Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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Mia. Une Out felt there as gymnast Jackie Klein and swimmer Nancy Simons earned spots on the United States team. In the final analysis, however. the news was bad. Wlhen the points were tallied up, Russia placed first and the L'nitedlStates second. New Year's day saw Oregon State swamped by Iowa in the Rose Bowl. and August brought the Yankees an- other YVorld Series win. 1956 was also the year that golfing lost a great star when Babe Didrikson Zaharias died, losing her long battle with cancer. 'ew 5 , ff ' a 1. f fa .4 f 1, M975 A k Z 2 5. f ,ae if if 1125 .liz f ,WML A Nancy Simons broke the world's record for the 100-meter free style in Olympic tryouts and won a berth on the swimming team. fm ffk .ff?'fl,.g2,..4..Q.... , wa! ffa M anime ff xx 1 YQ Parseghian's sideline anticsm fodder for press photographers

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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.

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'nk l 1222 1 114147 - 066:1- Elvis, Bilko, Anastasia Hound dogs and blue suedes made a new cult while at NU, Waa-Mu chalked up 25 birthdays Spotlights fell on music and theater Pete Seeger gave their program of folk as the two stand-outs in the entertain- songs in Cahn auditorium, and later in ment world this year. the year, students Hocked to Cahn A new musical cult, rock-and-roll, again to hearjazz by Duke Ellington. took the country's teen-agers by storm. Waa-Mu celebrated its 25th anni- Its chief exponent, hip-swinging, gui- versary with a HSilver Jubilee that tar playing Elvis Presley strummed his combined old and new numbers for a way intojuke boxes across the country. revue of memories. His recordings of 'CI-Iound Dog and Speech school stepped to the fore uB1ue Suede Shoesu spun in the Key, with chamber theater, and workshop Grill, Walker Brothers and even the productions in addition to the regular Hut. monthly UT shows. However, folk music and jazz, with a Movie makers apparently thought good smattering of the c'assics seemed that length made quality, for 1956 was more popular on campus. The Hlldi- the year of longmovies. HGiant, '4War ence clapped hands, stamped feet, and and Peacef' and 4'Friendly Persuasion sang the night 'cBig Bill Broonzey and each ran well over three hours. The popularity of folk singing at Northwestern was sparked by the appearance of banjo-strumming Pete Seeger. Soon Harry Belafonte records echoed from local juke boxes and the Society of Folk Arts held informal song fests where singers and strummers joined forces. 16