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First Miner homecoming in 1929 brought in 'scores' of returning students

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Sarah Ann Duenas & María Cortés González/El Paso Times

On Nov. 8, 1929, the El Paso Times announced that the Texas College of Mines, now the University of Texas at El Paso, would celebrate homecoming — "the first of its kind ever held at the college."

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Home-coming day will be celebrated at the Texas College of Mines tomorrow.

More than a score of graduates from the institution, coming from all parts of the southwest and from Mexico, are coming to El Paso to celebrate the event, the first of its kind ever held at the college.