student Center until 11 a.m., RSVP (903) 886-6934 by Nov. 1, $5, $3 for students; and the Mathematics Alumni Breakfast will be in the Bluebonnet Room of the student center until 9:55 a.m., RSVP (903) 886-5157 by Nov. 1, $6.50.

Also, from 9 to 11 a.m. in the Founders Lounge in the student center, is the reception for International Studies Program Alumni, the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice Reception, and the Delta Tau Delta Alumni Reception. At 10 a.m., the Biological and Earth Sciences Alumni Reception will be held until 11 a.m. in the Science Building Room 306 and the Health, Kinesiology and Sports Studies Alumni Reception will be from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Field House Room 100, RSVP (903) 886-5549 by Oct. 27. Also, at 10 a.m. the Chi Omega Reception is scheduled in the Chi Omega House.

From 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., the Chemistry Alumni Reception will be in the Science Building, Room 119. From 11 a.m. to noon, the History Department Reception will meet in the Leadership Lounge of the student center and from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. the Farm Boy Alumni Luncheon will be held in the Watson Center, RSVP (903) 886-5358 by Oct. 23, $10.