University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Far Left Danny Romero 22 founder of Phi Gamma Delta (and also of Bobcats) is dressed for one of the firs t Fiji Islanders. Left Yell king Robert Nugent hopped a freight to get to San Diego to cheer for the Cats in their 1921 game against Center College. He later became the first VA Vice-Preside nt. 17 third was the formal opening and dedication of the million dollar Student Union Memorial Building. The Gila Pueblo Collection, along with the other collect- ions of the Arizona State Mus- eum make up the most com- prehensive archaeological col- lection representing the South- west and adds to the prestige of the University ' s well-known anthropology department. The dedication of the Stu- dent Union Memorial Building honored 285 from students and members of the faculty who had given their lives in World Wars I and II. Two mem- orials were established to per- petuate the memory of the honored dead. One was a large bronze plaque listing their names. The other was the bell from the U.S.S. Arizona which had been sunk at Pearl Harbor. The bell is rung on occasions to reveal a message of victory. Surely one of the things that will be remembered about President Harvill ' s years at the University will be the growth in research activities. In 1952, the U of A received Center Left U A polo Team of 1927-1928. Pacific Coast and Southwest Collegiate Championship holders. Center Right Coeds learn to dive in this 1922 class. Above: In 1930 ROTC military training included horseback ridirjg.

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Right: The UA Polo Team got its start in 1922 and went to play Princeton in 1924 for the National Collegiate Title. In the best of three games, Princeton won 6-2 and 8-0 Far Right: Bear Down Gym got its name from John Button Salmon. He expressed the words Bear Down as a message to his UA mates after being in a fatal car accident. 16 DEDICATION OP THE GYMNASIUM Tampe Teachers vs. Arixona Oanoary , 1927 Above: Basketball game against Tempe Teachers College in 1927 opens Bear Down Gymnasium. cal engineering building was finished, as were three men ' s dorms, the College of Liberal Arts, additions to the Library and Law Buildings, and the Col- lege of Business and Public Ad- ministration. At this time, scholarship standards were al- so raised at the University, and the Baird Scholarships were established. One of the special projects Dr. McCormick took added interst in was air-con- ditioned University buildings, although he was unable to ac- complish all that he had hoped. .President McCormick ' s ad- ministration was known as the red brick and mortar era. The period also saw growth in enrollment. In 1949 there were 6,044 students registered, and in 1950 1,000 students gradu- ated from the University. Dr. McCormick resigned in 1951 and closed an important per- iod in the history of the Univer- sity. Douglas Martin says in The Lamp in the Desert, that this period would immedi- ately be followed by one of even greater growth and ser- vice to the state. r. Richard Harvill was named as the success- or to Dr. McCormick. His in- auguration was even more prestigious than most cere- monies because it marked three notable advances at the University. The first was the public showing of the newly acquired Gila Pueblo archeo- logical Collection, the second was the unveiling of the price- less Kress Collection of Euro- pean masterpieces, which the Samuel H. Kress Foundation had placed on indefinite loan with the University, and the

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18 GEN BLACKJACK PERSHING AMAN MAN Above: Elsie Windsor is prepared to attend the masquerade ball, a tradition that used to be held at Herring Hall. Above Right: The freshmen and sopho- more classes of 1914 settle their traditional feud and hold the celebration known as Burying of the Hatchet. $160,200 in funds for research programs. In 1959 the amount had increased to $2,245,839. The construction period of the Harvill administration covered the years 1952-60 and spent $15,350,000 for addit- ions, remodelings, and seven- teen new buildings. In 1959, the faculty of the University had grown from the six when the University opened to 948, while the enrollment had in- creased from thirty-two stu- dents to 13,058. The figures for 1970 are faculty members and students. Two of the most recent ad- ditions, and perhaps most im- portant as far as the future of the University is concerned, that have occurred during Dr. Han ill ' s administration are the additions of the Medical College and the Pop McKale Center. Both of these addit- ions are reminiscent of the days of the 13th legislature and Tucson ' s disappointment at being turned down as the site of the state capital and re- ceiving, instead, the Univer- sity. It was a continual struggle j for funds to complete the j building of the college itself, and for more funds for the hospital at the college. It was i another hard, long struggle to j get the necessary money to I build the Pop McKale Center. ' The Center will make it pos- sible to hold large conventions I while Bear Down Gym seats ' 3,500. The McKale Center will cover an entire city block and ; will house the arena, athletic offices, and physical education classes. Most people will remember the Harvill years, not for the 1 great strides in physical growth and enrollment, the national ' prominence many of our schools and departments have achieved, or the research carried on here, but for the j change in attitude and philos- ophy of students that exists, not only here, but on cam- puses all over the United States. People will remember the panty raids and the phy- sical damage done to police cars and University buildings.