Brigham Young University - Banyan Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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gation was judged second. Dozens of the more than 125 students from five universities participaing in Model United Nations at BYU raised their country s name s.gns to indicate their vote on a resolution. This was the first MUN on campus.

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Color filtered through campus activities, events Color pervaded the campus. It filtered in vivid splashes through the cloisters of the library. It lit the autumn trees and crowds that witnessed BYU ' s foot- ball team as it took second place in the first year of the new Western Athletic Conference. On a sunny yellow gold Homecoming day the Cougars handed first place New Mexico its only confer- ence loss and soundly trounced title-con- tender Wyoming. Winter subdued na- ture ' s colors but brought out bright hues in clothes as students suited up for skiing, tobogganing, skating and other snow sports. On the intercollegiate scene, sports color went indoors for the basketball season. BYU again copped second place honors. After several un- successful tries, spring finally arrived to stay. Almost overnight the dry trees be- gan to blossom, the trampled grass turned green and students migrated out- side to wait for school to fade into sum- mer vacation. Basketball evoked a mood of enthusiasm and spirit from Cougar fans that was similar to that exhibited during football season. Familiar blue and white uniformed players showed their fans some outstanding basketball, which led to two overtime games.

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Model UN confab on campus International emphasis came to BYU during the year through the medium of the Model United Nations held in March, first MUN in campus history. More than 100 students from five schools gathered to debate in true United Nations style the question of admitting Com- munist China to the U.N. Sponsoring the event was the campus Inter- national Relations Club. This convincing imitation of the real world of international happen- ings was only one indication that BYU students were, in the main, aware of the global conflicts, glories, tragedies and maneuverings. Cuba was the big word at BYU and everywhere else in the world in October when President Kennedy announced a quarantine of Castro ' s island because of Soviet arming of the country. Students clustered around radios and TV sets to hear his speech and then haunted the campus newspaper ' s teletype news wire to keep up on latest develop- ments. But the crisis cooled and interest in off-Florida islands faded. The year ' s biggest event was replaced by other happenings. Thoughtful students examined the publicized rift between Communist China and the Soviet Union. Many felt that as the Communist leaders gathered in Berlin for the East Germany Communist Party Congress in January, all was not well. Along with this came the realization to many that there was a new menace to be considered on the world stage — Red China. The Communist Chinese-Indian border dispute brought this problem sharply into focus as the Chinese forced their way in November into North India. This was a year for world economics as well as conflict, although in the European Economic Community or Common Market, the two appeared together occasionally. Britain ' s rebuff in January as a pos- sible applicant member of the Common Market provoked students into thinking of the posture France was taking on the world stage. President de Gaulle of France became a key figure with his Ameri- cans go home ' ' idea. Europe remained in student awareness nearly all year, especially in the winter months when the continent froze and shivered through the worst cold season in years. Hundreds of people died in storms and floods which racked Italy, Germany, France, England and other nations. As refugees trickled into Berlin under, over and through The Wall continuing stories of human courage and endurance reached the cam- pus. This evidence of humanity ' s bravery in the face of totalitarianism and force served as a reminder that millions of human beings con- tinued to suffer under tyranny, poverty and inhuman living conditions. Other parts of the world contributed to the world news scene. In the Congo U.N. forces continued to battle with conflicting native groups as two governments — Congo Brazzaville and Congo Leopoldville — struggled for recognition. Revolts rocked the Middle East govern- ments in Iraq and Yemen and hundreds died. And in Viet Nam the slow deadly struggle involving the U.S., Viet Nam and the Com- munists continued. Once again, conflict was the key word for the international scene. 7 Jim Mugwero, an African student, took MUN seriously as did Johnny Ho, a Chinese student from Formosa who represented his homeland. Many BYU foreign students par- ticipated. CW«fc .