University of Louisville - Thoroughbred Yearbook (Louisville, KY)

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The time from March 1958 to March 1959 will be remembered for many years for the important events which occurred both nationwide and locally. Fulgencio Batista was suddenly overthrown by Fidel Castrog the Nautilus was the first submarine to go under the icy North Pole, Pope John XXIII was chosen to take the place of the deceased Pope Pius XII. The fads were many during the year. While chil- dren paraded around in space suits, their parents watched the stampede of adult TV westerns. The hula hoop craze caught on all over the nation and was inadvertently reflected in the exterior design of our new University Center. The styles of women's clothes from trapeze to shirtwaist seized the fancy of coedsg the men were forced to sit back and wait until the women tired of this new fad. Throughout the country, newspapers raised their prices and our Courier-Journal and Louisville Time: increased to seven cents. The students saw many buildings being added to the campus. The University Center was at last completed, the Reynolds Metals Building was given to the University, and work was begun on the new Men's Dormitory. The Old Biology Building was renovated and renamed the Edward S. Jouett Hall. The faculty and students will not forget the can- cellation of classes that spring day due to the heavy snowfall. Nor will they cease to remember the pride they felt having the basketball team play in the NCAA Tournament. The University Student Sen- ate introduced the' revolutionary idea of electing each Commission Head individually. Strolling on Howdy Walk fpictured at right! students became acquainted with the University of Louisville for the first time. It links the important buildings on Belknap Campus together-the Uni- versity Center, the University Library, and the Ad- ministration Building. The graduating seniors gathered along it before they began theirshort walk to the front of the Administration Building to re- ceive their diplomas. Your Thorougbbred contains many memories- events which you will recall in the years to come and will look back upon as the good old days. We begin these recollections with the University Boat Ride. iPhoto by Larry Spitzer!

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DR. PHILIP G. DAVIDSON Dear Graduates of 1959: The years you have spent at the University have been eventful years, and years of decision in your own lives and in that of the University. Since you entered here the hopes and dreams of the students who worked on the bond issue of 1952 have been realized, and Belknap Campus has a new look. The University Li- brary, the University Center, Speed Hall, and the renovation of the older buildings, all have been accomplished during your lifetime as stu- dents here. We have now begun construction of a men's dormitory and are in the midst of a major campaign to build a gymnasium, new research facilities for our medical and dental schools, and to add books and scientific equip- ment to our libraries and laboratories. It is the most important effort the University has ever made to marshall resources for an expanding educational program. 5 In your own lives, too, these have been years of growth and decision. Since you entered here you have laid the basis for your future life and career. Many of you have married, nearly all have found your career, and all of you have received a sound education and matured intel- lectually and spiritually. For both of us the years ahead are equally years of promise and decision. For the .Uni- versity, we must realize that it is not fine buildings and facilities which make a univer- sity. It is rather the quality and character of its faculty and students. You have dedicated this annual to one of the finest teachers this Uni- versity ever had, and all of you throughout your lives will remember and be influenced by the men and women who taught you rather than by the physical surroundings of the campus. Like the University which must keep its edu- cational program growing and strengthening, so you too must build on the education you received here, keeping the tools of your brain sharp and keen, your mind alert and inquiring. On behalf of the Trustees, the staff, and faculty then, I express our happiness at having had you here and join with them in the fond hope that the promise of these years will be realized in your lives and in that of our University. Sincerely, - ,Q,,nf.z,-.- Philip Davidson President

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UNIVERSITY BOAT RIDE The University Boat Ride, which was held up to this year, was one of the Spring Semester's big events for University of Louisville students. This excursion up the Ohio River was spon- sored by the University Stu- dent Senate with the Social Committee being in charge of the affair. The Boat Ride was held last year on April 23. The students were sere- naded by the music of Cliff Butler and his Band. The event will always be re- membered by those who participated in it. The couples enjoyed sitting on the deck in the cool spring air. The Steamship Avalon left the dock at Fourth Street and River Road to begin its journey upstream. The couples strolled around the decks looking at the moonlit water and chatting to each other as the boat paddled on. Dancing on the lower deck was one of the many pastimes aboard the Avalon. The music ranged from jazz to waltzes. 7