The Illio . L s gWm>;s a UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES. Crowd on the East Bleachers. Never before has the University of Illinois seen a Homecoming like that of1915. It was a Homecoming in fact as well as in name. From every corner ofthe globe, from the north, south, east and west, from the oldest grad to thesenior of 1914, they came. Mothers, fathers, sisters and sweethearts packed thetrains to the platforms and even special trains were required to bring the mightythrong of visitors and Homecomers. The fates and the gods were with us. We were favored with a football teamthat had taken the first lon
The Illio . L s gWm>;s a UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES. Crowd on the East Bleachers. Never before has the University of Illinois seen a Homecoming like that of1915. It was a Homecoming in fact as well as in name. From every corner ofthe globe, from the north, south, east and west, from the oldest grad to thesenior of 1914, they came. Mothers, fathers, sisters and sweethearts packed thetrains to the platforms and even special trains were required to bring the mightythrong of visitors and Homecomers. The fates and the gods were with us. We were favored with a football teamthat had taken the first long strides towards the championship of the west, andthe holder of that title would be the winner of that momentous game. To winmeant the beginning of a new era in Illinois football. To lose meant the returnto gridiron oblivion from which we had so long struggled to arise. Not only was a football title at stake but the Homecoming itself was in thehands of fate. The Illinois Student Union financed it and left nothing undone tomake it long remembered
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