Eastern Kentucky University Encompass Alumnus Alumni Magazines 6-1-1974 Eastern Alumnus, Summer 1974 Eastern Kentucky University, Alumni Association Follow this and additional works at: http://encompass.eku.edu/upubs_alumnus Recommended Citation Eastern Kentucky University, Alumni Association, "Eastern Alumnus, Summer 1974" (1974). Alumnus. Paper 15. http://encompass.eku.edu/upubs_alumnus/15 This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the Alumni Magazines at Encompass. It has been accepted for inclusion in Alumnus by an authorized administrator of Encompass. For more information, please contact [email protected]. E EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY AKUMNUS sr^c.1^^ 1g^^?^l^^ The Centennial Medallion THE BRONZE MEDALLION commemorating CET^^ of the East- the Centennial Higher Education on ern Kentucky University campus is offered in limited quantities to active members of the Alumni Association. Featuring the busts of Dr. Robert Breck and Dr. Ruric Nevel Roark, the first chan- cellor of Central University and first president of Eastern, respectively, the medallion is the authen- tic Centennial Year device of the University. A two-sided, deep-relief medallion, it also depicts the Keen Johnson tower, the John Grant Crabbe Library and Old Central, the oldest building on '100 Years' campus. PRICE: S12.50 ONLY 1000 NUMBERED copies of this 96- page volume are available for sale. The limited edition contains selected sections — many in full Medallion Prints color — from the 1974 Centennial Milestone, in- FULL-COLOR LITHOGRAPHS of the Centen- cluding the 32-page, special historical section that nial Medallion on a background of maroon velvet, traces the development of higher education during these numbered prints are beautiful when framed. its 100 year history on the Eastern Kentucky Uni- A full 1 1 by 14 inches, the prints are lithographed versity Campus. Purchasers of this book, which on 100-pound cameo offset enamel and lacquered. will certainly increase in value through the years, will be registered and record of ownership main- PRICE: S2..50 tained by the Alumni Association. PRICE: $6.00 Four Mementoes of Eastern Ken- Centennial Milestone tucky University's observance of 100 years of higher education on its A LIMITED NUMBER of the 640-page Centen- campus nial Milestone, the student yearbook saluting the University during the observance of a century of higher education, is available for purchase through the Alumni Association. In addition to the 32- page historical section, the Centennial Milestone See order form at pages 42-43. reports completely the major activities of the year at Eastern and can provide the graduate with an in-depth look at his alma mater during its 100th year. PRICE: $8.50 EDITORIAL BOARD onald R- Feltner, vice president for public Thurman, director of alumni fairs; J. Wyatt fairs; Ron C. Wolfe, associate director of alumni fairs; Charles D. Whitlock, director of public formation; John Winnecke, radio-TV editor; irry W. Bailey, photography editor. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1974-75 !n McCarty, '50 President oug Jackson, '59, '72 First Vice President mes E. Walters, '46, '52 . .Second Vice President e Thomas Mills, '57, '58 Past President lannon Johnson, '61, '65 President Elect ;tty Bell Mike, '68 Vice President Elect )m Bonny, '69, '73 Vice President Elect IRECTORS: Sandra Martin, '70; Bill Smith, '69, 1; Karl Frey, '70, '74; Bill Raker, '67, '72, and le 1974-75 Senior Class President. jblished biannually as a bulletin of Eastern Ken- icky University for the Eastern Alumni Associa- n, and entered at the Post Office at Richmond, ?ntucky 40475, as Second Class matter. Sub- riptions are included in Association annual gifts, ddress all correspondence concerning editorial atter or circulation to: The Eastern Alumnus, istern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky )475. easTenn SUMMER 1974/VOLUME 13 NO. 2 jsiaiBMaEiajsEJBEMaiaEE Alumnus Editorial As we mark the close of our must continue to change. Change will always need to know how to Centennial Year, we cannot help is inherent with the passing of communicate with others; he will but evaluate the past, to reflect time and only if we change, how- always be in constant search for upon those persons and institu- ever cautiously, in order to ful- the answers to his personal and tions that played significant roles fill our purpose can we hope to social ills. From this standpoint, in Eastern's development. remain strong. Century II will be no more than a sophisticated extension of the Reflecting on the past, how- Future freshmen may be taking past 100 years. ever, must not make us com- Space I; the sophomores Space Century II, a bold mystery that placent in the snug haven of our 11. The upperclassmen interested of us, through the