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''Posted July 2013, with selections from the 1963 ''Chinook'', the Washington State University yearbook.''

[[Image:1963Chinook logo.jpg|thumb|right|120px]] Take a look back at Washington State University in 1963 through the lens of the college's yearbook, the ''Chinook''.

You [http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/masc/docs/chinooks.html can read] all the Chinooks (in PDF format) from 1899-1986 at the WSU Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections [http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/masc/docs/chinooks.html website]. And if you have stories from WSU life in 1963 (or any other year) send them our way: [mailto:our.story@wsu.edu our.story@wsu.edu]

 

[[Image:1963Chinook BryanHall.jpg|thumb|none|200px|Bryan Hall in 1963]]

== Academics ==

[[Image:1963Chinook academics illustration.jpg|thumb|right|200px]] A growing university, WSU granted degrees across the disciplines, with emphasis on programs in agriculture, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, communications, business, and engineering.

'''College of Agriculture'''

A number of programs prepared students for careers in agriculture, ranging from forestry to economics and plant pathology and dairy science.

[[Image:1962Chinook dairy science.jpg|thumb|none|200px|Dairy Science Open House]] [[Image:1963Chinook Dan Coonrad ASCA pres.jpg|thumb|none|200px|Dan Coonrad, president of ASCA, the governing council for the College of Agriculture]]

'''College of Engineering and Mineral Technology'''

[[Image:1963Chinook CampWells surveying.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Camp F.W. Wells for civil engineering students. The camp, located near Naches on White Pass, gave the young engineers a chance to work on surveying and other skills.]]

'''College of Economics and Business'''

The college ran economic and business research, as well as training students in business administration, hotel administration, economics, and secretarial studies.

[[Image:1963Chinook society advancement management.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Society for the Advancement of Management. Someone forgot to tell the guy with the bowtie about the strict "skinny tie" policy for the photo shoot.]]

'''College of Sciences & Arts'''

Majors in this college covered the humanities, social sciences, and biological and physical sciences. Some of the departments were botany, zoology, mathematics, geology, physics, English, music, journalism, fine arts, anthropology, and police science.

[[Image:1963Chinook PoliceScience open house.jpg|thumb|none|300px|A display at the Police Science open house.]] [[Image:1963Chinook PoliceScience open house bootlegging.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Bootlegging being taught to students? Or Police Science display on Prohibition Era policing?]]

[[Image:1963Chinook KWSC TV.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Hard at work producing a show at KWSC-TV.]]

[[Image:1963Chinook Profs at desks.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Many pages of The Chinook are devoted to photos of professors working at their desks.]]

== Sports ==

'''Football'''

Jim Sutherland's Cougar squad won five, lost two, and tied one in the season. The football team was lead by Dave Mathieson at quarterback, Clarence Williams at halfback, and Hugh Campbell at receiver.

[[Image:1963Chinook football vs Idaho.jpg|thumb|none|300px|WSU vs. Idaho in a snowy, messy game. The Cougs won 22-14.]]

'''Basketball'''

The WSU men's basketball team had another tough year, chalking up a 5-20 record. The highlight was defeating Idaho, which had beat the Cougs four out of five previous meetings.

[[Image:1963Chinook TedWerner scores 2 vsColorado.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Ted Werner scores a bucket over the Colorado players.]]

'''Baseball'''

The 1963 baseball team under Coach Bobo Brayton had a 24-8 record, but only broke even in division games.

[[Image:1963Chinook Dave Pate line drive.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Dave Pate hits a line drive.]]

'''Track'''

Under Jack Mooberry's leadership, the Cougar tracksters won three of five meets in division. Nils Siverson was the first WSU pole vaulter to break 15 feet. Other top track stars were Jim Allen, Bill Bridges, and John Valiant.

[[Image:1963Chinook track Jan Bentzon 880.jpg|thumb|none|600px|WSU runner Jan Bentzon winning the 880 against Oregon.]]

'''Gymnastics'''

Coach Jim Sweeney's gymnasts took second place in the Pacific Northwest Open Meet, among other accomplishments.

[[Image:1963Chinook George Gleason rings.jpg|thumb|none|300px|George Gleason takes on the rings at a meet.]]

'''Golf'''

Coach Bill Zimmerli’s Cougar golf team had an 8-2-2 season in 1963.

 

== Clubs and activities ==

'''WSU Leaders'''

President C. Clement French was president of WSU in 1963.

[[Image:1963Chinook PresFrench at work.jpg|thumb|none|600px|President French at work.]]

[[Image:1963Chinook DeanStephenson tennis trophy.jpg|thumb|none|300px|S. Town Stephenson, Dean of Faculty, presents a tennis trophy.]]

 

'''Student Leaders'''

Greg Click was president of ASWSU in 1963. Here are a few other campus leaders:

[[Image:1963Chinook ASWSU pres Greg Click.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Greg Click - President of ASWSU]]

[[Image:1963Chinook Nikki King senior independent woman.jpg|thumb|none|200px|Nikki King, senior independent woman on the Board of Control.]][[Image:1963Chinook Judy Lilleby Spurs pres.jpg|thumb|none|200px|Judy Lilleby - President, Spurs Club]] [[Image:1963Chinook Judy Buess Panhellenic pres.jpg|thumb|none|200px|Judy Buess - President, Panhellenic Association]]

[[Image:1963Chinook Sam Hunt IBR pres.jpg|thumb|none|250px|Sam Hunt, president of the Independent Board of Representatives. He later became a state representative from Olympia.]]

