St Cloud State Teachers College - Talahi Yearbook (St Cloud, MN)

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cWar Babies' Descend pon St. Cloud It's somewhere around 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The day is Sunday, probably the last Sunday in Septem- ber. Mom and Dad and brother and sister are riding in the family car, probably listening to the Minnesota Vik- ings play football. Their destination is St. Cloud, Min- nesota. The letter which came earlier in the week said activities will begin at 5 p.m. Better hurry. This is the dayjunior starts college. He mustn't be late. Then, all of a sudden, St. Cloud looms in the distance. You swing your car up and around the fancy cloverleaf on the east side of town. Two bridges and one left turn later the journey is over. No doubt about il., youlre at the right place. You've never before seen so many suitcases, hi-fi's, coffee pots and ironing boards. Welcome to col- lege. Scenes similar to this have been acted out across America for the better part of the last two decades. Sep- tember 1965 was no exception. Only one thing was dif- ferent. This year everybody on earth seemed to be a college freshman. The kids didn't just drift into town. They swarmed our campus en masse. Our dear old demographer friends, it seems, described the situation New students crowd into Halenbeck Hall to hear Acting President Wick. best. Said they: This was the year the war babies ar- rived. When Acting President, Robert Wick, strode to the speaker's platform on the first evening of Freshman Week, he knew exactly what the demographers meant. For seated there on the bleachers of Halenbeck Hall were 2,220 pairs of eyes, each sizing up and passing judgment on our temporary president. Thus began Freshman Week lofficially New Student Daysj. At that moment the freshmen were one variety show, two street dances, umpteen convocations and a brief visit with Dick Ward away from their first classroom session as collegians. In the meantime, while the freshmen were stumbling around learning the difference between Brown Hall and Holes Hall, President Wick found time to address the faculty. His message that afternoon was encourag- ing. St. Cloud State College, insisted Wick, will continue its concern for the individual student-despite rapid enrollment increases. 18

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After a day ofchaos, George Sliearing finally sat down to make music. Pianist George Shearing Gives Halenbeck Recital Before last Gctober, George Shearing clidnlt know Mrs. Roger Barrett from Patil McCartney. Nor for that matter did Shearing, the blindjazz pianist, harbor any special affection for little Weber's Music Store in St. Cloud. Then came the evening that he was scheduled to per- form at St. Cloud State's Homecoming concert. Sud- denly Shearing found himself without musical instru- ments and, even worse, without a button on his tuxedo. The Shearing concert was the first such event held in Halenbeck Hall. For a moment it looked as if the show might not go on. Then along came Mrs. Barrett, wife of college music director, Dr. Roger Barrett. She graciously supplied the safety pin which was to hold Shearing's coat together for the next two hours. The lost instruments, however, were not quite so easy to replace. Shearing explained that they were some- where between St. Cloud and Toronto, and maybe they would get here on time. But. as curtain time drew near and still no instruments, Weber's Music Storejumped in to save an already sour day for a grateful Mr. Shearing. If anyone has doubts about the quality of merchan- dise sold at Webers, they should have come to the con- cert. The buttonless Shearing was tremendous. But, who knows? Maybe he could have made the same sweet melody beating on Paul McCartney's guitar. 17

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Record 2,200 Arrive For Frosh Week i if Dick Wzircl rings up an sale for lfi 2 Nancy Buehler :incl Bill Peterson. A A fwf Z,5f With 2,220 new students to take care of, the not-always-so-affable behind the desk here, however, is a pleasant exception. She is Ruth people in the registrars office become even less bearable. The woman Ghem. . .E E5 5if ' 'Ns 'CE 5-.. 'Ne