ended the season with a record ys•later the Nittanies accepted icir Bowl to, meet Georgia Tech. L In • -,. By JOHN HAUGE The school year of 1961-62 is almost over, l but its memories will linger long for inany. l There were events that, will never again be duplicated. For freshmen, Sept. 17 was the beginning. However, three days earlier the first grOup of Peace .Corps trainees at the 'University had, been graduated. On Monday, Sept. 18, the whole world was; shocked when it received word that U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold had been, killed in an airplane crash while on a peace' mission to the Congo. Following this' start, the fall term settled down with two syfeks of frosh customs and the, usual. fuss over the weekend football games. There were demonstrations for Thanksgiving vacation which had been eliminated as the Uni-: versity shifted to the 1,0-week tlrm system. The term passed quickly and drew to a close as 'Albert Diem resigned as vice president of business administration, and the ISGA changed Its name to USG. Sports-wise, the football team 'beat Pitt and found itselfi in the Gator BowL A victory over Georgia Tech at -Jackson vile set the stage for the winter term.. Fra ternity and sorority kicked offi the activities • with formal rush. Two major events occurred i MMEMS t , • - 1; '1 • a rockslide in the cave Jan. 28. father of one of the boys. watches go about their work. Members of ; Grotto misted In the search... SATURDAY. JUNE t 1962 - • 7 1 DEEPEST SNOW IN! YEARS: March. 0 want down in history as over\22 inches of snow blanketed the area. Evidence of its Crippling force is shown by a deserted S. Allen'St. during the day. Review Dennis Foianini was given a vote of confidence in campus -wide 'elections, and a tragedy took place near Osceola \ yills where two youngsters were killed in an abandoned clay mine., The search for their bodied'took nearly two weeks. The month of February was quiet an the campus level. Nationally Feb. 20 was the day that John H. Glenn Jr. rocketed around the world three times to ;advance Vie U.S. in the space race. A 22-inch snowfall and the Eastern Inter collegiate Wr - estling Tournament closed out the winter term. The snow was the heavieSt..in 20 years. A forum on the communist challenge began the spring term. A few days later, on April.. 10, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson spoke at ' the concluding ceremonies of the Career Day sponsored .by the College of Business Admin istration. „- late January. NMI:MG PRESIDENT: Dean Wharton. running an the Unisex- VICE PRESIDENT MEETS STUDENTS: Paus. Lyndon B. Johnson shakes hands witb`students aity ticket, l'ad his party to le clean sweep in the spring elections. lag before deliverirsg his speech at the con- lining the steps at the rear of Schweir•Audio Morris Baker was elected vice president -and Margo Liwis was- eluding ammonia' of the College of Business torium. April 10 was the dal* of Johnson's talks. elected, seenetary;treasurer •of USG. Administration Career Day, Vice President f:::-:"« , :' , .. - • ..- 4 , 14... : \ - ~,•' ` / ak - ',' - - ' al, - I y i •ril-,,.. .1117 - l e . 1-, :. - -. 1 -:.. - . . 1: .. t ' 42: 41 r i4' .- i' ~; • ' ii;:: ~ *^ 0' •:-C,:.,'-'• -:: • ' ' -:'''''', 1 .`,- 7 ::T - ;-7;1 ' ,,;' . i••"- - ..::,. ^ '. %; :, , • , ' :April came to a close with student elections which saw Dean Wharton take the USG presi dent's chair, and the University party making a clean sweep. The past month has seen the success of the annual Spring Week Carnival and the crowning of Miss Penn State ; Linda Krumboldt. What is left? For the undergraduates there are finals. For the seniors there are finals, also, but the big event of the year—graduatiop—is - June 9. •mlEkni Wikva. %MAW LEHIGH TAKES EIWA. TOURNEY* A record SPRING WEEK CARNIVAL* A successful total of 96 points gave Lehigh the learn Spring Week was highlighted again this year championship of the Eastern Intercollegiate by the carnival. Warm weather brought out a Wrestling Association Tournament March I large crowd. Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and and 10 hi Rea Hall. State finished a distrust Phi Gamma Della fraternity took the overall fourth. honors. NEW GYMNASTIC RECORD SET: Greg Weiss concluded the horn. gymnastic schedule in late February with a performance DENNIS FOIANINI that went into the record books. His 298 score on the parallel p as t USC p rts id on t ' bars (insert shows scores) broke his own record of 293. , c rr= • - • 45. 1144. .le' , .1,14 I • tom, PAGE NINI
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