Plymouth State University - Conning Tower Yearbook (Plymouth, NH)

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DEDICATION Miss Geneva M. Smith To Miss Geneva M. Smith, we dedicate the 1964 CONNING TOWER. A devoted teacher. Miss Smith has served Plymouth State College from 1924 ;is Chairman of the Mathematics Department. She truly teaches students in Math. Algebra, 'frig, or Calculus. Always ready and willing to help, Miss Smith builds a real interest and challenge for each student. She is “M iss Mathematics” to Plymouth. She not only teaches Math, but she is an American Flyer and has taught an aviation course in the past. Miss Smith is Chairman of the Assembly Committee and helps with Commencements plans. With her pep and vivacity, you may find her busy in many other capacities from her teaching to extra-curricular activities on campus. We dedicate the CONNING TOWER to you Miss Smith for your concern for us, for our School, and for your devoted years of service here. Miss Smith is helping a senior, Richard Evans, to understand the relations of the angles in Trig. 4

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FOREWORD A new milestone was reached in the history of Plymouth. On July I, 1963, the New Hampshire legislature passed a bill changing Plymouth Teachers College to Plymouth State College of the University of New Hampshire. The progress Plymouth has made through the years shows in the varied curricula available for today’s students and in the growth of the campus. Come with us to see the activities of the bust school year intermingled with some of Plymouth's past. TABLE OF CONTENTS Features Memoriam 2 Dedication 4 Awards 76 Who’s Who 78 Administration 7 Faculty 11 Activities and Organizations 21 S|x rts 43 Underclassmen 59 Juniors 70 Sophomores 65 Freshmen 60 Seniors 75 Advertisements 111 Directory 117 This Tablet Marks the Site of Holmes Plymouth Academy, Established in 1808 Through the Liberality and Public Spirit of Colonel Samuel Holmes of Campton. N.H.. A Revolutionary Soldier. The First Training for Teachers in New Hampshire was Given Here in 1837. The Academy buildings were Presented to the State for a Normal School in 1871. Erected by Asquamchumaukc Chapter, D.A.R.. July 15, 1913.” Inscription on Rock. 3 Holmes Plymouth Academy Marker

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BEYOND THE BRICKS AND MORTAR The college year of 1963-64 has certainly been one in which Plymouth Stale College took a giant stride in actual and committed plant expansion. The new I.amson Library, Pcmigewas-set Hall to house 209 women students, a six-room addition on Silver Hall, another dormitory for 225 men. apartments for 30 families of students, and a new dining hall round out the major projects with money already committed. Beyond this, a considerable further expansion is set forth in a planned growth program. There are many tangible evidences of growth beyond the visible brick and mortar additions, however. A challenge to expand our curricular offerings to care for those wishing a four-year libcr-al arts or business administration degree, as well as those wanting junior college or other two year terminal programs, is being met by a planned expansion. Faculty members expert in fields hitherto not in the college offerings ate being added. A reorganized and revitalized alumni organization welcomes the 1964 graduates. A concerned and dedicated university administration and board of trustees is studying and planning Plymouth's future role in the higher education plan of the state. A tremendous surge in the numbers of those applying to Plymouth makes high qualitative standards of selection possible for the four and five year professional and liberal programs. Beyond the bricks and mortar there exists a new spirit of intellectual inquiry, a deepened respect for scholarship and creative thought and expression, and an uplifted vision of Plymouth's role and importance. You who will lie the first graduates of Plymouth State College of the University of New Hampshire will soon he demonstrating to the world that Plymouth builds professionally able and dedicated citizens :is well as facilities for education.