University of Utah - Utonian Yearbook (Salt Lake City, UT)

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Winter quarter began with a freshness and renewed vigor that marked the advent of new classes and new activities. Marcel Marceau was the first in the series of visiting celebrities that included Martin Luther King, Senator Paul Douglas, and Werner Von Braun. The Union Ballroom was transformed into a Parisian garden for the junior Prom, Une Soiree a Versailles. Beginning the new quarter with more investigations, the Senate launched a probe into the campus traffic problem. The face of the administration changed as Aca- demic Vice-President Sterling M. McMurrin left President Olpin's staff to join that of President Kennedy as Commissioner of Education. The University celebrated its lllth birthday with Operation Ill. Better intercultural un- derstanding was promoted with a twofweek presentation of Spotlight on the Middle East. ln basketball, the Running Redskinsn battled their way past foes to the NCAA Regionals, and then with the taste of that victory went on to Kansas City to win third place among the nation's basketball teams. Utes took a carefree mood for the WRAfSnow Carnival. But the face of ASUU President ,lohn Bennion was anything but carefree as he delivered his State of the Campus address to the Senate. The Senate responded to his recommenda- tions by altering student government slightly, giving the ASUU President a permanent seat in the Senate. Basketball was a part of the changing countenance of Utah as the Redskins first defeated Colorado State in a tie-breaking conference game and then went on to a third place berth in the NCAA Championships in Kansas City. The University Theater's cast of Damn Yankees returned to the campus from its Asian tour which had been under the auspices of the USO and the State Department, and had taken the Utes on a route covering 20,000 miles in eight weeks.

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Students returned to campus after spring vacation in spite of wide-spread spring fever. The Administra- tion began the quarter by filling its vacancies with faces already familiar to Utes. Dr. Daniel J. Dykstra was chosen to fill the position of Academic Vice- President, while Dr. lack H. Adamson was appointed Dean of the College of Letters and Science. Dr. Boyer Jarvis left the University to become Dr. Mc- Murrin's assistant, while Farm announced his re- tirement as Director of Student Activities. Utes were treated to a variety of student produc- tions that provided top entertainment. Headlining were King Lear, the Orchesis concert, and Cop- peliaf' The Union Board and the Board of Regents made headlines in the conflict over the renewal of art exhibition boards in the Union. A compromise was finally reachedg new boards will be installed. Would-be politicians had their chance with the ASUU elections. Faces of retiring officers mirrored both relief and regret, while plans for the future were voiced by the newly chosen officials. President Kennedy announced the selection of the U as one of the training centers for the Peace Corps, and the U became a member of a new athletic conference. U Days brought the activities of 1960-61 to a climax. As Graduation Day became history, the progress of Uteville during the past year was evident. As seniors reminisced, they were the first to agree to the totality of changes in the face of Utah. 1 ..-..,,.9-G...-a....... .,,, i 'ir ,yearn-0' .gi A at ,..-