University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Left DA coed mourns at the headstone of the hatchet, marking the end of the fresh men -sophomore feud. Below Left Students and faculty take a lunch break from the construc- tion of the A Below Right This UA student sent this picture home to his father tell ing him how good it felt to be wearing working man ' s clothes. People will remember the Moratorium and the marches to the draft board offices and the capture of Old Main follow- ing the Kent State incident. They will remember all of these things they will shake their heads and say, What is this generation coming to? We cannot let them forget the great growth the University has seen. We must not let them think that we, as students, do not appreciate all that has been made possible for us. The following is an open love letter to the University which appeared in the Decem- ber 7, 1964 edition of the Ariz- ona Daily Wildcat. It was writ- ten by Carolyn Niethammer, and expresses the way we feel about the University of Ariz- ona, too This is an open love letter to the University. It isn ' t a red and blue banner waving tribute to your hallowed ivy-covered halls. Your new buildings are magnificent structures, it ' s true and Old Main has a certain charm. Your dormitories look gracious and comfortable and your Maine Library seems to ooze culture; it even has the traditional ivy. But your phy- sical plant isn ' t the real Univer- sity to me.

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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.

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Your spirit is so big it allows every student a chance to pursue and develop his own individuality 20 Top Left: Star Gary Cooper comes to Tucson for film. Top Right: 1938 Traditions Committee initiates new members. Above: Women ' s drill team in practice. Right: Two of the most important men in UA history, J.F. Pop McKaleand A.L Slonaker. talk over the UA polo team ' s chances of going to the tournaments. You have a beautiful campus. Your well-manicured lawns are always a contrast to your shaggy omnipresent palms, and your flower gardens make this seem more like a tropical park than a state institution. While the rest of the coun- try has snow falling on its trees you have oranges ripening on yours. Sometimes I am filled with such a tenderness for you I want to run down the sidewalk yelling, Hi, tree, Hi Pigeons! Everything is so alive and eager to grow, too. But your campus isn ' t what I love the most. It ' s your spirit, and your peo- ple. So often I hear professors and students complaining that a university of your size has no unifying spirit. But they are shortsighted.