Eastern Kentucky University Encompass Alumnus Alumni Magazines 6-1-1975 Eastern Alumnus, Summer 1975 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 1975" (1975). Alumnus. Paper 17. http://encompass.eku.edu/upubs_alumnus/17 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]. easTenn THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS / VOLUME 14 / NUMBER 2 IN THIS ISSUE: ALUMNI DAY '75: A PEOPLE AFFAIR IMPRESSIONS] OF MAINLANDACHINA REACHINGM MINDS REMIND l! WALLS TURKEY IN THE HALL N PURSUIT OF A VISION 'A FIFTEEN YEAR REPORT BULLETIN/SUMMER 1975 THE MARaiN FOR GREATNESS f - ALUMNI SUPPORT - In days of tightening dollars higher educa- institution, may support the University are: tion must turn to alternative sources of sup- J Active membership in tfie Alumni Associa port to continue offering educational oppor- tion ttirougti annual contributions of tunities to all those persons, young and old, $5. 00 or more. improve life who seek to the quality of Men and Women of Eastern through annui through higher education. J contributions of $ 100 or more. For Eastern Kentucky University the mar- JThe Century Club through a pledge of gin of greatness lies in the continued support $500 or more, which may be paid in an- of the University by 31,000 loyal alumni. nual installments of $100 or more per Ways in which alumni, and friends of the year. Checks should be made payable to: EKU Alumni Association , Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky 40475 EDITORIAL BOARD nald R. Feltner, vice president for public airs; J. Wyatt Thurman, director of alum- affairs; Ron G. Wolfe, associate director alumni affairs; Charles D. Whitlock, ector of public information; John inecke, radio-TV editor; Larry W. Bailey, jtography editor, Don Rist, art editor. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1975-76 innon Johnson, '61, '65 President '68 . ty Bell Mike, . First Vice-President -n Bonny, '69, '73 Second Vice-President 1 McCarty, '50 Past President iley Manning, '56 President Elect [h Spurlock, '41 ... Vice President Elect Alsip, '34 Vice President Elect SECTORS: Karl Prey, '70, '74; Bill <er, '67, '72; Jimmy Brown, '70; Gayle les, '70, and the 1975-76 Senior Class sident. }lished biannually as a bulletin of Eastern itucky University for the Eastern Alumni ociation, and entered at the Post Office Richmond, Kentucky 40475, as Second ss matter. Subscriptions are included in ociation annual gifts. Address all corres- idence concerning editorial matter or easTenn .ulation to: The Eastern Alumnus, East- Kentucky University, Richmond, Ken- SUMMER 1975 / VOLUME 14 NO. 2 ky 40475. CONTENTS I easTBRn THE EASTERN KENTUCKY I itor's Notes 2 ALUMNUS VOLUME 1 IN THIS ISSUE umni Weekend — A People Affair 3 ALUMNI DAY '75: Ron Wolfe recaptures the annual festivities through the people who A PEOPLE AFFAIR make it the single most important weekend of the year. The 1915, IMPRESSIONS OF 1925, 1935, 1950 and 1960 classes are highlighted. MAINLANDj .CHINA Years 14 REACHING MINDS Doug Whitlock provides a backdrop for the last 15 years of Eastern's BEHIND I*^'WALLS development, 1960-75, through an in-depth historical narrative. TURKEY"" IN Pursuit of A Vision 23 THE HALL This special section features the development of programs, services, IN PURSUIT OF A fiscal support, development, student enrollment and student services VISION -A FIFTEEN- at Eastern during the last decade and a-half. YEAR REPORT BULLETIN/SUMMER 1975 iaching Out To Minds Behind Walls 47 EKU English professor, Dr. Doris Sutton, tells two stories; one ABOUT THE COVER concerns the development of Eastern's extended campus program at the Federal Correctional Institution in Lexington, while the other The titles of significant articles in this tells the story of one student who took particular advantage of the program. special issue of the Eastern Alumnus center around artwork of the traditional lere's A Turkey In The Hall 52 heart of the EKU Campus, the Keen Coach Charles "Turkey" Hughes' 43 years in coaching, teaching, and Johnson Building clock tower. athletic administration account for his recent admission into the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame. ipressions of China 54 Dr. Robert R. Martin's varied impressions of China's education, economic development, and society in general are explored. He recently toured that country as part of an American Association of State Colleges and Universities delegation. le Chronicle 56 le Campus 56 Sports 61 ie Student Body 58 The Alumni 63 ie Faculty and Staff 60 Alumni Report 68 SUMMER, 1975 Notes . From The Editor's Desk This issue of the Eastern Alumnus the Chronicle of Higher Education spot- ing stale junior tennis champ, and should certainly be of special interest to lighted Eastern in an article about Ken- ding basketball player at the time oi all alumni and friends of Eastern Ken- tucky's vocational-technical