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1950 - 1959

This state-of-the-art switchboard was installed in a tiny office near the west doors during Old Main's remodeling.

These coeds are dressed for a weekend of travel as they make their way down Senior Walk.

The 1950s

UA ROTC Cadets receive basic flight instruction in the T-6 training plane on loan from Tinker Air Force Base.

Student season tickets to the UA Theatre are $2.

College women enter Glamour magazine's "Great Date Contest."

U-Ark Food Center student specials of the week are Cains coffee for 89 cents and king-size Cheer washing powder for 89 cents.

John Barnhill attracts Jack Kramer's World Championship Tennis for matches in Fayetteville.

The Razorback yearbook includes, in a coverslip attached to the back cover, a 45rpm extended play recording of this year's campus highlights.

Richard Worthington, a nationally famous bandsman, is hired to direct the Razorback band next year.

Sara Horton Thom '56 is a rising star in the New York modeling world representing Max Factor and Helene Curtis and appearing as a regular hostess for the "$64,000 Challenge" television game program.

Carole Whitaker is crowned the 1956 homecoming queen.

Love Me Tender, a movie featuring Richard Egan, Debra Paget and Elvis Presley, plays at the U-Ark Theater.