University of North Texas - Yucca Yearbook (Denton, TX)

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CONTENTS Introduction History Administration University Life Honors Yucca Beauties Onstage Organizations Greeks Departments Research Sports Classes Indexes Editor: Dick Beene Assistant Editors: Cragg Hines Suzanne Selk Adviser: Smith Kiker, Jr.

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Copyright North Texas State University 1965

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75th Year celebrations failed to overshadow North Texas State UniversityTS preparations for the future. Students, administra- tors and professors took a hurried glance at the institutiongs history in 1964-657 then looked ahead to more decades of advancement. Student interest in North Texas7 past and future was apparent in the fall of 1964, months before the 75th anniversary was to be observed in the spring. A seven-memberr student committee, selected by President J. C. Matthews, joined faculty and Board of Regents committees to help plan. programs in keeping with the yearTS basic theme, dubbed by USNT iiSpirit 75.77 Though the activities selected by the committees were commemorative, they were designed to begin traditions that would be followed by future North Texans. The committees7 objectives were pointed out by Ben H. Wooten, chairman of the Board of Regents, who said in a statement observing the opening of the university,s 75th Year, WFruly, the challenge of tomorrow is greater than the achievements of the past, and it is in the field of tomorrow that we shall make our greatest progress. Soon the anniversary committees, ideas crystallized, suggesting that stimulating activities were in store. The student committee, hoping to maintain a precedent set in the spring of 1964, planned a Scholarship Week to bring students into campus life and emphasize a high level of academic achievement. A formal academic convocation, a regional business and profes- sional leadersi symposium and a combined Honors and University Day were announced in October by the faculty committee as 75th Year activities intended to set a precedent for years to come. The 75th anniversary and a steady increase in enrollment tfall total: 11,878y spurred NTSU to expand in many areas in 1964-65: 0 New PhD. programs in biology7 chemistry and physics were initiated in the fall semester, and a doctoral program in business administration was planned for September, 1965. o The first wing of the new Student Union Building opened in September, offering improved post office and snack bar facilities. 0 Maple Street Hall, the newest womenis dormitory, opened in the fall to 524 coeds; work was begun on an annex for 176 more. 0 And plans were approved for construction to begin during the year for a 500 capacity girlsi dorm and new biology building. From the beginning of the 1964-65 session, one could sense it would be a time worth remembering. The quickened pace and invigorating goals combined to suggest that 1964-65 could be Viewed In a burst of exuberance during an Eagle game, years later as the debut of an era called The Big Push Forward. two cheerleaders demonstrate a tricky yell. The blare of John Catchellis trumpet daubed the night air at the Lab Band tof Which Gatehell is a membeH is so famous. 11Jazz at State Fair of Texas With the jazz for which NTSUis One OiClock the Coliseumi, was the theme of the Lab Bands performance.