University of Miami - Ibis Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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1968 1969 UM . . .Dr. Thurston Adams, Director of Student Activities for 20 Dears, retired. Known on campus as Doc, Dr. Adams was a member of seueral honoraries, including Omicron Delta Kappa and Iron Arrow. UM . . . Ted Hendricks, U.M. ' s greatest defensive end, became the first Hurricane to win the Washington Touchdown Club ' s Knute Rockne Memorial Award as the outstanding college line- man in the country. UM . . . Undergraduate Student Government president Dennis Richard was responsible for the document which created the Student Activity; Fee Allocation Committee (SAFAC) and for leading the first mass student protest agair st Uniuersity Dining Services. UM . . . Pearson Hall, Mahonei ' s twin residence hall, was named in honorofJ.F.W. Pearson, the University ' s late professor, president, and chancellor. UM . . . Tom Rebel, Undergraduate Student Government trea- surer under Mike Abrams, initiated the drive for a campus Raths- keller. UM . . . Cartoonist Al Capp unloosed his satirical barbs before a near capacity crowd of U.M. students. UM . . . The University of Miami debate team was considered the best in the South and among the top five in the nation. UM . . . Throughout the sixties the University of Miami fielded two separate football teams, the familiar varsity squad and a little known freshman team. RETROSPECTIVE 25

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1966 UM . . . J.F.W. Pearson, U.M. ' s second president, was appoint- ed Miami ' s first Chancellor in July. Pearson remained in this position until his death. UM . . . South Campus erupted into a scene of jungle warfare as the army trained its future officers in Counter-Insurgence Oper- ations. UM . . . The Hurricane was published weekly, making a punc- tual appearance every Friday morning. Susan Smith and Connie Coyne split the duties as Editor-in-Chief. UM . . . Despite financial worries and sometimes disappointing seasons, Miami basketball continued to draw large crowds. 1967 UM . . . Dennis Richard broke tradition and became the first non-Greek student president of the University of Miami. UM . . . A lackluster 1-5-2 record spelled the end of Miami track, a sport that had survived for 18 years. UM . . . The campus radio station WVUM aired its first broad- cast. Since then WVUM has expanded its coverage of news and sports, and widened its musical selections. UM . . . The first building of the main campus Science Center opened for classes on September 14th. The building was named for Miami News Publisher and U.M. Trustee James M. Cox, Jr. UM . . . David Brinkley, NBC reporter, concluded the first weekend of school with a lecture on the future of the Great Society and dreams of Utopia. 24 RETROSPECTIVE

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Herald Archives 1970 UM . . . The Uniuersiti ' s endowment had tripled and the cam- pus ph ;sical structure continued to grow at an eye catching pace — all in only eight i;ears after Dr. Henri; King Stanford became U.M. ' s third president. UM . . . Omicron Delta Kappa officiali) ushered in Homecom- ing with the traditional bellringing on the patio as each of the uniuersity ' s 44 years was tolled. UM . . . The Children ' s Theatre Company delighted young audiences with their presentation of Pinnochio. UM . . . Hosting a new look of turtlenecks, boots, and mini- skirts, the Singing Hurricanes, under the new direction of Don Muller, sang and danced their way through numerous concert performances. 1971 UM . . . Bob Whitey Campbell returned to U.M. as assistant football coach. The winner of 12 varsity letters was voted into the U.M. Sports Hall of Fame and named Outstanding Athlete for the first 25 years of Miami atletics. UM . . . Jacques-Yves Cousteau spoke to a huge crowd at the dedication of the Henry L. Doherty Marine Center at the Rosen- stiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. UM . . .In the changing world of 1971, U.M. ' s Greeks kept the best of the old by incorporating part of the new through the presentation of Greek Week as Focus ' 71. UM . . . Students elected former football player Ray Bellamy as Undergraduate Student Government president. Bellamy remains the only black student president in U.M. history. 26 RETROSPECTIVE