University of Evansville - LinC Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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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

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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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Construction of Carson Center - Summer 1961 Ribbon Cutting for the Fine Arts Building-1962 Construction of Wings for Hughes Hall - 1960 The First Miss Evansville College - Vicky Pi Delta Epsilon Members in Downtown Evansville Brown - 1964 seniors. 1967 In 1967 the Indiana Legislature, passed an act amending the college charter to read the University of Evansville. The school received Uni- versity status 113 years after it had been started. Students moved into the new women ' s dorm Brentano Hall and Hale Hall, the men ' s dorm. Hyde Hall was also completed for use dur- ing winter quarter. These three buildings were air conditioned. The first President ' s Ball was sponsored by Union Board this year. 1968 1968 brought the inauguration of a new president of the college. Dr. Wallace B. Graves, whose term be- gan in August, 1967. A new national social fraternity was placed on cam- pus. The Delta Beta chapter of Phi Kappa Tau. And the Lambda Chi ' s moved into their new $1,000,000 house on Weinbach Avenue. Lynn Butler was chosen the first Miss Uni- versity of Evansville. 1969 Now bigger and better than in years before, the LinC covered the entire school year ' s events and was delivered in the fall. This year ' s LinC used a literary theme to make the student think about his life here at the U of E. This year the Lambda Chi Alpha bike team just couldn ' t 16