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Many alumni have treasured memories of rich autumn foilage
on Mizzou's campus. Nic Benner photo
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Autumn Memories
@Mizzou readers share memories
of fall at Mizzou ...
Ahhhh, I love the fall at Mizzou!
My first memories of Mizzou were when my oldest
brother, Joe Bestgen, BS BA ’89, was in the Sigma Phi Epsilon
fraternity and my sister Jan Bestgen was in Alpha Chi Omega sorority. I
would drive with my parents from Kansas City to see house decorations
on Homecoming weekend. Back then, house decs were quite the
production. I even had the chance to ride inside the Sig
Ep’s float. It was a 1960s-era car with the float built
on top; it reminded me of the movie Animal House.
I later attended Mizzou from 1995-2001. Fall
was my favorite time. I remember the trees changing color
on campus; sleeping with the dorm window open in McDavid and Donnelly
halls; Forest Village Apartments; and the needing-to-be-condemned
house I lived in on the corner of College and Bass avenues. Other
memories are of tailgating at Mizzou football games; watching
the Tigers win at Faurot Field; sitting on the patios of
Johnny's Beanery, Shiloh, Willie’s, Harpo's, TP's and Tropical
Liqueurs; going to class in shorts and t-shirts and coming home
to freezing rain and cold; and especially Hotel
and Restaurant Management Class 235. We really had some great
parties after those dinners!
Post graduation, I always enjoyed making it back to Mizzou from St. Louis for a fall football game. It’s been five years since my last visit. I dearly miss Mizzou!
– Bob Bestgen, BS HRM ’01
Memorial Stadium was originally shaped like a "U"
when it was built in 1925. Image courtesy of the 1925
Savitar yearbook and University Archives
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Almost every time I go to the games I sit there and think about how beautiful the fall was when we looked at the valley below the football field. This was back in 1951-54 before the bleachers were added to the south end of the field.
– Bill Brown, BS ME ’54
I remember sun-splashed, Indian summer Saturday afternoons while we enjoyed the football Tigers at Stadium Rd. and Providence Blvd.
– Mark Sonderman, BJ ’73
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