Year: 1876-1903
Senior Walk began as a tradition at the University of Arkansas (http://www.uark.edu/) in 1905, when the names of the senior class were inscribed in a section of sidewalk. Earlier senior classes at the university, which was founded in 1871, were added in the 1930s. Today, the tradition continues with the department of facilities management engraving the names of each new graduating class within about one year after their graduation.
The number of students listed in each of the early senior classes:
- 1876 - 9
- 1877 - 11
- 1878 - 5
- 1879 - 8
- 1880 - 9
- 1881 - 6
- 1882 - 15
- 1883 - 7
- 1884 - 11
- 1885 - 6
- 1886 - 5
- 1888 - 14
- 1889 - 7
- 1890 - 6
- 1891 - 8
- 1892 - 10
- 1893 - 13
- 1894 - 12
- 1896 - 19
- 1897 - 11
- 1898 - 14
- 1899 - 11
- 1900 - 23
- 1901 - 24
- 1902 - 22
- 1903 - 26
No graduates in either 1887 or 1895 because commencement ceremonies were moved from spring to winter and then back again. Early graduates include Ella Carnall and Vol Walker in 1877, and Lafayette Gregg in 1882.