miracle heritage; it should rather inspire in science, or simply in surviving, some of medicine, may see us to new heights in our second may enroll in Solar Energy 368. modern century. The ever-present cafeteria may completed. It begins, officially, thing of the 20th cen- on September 23, 1974, and as We have certainly learned from become a it will reveal tury as campus capsule dispensa- each days passes, our lessons in history. We have modern replace- new vistas for Eastern Kentucky seen bold men take uncertain ries become ments. Weekend suitcasers may University, vistas that touch all of steps at the right times and sur- part of fling on Mars and practice us who are or have been a vive because they had the cour- have a telepathic learning on their way the institution. age to make those decisions. We 3 from the campus. The possibili- can only hope that Century 3 have seen our leaders branch out We ties are endless. I and initiate new programs to II will be as exciting, dynamic, 'a a meet society's demands. History and fruitful as its predecessor. 3 There will always be, of course, 3 has taught us well. Only time can tell. 3 the less extreme basics — teach- 3 3 — EKU — But, as we enter Century II, ing, research, and service. Man 3 we 3 3 3 3 asuaiajaiasisisJsiaMSHaiaaaasEiaasiaraiHHajsMafsisiajsHBisMSfHc UMMER, 1974 Notes . From The Editor's Desk THE CENTENNIAL YEAR Obser- mighty important business to keep In the recent annual giving lett vance reached an action-filled cli- them away. Karl Bays, for example, to Eastern alumni, J. W. "Spide max during a four-week period this president of the American Hospital Thurman spoke in plain terms abo spring, and Eastern's Alumni played Supply Corporation, was in the the value of alumni support to tl a very major role in the significant Peoples' Republic of China explor- University. He asked for the fii events that virtually packed that ing new markets for his company's ancial assistance of Eastern's grai time span. products. uates, announcing as a goal \\ Of course, the entire year had The 101 honorees joined the 25 exceeding of the annual gift been one of special activity. Cen- athletic award recipients as the ini- $11.62 recorded last year. And, i tennial lectures, concerts and other tial entrants to a Hall of Distin- asked for the help of EKU graduatij programs had marked the celebra- guished Alumni which has been in recruiting good students for the tion of higher education's first cen- established on the main floor of alma mater, and for our alumni tury on the Eastern campus, but all the Keen Johnson Building. Short expand their roles as ambassado that was just prologue to the events biographical sketches of each hon- of the institution. that began April 20. oree begin on page 59. A large measure of Eastern's SU' That evening, 25 of the greatest Saturday was a double-barrelled cess in continuing to develop i athletes in the history of Eastern day of activity, in the afternoon programs of educational opportunii were honored at the Centennial the Alumni Association dedicated will depend on its alumni. Tfi Alumni Awards Banquet in the Keen and presented to the University its University, as it enters its secor Johnson Building. Each of the hon- magnificent Centennial Year gift, century, is fortunate that its body • orees received a commemorative the statuary by Dr. Felix W. de- alumni has grown to some 29,000,! award, dominated by a full-size Earl Weldon saluting one of the great sizable number that should be ab; B. Combs model Louisville slugger. achievements of the last century, to perform real services for the| The Hall-of-Famer's bat reproduc- America's space exploration pro- alma mater. You may use the coii tions were turned from the timber gram. Members of the Centennial tribution card located betwee; of a white ash tree that died on the Club, who financed the project pages 42-43 to indicate how muc campus soon after the construction through their generous contribu- you care for Eastern. of the Burrier Building. Foresters tions, were guests at a luncheon EKU on the campus and at Hillerich and preceding the program and were EASTERN LOST its only survivir Bradsby, who turned the bats, esti- seated in places of honor at the de- former president March 5, when D mated the age of the tree at — ap- dication itself. W. F. O'Donnell succumbed follov propriately — one hundred years. The annual Alumni Day Dinner ing a long illness. His death fo The next event was the Centen- was held that evening, and a larger- lowed by only three months tr nial Pageant, which provided an than-usual crowd saw Leslie Ander- passing of his gracious first ladl evening of wonderful nostalgia for son, the first person to receive an Mrs. O'Donnell, which was reportcj all grads able to Eastern diploma, receive the 1974 in the last issue of the Alumnus.