University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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EDITOR CHRIS GILLOTTI BUSINESS MANAGER WILLARD HOEL UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA campus-16 organizations-154 classes-252 advertising-324 2

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In 1759, the brick stockade and rude log cabins clustered together at the junction of the three great rivers dropped the name “Fort Pitt” and became incorporated as the city of Pittsburgh. Twenty-eight years later, soon after the turmoil of a revolution, while Pittsburgh was still a rough brawdy frontier town, a charter was granted for a log cabin school—the Western Pennsylvania Academy. Since that time the city and its University have survived fire, flood, war and depression. Pittsburgh has grown into a rich industrial, city while the University has kept pace with this growth until it is now as well-known internationally for its educational achievements as the city is famed for its industry. Pittsburgh’s recent Renaissance from the dirty, ugly, mill town of twenty years ago has shown the world that a city can be commercial without being an eyesore; it can be productive but still embrace beauty and culture. The University of Pittsburgh is undergoing a change much like the city’s renaissance. Its new administration, the acquisition of new buildings and land, striving toward higher standards of education, and a revolutionary trimester program are bringing to Pitt a brighter future and a worldwide recognition as a university that is, like its city, advancing with the twentieth century. As a salute to the Bicentennial, the 1959 OWL is dedicated to the city of Pittsburgh, and to the students who have found its industrial climate ideal for the assimilation of a University education.

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The thrusting city—two hundred years of coal and iron bought back the trees that ambition ripped away. From the first it was enlisted in progress and battle. Brawling and careless, it choked itself with the effort of earning freedom. Now it bursts into the grace and learning that ambition can buy in a free society.