University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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HEN WE, the graduates of the University of Pittsburgh in 1953, arc given to reflection, we may well recall the outstanding events that took place in our senior year. There were many, to be sure. We may remember that it was in the fall of ’52 that Phi Beta Kappa voted to establish a chapter at Pitt; some of us may recall the thrill of witnessing the English Room Dedication; others may think of Pitt’s first Political Week, with happiness or disgust depending on party affiliation, and of the slogan that resulted, “As Pitt goes, so goes the nation.” Many of us will be saddened by the memory of Professor Robert X. Graham’s sudden death. All of us will surely recall Pitt’s rise to national football prestige and the long-sought-for victories over Notre Dame, Army, and Ohio State, and the Orange Howl hopes that were dashed by the decisive defeat by Penn State. In reflection, vivid memories—the sad and the happy—of Pitt in 1952-53 will come back to us, but there is something which we will never recall exactly, which we will have with us always. It will be the crux of the college experience, the accumulation of four years of the interplay of thoughts with fellow students, administration, and faculty. The Owl is a record of Pitt in 1952-53; it belongs to us students, for without us, Pitt would not be. The 1953 Owl is more than that, though. It is a tribute to the administration and faculty, for without them there could not be for us this college experience. We, the 1953 Owl staff, have tried not only to record a chronicle of Pitt in 1952-53, but to present you University administrators and faculty in the way we will remember you most. The Owl is meant for you who have given us the most intangible but most permanent memory of our life here at Pitt, the essence of a college experience. 5

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 - FOREWORD DEDICATION CHANCELLOR’S MESSAGE CLASSES ODK Awardee Senior Queen Owl Hall of Fame Seniors School of Dentistry School of.Nursing School of Pharmacy Bureau of Retail Training Underclassmen Honoraries ACTIVITIES Organizations Athletics Fine Arts Student Government Publications Fraternities Sweethearts Sororities ADVERTISING SENIOR INDEX INDEX OF ADVERTISERS INDEX OF DIVISION PAGES ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 5 6 9 18 27 28 30 35 75 8i 85 89 93 105 126 35 171 215 235 253 269 303 3 9 355 359 392 394 400 4

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In addition to his responsibilities as Head of the Music Appreciation Department, Dr. Finney teaches several classes. This picture, taken as he advises Barbara Millcn, illustrates his genuine interest in his students. My better half’ arc the words ‘‘Pop” uses when introducing Mrs. Finney. The dogs, Munk” and “Punk, as named by the choir, have long been a familiar part of the Finney home. Seldom docs an afternoon go by when “Pop doesn’t spend some time in the Tuck Shop conversing and joking over a cup of coffee with his kids, the Heinz Chapel Choir.