Alumnus — September 1, 1972
| Page | Title | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | A few words | Lee Miller reviews his first year as director of alumni. |
| 3 | Gilchrist Hall destroyed by fire | Fire on May 12, 1972, causes $1,095,925 in damage; building is total loss; may have been caused by electrical wiring over Chapel; faculty lose books and papers; photo. |
| 6 | Dr. Marshall Beard remembered | Dr. Beard died April 11, 1971; tributes; photo. |
| 8 | Five Merchant Scholarships given; more next year | Mary Barnett, Gerald Cawelti, Daphne Nelson, Phillip Pirages, and Margaret Rohdy win Merchant Scholarships. |
| 8 | Alumni merit funds to 50 h.s. seniors | Fifty high school seniors receive $100. |
| 8 | Replacing trees chosen as project | Class of 1972 selects replacement of trees killed by Dutch elm disease as project; pledge $2500; photo. |
| 9 | Commencement sees 1306 graduate from UNI | Separate ceremonies held. |
| 9 | Alumni achievements noted | Lawrence Jepson and Tom Pettit honored; photo. |
| 10 | Faces old and new fill posts at UNI | Short sketches of those appointed to administrative positions; photo. |
| 12 | Foundation assets rapidly climb | Assets exceed $700,000. |
| 13 | Alumni-faculty reunion held | 210 attend meeting; ten receive Alumni Service Awards; Milo Lawton receives Alumni Recognition Award; photo. |
| 16 | Football outlook promising | 1972 football season outlook. |
| 16 | Panthers take NCC sports crown | Finish twenty points ahead of nearest opponent. |
| 17 | Three resign; totaled forty years service | Professors Coffin and Anderson and architect Robert Porter move on to other positions. |
| 17 | Prairie planned for campus | Foundation grants $2000 for twelve acre prairie restoration south of 29th street; will prepare and plant in spring 1973; photo. |
| 18 | On stage: UNI summer theatre '72 | Scenes from summer productions; photo. |
| 20 | UNI social science seminar offered | Ninth biennial trip planned. |
| 20 | Two more areas are accredited | Chemistry and speech pathology accredited. |
| 20 | In memoriam: Ralph Haskell | Died July 17, 1972. |
| New driving range most modern in U. S. | $245,000 federal grant finances building of nine acre range; photo. | |
| Untitled | Old Gilchrist Hall ablaze; photo. |