University of Wyoming - WYO Yearbook (Laramie, WY)

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Dr. S. H. Knight is seen looking at the model of one of the many prehistoric animals upon whose reconstruction he has spent many years. Time will run back and fetch the age of gold. (Milton, Hymn on the Nativity ) UW alumni returned for a Homecoming visit to the prehistoric past. Centered around the theme, Two Million BC , Homecoming paid special tribute to Dr. S. H. Knight, former Head of the Depart- ment of Geology. Twenty-six floats honored Dr. Knight with various slogans and figures — and made up part of the vast parade which he led. In honor of Dr. Knight, the UW Marching Band forms Tyrannosaurus during the half- time of the Homecoming Game.

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Less than two months after the University of Wyoming was honored by a visit by President John F. Ken- nedy, an assassin ' s bullet took the life of the nation ' s Chief Executive. The University was especially sorrowful as it joined the nation, and the world in mourning the loss of the leader of the United States. Classes were dismissed November 22 and 25 in accordance with the National Day of Mourning, proclaimed by President Johnson. The solitude and solumnity of the flag, flying at half-mast over Prexy ' s Pasture, and the bowed heads of the two students in passing the flag, ex- press, only in part, the feeling of sorrow and deep regret which prevailed throughout the campus. early death. yron, •Childe Harold )

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To illustrate the theme, Two Mil- lion BC , the band goes into the formation of Brontosaurus--the largest animal ever to roam the earth. Dr. S. H. Knight pauses for a moment ' s relaxation neor the Graduate School. With him are Louis F. Shilt, and young Robbie Russin. Dr. Knight watches as metal hooks lift the all-metal head of his Tyronos- ourus Rex. Homecoming 1963 honored a men who has taught forty-eight years at the University of Wyoming. One of Dr. Knight ' s most notable achievements is a 75-foot long Brontasaurus which was constructed in two and one half years by fitting together carefully hundreds of bones on a steel framework. Knight ' s latest project is the Tyranosourus Rex, the king of the now-extinct dinosaur world.