University of Arkansas Monticello - Boll Weevil Yearbook (Monticello, AR)

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ee ee ee eee ee ¥ £. STUDENTS BREAK from routines to lounge under a shade tree and feed the ducks. : LESLIE HALL tests her skill on the pool table in one of the fraternity suites. presidency. The New Ad- ministration Building and Fine Arts Center were both finished in 1975. In 1971, Arkansas A M merged with the University of Arkansas System. Offi- cially, it became UAM, the University of Arkansas at Monticello, on July 1, 1971. In 1976, Dr. Babin resigned as Chancellor of the Univer- sity, in order to return to teaching. Dr. Fred J. Taylor, current Chancellor, assumed his post on January 1, 1977. He had previously served as Ex- ecutive Assistant to Univer- sity President Charles Bish- op in Fayetteville. In his two years as Chancellor, UAM

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In 1946, William E. Morgan suc- ceeded Marvin Bankston as Presi- dent and held the position until 1948 when Horace E. Thompson ‘took the reins. Under Thompson, the campus acquired the former prisoner of war camp, and the Boll Weevils won the AIC football championship five of six years, beginning with 4953, : Jack Mears became President in 1960, and in 1961, A M topped the 1,000 student enrollment mark for the first time in its histo- ry. : - Dr. Claude H. Babin followed Mears as President in 1962. His term saw the construction of the newer buildings on campus. Bank- ston Hail, the largest dormitory on campus, was built during Babin’s DR. AND MRS. JESSE COKER take time out for fish- : ae in Weevil Pond with their Benddaye ter Whit- hey. THE REMNANTS of the old cattle barn glow in fire- light. 1979 saw the removal of some of the older ue on campus.

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has undergone a vast change. His administra- tion displays a professionalism different from past administrations. From the 137 original students in that 1910 Fourth District Agricultural School to the pre- sent University of Arkansas at Monticello, the campus has progressed immeasurably. Its physical appearance is changing continuous- ly, its curriculum and programs are being up- graded and modernized, and its student body composition has developed from the sons and daughters of hard-working farmers to a cross-section of the people of not only Arkan- sas, but the entire United States. Hi 7S DANCES ARE a favorite activity of UAM students. Connie Hollis and Jim McKinney enjoy themselves at one of the many dances spon- sored by the Student Government Association. THE UAM Student Union provides a place for food, relaxation and fun for UAM students.