educational injury, spent three crisis-filled-week' tucl<y University. Beginning on page 14 opportunities. the UK Medical Center before b and continuing through page 46 is an transferred to the Craig Rehabilita examination of the last decade-and-a-half "Nowhere is the state — or perhaps in Hospital at Englewood, Colorado, wi in the development of the institution. the entire country — is the boom in he remains. This special feature begins with an histor- technical education more evident than at Concerned Richmond and Cer ical narrative of the years, from the Eastern Kentucky University in Rich- Kentucky citizens have set up the ( inauguration of Dr. Robert R. Martin as mond, a little town on the dividing line Adams Fund through which moral, ^ Eastern's sixth president, through the between the eastern Kentucky mountains tual, and monetary support can be i 1966 achievement of University status to and the bluegrass country in the middle tered. Any letters of encouragementi the present. of the state." contributions to help offset the a; Drawn against this historical back- nomical medical expenses, can be ground follows a 24-page report, replete The article, authored by Chronicle dressed to the Greg Adams Fund, with tables and graphs, outlining the staff writer Larry Van Dyne, was ref- Box 431, Richmond, Ky., 40475. specific advances and developments at erencing Eastern's program of 49 two- A special on-campus fund drive Eastern Kentucky University as the insti- year programs that this year enrolled many special benefit events have tution has followed the blueprint for 1,863 students. been planned to help the Adams far greatness outlined by Dr. Martin in his through this time of stress. inaugural address. Eastern's substantial effort in two-year These are surely articles that will be programs is a response to the mandate €Kl£l valuable reference materials for all those given the regional universities by the close to Eastern and, we hope, interesting General Assembly in 1966 to establish reading. community college type programs in their The remaining articles in the magazine respective cities. The programs, which are The University Community has t are by no means anticlimactic. Ron Wolfe a part of a career-ladder concept, consti- saddened during the 1974-75 year \ zeroes in on the people of the Alumni tute Richmond Community College, al- the passing of several of its beic Day-Commencement weekend in report- though they are administered through the members. Among them were: ing this always important time of year to University's six academic colleges. Dr. Sarah Evelyn Francis, Professo all EKU alumni. Dorris Sutton, faculty The Chronicle of Higher Education is a Elementary Education, September member, gives a penetrating insight into weekly tabloid newspaper, recognized as 1974; the institution is with inmates work doing the professional "trade journal" of higher D. J. Carty, retired Director of Ex at Lexington's Federal Correctional Insti- education. sion and Associate Professor of Edi tution and what this program has meant tion, September 11,1 974; to one former prisoner. Mrs. Susan (James) Harris, Asst Dr. Martin's impressions of China pro- Education, Sepi •EKlSl Professor of Special vide a unique opportunity to look into ber28, 1974; the Peoples Republic of China. The EKU Tragedy struck close to the heart of Saundra K. Blackburn, Frcshn President was honored this spring by the EKU Community March 18 when Octobers, 1974; being one of 22 representatives of the Greg Adams, son of EKU graduates Jack William L. Wallace, Regent and for American Association of State Colleges student, Walters Collegiate Instil and Barbara Adams, suffered injuries in a and Universities permitted to enter China high school football practice session that December 23, 1974; for a three-week tour of educational and Mrs. Mary Edmunds Barnhill, ret have left him paralyzed from the neck other facilities. down. Professor of English, January 11,1- And, there's the long-over-due induc- W. Hanson, Junior, March Alumni will remember jack as the Mark tion of Charles T. "Turkey" Hughes into basketball All-American of the early 1975; the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame and 1950's and Barbara as the former Barbara Larry J. Pope, Periodicals Departrm the regular Alumnus features. Ball, a member of the cheerleading corps. Library, April 3, 1975, and April Jack, who holds the doctorate, is a Larry Vaughn, Sophomore, member of the EKU Health faculty and 1975. Eastern is, indeed, poorer as a resul Barbara is a member of Dr. Martin's Eastern's highly developed program of office staff. these great losses. two-year, associate of arts degree curricu- Greg, who was the state's number one la received a national boost in April when ranked 16-year-old tennis player, defend- THE EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ALUMNU I ^ o people affair % By Ron G.