Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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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

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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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The advent of the depression in 7929 wrought many changes in campus life at SINU. Enrollment dipped nearly 50 per cent much as it had during the war years a decade earlier. Despite the depressive manifestations which a crumbling national economy caused on Southern Illinois and Southern in process, the University continued to make constructive reappraisals of its cur- riculum. During a 7937 meeting, the North Central Association accorded SINU full recognition as a college, an achievement which guaranteed qualified graduates admission to the graduate school of any North Central university and insured complete transfer of any credit earned at Southern. By 7932 Southern's faculty numbered 774, 76 of which had doctorate and 54 master's degrees. In 7928 Epsilon Beta became the first sorority on campus. A new science building, later named Parkinson, was constructed on the southwest corner of the campus and opened in the fall of 7930. The OBELISK was undergoing changes in its format. ln 7929 a much larger proportion of the book was given to sports coverage. In 7932 the first full color pictures appeared in the OBELISK, and one year later the editors discontinued use of a formal theme and focused the book on the multiple aspects of student life, a trend followed almost exclusively in college yearbooks today. The 7930 football team completed its season undefeated by posting an unblemished 9-0 record. The 7930 eleven became the only undefeated team in Southern's long history. As the nation healed its post-depression economic wounds, SINU once again began to feel the flush of increased growth and the student body in 7934 grew to 7500. In 7933 by an act of the General Assembly Southern became Southern Illinois State Teachers College. in , ' 'JIU' at 14 x , i il 7 5 3 S, 6 S ' A . We M in ft t v H ' 4 f -f ff , qbfpe F .-. 24'wvs-N. During the depression years the Southern campus epitomized the typ- ical small town teachers college. The houses and barn in the back- ground stand on the present location of the Home Economics Building constructed in 7960, Women students, members of the Carbondale bowling league, walked all the way across town to the alley in the early 793O's. On the whole social life was restricted. Couples were discouraged and dances were not allowed on campus, but women could go to the Elks if they had parent-signed permits i i 2