University of Wyoming - WYO Yearbook (Laramie, WY)

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past were the carefree students, the fraternity and the social life. Even dances, for which cadets were marched in ranks to dormitory doors, and girls marched out and paired off with the next in line, were checked by the influenza epidemic. H During the war German had been dropped from the curriculum. Today, Chinese is not taught but Russian is. German has survived another world war. In 1920 the Law School opened. By 1922 the Potter Law Club was active. In 1921 the University was admitted to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. By 1921 freshmen were white-washing the on w-hill and chaulking the football field before each game. Today the University belongs to the Western Athletic Conference, but freshmen still white-wash the although new houses extend to its very edge. In 1923 the library Qnow the Aven Nelson Buildingl was completed. Also in 1923 public smoking by women was first observed. The student newspaper, formerly called the Student, changed its name to the Branding Iron. Names submitted for student votei were Chaps and Spurs, Wrangler, Rustler, Cayuse, and Cactus. The paper's banner sported three men branding a calf. The Half-Acre was finished in 1925, the first basketball game in the new gym being won by Wyoming over Utah. By 1925 tuition and fees had risen to 854, with average yearly expenses around 33400. In 1927 the Engineering Building was completed. The Menis Residence Hall was opened the following year. So the University grew. 5 U U 'U The information about the early University comes from A History of the University of Wyoming, 1887- 1937 by Wilson O. Clough.

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