Bowling Green State University - Key Yearbook (Bowling Green, OH)

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fl.?fi5,4,ljjZjlf2. f 1 S , V. 1- .,,. , . . mm ' ' Mm, V - Jerry Lee Walton jerry Watton, Susan Kramer Named Key Royalty The 1960 Key proudly announces its Golden An- niversary King and Queen-Jerry Lee Watton and Susan Marie Kramer. The Key royalty were se- lected this year by BGSU alumna and Academy- Award Winning actress, Miss Eva Marie Saint. Mr. Watton, a member of Kappa Sigma Fra- ternity and a health and physical education major, is from Zanesville. Miss Kramer, a member of Kappa Delta Sor- ority and an elementary education major, is from Floral Park, N.Y. The 10 finalists for Key King and Queen were selected from 60 candidates in an all-campus election December 2, 1959. More than 2,600 students voted. Last year's King and Queen were selected by Gov- ernor Michael V. DiSalle.

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Largest Key Day gathering January 20, 1960, took place in the Hotel Sheraton ballroom in Cleveland. Doyt Perry was speaker. Key Day Establishes University 'Ambassadors' Believing that University alumni are not simply associated with the past and dusty volumes of The Key, but are those who care greatly about Bowling Green, the Alumni Association and Director of Alumni Affairs Kenn Krouse established the third Wednesday in January of each year-January 20, 1960, this year--as Key Day. Bowling Green friends throughout the nation used this day to meet as clubs, informal groups, and more especially, in the homes of alumni where a personal look back produced a look up and a look forward for the University. Key Day, when well established, Mr. Krouse said, will provide the basis for many local clubs with ambassadors and inter- preters of the University everywhere. Largest gatherings for the first Key Day were held in Toledo, Cincinnati and Cleveland, where more than 500 alumni and friends gathered to hear Coach Doyt Perry tell the story of the championship Falcon football team. Attending Cleveland's Key Day observance were lfrori leftl Dwight Spayth, Alumni Director Kenn Krouse and Coach Perry.

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'. ii Susan Marie Kramer Final Selection Made By Famous BG Graduate Miss Eva Marie Saint ,,w 'A 1 Photographs of the 10 finalists for Key King and Queen Were sent to California and Miss Eva Marie Saint, one of Bowling Green State University's most well-known graduates. Miss Saint left in March for the Middle East to Work on the forthcoming pro- duction of Exodus, adapted from the book by Leon Uris. Miss Saint previously co-starred with Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock's North by North- West. The actress, a member of Delta Gamma Sorority, received her introduction into dramatics at the Uni- versity with the help of Dean of Students Elden T. Smith tthen chairman of the speech departmentj and Mrs. Smith. Miss Saint is one of the University's first 'tdistinguished alumni?