George Washington University - Cherry Tree Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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d United Press Pliol.o Tile blast uiT the Army ' s Jupiter-C inissle that carried America ' s first earth satellite in its tip. Italy’s gift to the United States, film star Sophia Loren. The welcome that King Sand received in Washington was in marked contrast with the snub that greeted him earlier in New York City,

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During the past twelve months the world has revolved many limes and a great deal has happened, not just here at George Washington University, but in the District of Columbia, in the l niled States, and in the world. Into our lives have come such items as Sputnik. Jayne Mans- field and “Peyton Place . G. W. students have sailed down the Potomac to Marshall Hall, danced to the music of Claude Thornhill, survived the efforts of the Organiza- tion for Student Action, and played the Naval Academy in football. For some students the school dav has ended with the conclusion of their class at noon, while for others it did not begin until after dinner. Still others have kept campus buildings alive after the last class of the dav by working out policies and schemes in meetings of campus organiza- tions as the night cleaning crews worked their way through the buildings. But for all students at the Uni- versity, it has been a memorable year, one filled with fun. worry, sadness, study, relaxation and coin pan ion- ) ship. r , This particular edition of the CheHHV Tree is going to try to tell that story, the ston of the last year, the story of the year 1957-58. it was in . . . 1958

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That’s it was . . . IN THE WORLD The visit to this country of Queen Elizabeth did much to strengthen Anglo-American relations. Washington Post Photo Two metal moons lobbed into space by Russia made tbe biggest news of 1957, By the end of January in 1958, the United States’ answer, the Explorer, was orbiting as high as 1700 miles above the earth, but onlv after severe soul-searching on the part of Americans concerning both their educational and military setups , . . While the beep- beep from space arid the fate of the first space traveler, the little dog Laika. commanded the attention of the world, another drama was unfolding inside Russia it- self, the swift rise of Nikita Khrushchev to supr eme, if uneasy, authority ... A young Illinois soldier. William S. Girard, stationed in Japan shot and killed a Japanese woman on a target range and created an international issue . . , The Middle East generated another major cri- sis when Russia expanded her influence into Syria, and then, suddenly. Syria began hollering that I urkey and America were about to attack her. There followed Rus- sian warnings, American warnings, appeals to the U.N., a United States airlift of tanks to Jordan, Turkish ma- neuvers, and an Egyptian troop movement to Syria. And then Khrushchev barged into a Turkish diplomatic party, and said, in effect, there would he no war. Laika. the World’s first space traveler. United Press Photo