Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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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

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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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Take Limelight Movie ads showed this trend to big- ness with the terms Hwide-screen, 'cvista-visionf' and ustereophonic sounclw dominating the ads. Oscars went to Ingrid Bergman for '6Anastasia,'i and Yul Brynner for The King and lf! NAround the World in 80 Daysw was voted best picture. TV echoed movieland's trend to large- ness, offering NPeter Panf' HCinder- ellan and c'Romeo and Julietw on its menu of Uspectacularsf' Television's Emmies were awarded and Phil Silvers' 4'Sargent Bilkol' and Steve Allen emerged as two of the yearis top TV personalities. When speech school alumnus Edgar Bergen visited NU, he brought Charlie McCarthy. Beauty met her prince charming and inter- national romance hit a high spot with the story book wedding of Movie Actress Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier III of Monaco. Elvis Presley, with loosely strung hips and guitar led the Field of rock-and-rollers while Duke Ellington, appearing in an AWS sponsored program remained a jazz leader. ,X X '4r.e, f I if s 5, ' 3. . I 'iii '