High alumni of Arizona State University. This is Steve Allen class of 45.
You know, it seems a little more than a few days ago that as a student, I
used to tinker with the piano in West Hall and then when I got thrown out
of there, I used to go back to East Hall where I was living at the time.
Well, as you may know, East Hall is no more. In its place is a gaping
hole where the handsome new five story university library is going to be
built. The new library is one sign of progress. Another symbol of progress
is the alumni loyalty fund, which brings you this recorded sounds of the
campus.
Yeah, perhaps the most exciting sounds of the campus were heard this fall
in the magnificent new Gammage Auditorium designed by frank Lloyd Wright.
The great Hall was named for dr Grady Gammage who did so much for a s You
as president for 27 years in the background is the phoenix symphony
orchestra playing the Saguaro Sweet written especially for the orchestra's
inaugural concert in Gammage Auditorium and based upon Arizona State's
alma mater.
Another sound of the campus was carried throughout the nation on
television as our brilliant college bowl team won four consecutive
contests. If you saw the flare one second before you heard the pistol
report, would you be more nearly 1/10 of a mile away? Three quarters of a
mile away or one mile away. Arizona State goal. It's 1/10 miles. That's
right. Sound travels approximately 1/5 of a mile per second. Many students
like these who brought a suit to the attention of the entire nation attend
the university on scholarships made possible by private financial support
such as that you give to your alumni loyalty fund. And another sound of
the campus this fall was heard all over the world as our Coed Vonda Kay
Van Dyke was named Miss America in atlantic city. Ladies and gentlemen
meet the new Miss America 1965.
Very lovely on the cave and dyke and through the tears and smiles. She's a
senior at Arizona State University. She's 22 years old and she's had
special training and voice piano. She wants to go back and from Peter
College Education and become a teacher. Other sounds of the campus
familiar to alumni, young and old. The Sun Devil marching band in the
fight song,
the excitement of a Sun Devil home basketball game,
elementary spanish taught by DR Irma Wilson by the way she retires this
year after 42 years on the faculty maybe brew model. It depends a little
bit on the person, doesn't it? If he's the sort of person that gets all
mixed up and doesn't know where anything is, Maybe that would apply to me
would be a bit surprised, add these sounds of a suit to the traditional
color of a sun Devil stadium football game, perennial national rankings
and football track and baseball and gold medal winners in the olympics in
Japan and we alumni have had many reasons to be proud this year.
Now here, the man who has done much to bring about these triumphs. The
president of Arizona State University, dr G Homer Durham, I would list a
few things in addition to what steve has mentioned, which in my opinion
cause us to share this loyalty to a shoe. For example, Mike's colic
Graduate in economics in 1963 is now studying at Oxford University as a
Rhodes scholar this year. And our new college of law Authorized in late
1964
plans to admit our first law students In the autumn semester of 1967.
In a moment you will hear the 50 voice concert choir directed by Professor
David Schooler. Many students in this excellent Coral Grouper attending
college because of scholarships or loans which you have made possible
through the alumni fund
your support, which makes possible the margin of excellence of a great and
growing university.
Your alumni fund helps greatly in this effort, give what you can, won't
you? $1,000 or $1 to the alumni loyalty fund. Arizona State's 17 students
, including these fine voices of the concert choir singing the alma mater.
Well, thank you.
Yeah, yeah.