Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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S.. Q' -1 Originally built as quar- ters for married veterans at Southern, Chautau- qua Housing provides 76 two-bedroom apart- ments. The project still houses many student and faculty families. Chautauqua Housing With present housing strained to the bursting point by the unprecedented large enrollment, three barracks in the Chautauqua project were converted to house men students. The University,s first ex- periment with co-operative housing, the nine apart- ments proyide living quarters for 48 men who furnish their own household supplies and handle their own cleaning and cooking. Gerald Pugh was named first resident counselor.

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T' ' K I The lmsic COIHPOIICIIT of ml active col- L T l ' v N G lege conzumzzity is tize living group. People say that the Southern student lacks school spirit and blame it on suitcase students - those who live so close to campus that they commute each day or go home every weekend. Such prophets of gloom say that the Southern student is more interested in his home town activities than in college life. But in 1955 Southern refuted the prophets. With the influx of an unprecedented enrollment, the outlook of the Southern student changed perceptibly. Southern became a University in fact as well as in name. A big- school atmosphere prevailed. That elusive quality, interest, en- -A A W joyed a revival. The weekend campus population shot up. A new fraternity formed. More people lived in dormitories and organized houses. The Southern ,student learned to live in a social society. The old time hiatus broke, and the Southern student came of age - more than ever before, a member of a college community.

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L .Vg Front row: Harvey Welch, secretary, Leo Wilson, president, Arthur Newborn, vice-president, James Lighfle, treasurer. Second row: Earl Borris, Dauglas Kelley, Linford Thomas, Robert Lee, Melvin Brown. Alpha Phi Alpha APA members lim Lanum, Leo Vllilson, lan Peters, Doug Kelley and Cliff Johnson play Cards in the Union after an chapter meeting, Beta Eta chapter Founded at Cornell University, New York, in 1906 Establishecl at Southern in 193-l Has ZOO Collegiate chapters Was first Negro Greek letter fraternity President is Leo Wilson