University of Wisconsin River Falls - Meletean Yearbook (River Falls, WI)

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The 1964 65 school year ushered in a new era for River Falls as the old normal school established in 1874 achieved university status. A new look spread across campus with the erection of a modern heating plant, the start of construction on Johnson residence hall and the opening of an addition to the student center. Enrollment kept pace with the changes and reached 2600 which was a 22 per cent increase over the 1963 64 figure. Further changes were planned including the construction of off-campus housing for married students on Ranter Field and the relocation of Ranter Field behind the South Fork. The 1965 Meletean has also tried to achieve a new look and to keep pace with the campus changes. For the first time since 1943 the Meletean appears in 9x12 form. Although we cannot claim to be the first to try a new size, we can claim to be the largest with our 240 pages. As the reader thumbs through the following pages he should bear in mind what was first said by the 1954 Meletean editor, “This year's Meletean was published under most adverse conditions. The conditions being the complete incompetence of the editor. If your name is with your picture and even by greater coincidence you are in the right class, consider yourself favored by the gods of chance.” HELEN AVERY 1965 MELETEAN EDITOR

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T H E P M E L E T E A N WISCONSIN STATE UNIVERSITY RIVER FALLS VOLUME 53 ’65

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TABLE Introduction Pull-out Section Faculty Activities Sports Organizations Classes Index OF CONTENTS 1-8 9-25 26-51 52-69 70-91 92-155 156-231 The pages of (he calendar slip by, past football games and pep rallies, theatre productions and Christmas concerts, ski jaunts and Valentine parties, on through picnics and proms to the solemnity of commencement. The unity in the changing academic calendar is the student and his pursuit of knowledge—in lecture hall and classroom, laboratory and library, and finally, late at night, under the bright arc of a desk lamp in a silent room. The quest for truth is the silent, steady current of purpose beneath the gaiety of the student’s social calendar. 238-240 3