50 Years Ago:
(Caption reads: The juke box placed in the cafeteria by the College Council at students‟ request stands silent. The box has been turned down low because of faculty pressure. Students will not play the machine because it is impossible to hear it. It looks like students will have to wait until the Union is built to have a place of their own. – Nor’Wester, January 19, 1962)
25 Years Ago:
- Celebrity lecture speaker was author (Paper Lion), amateur athlete, and actor George Plimpton.
- NMC saved $60,000 in interest by the early payoff of the federal loans which had helped finance the building of East and West Halls.
From the NMC Archives at the Osterlin Library