University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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Q if .P -'V' 'fy it 1 KQV all , 13' A l W e I 4 9 Whig -95.4 I J Q :asian .. 'M In an effort to instill a Bohemian atmosphere Read Hall has stuck the art center in a slope-ceilinged garret. Here are artistic students can putter at things artistic in their spare time. JUST ANY TIME of fhe day you'II find Read Hall, Mizzou's sfudenf union, crowded wifh a variefy of sfudenfs engaged in a variefy of acfivifies. In fhe firsf-floor lounges, cuI'l'ure-minded sfudenfs ogle arf exhibifs while ofher individuals lose fhemselves in bridge, maga- zines, piano playing, conversafion, or iusf plain sfudying. And clown below in fhe Bengalair, fI1ere's music, dancing, and food for any fime-on-my-hands momenfs. IN THE UPPER STORIES are housed fhe campus acfivify offices- manned by fhe guys who dangle Iceys, 'lhe gals who make 'lhe rules, fhe people who know fheir Y's and wherefores, 'lhe iournalisfs who periodically cover fhe campus wifh newsprinf. And all, af one fime or anofher, amble down fhe second floor hall fo check with fhe clean and direcfors who supervise fhe whole affair. TOP ROW: Bob Cowan, Joe Ware irecreation co-chairmanl, Barbara Beck, Harry Briggs istudent chairmanl, Jack Matthews ichairmanb, Louise Robertson lresident directorl, Royce Lewellen Cassistant chairmanl, Carl Meitzen iassistant chairmanb. BOTTOM ROW: D. L. Smith icoffee hour co-chairmanl, Ginger Bunker icoffee hour co-chairmanl, Carolyn McBride Cart chairmanl, Mary Looney ipublicityb, Thelma Russell isecretaryb, Paul Bradshaw IS. G. A. representativel. NOT PICTURED: Trace Hovey irecreation co-chairmanb, Wayne Nickel lradio chairmanl. THE BIG UR , . . of Read Hall is MISS R -LOUISE ROBERTSON, director of Read Hall, Her job of running Miz- zou's Union takes in every- thing from advising the policy board to helping the janitor. She's had the job for the past nine years, A graduate and Mortar Boarder of Flori- da State College, she also did grad work here in philosophy and journalism. Having been raised in Florida, her ambi- tion now is to learn ice-skat- ing. BUSY BOY . . . HARRY BRIGGS found time during the grind of being a law student to be chairman of Read Hall. Some of his other work around campus has been with APO, ODK, and the Glee Club. A DU from St. Joe, he admits subversive tendencies by say- ing that he supports a party that advocates the overthrow of the government-the Re- publican Party. ....halI

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read .... One day the people that hang around Read Hall looked their ID pics and thought llGolly, I'm a convict. To brate this they threw a Jailbird Party. The party had costumes and zany stunts, such as the mock trial pic tured above. These two aren't just ordinary Lramps-they're stars of the 1950 carousel show, Gus Gi- :ardano and C. J. Cherry. TOP ROW: A. Stern, H. Briggs, S. B. Loftquist, L. Bartram, J. Eyler. BOTTOM ROW: Nlrs. Robertson, B. Beck, B. Blacker, lVl. Looney. ALL ACTIVITIES move ahead under fhe efficienf direc- fion of fhe Read Hall Policy Board, composed of a sfu- denf chairman, all commiffee heads, faculfy members and Miss Roberfson, and presided over by Dean Maf- fhews. Members fake fime off from coffee hours, pub- Iicify pow-wows, recreafion conferences, music appreci- afion hours, arfisfic affernoons, and ham radio sessions fo plof and govern fufure Read Hall funcfions. CERTAINLY NOT LEAST among Read Hall acfivifies is Carousel, a fype of sfudenf nife club unique fo fhe Mis- souri campus. Carousel pIans are brewing all year, buf feverish work really begins in fhe spring, when chorus Iines decorafe fhe firsf floor Iounges and fhe downsfairs iuke box rafes sfiff compefifion from ambifious songsfers upsfairs. If all ends up in five nighfs of sferiing sfudenf enferfainmenf. TOP ROW: A. Stern, W. Hilborn, L. Bartram, J. Eyler. BOTTOlVl ROW: Nlrs. Robertson, B. Beck, B. Blacker, V. Stenger.

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read hail committcf eg: publicity TOP ROW: Betty Jo Tallman, Bill Cheek, Ruthann Krueger, Gene Truskett, John Mering, Dean Willard, Ed Maynard, Norman Russell, Lorraine Croft, Hank Marder, Marilyn Kuhs, BOTTOM ROW: Lynn Powers, Careota Baker, Martha Brian, Mary M. Looney, Ch., Thelma Russell, secretary, Joan Alden, Sandra Adler, Mara Lee Cotten, Barbara Bugg, recreation TOP ROW: Nancy Buckner, Joe Ware, T. Yung, Charley Hankins, Edward Knowles, Harry Osborn, Hugh Monroe, Hartley Banks, Handy Moore, Bob Ward, R. J. Nl. Barton, Carolyn McLarty, J. Marsden. BOTTOM ROW: M. McLarty, F. Cook, L. Huck, S, Buchanan, M. Spald- ing, M. Kratz, S. Williams, G. Briede, R. Watts, B. Biggerstaff. coffee hour TOP ROW: Brenda Constance, Diane Westerfleld, Orland McCafferty, Lawrence Donato, Alice Martin, Shirley Davis. BOTTOM ROW: Jane Lewis, Mary Ann Floss, Ginger Bunker, Don Smith, Ken Langford, Sally Lofquist.