University of Bridgeport - Wistarian Yearbook (Bridgeport, CT)

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Contents INTRODUCTION ADMINISTRATION SENIORS ACTIVITIES SPORTS INDEX

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The UniversiTy of BridgeporT has changed considerably Trom The Two-campus univer- siTy iT was aT iTs incorporaTion in I947. We have grown in more ways Than one - in TacT, growTh has been The key word in all areas. Physically, UB has builT or remodeled several maior campus buildings since I948. In ThaT year, Fones Hall was builTy in l95O, The Engineering-Technology Building: in I953, Alumni Hall was remodeled Trom a privaTe home: in I955, The Drama CenTer and Carlson Library were builT: in I956, The gyrnnasiumy and in l957, The Two dormiTor- ies and dining hall. For use in l959 a sci- ence building is now being planned. UB oc- cupies aT presenT 40 buildings on 4l acres. Our enrollmenT has also grown by leaps and bounds. OUT oT ThirTy insTiTuTions oT higher learning in ConnecTicuT, UB is now The Third largesT -- quiTe diTTerenT Trom iTs original TiTTy-seven sTudenTs when The Ju- nior College oT ConnecTicuT was Tounded in l927l lnTellecTually, Too, UB has developed in The pasT Ten years. We now oTTer more op- porTuniTies Tor degrees, including The as- sociaTe degree Tor a Two-year course, and more and more varied courses Than ever before. We aTTracT sTudenTs and TaculTy Trom all over The world To our campus. Perhaps UB's mosT signiTicanT growTh has been in iTs capaciTy To conTribuTe culTurally To The ciTy oT Bridgeport Our music and drama deparTmenTs offer programs To The public wiThouT charge. The Jacoby l.ecTures are now in Their sevenTh year and have be- come a TradiTional parT oT our academic schedule. UB has increasingly become a meeTing place Tor inTellecTual organizaTions, Tor ex- hibiTs in arT and science. As imporTanT as all These are, even more imporTanT is The promise we show of reaching even greaTer heighTs of service To our communiTy.

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Trib ' oreword The period of Time which has elapsed beTween The Tall of I957 and The spring of i958 probably means many diTTerenT Things To many people, buT To The senior class oT The UniversiTy oT BridgeporT iT marked a very special period oT Their lives. This year is The end oT Their Tormal educaTion. and now The world iTselT musT become Their school where success will no longer be measured by grades. buT by achievemenT wiThin Their socieTy. The wonders oT college liTe will no longer occupy The presenT. buT musT Take Their place in The pasT only To reTurn as memories. ln The years To come The VVISTARIAN will probably be The only Tangible Thing many oT us have leTT To remind us oT ThaT wonderTul period oT our liTe. As members oT The sTaTT, we have realized This and endeavored To noT only presenT a picTorial review, buT To capTure The liTe as comprised oT The Ii+TIe Things which were so imporTanT To us when we were here. IT is The incidenTs of our daily liTe which are so necessary To us in our recollecTions. and we have Tried To sTore some oT These up Tor you iT iT is possible. This yearbook oT The class oT l958 also has The honor of celebraTing The TenTh anniversary oT The UniversiTy. We are righTTully proud of This honor, Tor iT makes iT possible Tor us To show how The junior college by The sea has grown, noT only wiThin iTselT. buT in The communiTy around iT. WiTh This in mind we have worked Towards a goal, and ThaT goal is a yearbook which mirrors The progress oT a young and viTal UniversiTy. buT does noT lose sighT oT The senTimenT oT college liTe.