Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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Heads Up Year religious question on university admis- sions blanks would be removed com- pletely beginning in 1958. The Human Relations committee carried things on by investigating off- campus entertainment spots that were thought to discriminate. All was not argument in the local education world. NU announced a S178 million building program. Plans for new buildings and increased fac- ulty salaries were publicized. The senior class fell in with univer- sity plans. Convinced that North- western had enough rocks and gates, the class of 1957 gave as its class gift, 554,000 to supplement faculty salaries. .. . Yr REJECTED all lXJ4ll'llHH'r-li'l'l1, flfmrwn-1 Win lwaovu-5 I . . t . . P.-i lipsrluii limi-Q: altar time-fl l'4',-lgllklllvvll la-1! lzill. A WELCOME F R WU An injury is healed by a new fraternity bid ln the friendly utizms jvliere nl' ilu- Ku 1 :iz Fivrnu 'Xl vim lrgiiwriiitx lv-In-e g I . . l A I l l -ri l . ai Uliw-I uwllwgt: in Olivet. lklivli. fairly this mvmtlz ii mm ni-'zulu-1' was iiiiliaiml ziml ri itmiixtl was l'iualwl. Tlllw nw-it :zu-:nl-M' was Flwrimin Wu. the i9-jyeai'-tvltl null ol li. lf. Wu, ii forum-r gui Umor ull Fmmo-iz, .-X lresliiiiaii at Noiwliwe-sh-i'ix lniwr-ity in lfxainslon. lll.. ln- hail lit-1-11 plerlgwl by the l'-i ljusilmi lil'iil1'l'lllll' on his .mn vainpiis. Rui lit' was l'm'r-ml in rrxsivxi wlu-zz e-iiflit ullwz' .lt-ilws ilxwain.-rl will in milf-st KT n l r-i l l igmx t ilu Mina mn ol ii lumsr tl ni 'W it W Lui In fi' '54 I 1 'x, 0 ..L. Wu iw-wiw-fllmwlrwlsfi!'syxnpa1!1r-riwltfxl.-rstwmf1'-will-gtlszmlt-nts and hills Iwl!43L'onlvi1!l lmiio1'4iVF Im-111l,wrol'tl1x'cgelimi:-i'11ilif-soil1-ilu-i' cazripu-vs. llf' zu-wplr-vl the one lrorn lizippa Sig at :wurby lilliwi, wliir-li bars no :mv lm' uit-itzl zmismis. 'llzilgirig ai v.i1-.ilmiiwl will he wt-nt up to Uliwl fm' the initiation. Mlllu- pe-oylv in this lmuse are lrivml- ly retillyfi Wiu said. and went lnivl-. to Nimllnwc-s'te1'11 -.rvni'iiig his pin. ACCEPTED by lyiippri Sigmizi fxlplizi. an izirlvpe-ml+-nt fra! at Ulixv-1. ai ltrmiy NVU slmlws liuntl- :illvr initiation .i- lie yrvp:zx'f'- lv :fi lim-li to hi- -in-lies, White students line the walks in front of Clinton High as 'Life' covered the original depledging story and then ran a se Negro teenagers , arrive at the formerly segregated school. quell' when Wu was made honorary member of Olivet Kappa Sig

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N Tennessee Integration While Clinton High was being integrated, NU seethed over the Psi U discrimination issue The world of education inade head- lines this year, but unfortunately, news was not always favorable. Segregation and discriinination raised their ugly heads on the national and local scenes respectively. Under the guidance of John Kasper, southern discontent with the 1954 Su- preme Court ruling against segregation reached a climax in Clinton, Tennessee. There, the national guard was called out to quiet riots after 11 Negro stu- dents entered Clinton High School. Kasper was arrested and by the end of the year Clinton High was integrated. Locally, discrimination was a top is- sue right from the iirst week of school when Psi Upsilon fraternity depledged a Chinese boy, Sherman Wu. Fervor aroused by this action was begun by a Daily column and contin- ued until it was picked up by Time, Life, Newsweek and others. Some called it racial discrimination. Psi U called it necessary. Wu's mem- bership they said, jeopardized the fra- ternity's future existence because it inade it hard for thern to get pledges. The issue continued with six Student Religious council discussions entitled: Discrimination-the climate that cre- ates it at Northwestern? Soon after the last talk, President Miller announced that the optional JF' X , Northwestern expansion plans include a new chapel Qabovej and hall of fine arts and school of speech. Senior prexy Wally Doren puts up publicity for a unique class gift.

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frlg ii FKGT X 'Ji ZVW is f f 5 1 My ta bww Parseghia n, Fisher, Une In, With Ara's Era beginning at N U, the Yankees did it again and Russia grabbed the Olympics The Ara Era brought a cheerful note into the Northwestern world of sports this year. The new year saw a new face, Foot- ball Coach Ara Parseghian, imported from Miami of Ohio, who brought with him the best Cat season in six years. NU finished sixth in the Big Ten and looked forward to a bright future. The era meant not only new team spirit, but new student spirit, evidenced by the Line Sheridan Road rallies where hundreds of students turned out to see the team off to out of town games. Spirits fell however in winter when basketball rolled into view. A team that had only good things predicted for if it by all observers, landed itself in the Big Ten cellar. At the end of winter quarter, Basket- ball Coach Wfaldo Fisher resigned his post and was promoted to assistant ath- letic director. Students looked toward another new face in next seasonis ath- letics, for Fisher's first job was to find his own replacement. The only other bright spot on the Northwestern sports roster was the VVildcat wrestlers whose record of wins brought them close to the top of the Big Ten teams. Highlight on the national scene was the summer Olympics at Melbourne, Australia. Northwestern influence was Don Larson of the New York Yankees, made baseball history when he pitched the Hrst World Series no-hitter. ll A freshman in the school of education, Jackie Klein was one of six Ameri- can women gymnasts to represent the United States at the summer Olympics.