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Remember When October 7

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10 Years Ago
October 7 1990

    Jeremy Hepler and Nichole Nelson were crowned the Triton Homecoming King and Queen Friday night. Nelson, of Etna Green, is the daughter of Joe and Lola Nelson. Hepler is the son of Devon Hepler, Bourbon.

25 Years Ago
October 7 1975

    Dorian Luckenbill was all smiles as she received a bouquet after being named the 1975 Warsaw Homecoming Queen. Dorian, a senior, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Luckenbill, 2403 E. Market St., Warsaw.

50 Years Ago
October 7 1950

    Tom Keough, Winona Lake, made the front page of the Kalamazoo College newspaper, the Index, in a recent issue, with a lengthy humorous feature story describing H-week on the campus.

Some of the ordeals endured by the freshmen in their traditional initiation by the sophomore class included: Trial by the Kangaroo Kourt, where quick answers to trick questions did not always ward off a vigorous paddling; physical training classes at midnight in the boiler room of the men's dorm; calisthenics for girls conducted by sophomore women; and first year girl students recruited to scrub the steps of Hoben Hall with their personal toothbrushes dipped into buckets of water (no soap was supplied).

75 Years Ago
October 7 1925

    Mr. and Mrs. L.H. Williams, R.B. Williams and Beatrice Smith visited Master Reuben Williams at Howe Military School on Sunday.

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