University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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tgjttifftihMUIHU HWifiM. - Above: Students gather on corner of Stone and Congress in direct violation of President Babcock ' s refusal to grant the day off for the annual picnic on St. Patrick ' s Day. Several students were consequently expelled, leading to the student strike in 1904. not confined to the 1960 ' s and 70 ' s. It was customary for U of A students in the 1900 ' s to take a day off from classes on St. Patrick ' s Day for a school holi- day and picnic. When the stu- dents, took the matter to the new President of the Univer- sity, Dr. Babcock, he refused permission to cancel classes. The students took it upon themselves to have the picnic anyway, and several students were expelled. The campus went on strike, but to no avail, for the students were not per- mitted to re-enter the Univer- sity. An interesting aside is that one of these expelled students later became a member of the Board of Regents. In 1945, another campus problem grew into a boycott of the cafeteria. Students held a rally by the flagpole and aired grievances about the quality of the food as well as the com- pulsory purchase of meal tic- kets. University President At- kinson ruled that the purchase of tickets should be a matter of individual choice. However, the cuisine rebellion , as the students called their boycott, was said to have resulted in only a slight improvement in the quality of the food. ntil the last two years the University of Arizona had been given some notoriety as a party school . Playboy magazine rated the U of .A as one of the top schools in the country as far as girls and entertainment went. It seems that this is not an altogether new idea either, for in the late Thirties, the school was characterized as the collegiate country club

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Damn, if I can remember this chicken ' s name. mores used to fight most of the first semester, and some- times all year. When they fin- ally settled their differences, they held a celebration which was known as Burying the hatchet complete with preacher and funeral services. Much of the growth of the University came during the administration of Dr. vonKlein- Smid from 1914-1921. In 1917 there were 780 registered stu- dents at the U of A. The Uni- versity was reorganized into three colleges: Agriculture; Letters, Arts and Sciences; and the College of Mines and En- gineering. Later in his term, the School of Law and the College of Education were also established. Dr. vonKleinSmid did much in the line of public relations, as the University received many financial con- tributions during his terms, and established scholastic re- lations with the University of Sonora at Hermosillo. Dr. von- KleinSmid resigned from the presidency of the University in 1921 when he felt restricted by the funding of the legislature and went to the post of Presi- dent of the University of Southern California, where he continued to be a builder. Campus disorder is of pri- mary concern for our Code of Conduct, and appar- ently the people of this coun- try view campus protests and demonstrations as anarchist or communist plots that will strive to overthrow our govern- ment and bring tyranny to the streets. If we look back in the history of the University of Arizona, we will see that pro- test marches or strikes are Top: Professor Tourney science room in Old Main in 1899 Above: Seventy years ago students were enjoying the scenery of Sabino Canyon.

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15 of the Southwest . Students from the other states and countries began attending the U of A at that time in increas- ing numbers, and this led to the talk that the social life and other recreational activities at the University were over-em- phasized. Perhaps one of the reasons for the popularity of the school was the climate of the area. One factor which helped to glamorize the University was the national prominence of the polo team. The team made the sports pages of the eastern newspapers when our school played, and sometimes de- feated, the Ivy League schools. Polo was discontinued at the U of A in 1942 due to an increase in ROTC riding activities be- cause of additional military in- struction during the war. Dur- ing the ten years prior to its demise, the U of A polo team had ruled continuously as Western Collegiate Champions. Great strides in growth at the University took place after World War II during the ad- ministration of Dr. James Byron McCormick. In Septem- ber, 1947 there was an enroll- ment of 5,147 students of whom 2,444 were veterans under the G.I. Bill. The num- ber would have been higher, but the lack of campus facili- ties had made it necessary for the University to limit new en- rollments. In the next few years several new dormitories were built, as well as additions to the College of Law and the Chemistry - Physics Building. In 1948, the legislature granted $5,000,000 to the U of A for new buildings. The aeronauti- Upper Left Students view remains of cannon which was loaded and fired by pranksters in 1906. Part of the cannon weighing 200 pounds hurled over a nearby girls ' dorm and landed 100 yards beyond the scene of the explosion. President Babcock ' s home can be seen in the background. Above Right Helping coeds is part of the 1906 Delta Phi initiation. That local fraternity later became Kappa Sigma. Lower Left Members of an early football team parade in barrels. Note thatthe heads have been substituted to preserve the identity of those wearing the barrels.