1926 - Adrian College held its first Homecoming on Nov. 6,

1926. The Bulldogs competed against Valparaiso in a 13-13 no decision game.

1939 - A strike on campus? A 1939 issue of the College World reported that students wanted a break after the Homecoming festivities: “On Monday the students demanded a holiday and most of them refused to go to classes. The faculty did not see eye to eye with them and dealt cuts right and left, but the situation was happily ended when in chapel Tuesday morning Dr. Feeman rescinded all cuts.”

1940 - Carolyn Glaser Maynard ’43 was the highlight of the Homecoming Frolic when she performed a Spanish tap dance to “The Lady in Red” and “Chinatown.”

1952 - Bill Hodge ’53 and James Lilly ’56 presented “a touching pantomime portraying the evils of drink.”

1968 - On the weekend of Oct. 12, 1968, Adrian’s Homecoming was not the only game in town. A Homecoming brochure warned alumni to get hotel rooms early, because the first car race was scheduled at the new Michigan
International Speedway in the Irish Hills, Sunday, Oct. 13.

1971 - Free beer was served at the Homecoming dance.

1972 - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was the Homecoming headliner. Their hit “Mr. Bojangles” spent 18 consecutive weeks on the charts in 1971.

1989 - The College World advertised the “Coca Cola Club Video Dance Extravaganza,” where the hottest hits were played on a giant video screen. Prizes included a pair of Reeboks or an answering machine.