Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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f.- Foculfy, sfudenfs, and some children composed the orcheslra In l926 fhey posed lo have this phofo made by Old Main's wesf erfranre Thaf year the group played cf chapel and broadcasted over the radio This piclure of G play presenled by Phe 5lrul and Frel in fhe l922 OBELISK. The Iwo-acl comedy was given af Audiiorium for fhe benefif of fhe school's afhlefic fund. l E in 7 I? g l la ii ' li l Z 'Z 5 , S J J - x.-gf:-9 J- - ,I

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Lunchtime in Anthony Hall, the only women's dorm on campus, looked like the scene above in 1923. Anthony, constructed for 575,000 in 1913, was the only major building completed at SINU from that time until 1926. The old hall was remodeled in 1962 and now serves as an office building. The ancient gymnasium in Altgeld Hall was the site of the senior vs. faculty basketball game in 1921. The event, the OBELISK said, was greeted with great enthusiasm by the 1,800 students and teachers. Members of Southern's first official football team are pictured below as they scrimmaged in the fall of 1921. Early athletic squads were called the Maroons after the schaol's colors, maroon and white 1921-1927 Raccoon coats and ukuleles were the rage during the 1920's. Many song fests were held around the fountain east of Old Main. The men would start singing and the girls would join in the strains of the song of the day Oh, Lydia Pinkham. Southern's first football team was organized in 1921. Over- coming a previous inability to raise funds for travel and equip- ment, the first grid eleven took the field in the fall. In 1926 the Maroons did not win a game and did not score a point. The basketball team had a 120 pound forward and lost one game to McKendree College, 13-5. Work was begun on the present men's gymnasium in 1925. According to the 1925 OBELISK it provided the best floor in the state. The nearest rafters were to be 27 feet from the floor allowing ample room for arching of shots. Growth of the University proceeded steadily during the 1920's. In 1926 SINU was promoted from a class C to a class B college, an event the OBELISK recorded as the greatest achievement which our alma mater has experienced. Also in 1926 sixty faculty members taught at SINU and enrollment was 1712, more than double the number ten years previously. The average salaries of students graduated with two-year college degrees in 1921 was S1800 for men and S1200 for women. As different as these years were from Southern today, many parallels are nonetheless obvious. The University was, as always, growing. Students studied much the same curriculum, faced many similar problems, and like those of us here today were concerned about their prospects in an ever changing world. Consider the topic of the Forum Debate Society in 1921: Resolved: That all nations should disarm.

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EE, fb' L lie Members of Mu Tau Pi Fraternity greet Columnist Drew Pearson at the downtown Illinois Central station in l934. Carbondale was a town of approximately 7,200 during this period and the University was, as usual, its largest business. l928-l93-4 ,all 'K i l i l I 'i I Al l l li i it P ffm .psf 1, i' '+ eg: Y W., I Occupying a place of honor south of the Men's Gym, Lalce Ridgeway l was for many years a sentimental favorite among the students. lt i was ultimately filled in to make room for campus development. I i a 1 Below is a reproduction of Southern's football record as it appeared in l i l the 7930 OBELISK. The team completely outclassed all of its opposition, held six of nine teams scoreless, and won the Little Nineteen Conference Championship. Football Score' 1930 l i l 1 l -Q., '- Dorothy Benner was the Football Queen, an early version of today's Home' coming Queen. This 7929 beauty reflects the dress-up attire of women on cam- pus during the roaring years of the late twenties. Roaring? Women had just begun to appear on campus without stockings. 8 5.I.N.U S,'I,N.l.' S,l.N.U. S,l.N.U S.I.N.U N.I.N.L' S,l.N.U S.l.N,L' S.I.N.U S,l.N.U 25 I2 ' 32 39 , I2 I9 32 2 44 217 N'i'on 9 Murray Y Cape Scou's Field Old Normal Sr. Viator , Cape , Shurtlctf ,, Charleston Mclicndrcc Opponents Lost . ,, 0 ,. 12 24 l 6 He: , 6 The 0 ' Hex l 0 Heil N 0 - Heli 0 Heil 0 The 0 Heli Hoi I ... ' l i t 1 .l l i i i i l