Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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in the Q W mm A boy gives a girl a helping hand up L gf ' V , ff- 'l U H Gif' tm' :Q sign - H H N H . H w fi - . 1 ' fn ty, , Y.. H V M ,. , 4 g ,Nt iv f X ,i -at it ta, , ,N tl, , Q ,A ' alone together, across fields, a horseback ride amid lingering beauty that is fall. I ,,,, N7 Fall In the fall, excitement is in the air. Crisp, cool nights and warm days shading off into jacket weather make for a stimulating atmosphere. Southern Illinois puts on its fancy dress, and it's quite a show indeed. Reds, yellows, browns, in every hue, run riot across the earth. It's a time for returning, for coming back to familiar haunts after a summer away. For many, and to them most exciting, it's the beginning of a whole new way of life, living at college.

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M ' H ' - , .1 , ' On an APO horseback trip, President Morris, his son and Alpha Phi Omega mem- bers check progress on a topographical map. A camp counselor helps a brace-wearing child pre- pare for the water in the crippled children's summer camp program sponsored by SIU and the Southern Illinois Association for the Crippled. More than 150 youngsters from Southern Illinois attended. Bob VValker, Peggy Vallett and Bill Turner rehearse Finian's Rainbow, first SIU musical summer attraction. SIU speech students and faculty go into rehearsals for the folk drama, Sheperd of the Hills at Southern's summer stock theatre at Branson, Mo., on Lake Taneycomo. It was the second and last season for the theatre. Alter the decision was made to close the Branson project, planning began for a similar venture lor future summers at Cairo. Some 320 students graduated at sum- mer commencement, rained into Shr- yock for the first time in many years. 21

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0 Divided into small groups, each with upperclass leaders, entering students in New Student VVeek got the dope on who, what and where about college. J l. of E Rl Parents visited campus for a New Student Mfeek picnic and a chance to get acquainted with the faculty and the University. ,477 W,--...-,.--.,,,..-. , , . ...- -mssvxrzw ill? ll Lingering summer sun fSouthern Illinois weather knows no calendarj made it possible for visits to Crab Orchard Lake for tanning and swimming to continue into fall quarter. 11 it H sfsfggv W .-..,u..,yvaQg - ff M - - f' lmimwn- l f L I New students were deluged with info about campus organizations at the traditional Wheels' Night display. 23