 

'''Clubs and associations'''

A large variety of social, academic, cultural, and professional clubs and associations kept students busy outside of class.

[[Image:1963Chinook student committee.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Just as photos filled many pages of professors at desks, a lot of space was devoted to student clubs sitting around tables.]]

[[Image:1963Chinook HortClub apple cider.jpg|thumb|none|300px|The Horticulture Club at their annual cider pressing.]] [[Image:1963Chinook Hawaii Club luau.jpg|thumb|none|300px|The Hawaii Club hosts a luau.]]

[[Image:1963Chinook African Student Union.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The African Student Union. In the center back row, wearing a tie, is Sam Mompongo, who later became Commissioner of Education in Zaire.]]
Read [[My Recollections of Sam Mompongo]] by WSU Professor Emeritus Al Harrington.

WSU had several music and performance groups, including the orchestra, university choir, marching band, and concert band.

[[Image:1963Chinook orchestra.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The WSU Orchestra, conducted by Alfred Boyington.]]

The ''Daily Evergreen'' continued to feed the news to hungry students and faculty.

[[Image:1963Chinook Evergreen Duke Cameron.jpg|thumb|none|200px|Duke Cameron, fall editor of The Evergreen.]] [[Image:1963Chinook Evergreen Walker Roberts.jpg|thumb|none|200px|Walker Roberts, managing editor of the Evergreen in the spring semester.]]

The Army and Air Force ROTC had a very visible presence on campus and in ''The Chinook'', with 12 pages in the yearbook devoted to photos.

[[Image:1963Chinook ROTC.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Saluting members of the ROTC during a drill.]]

 

== Campus life and events ==

Pullman gave students plenty of social activities and events...and a chance to practice their dancing and kite skills.

[[Image:1963Chinook dance Watusi.jpg|thumb|none|200px|Dancing the Watusi.]] [[Image:1963Chinook kite contest.jpg|thumb|none|200px|Preparing to launch the Sigma Chi kite (Sigma Chi-te?)]]

[[Image:1963Chinook chariot race.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A real chariot race, or a performance of "Ben Hur."]]

Performances and plays brought some music and culture to campus.

[[Image:1963Chinook Peter Paul Mary.jpg|thumb|none|200px|Folk musicians Peter, Paul and Mary singing in a concert at WSU.]] [[Image:1963Chinook play Les Johnson Ora Lee Ault.jpg|thumb|none|200px|Les Johnson and Ora Lee Ault perform in a musical.]]

[[Image:1963Chinook Anna Russell comedienne.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Concert comedienne Anna Russell on campus.]]

[[Image:1963Chinook Senator Scoop Jackson.jpg|thumb|none|500px|U.S. Sen. Henry "Scoop" Jackson greets a student at WSU.]]

The WSU students again crowned their royalty for Homecoming and other events.

[[Image:1963Chinook Homecoming queen Barbara Lovell.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Barbara Lovell, 1963 Homecoming Queen]] [[Image:1963Chinook HarvestBall queen Gretchen Veleke.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Gretchen Veleke, Harvest Ball Queen]]

[[Image:1963Chinook Tolo king Clarence Williams.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Clarence Williams, Sophomore Tolo King]] [[Image:1963Chinook Independent queen Judy Duckworth.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Judy Duckworth, Independent Queen]]

Registering for classes always took up some time.

[[Image:1963Chinook registering for classes.jpg|thumb|none|500px]]

But the computer helped.

[[Image:1963Chinook IBM computer.jpg|thumb|none|300px]]

 

'''Commencement'''

WSU graduated 1,071 seniors in 1963. The commencement speaker was John C. Folger '14, '17 MS, former U.S. ambassador to Belgium.

[[Image:1963Chinook commencement senior run.jpg|thumb|none|300px|The Senior Run at commencement.]]

[[Image:1963Chinook Sam Reed.jpg|thumb|right|120px|Sam Reed '63]]

Graduates included future Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed.

 

''And finally...''

A chance to relax down at The Dunes along the Snake River.

[[Image:1963Chinook TheDunes.jpg|thumb|none|300px]] [[Image:1963Chinook sun wind illustration.jpg|thumb|none|300px]]

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 A large variety of social, academic, cultural, and professional clubs and associations kept students busy outside of class.
-[[Image:1963Chinook student committee.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Just as photos filled many pages of professors at desks, a lot of space was devoted to student clubs sitting around tables.]]
+[[Image:1963Chinook student committee.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Just as photos of professors at desks filled many pages, a lot of space in the yearbook was devoted to student club members sitting around tables.]]
 [[Image:1963Chinook HortClub apple cider.jpg|thumb|none|300px|The Horticulture Club at their annual cider pressing.]] [[Image:1963Chinook Hawaii Club luau.jpg|thumb|none|300px|The Hawaii Club hosts a luau.]]

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 A number of programs prepared students for careers in agriculture, ranging from forestry to economics and plant pathology and dairy science.
-[[Image:1962Chinook dairy science.jpg|thumb|none|200px|Dairy Science Open House]] [[Image:1963Chinook Dan Coonrad ASCA pres.jpg|thumb|none|200px|Dan Coonrad, president of ASCA, the governing council for the College of Agriculture]]
+[[Image:1963Chinook cow plug.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Dairy Science Open House]]
 '''College of Engineering and Mineral Technology'''

WSU in 1963 - Revision history

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