University of Idaho - Gem of the Mountains Yearbook (Moscow, ID)

Page 25 text:

For one whole cen- tury the University of idaho has existed, survived, and grown But Ul has seen much more than merely the passage Of iOo years Of lime, It has survived and grown through major changes in the United Siates and ihe world Two world wars marred the face of the planet between 191) and 1917 and 1941 to 1945 Prohibition marked the 1920's: the stock market crash of 1929 led to the Great Depression 1889-1989 Centennial Magazine The First Hundred ol the early thirties; the forties saw the emergence ol nuclear Weapons and the Cold War; the introduction and growth of Rock-n-Roll music in the fifties and sixties joined the war in Vietnam and radical social changes; the seven- lies gave us Water- gate and the binh and demise of disco; the rise of AIDS as a major issue and the evolution of yuppies, along with the thaw- ings of the Cold War under Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gor- bachev's 'Glast nost,”” Or “openness,” policy gave us plenty to ponder in the eighties. As we approach the 1990's we look ahead to George Bush's term as Unit- cd States president, cominually improv- ing relations with the U.S S.R., further tech- nological advances and deeper space €x- ploration. We hope for cures tor AIDS and cancer and an end to poverty, ter rorism and the fear of nuclear war. Through it all. ner- vous or not, in the nineties and beyond, we know that Idaho will grow and con- tinue to change. through the bad times as well as the good. Idaho's num- ber one institution of higher leaming will continue to be just that for another hundred years afier we have graduated and moved on. Seated in front of the Administra- tion Building, the I-Bench was tradi- tionally a place where only seniors could sit. (Historical Photo- Sraph Collection, UI Library, 1-101-3, 1961) The grotesques on Memorial Gym Symbolize the Vandal football team. (Loren Orr photo) page twenty-one

Page 24 text:

Tough Competition Greek Week 1989 Overall Winners Phi Gamma Delta Pi Beta Phi Individual Events Pyramid Race FarmHouse Alpha Phi Obstacle Course Grecks devoured their a= Secu pizzas in the pizza eat- Theta Chi — ing contest in the Gamma Phi Beta Greek Week event. : rs The winner was Pi Phi Egg ross Andrea Noland, with FarmHouse an incredible 4:11 time, Pi Beta Phi Vason Munroe photo) Keg Toss Lambda Chi Alpha Alpha Gamma Delta Egg-Spoon Relay Delta Tau Delta Gamma Phi Beta Greek Bowl Pi Kappa Alpha Alpha Gamma Delta Bake Contest Phi Kappa Tau Alpha Phi Tug-of-War Pi Kappa Alpha Alpha Phi Songfest Pi Beta Phi Delta Tau Delta Gamma Phi Beta Delta Chi Pizza Eating Contest Phi Gamma Delta Pi Beta Phi IO Gree k Week

Page 26 text:

Bicycles are a con- venient way to travel around campus, but can be less than perfect in any kind of bad weather. (Pho- to by Dan Moyer, 1987.) “The process will tr ) hardened senior.” EVERY FALL THE SPECIAL train from the southern part of the state comes pulling into Moscow and disgorges hundreds of students. It is no great wonder a few of the new- comers stand around looking dazed, The fraternity men are on hand to pick up the prospec- tive pledges. The sororities, too, wheel out their best manners, most impressive smiles, and whisk the girls off to their cam- pus lodgings. Every year the camera man catches some of these shots and every year it shows the same glad-handing, scurrying: about, and at least one Joe or Josephine Bush lost and desolate looking. Before the new students have a chance to get acquainted they are rushed through registation. The process will try the patience of the most case-hardened senior, Long hours of standing