Missouri State University - Ozarko Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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DEAN WILLARD I. GRAFF AND FOOTBALL COACH TOMMY 0'BOYLE, 1947 Above: Aclniinistrative Dean Wlillard J. Graff welcomed Tulane Uni'versity's former All-American Tommy O'Boyle in 1947. After two seasons, Coach O'Boyle, currently with the Duke University coaching staff, left SIMS for a coaching posi- tion at Kansas S tate. Dean Graff turned over the position of administrative dean to James E. Bane in 1952 and became superintendent of the Springfield Public School System. Below: Debaters Toni Strong and Yvonne Ray, accompanied by beloved debate mentor Virginia I. Craig, traveled to West Point in 1952 to become the first SMS team to enter the top-flight tournament since its inception six years earlier. Strong and Ray qualified to the semi-finals, making them one of the eight best teams of the thirty-fonr entered. FIRST WEST POINT DEBATE TOURNAMENT TEAM, 1952 I4 'I 5 'Ir A in fr 13 i fl fi fl 76 dll' QXVI. P X UI fl 1 01? f lf' if 1952 Ozarko Queen, Mary Lou Meir. Basketball team won MIAA Conference title: won National NAIB Champion- ship, Kansas City. Highest honor in SMS's 46 years of basketball history. In National Olympic Playoffs against Kansas University Iayhawks, Bears lost 92-65. Bears took 4th in pre- Christmas NAIB tourney at K. C. Three Bears made NAIB All-American group. Hamilton became an alternate to '52 World Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Champion Team Members: Iim Iulian, Ray Birdsong, Ierry Lumpe. Norm Siebern, Don Duckworth, Bill Lea, Ierry Anderson, Bill Thomas, Fred Stephens, and Forrest Hamilton. Bob Vanatta, coach, received Coach of the Year award from Utico National. Track team won MIAA Indoor and Out- door Meet. Sixth consecutive year as MIAA champs for Tennis team. Golf team, MIAA champions. 1953 Ozarko Queen, Vivian Arnaud. ROTC Military Ball inaugurated on campus. Basketball team set a precedent by win- ning NAIA National Championship for second straight year: MIAA champs. NAIA All-Americans: Forrest Hamil- ton, Don Anielak, Ierry Anderson, and Bill Thomas. Ierry Anderson received Chuck Taylor award for most valuable player of Tournament. Team members: Don Anielak, Art Helms, Forrest Ham- ilton, Ierry Anderson, Bill Thomas, Bill Price, Don Duckworth, Ray Birdsong. and Iohn Grimm.

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19-19 MIAA Basketball Champs: represented the Ozarks in NIAB Invitational Bas- ketball Tournament, Kansas City. Gene Ruble chosen most outstanding and valuable player in MIAA. Alpha Delta Pi replaced former ABZ Club, March. Tau Kappa Epsilon replaced former Tri-C Club. April. Ozarko Queen. Virginia Pummil. Interfraternity Council formed September. Wesley Foundation established, Decem- ber. Industrial Education Club formed, Feb- ruary. Tied for 2nd place in MIAA football with Maryville. French Club formed, September. Student Senate replaced old Student Council. A Boxing Squad made debut: reorganized in collegiate sport on campus. 1950 Women's Residence Hall completed, March. Construction started on Student Center Building. Ozarko Queen, Shirley Carr: Ozarko King, loc Sumners. Debate Squad for '49-'50 school years was largest in history of SMS and maintained 711, win percentage. Col- lected 5 single championships, one double and the first triple championship in SMS history. MIAA Basketball Champs: fell to cen- tral CMCAU Champsl in NAIB play- 0 S. PEM Club organized for Woxnen P. E. majors. 1951 Oznrko Queen, Barbara Langley. Basketball team won second place in MIAA. . Third consecutive championship in MIAA for golf team. Track team MIAA championship: Bears first conference championship in 18 years: second place in Outdoor Meet. Bears tied Kirksville for MIAA confer- ence title. Iohn Batton received MIAA FII-Conference title honors in back- ield. Special Education Club organized. S Nb 5. 1 0 fi mb X l gg. WORLD WAR II, 1943 Above: lflforld hlfar II brought the military to the campus. Nitmberiug as many as 500 men at times, the service personnel were housed in the Health and Recreation Buildings. Cots filled the arena, both. gyms, and the corridors making up the second floor. The first military courses were taught on July 1, 1942. Below: Dr. Sliamzon-, a Harrison Fellow in History and Harrison Scholar in His- tory during his period at the University of Petmsylrfa-Hia, discusses the war in Europe with three smdents. DR. SHANNON, 1944 i i r I i l I3

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1954 Winter term play. Detective Story, Feb- ruary 10. ll, l2. -' Second Annual ROTC Military Ball, February 26. ' Bears won third MIAA basketball cham- pionship, February 26. Bears third in NAIA tournament, March 19. Marilyn Canaday. Ozarko Queen, March 26. Ierry Anderson elected student body president, April 8. Brigadoon, April 26-0. Ierry Anderson named Player of Year by Helms Foundation, April 23. Commencement Exercises for 162 seniors, May 26. Promenaders appeared on Ted Mack's Amateur Hour. Commencement for 153 seniors, August 3. Fall term registration: 1,871. The Male Animal presented as fall term play. Iudy Moore crowned Queen of Oil Prog- ress Week at SMS-Kirksville football, October 15. Homecoming game with Cape Girardeau televised. Queen was Icanne McLin, October 30. SMS won Senior Women's Sweepstakes at Ada, Oklahoma, Speech and Debate Tournament for eighth time, Decem- ber 3. Wintcr term play was Curious Savage. Annual Christmas Formal and Candle- light Service. December 16. Gold Bar, honorary military fraternity, organized in December, 5. to Ex. Ss K gg. t FT Ek 5 Q X Q .tg P S .-g NAIB CHAMPIONSHIP 1951-52 Above: Coach Bob Vaizatta is hoisted to the shoulders of Bill Lea and Ray Bird- song as his wife tries to congratulate him 'on winning the 1951-52 NAIB champion- ship. Coach Vanatta's boys took the title again the next year to become the first team in the history of the tourney to win twice in a row. Below: Jerry Anderson, left, and Art Helms, right, were presented All-American Awards, following the 1952-53 victory, by Al Duer, Executive Secretary of the NAIA, and Bill.Schroeder, Managing Director of NAIA. Jerry, named to the first team, received the Most Valuable Player Award. .Terry graduated in 1954-55 after serving as that year's Student Body President. In Senior Assembly exercises, he was awarded the first William Virgil Cheek Award and it was announced that his basketball number, 43 , would be retired. NAIA ALL-AMERICANS, 1952-53 ll l 5