University of Evansville - LinC Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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Popping Corn in Hughes Hall - 1924 Signing the Charter for Evansville College - Feb. 17, 1919 1922 Three years after Moores Hill College moved to Evansville the stu- dents, under the leadership of Ralph Olmsted, decided to record their mem- ories. The seniors also decided to name the yearbook the LinC. The yearbook was paid for by the stu- dents selling advertisements, and it was then sold for $2.00 a copy. All the work was done by the junior class, and many of the pictures were concerned with the development stages of the school. This was the third year for Evans- ville College. The college boasted of six foreign students and a grand total of 532. Tutition was $35 per quarter, and room and board was $5 a week for women. 1923 In 1923 the style of the LinC was changed from a hard cover to a soft cover, and since the faculty did not approve the publication on time, it was called The Twenty-Three of Twenty-Three. The organization of the book also changed in that the senior class put out the book this year, again with Ralph Olmsted as editor. In this volume of the LinC the 23 seniors rated themselves as the Pioneer Class. 1924 The 1924 LinC was published by the Student Government this year. It returned to its former hard cover, and because the school was getting larger and older, many more things were able to be recorded. It was the first year that Evansville College was able to boast of having a football team. And a million dollar cam- paign was started to raise money for the erection of new buildings. 1925 Student Government decided to 3 UHIVSRSIIY QF tVANSVillE LIBRARIES

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Construction of the Administration tluuaing - ivzi Ralph E. Olmsted - Editor of the first LinC - 1922 Laying the Cornerstone of the Administration Building - June, 1921 Helen Busse - First Graduate of Evansville College - 1921 When the college was moved from Moores Hill to Evansville and the name of the College was changed to Evansville College, it was thought that it would be only right also to change the name of the yearbook (when the first one was published) from the Melange, to something more appropriate for the rejuvenat- ed institution. After much delibera- tion, the name LinC was chosen. The name had several significances, and as time went on it grew to have more and more. Some of them are Life in College, and Love in College. It was also meant as part of the name Lincoln since the college stood on Lincoln Ave., but probably the best known connotation of the word LinC is its uses as a link in the chain of years at Evansville College. That is the story of how the LinC got its name. This yearbook is the 50th LinC in the chain of years that the University of Evansville has lived. We hope that it serves to bind the memories of all the friends of the college together in the chain forged by the rest of the LinCs. The follow- ing 15 pages are highlights of the past LinCs in the chain of years. Lin stands for Lincoln, the avenue wide On which fronts the campus, the field of our pride, C means not only the College we praise — The school we will love throughout all our days — But Clifford, the father, a true pioneer Who blazed out the way with a vision clear. L in C read aright. Life in College appears. Love in College translate it, if that suits your years. But though C stands for College and Culture, ' tis true, Tis the first part of City, Community, too; And while we LinC up each year to the past. Forging a chain that will hold us all fast. We mean to LinC, also, our life here in school To life in the world — though opposed to all rule- That we may give freely of our very best To the city which touches our doors on the west. And that it in its turn may teach us to know hlow to serve our fellows as through life we go. Thus of whatever phase of our College we think. It is all to be found in one word — the LinC. Wahnita DeLong Written for the first LinC 1922

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Typical Dorm Room - Hughes Hall for women - 1924 Breaking Ground for the Stadium - 1927 Alfred F. Hughes - First President amend the constitution and institut- ed a code of Honor System and set regulations governing Student De- corum in 1925. The girls ' basketball team also contributed to the history of the college by winning the city championship. The women could be found living in Hughes Hall for women or studying and socializing in the Women ' s Rest Room of the Ad- ministration Building. This was also the first year for the College Or- chestra. 1926 1926 brought the graduation of the The Crescent Staff - 1924 first class to have done all of their work on the present Evansville cam- pus. Until 1922, the college operat- ed in downtown Evansville. The graduation class numbered 16. It was also the year of the first foot- ball Homecoming at Evansville Col- lege, and we won the game, defeat- ing Hanover 6-0. A much-publicized basketball team also brought fame to Evansville this year, and we crown- ed Oscar Miller as May King. 1927 The Men ' s Lodge and Sander ' s dormitory housed men, and Hughes The College Chapel - 1926 Hall was the dormitory for women, until the Hughes ' roof burned in a fire in December, 1926. Plans were laid by the Indiana Conference of Methodist Episcopal Churches to pro- vide funds for the expansion of Evans- ville College. The Engineering De- partment also received $10,000 for surveying equipment and the Library received $5000 to buy more books. The Indiana Inter-Collegiate Oratori- cal Contest was also held on campus this year. 1928 Intramurals were first started in