{"id":700,"date":"2011-09-28T15:46:57","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T19:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/dear-old-wabash\/?p=700"},"modified":"2011-09-28T15:46:57","modified_gmt":"2011-09-28T19:46:57","slug":"homecoming-is-in-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/2011\/09\/28\/homecoming-is-in-the-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Homecoming is in the air&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/09\/Old-wabashLO1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-703\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/09\/Old-wabashLO1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"577\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/09\/Old-wabashLO1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/09\/Old-wabashLO1-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is a buzz in the air around this time of year at Wabash College. It could be the hum of saws and the thump of hammers as the homecoming \u201cfloats\u201d come to life. It could the \u00a0growl of beefy football players working out their game day strategies, or it could be the sound of the pledge classes as they practice \u201cDear Old Wabash\u201d for Chapel Sing. Whatever it is, this buzz is part of what I love so much about working here on campus. It is the renewal of old traditions, it is the reminder of homecomings past and it is the knowledge that we are all a part of what Byron Trippet called the \u201ctapestry that is the life of the college.\u201d Homecoming is a time when the threads of another year are added to all those of years past. A beautiful pattern is formed and yet never finished. Ah, homecoming \u2026.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some pics from the 1939 Homecoming, taken by Robert W. Schaller [W1942].<\/p>\n<p>I might also add that the &#8220;Old Homestead&#8221; is the Crawford house, home to generations of Lambda Chi Alpha brothers.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<address>Best,<\/address>\n<address>Beth Swift<\/address>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/09\/freshman-fireLO.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-701\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/09\/freshman-fireLO.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/09\/freshman-fireLO.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/09\/freshman-fireLO-167x300.jpg 167w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/09\/Old-wabashLO.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/09\/Lambda-chi-1939-zoomLO.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-704\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/09\/Lambda-chi-1939-zoomLO.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/09\/Lambda-chi-1939-zoomLO.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/dearoldwabash\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/09\/Lambda-chi-1939-zoomLO-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a buzz in the air around this time of year at Wabash College. 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