1964-1965
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This June 1966 graduating class will forget many e't'ents of the 1964-65
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year. The U.N. admitted Malta and two other small countries. Our Debating Society
"out lipped" Erasmus, but the U.N. could not persuade the U.S.S.R. to pay her dues.
The U. S. Olympic team's 't'ictory (36 medals to 30 medals /or Russia) was
shadowed by the Russian three-man satellite Voskhod, which orbited sixteen times in
one day and se't'enteen minutes. Shortly, thereafter, the Russia11 Commu11ist Party
leader, Nikita Khrushche't', was jettisoned as two 11ew men assumed control.
Meanwhile, our own belo't'ed Mr. William Pabst, concluding his forty-two years
of ser't'ice to Tech, was presented with a plaque at a /acuity dinner and at the
student assembly.
After much stepping down by many people, LBJ and
HHH
stepped up to the
two chief executi't'e posts of the Federal go't'ermnent.
The New York World's Fair ha,ing closed, a Norwegian tanker's hull was
ripped by an Israeli tanker in an injury-free collision.
As Co11gress flooded foreign nations with aid, flood waters engulfed parts of
California. Ironically, New York City could ha't'e used those floodwaters to fill its
reser't'oirs as we went deeper into drought. The Air Force O.T.S. ha't'ing accepted
Mr. Dempsey, Tecla math teacher, Sukarno pulled IndotJesia out of the U.N. It was
a year like all others, except we were there as juniors.
1965-1966
With September returning, history stude11ts were blessed with numerous topics
/or discussiotJ besides the continuing conflict in Viet Nam. India and Pakistan
reope11ed their dispute O't'er Kashmir; a steel strike was a't'erted, and to the joy of
studetlls burde11ed with current e't'ents homework, the Newspaper Guild struck the
New York Times.
October brought the loss of PresidetJt Johnso11's gall bladder and the loss of
Tech's first football game. Tech's seniors spent a glorious six hours filling in little
boxes /or New York State. The Pope 't'isited New York, a11d our football team
culmi11ated a wi11ning seaso11.
Nothing could stop the swimmitJg team, so No't'ember pro't'ed, not e't'en the
biggest electrical failure in history. Though the
Fet~ci11g
team's electric scoring de–
't'ices would11't operate, the Swordsme11 cotJtitJued their win11i11g ways, too.
December brought Christmas and College Boards. The rende<.'t'Ous of Geminis
Six atJd Se't'etJ climaxed the year's e't'ents.
The tra11sit strike of Ja11uary, 1966 brought a11 exte11ded 't'acatiotJ. For many
it meant co-education for the first time in /our years.
And, now, lea't'i11g Tech, we enter a world of hope atJd uncertainty. We face
the future knowi11g one thing, howe't'er: "Nothi11g else could happen that hasn't
happened to us already."
