6 things you didn’t know about NCC in 1965

So just how much have things changed in the past 50 years? To get a sense of what it was like to be a member of the NCC community in 1965, students Halle Olson, Jonna Sekowski, Raiha Akram, and Kaitlyn Paschke read through several issues of the 1965 Chronicle and assembled these interesting little tidbits.

1. Homecoming: Oct. 15, 1965
   1. Tickets were $2 a couple
   2. There was a bonfire pep-rally each year
   3. Only a queen was crowned; there was no homecoming king

2. Fieldhouse Floor Updates: Feb. 1, 1965
   1. Tartan floor
   2. Used to be dirt
   3. First school to have this kind of floor for a varsity field house

3. Freshman Hazing: Sept. 24, 1965
   1. All freshman were hazed in the Fieldhouse by upperclassmen
   2. Freshmen were “voted on” by a thumbs up or down
   3. If voted down, they were covered in flour, peanut butter and garlic

4. Students picket the war: Nov. 19, 1965
   1. “Marines Come, