Excerpts 1959 part 1
Channel: ISU Library. SCUA. AV Collection.
Date: 2008-05-16

University President James H. Hilton introduces an "alumni newsletter" in film format for 1959. Current news about Iowa State University is shown in changing the name on the Beardshear Hall stone facing to denote the change from a college to a university; design of the new university insignia; a celebratory gathering on the site selection of Iowa State; plans for new buildings on campus including a library addition and new structures for Ames Laboratory; extensive coverage of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's visit to campus and Ames; footage of the Dirty Thirty football team under coach Clay Stapleton; dedication of the nuclear reactor and the "Cyclone" computer; and, the Christmas festival of music.