Professor O. B. Ross suggested to the Agriculture Club that it hold an annual Roundup, and the first was held in the spring of 1937. The event was assumed by the Animal Science Department and Block and Bridle Club in 1939. The objective of the event was to give students training and experience in grooming and showing of several classes of livestock, but the business was not all serious. In the third Roundup, for example, horses and mules to be judged were designated by the names of some of the popular agriculture faculty. The names of Dean Jacob, Dr. Peacock, Dr. Willis, Dr. Hervy, Professor Fitzgerald, and Professor Wylie were attached to some of the more promising animals.
The annual Roundup featured beef, dairy cattle, swine, and sheep shows with prizes for winners in each class. State 4-H and Future Farmers of America (Society of Agricultural Education) held animal shows in the afternoon. The serious purpose of agriculture continued to be lightened by contests such as sheep dressing and tobacco spitting.