Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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4 Southern celebrated its graduation from a normal university in 7947 and the fact was happily proclaimed by this float in the Homecoming parade. The annual Dunbar Dance was not held in l944 and that was the first year the Homecoming dance was attended by both while and colored students. 7942-7948 With most of the world at war, recruiters from all branches of lhe service came to Southerrfs quiet campus in an effort lo enlist those men who had not yet been subject to the draft. jf- M Thoughts of the war effort were heavy on the hearts of students attending school. News of the terrible battles and losses reaching campus via papers and radio were manifested in many ways, as in this float in 7943. t w fa S NHL hiwnosummwlm Pa. 4. .JP muim . ,,c-mg-3-.LXLQLJIK 13

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ligx-X On the twenty-seventh of March in 7944 Roscoe Pulliam died. ln a little less than ten years in office he had gained a large measure of personal respect among the faculty, but most notably among the students. se-,eww sq mmm-vwmmrmzafn ,,......,,.m..s.,.s.N. W B N . .,. .. .. W ,... ...H cs. 7... , GENE ABNEY IAMESNERE nownu. Q K 5 , as ,..wwmm - 'sg ..-w'v55 - . . 'iv W,.,.f,j: 1 -U s w 1 . ' H Y iiuvrzs TU-UZPH BULLA BUY DUNCAN S ' 'X' fi fiilwplth !w.J'l . f-5 va ' I ,. 4 'in 1 - -4,wv U'-A74 5, . it - . M .. - . . X W-fggflwtziitv a ges it :H fnimig-rgqmtgiiggharHiikzltfvlx1-iyiiwigh.., J -- WHJ-FAM - DJAPHEE - 7' 5 S - - -W M- ff MDW 'W qsbfflmiwslf JH '-f-if . C. I. ANDERSON? pu .i.q,ia.. ':ll 4 .. i gli- ' f - 4- -f . 4, v ' 1 i V ik-if W f'W?f'53r'f 'L ' , 7 ROBEHTH. , fig i? K . 'f if if ' 'i'MeWHf1if g 3 Agia? .WU .fn ,H an All t r smfadw V RN sn- PAA' - 4 e.,,smn.,,s.wsi.,:f, k , L- -' 'A limggkwimhwwivHnfffbiiiflvif-iw.-.wars w ' .s...... .s..,.,,l.,,,,,,,f,g,W,3,W,y,,,' GERPJ..DeBBKBH,, . 1 , c 4 .i--, l wir '- . . . . 7 1 1 ' 4 - ,L r iw, ' ,, . . W F! I LW MKM Mi-2. uhm. ,,, ww mEg?QW,g!,3, WADE'BAKE3l L 7 kVV,L jj! g j U gi! ,fig : ' , 7 is Ve'l D BAWKER LYNDELL COCKRUMN ..- ....,. .. , H JACK EARTH ED COPELAND 'W 1--.se AM FISHER CUfb0nClCIle'S rv1Gif1 dwg was the scene of this all school pep rally during the 7947 football season in which the Maroons divided eight games. Under the di- rection of Coach Glenn Martin baseball was revived as a varsity sport after many years absence. 72 4,, ' . , ' , ' , 22' .. ,fav imc.: ::i 11, Global changes wrought by the World War were felt here too. Familiar faces disappeared from campus, enrollments took pro- portionate losses, and new organizations l Adopt a Yank Club and Student War Committeeui appeared on campus. The 7943 OBELISK was dedicated to those Southerners at war . . . some- where on a battlescarred island in the South Pacific, somewhere on an aircraft carrier in the blue Mediterranean, somewhere on the deserts of North Africa . . . to someone, somewhere, any- where in the world. . . to everyone of those Sinoos who have answered their country's call. The OBELISK shrank from a hearty 250 pages in pre-war years to barely more than 700 from 7942 to 7946. Southern's Mad- rigal Singers gave 27 performances during an army camp tour in the Middle West, and varsity football was not played in 7944. But despite a ravaged world, SINU grew faster. In 7944 the Graduate School was created and in 7945 Southern became a fully accredited university offering graduate programs. That fall the three college plan became effective, consisting of the College of Education, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the College of Vocations and Professions. Chester l.ay succeeded to the presidency upon the death of President Pulliam in 7944. ln that year the OBELISK wrote: The entire latter years of his presidency were spent in formulating and organizing for a greater university at Southern. lt was Mr. Pulliam's belief that a man should aid every other man and give praise to him for his accomplishments. This spirit of friendliness and idea of democracy may be best stated in his own words, 'Let's shine each other's halos'. The 7947 Legislature passed a bill which changed the school's name to Southern Illinois University and Normal was gone from its title forever. The 7942 OBEUSK published a list of men who left school to join the war effort. This is just a segment of that list. Many men later returned to complete collegeg many did not. It is to them that we are indebted. Chester Lay became Southern's seventh president on January 7, 7945. In his in- augural address he said, Deep rooted in ourAmerican way of life is an abiding faith that if we give our children a good education,all other good thingswill be added to them. saw,

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ffl' Mil By 7952 if had become evidenl lhaf confusion in fhe orienfalion of more fhan one fhousand freshmen was gefling oul of hand. So in fhe fall of 7953 Soulhern's firsf New Sludenf Week leaders were selecled. Here fwo original leaders inslrucf a group of freshmen in fhe complex process of regisfrafion. iifff -,. :.,1-. ,mf 'Fw Following a campus-wide eleclion in 7952, fhe Saluki dog was chosen fhe learn mascot. Before Soulhe-rn's firsl sleek Saluki,King Tul,ccime lo campus, the leams were called the Maroons, a name, some felf,of lilfle dislinclion. 74 7949-7955 Delyle W. Morris succeeded Chesier Lay fo fhe presidency in lime lo slarf lhe 7949 academic year. Dr. Morris came lo Soufhern from a posl as lhe direclor of lhe Speech and Hearing Clinic af Ohio Slale Universify.