Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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id-spring brings elections, campus Visitors 1 .. 'am 1 554' tt, '56 GOLF SQUAD FRONT Row: XfVilbur Widicus, Bill Malinski, Eddie Goldstein, Gene Snider, john Murphy. SECOND Row: Lynn Holder, coachg Don Zima, Bob Donarski, Andy Barnett, captaing Bill Belviy, Jerry Rombach, unidentified. l 1 P' '-ti In an architect's drawing, the new Student Union shows how it will look when completed. Approved in 1956, construction was hoped to begin in 1957.

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, . l Perhaps the biggest news of 1956 came when a record 2,220 students braved an all-day rain storm to vote in student elections, approving a voluntary in- crease in activity fees for a new Student Union build- ing fund by a more than 80 percent 'lyes vote, An innovation came when the en tire school put on its best fancy dress for University Day, an open house for parents and area townspeople, in the mid- dle of May. Tours, exhibitions and refreshments were on tap as Southern said welcome to its friends. Also new on campus, Southern, in May, was selected as one of ten schools to inaugurate women's AFROTC. Not new, but scoring their best record in his- tory, SIU's golf squad racked up eight wins, two losses swf Q VU lu . tw '56 'mums SQUAD FRONT Row: Don McRaven, Merril SECOND Row: Jim Jarrett, jack Norma captaing Jim Shanklin. 11 'llf 'Av ,JG l Rosenthal, John Lelievre, coach. n, Bill Whittenberg, Rod Merriman, Pill 'Vin L ww: -ffl and two ties, and placed third in the IIAC meet. Andy Barnett captained the successful team. On the tennis scene, the squad tied the season with five wins and five losses, and placed third in the IIAC tourney. Rod Merriman captained the squad. Wiiicliiig up the varsity sports year with a Car- bondale Chamber of Commerce banquet in June, 100 athletes were awarded letters and Sigma Pi's Henry Hinkley award was presented to Marion Rushing, Southern's most valuable athlete for the year. In spring intramural sports, championships went to the Marlins, swimming, Sigma Pi, softballg Kappa Alpha Psi, track, Hawks Nest, volleyball, Sigma Pi and Delta Zeta, Hellenic Bowling League. Campus visitors stand in line to tour the famous B-29 bomber featured in the AFROTC University Day display. Thousands visited exhibits and toured the main campus and Southern Acres. 'icy vi , ' 4. -N 4-'if'f. ' 'f K ' .Z 'Q291i.fl'-V' ff li 'ffm w H N, :uf Tffffi 'll 'ititfsu F I5IQ.:f.lg4:5',1:75.y '-'af-5 '- ' ,, 'fi1aLt22l7f 'f . s .. -r 4.-2. . I., . l ,milf fr if - - E 4 f- :eww 1 55-1LS.i.1-,ff -' ' ' .. e?q,f'g.,,5f,f7' I .-'Hr -me ,V h rel, - If , , sfr tisei M. - - -fl5E,f'i'f. 129,1 51 H S S ev N . . f. - fe- This house was moved AL... , ... ,VW Tony Trabert signs autographs after being defeated by Pancho Gonzales in an April professional tennis match at Southern. alien : it there. Take it from here-put It's not an uncommon sight. to make way for the U School drive. I7