| If you graduated from
UNM in 1955, you’ll remember that…
The Student
Union Building (located in the present Anthropology Building) schedule
for spring 1955:
- March 26, 1955–Town Club meeting
- March 30, 1955–Dance, with Glen Miller
records
- March 31, 1955–Jitterbug dance lessons
- April 2, 1955–Sock Hop with prizes
- April 3, 1955–Church services on campus
Professors
and administrators who were active in 1955, for whom buildings are
now named:
- Tom Popejoy, President (Popejoy
Hall)
- France Scholes, Academic Vice President
(Scholes
Hall, administration building)
- Sherman Smith, Director of Student Affairs
(Smith
Plaza)
- EF Castetter, Dean of Graduate school,
Chair of Biology (biology
building)
- Jesse Riebsomer, Chemistry Chair (addition
to chemistry
building)
- Roy Johnson, Chair, Men’s PE (Johnson
Gym/Johnson Center)
- Loyd S. Tireman, Chair, Elementary Education
(education
library)
- Marshall E. Farris, Dean College of Engineering
(Farris
Engineering Center)
- Ralph W. Tapy, Chair, Electrical Engineering
(Tapy
Hall — electrical
engineering)
- William C. Wagner, Chair, Civil Engineering
(Wagner Hall — civil
engineering building)
Take the 'Way
to Go' Tours!
Historical
Campus Tours — Learn about the evolution of
UNM buildings beginning with its oldest, Hodgin Hall. Enjoy UNM's
award winning Spanish pueblo revival style architecture, WPA era
buildings and sneak a peak at the new Welcome Center.
The Role of
Women on Campus
Every woman enrolling at the university automatically becomes a
member of Associated Women Students, founded at UNM in 1930. In
September 1954, AWS sponsored a “Squaw’s Pow Wow”
to introduce new women students to campus life. The group also sponsored
a November Hop in place of the Sadie Hawkins dance, and a King of
Hearts Dance.
Around the Country and the World:
- In 1955, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
won the Pulitzer price for playwriting, Lee Meriwether was crowned
Miss America, and "On the Waterfront" swept the Academy
Awards.
- The U.S. stockpile of atomic bombs reached
4,000. The U.S.S.R is estimated to have had 1,000. Eight communist
bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, signed a mutual-defense
treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
- The Salk vaccine against polio was introduced.
- Disneyland opened in July.
- United States Customs seized Allen Ginsberg's
Howl, labeling it as obscene.
- Winston Churchill resigned as Prime Minister
of the United Kingdom.
- Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat
to a white man and was arrested for violating the city's racial
segregation laws.
- On TV, 1955 saw the premieres of The Honeymooners,
Gunsmoke and the Lawrence Welk Show.
- James Dean died in a car accident
at age 26.
Billboard’s
#1 Hit Singles:
- January 22, 1955 "Let Me Go, Lover"
Joan Weber
- February 5, 1955 "Hearts of Stone"
Fontane Sisters
- February 12, 1955 "Sincerely"
McGuire Sisters
- March 26, 1955 "The Ballad Of Davy
Crockett" Bill Hayes
- April 30, 1955 "Cherry Pink And Apple
Blossom White" Perez Prado
- July 9, 1955 "Rock Around The Clock"
Bill Haley & his Comets
- September 3, 1955 "Yellow Rose Of Texas"
Mitch Miller
- October 8, 1955 "Love Is A Many Splendored
Thing" Four Aces
- October 15, 1955 "Yellow Rose Of Texas"
Mitch Miller
- October 22, 1955 "Love Is A Many Splendored
Thing" Four Aces
- October 29, 1955 "Autumn Leaves"
Roger Williams
- November 5, 1955 "Love Is A Many Splendored
Thing" Four Aces
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