The 1920s - The Roaring Twenties

After the experimentation and changes of the previous decades, the format of the yearbooks from 1922 to 1930 remained consistent throughout all ten years of publication. The covers, spines, bindings and layout, with few major differences, are all uniform. It was at this point in time that yearbooks began to take on the shape of those that we know today. In 1922 basketball started to get more exposure with a six-page spread, rivaling football. The first homecoming event, then called Alumni Day, took place after graduation in 1924 and first made it in the yearbook in 1925. Also in 1925, we find a three-page spread on the dedication of Nippert Stadium and the history of the field and stadium. Dances got a great deal of exposure and each class had their own event; the Junior Prom, Senior Hop, Sophomore Hop and Freshman Reception. In addition to class dances, there were also the Military Ball, Co-op Dance and Woman’s League Dance.

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Dances
The Junior Prom
The mad throbbing wail of saxophones smote the stillness of the night as the beauty and chivalry of the University of Cincinnati gathered in all the splendour of its multi-colored gowns and somber evening habiliments to celebrate the justly historic and tradition-vested promenade of the Junior Class. Never had the hoary halls of old McMicken, nestling midst the emerald hills of Cincinnati, beheld such charm, such grace, so many beautiful women, so many stalwart men. The dulcet tones of the orchestra, the refreshment comparable only to the nectar of the Gods, the hum of the joyous voices and the stentorian “May I cut,” of the gate crasher, the “tout ensemble” of the Junior Prom!

Senior Hop
The high and noble, the clan, the essence of superiority—that is the Senior Class, and they tried in a very successful manner to make the Hop equal to it. We can still hear the soft, pulsating music, the low murmur of happy voices, the dull thuds of colliding couples,. The cleverness of the Junior Class was reflected in their corner, which won first place with ease, and which goes to show that art for art’s sake is all right in its proper sphere, but not a the Senior Hop.

Found on page 116 - 117 of the 1925 book.