University of North Alabama - Diorama Yearbook (Florence, AL)

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- AFTER THE UNITED STATES premiere of his complete songs, Rudolfo Halfter, eminent 20th century Spanish-Mexican composer, signs autographs in the Music Building. The concert was sponsored by the Convocations Com- mittee, the Office of Continuing Education and the Department of Music. The premiere featured Dr. Sue Ellen Teat and Dr. Celia Grasty Jones and the Schola Cantorum. DECEMBER COMMENCEMENT draws a large crowd to Flowers Hall, mainly because the speaker is governor-elect Guy Hunt. Mr. Hunt received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the university at the ceremony.

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l l 7 r. . -£ . . ' ' ■ jo THE 540-POUND MASCOT, Leo, poses for the cover of the football media 5 guide. This lion ' s love of eggs was used to the photographer ' s advantage — z raw eggs were placed on the leather football to entice Leo to coddle the ball. | COIN TOSS-Braly Stadium will be the home of the NCAA Division II a playoff game for at least two more years. Florence bid on being the host city for the championship game and, as a result, the Shoals extended its Southern hospitality to North and South Dakota on December 13. North Dakota won 27-7. Introduction n O

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' % % wim L A H SPRING MUSICAL A Chorus Line featured students in one of the first miversity productions of the Broadway musical. Jeanna Aycock belts out he famous number, T and A. JAYNE MILLER Year of change (Cont. from page 2) years, faculty and staff didn ' t receive a cost-of-living raise and it was rumored that 36 non-tenured faculty would lose their jobs. Surely, this wasn ' t progress. But even the most persistent harbingers of gloom couldn ' t keep the university down for long. O ' Neal Hall was an irreparable safety hazard: the new SUB will serve students well and be a source of pride for the university and the community. The torn-up lawns grew green again; the new telephone system was a much needed administrative tool (and it meant that finally the university could put telephones in dorm rooms). A nationwide search for a new dean of Faculty and Instruction means the position won ' t be open for long, and the administration was able to cut the number of non-tenured faculty to be released from 36 to five. There ' s a certain danger in our Pollyanna attitude— you may think that we ' re looking at the university through rose-colored glasses. We ' re not— we ' re simply looking at the records. All the indications are there. Be- lieve us, it ' s gonna be great. BRAD MATHIS replaces Gayle Price ' s Bell System telephone with an NEC Corporation phone during the summer transfer to a university-owned tele- phone system. Introduction