Indiana State University - Sycamore Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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' Mjgk 1 Hulman Center residents relaxed in the spacious lounge 0! the former Hotel Deming. The college purchased the hotel for additional housing quariers for men and for rooms for social activities. zine, joining the Statesman, college newspaper, and Sycamore, college yearbook, as publications. The newspaper began publication in 1895 and changed to a twice week- ly publication this year. The Sycamore began publication in 1896 and began regularly in 1923. The first humor magazine organ- ized in 1935, but ceased publication due to lack of interest. Since then several magazines began, but none

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Standing majestic against the summer sky. Prometheus . sculptured by a State graduate. represented a: look to the future for students. prepare to teach in Indiana high schools after one year of prepara- tion of Spanish and English meth- ods. This was the year that marked the change in name. To upperclasu- men, the Student Union Building wasstill the SUB, but to the in- coming freshmen the Union carried a new name. In honor of President Emeritus Ralph M. Tiery, the building was renamed Tirey Me- morial Union Building. Within the Union, the 1700 capacity auditor- ium was named Tilson Music Hall in memory of Lowell Tilson, former chairman of the music department. Buildings were not the only landscape features affected by the past history of the school. Tulip trees, small evergreens, and syc- amore trees line the campus every- where except on the quad, where underground tunnels make it im- possible to plant trees on the grassy lawn. The quad, so named because of its quadrangular shape, was once the center of the campus, but this year students found that not all paths led to the quad as they once did. This was the year that students studied in cool comfort of air- conditioning in the Commerce Building and the Science Building, while other classrooms had the standard fans, marking them as not quite modern with: the growing campus. Students benefited from films, records, and the other teach- ing materials that their ancestors before them in the old normal school and even the teachers col- lege were unfamiliar with at their time. This was the year that students put their literary talents to work and produced a new literary maga- A! Indiana State students were encouraged lo lake advantage of aesthetic learning as well as academic elements. Turman Art Gallery oifered opportunities in student and pro- fessional art displays.

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w i; ; kmums ' Renovation oi the old Science Building pro- vided business and commerce students with air-conditioned classrooms and television facili- ties. prospered. This was the year that the campus saw a new sorority join the ranks of social life at State. Alpha Phi colonized in January with 43 pledges and joined seven other sororities and six fraterni- ties. Of the national Greek social organizations started on the cam- pus, only one is not longer here, Eta chapter of Phi Delta Theta. This was the year that the col- lege leader of ten years, President Raleigh W. Holmstedt, announced his retirement effective in June after the completed school year. With him passed a decade of his- tory, of people, of events, of suc- cesses, of failures, of life that made Indiana State a college, that made it reflect on the past for the present and the present for the future. Change and progress leave most of the past behind, but parts of it will always remain in traditions, in dedications, and in memories. Walking across the campus and seeing the sundial, the senior memory box, and the C'ondit Home, one can remember what came be- Walking further and looking upward, one reflects on what will come after. The past has Iain the groundwork for the present and the present is setting the stage for the future. This history and the people of Indiana State fore him. The Olympic size pool in the Arena was the scene of many swimming meets during the year as swimmers continued to improve with new equipment and condition.