Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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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

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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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In a modernistic Egyptian setting, Jane Curry- was crowned Homecoming queen. Attendants, flanking her, are Pat Elder and Pat Day. In the court are Dot Hamilton, Kay Sue Eadie, Pat Bruce and Lois Kalla. Students return and a hectic fall is climaxed Carbondale came to life again as students poured back into town in September for a new term. New Student Weelt preceded the serious business of classes and brought with it the greatest influx of stu- dents ever recorded. Sheila Pflanz, a senior register- ing late, was the 6,000th student to register. Housing was more critical than ever-Arnold and Sabino Segobiano were assigned a broom closet in the Southern Acres dormitories, while 240 men expecting to live in new Thompson Point dorms The cafeteria became a gracious colonial scene for the Home- coming breakfast. 24 wound up at Giant City and Little Grassy in tents and barracks. Faculty wives were temporarily hired in several departments to relieve the strain on the faculty. Leadership Camp gave instruction about parti- cipation in campus activities to 150 freshmen in weekend sessions at the reservoir and Giant City. Gov. Stratton proclaimed Oct. 27 at Southern Illinois Day in honor of SIU Homecoming activities. Jane Curry, a senior from Cairo, was elected Homecoming queen in all-school elections preceding the weekend. At her coronation, 1955 queen Marilyn Liebig appeared and enter- tainment featured Dave Richardson singing Desert Song, Sandy Stein dancing the traditional interpretive dance and Martha fCral1eyj Huntington as court jester in a comedy dance routine.