Dublin Core
Title
1964 Yearbook, Activities.
Subject
Indiana--History; Vincennes (Ind.)--History; College Publications
Description
Left page: CHRISTMAS: Big Convo Caps Holiday Season On Campus: Text: Describes the festivities, including a traditional Christmas Dinner for faculty, students and staff, followed by the Christmas Convocation in Green Auditorium. The program featured a welcome from Wayne Singleton, Senior Class President; a Christmas songs concert by the Ensemble; introduction of the Queen Candidates; Kim Sturgeon singing "O Holy Night," the V.U. Playhouse's skit, "Holiday House," and Dr. Beckes' traditional Christmas message. Top left picture: Students in the Trailblazer Room enjoying the all-University Christmas Dinner. Middle left picture: V.U. Playhouse students performing the skit "Holiday House." Middle right picture: Dr. Beckes delivering his message and dismisses afternoon classes, a V.U. traditional custom of the Christmas Convocation. Bottom left picture: Faculty annual Christmas party, at which the Ensemble sang Christmas songs. Bottom right picture: Santa Claus, alias Mr. Ray Beless, former physical education, helped Dr. Beckes distribute gifts to the children of faculty members. Right page: HOMECOMING '64. Dean Hill presented awards to three distinguished alumni, who were honored at a dinner in the Trailblazer Room on the opening night of Homecoming Weekend. Left picture: Mr. Joe Robert Patrick, telegraph editor of the Des Moines Register & Tribune, and former national board member of the Presbyterian church, attended V.U. in 1941-42. Middle picture: Mr. Robert H. Begeman, supervisory electronics engineer and head of radar systems branch of the experimental research division of the U.S. Naval Avionics Facility in Indianapolis, as well as holder of many patents in the radar field and a national authority in the use of radar systems in national defense, received his Associate in Arts Degree in 1943. Right picture: Dr, Janet Berry, chemist and patent lawyer who now oversees all patent activities of the National Distillers liquor and chemical divisions, attended V.U. in 1939. Text: Describes the three alumni honorees and the Homecoming Queen, Miss Nancy Stephens, home economics major from Vincennes, along with her court: Edith Bricker, Kathy Johnson, Sandy Leath, Kathy Utter. Weekend festivities closed on Sunday afternoon with the formal capping of the 1965 class of the V.U. Nursing Department
Creator
Vincennes University, Byron R. Lewis Historical Library
Date
1964
Contributor
Vincennes University, Byron R. Lewis Historical Library
Format
jpg
Language
eng
Type
Image
Identifier
vul-ybk-1964-00058