Austin Peay State University - Yearbook (Clarksville, TN)

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14 cation condoned dorm visitation from 6-8 pm. on Wednesdays. These hours were extended the fol- lowing year, and supervised open visitation was granted in 1976. Alpha Tau Omega became the first national social fraternity to organize on Austin Peay's campus in 1970 with the installation of the Zeta Phi Alpha chapter. In January of 1972, the installation of Chi Omega marked the first national social so- rority to establish a chapter at APSU. Fraternities and sororities were not the only new organizations on campus, however. In 1970 the Phil- harmonic University Kazoo Ensem- ble eagerly awaited recognition by the SGA. The group was formed ttto promote the advancement and im- provement of kazoo playing but ap- parently failed to receive recogni- tion as an organization and disband- ed tdis-kazoodn. Several advances in athletics were made at APSU in the early 70's. Women's basketball was reinstated in 1971 after being inactive for over 20 years. The baseball team became the first sports team to win a major sports championship by winning the 1971 OVC championship. Two years later, March 1973, the Austin Peay basketball team won their first OVC crown, and claimed national rank- ings in major college polls, riding the efforts of a fabulous freshman from Brooklyn, N.Y., James HFIy Wil- liams. Renovation of Municipal Stadium and construction of the fine arts