Vincennes University - Le Revoir Yearbook (Vincennes, IN)

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LE REVOIR TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION SENIORS FRESHMAN FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ACTIVITIES Honoraries Organizations Publications Music Drama ATHLETICS Students in Residence (Dormitory) a’ bientot for 1903-04

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VINCENNES UNIVERSITY FOUNDED 1801 Out of a Rich Heritage... When William Henry Harrison arrived in Vincennes to become the first governor of the Indiana Territory, he discovered ‘that the inhabitants of the country...have long experienced the inconvenience arising from the total want of an institution for the education of youth.’ His answer was the establishment of a two room log cabin school named Jefferson Academy in 1801. The trustees of this little frontier school applied to the federal government for a land grant. Congress approved the grant in 1804 and two years later 23,040 acres of land, in what is now Gibson County, Indiana, was assigned for the support of the school. The pioneer institution became Vincennes University on November 27, 1806, and was officially incorporated by the first General Assembly of the Indiana Territory meeting in the old Territorial Capitol in Vincennes. Governor William Henry Harrison was elected president of the Board. Vincennes University was established as the center of education on the frontier -- the first college to be established west of the Alleghenies and north of the Ohio River, the symbol of the intent of the people of the new nation that ‘religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government and happiness of mankind schools and means of education shall forever be encouraged.’ oe ee G aA ane PP aT a a

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PREFACE... As time goes by and one finds himself far along on some distant future way of life, he may turn, glance back, and then and then only, can he truly evaluate these events that are the present. We are no excep- tion. We are nearsighted. But we have tried to project ourselves — to give you this 1964 Le Revoir (formerly known as the Re Voo)a true picture of the year — a picture of what some day will be memories, some of the best memories of your life... Even now as you turn these pages for the first time, you find memories, and even now these memories are mellowing and the circumstances that created them are changing. This is as it should be. A University should be the symbol of change and progress... As we celebrate the 164th anniversary of the founding of Vincennes University and the tenth year on the present campus, we are aware that vast changes are taking place in all aspects of the campus. And yet, there is something unchanging about the University. Through all this pattern of change and counter-change there is woven the steel thread of tradition, without which there would be no pattern —no lasting pattern. And so, let us say it has been a year with more than its changes... but a year that saw the rebirth of the old traditions. Remember the tenth anniversary convocation in the grove near the Ad- ministration Building at the exact location where President Beckes held the first convocation on the present campus... The new spirit and the old together... memories... let that stand for the Vincennes University for the year of ’64. — . ASS AS IA Y a m2: el aa wats, © A ee - Vo Ir WIA A soc cae Sons ee Vek @ Zia WWII ii ( i SAG ae anu 4 A ; eSssessssS ep | eerier ie pee | f Bas | = i | Vike = = Sr Se : ae