Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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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

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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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I Clyde E. Gates, project engineer on the building, supervises as Gov. Stratton picks up mortar prepara- tory L0 laying the agriculture building cornerstone. Dr. Charles C. Colby, internationally known geographer, accepts a Doctor of Science de- gree in June commencement exercises. at ,fp Dr. Morris, assisted by marshalls Richard Rieke and George Hand, confers degrees. 18 President Morris and Board oi Trustees chairman john Page Wlizliri beam with pride as the cornerstone is laid. Gov. Stratton wielded his trowel with the efficiency of a master mason. Commencement, cornerstone As spring term drew to a close, 619 students re- ceived degrees in commencement exercises in Mc- Andrew Stadium, ll9 of them associate degrees granted by the Division of Technical and Adult Edu- cation, 88 master's degrees from the Graduate School. Twenty graduating men were commissioned second lieutenants in the Air Force Reserve. Dr. Buell G. Gallagher, president of the City College of New Y ork, spoke at the ceremony. Three graduated with high honors, seven with honors, while 165 were recognized for scholarship in an Honors Day assembly May 24. Gov. William G. Stratton was on campus the same day to lay the cornerstone for the new agri- culture building west of Thompson Mfoods. More than 300 former students returned for Alumni Day, which featured class reunions and a banquet in YVoody Hall. Senior class president Bob Edgell represented the class at the banquet and en- rolled it' in Alumni Association membership.