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

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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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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,