University of Evansville - LinC Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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Homecoming Dance - 1959 Pep Rally Bonfire Band Officers Commencement - 1958 ship team. The Sports section also included pictures of the team win- ning the 1960 title. The team was the first to win the championship two years in succession. 1961 Another residence hall was dedicat- ed in October, 1960, this one being Moore Hall. At this time men were m(jved into Hughes and the women were transferred to Moore. Presiden- tial candidates Richard Nixon and Jijhn Kennedy were greeted by E.C. students. The LinC featured a color picture of the campus, and deans of men and women, respectively were Dr. James Morlock and Dr. Virginia GrabiU. 1962 For the first time in Evansville College history the basketball team was able to register a win over a Big Ten power at Robert ' s Stadium, defeating Iowa 65-59. The LinC fea- tured a section on life in the dorms, with the addition of two dorms to the campus now. And Linda Campbell was selected Miss Watermelon Bust. 1963 The 1963 LinC was illustrated with artwork by future U of E art pro- fessor, senior Jerry Points. And as editors and printers may fumble, the LinC made a big one. Under the color picture of President Melvin W. Hyde, appeared the name, Dr. Ni- cholas C. Brown, Dean of the College; Under Brown ' s picture was Dr. Mel- vin W. Hyde, President. Carson Cen- ter was dedicated in November, 1962 along with Wheeler and Krannert Fine Arts Building. Together these two buildings cost $2,000,000, which was raised in a fund drive in 1961. 14

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Square Dance in the Union - 1950 ' s Homecoming Floats - 1950 ' s President ' s Review of ROTC - 1953 Homecoming Half time - 1955 ford Memorial Library, and the Ber- muda Fever struck the Evansville College Campus. 1957 On March 19, 1957, the Clifford Memorial Library was dedicated on the Evansville Campus. The Aces basketball team received a berth in the NCAA semifinals. Among pol- itical visitors on campus were Vice- President Richard Nixon and his wife. 1958 The Philo fraternity became na- tional in 1957 and is now Sigma Alpha Epsilon. They became the 141st chapter in the country. Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity also became national, as the Zeta Beta chapter. This year the Aces basketball team finished third in the NCAA college division. 1959 The first residence hall, Hughes Hall, was opened on campus in Sep- tember 1958. For the first two years, it was occupied by women. The Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity spon- sored a basketball tourney for the chapters in Indiana, and was defeat- ed by the Purdue chapter 54-53 in the first game. 1960 The 1960 LinC was dedicated to Coach Arad McCutchan, who led the Aces to national victory on March 13, 1959. The first section of the book was a review of activities after dead- lines in February by the ' 58- ' 59 staff. Full page pictures of star cagers were used to display the champion- 13

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A Look at Moore Hall - 1960 Hughes Hall Recreation Room - 19o0 First Big Ten Victory - Over Iowa - 1961-62 season Conerstone Ceremony, Clifford Memorial Library - 1964 The LinC staff dedicated the 1964 book to Business Manager Ralph Olmsted. It also marked the first year for a spring week. During this week. Lambda Chi Alpha won the Big 39 Bike Race and Miss Vicki Brown became the first Miss Evansville College. North and south wings were added to Moore Hall a cost of $550,000. The Aces won the NCAA basketball championship under the leadership of Jerry Sloan. It was the first year for the swim team to compete in the ICC, and Zeta Tau Alpha was started locally. 1965 Kicking off the 1965 Spring Week- end were the voices of Peter, Paul and Mary, and Lambda Chi Alpha won the second annual bike race. The year was also an election year and several politicians made their way to the campus. Those politicians were: Hubert H. Humphrey, William Scran- ton, Vance Hartke (graduate of Evans- ville College 1941) and Birch Bayh. Earl McCurdy was elected SGA presi- dent, and in the Fall of 1964 ground was broken for the $400,000 Neu Chapel. Harper Residence Dining Center was dedicated on Oct. 20. 1966 In 1966 the enrollment jumped up to 2772 students. Jerry Linzy was elected the president of SGA and the Aces shared the ICC crown in basketball. Larry Humes was select- ed as an AU-American by the votes of the National Basketball Associa- tion of Scouts, and the swim team won the ICC crown. The SAE ' s spon- sored a blee -in and successfully sent 197 pints of blood to the wounded in Viet Nam. We graduated 400 15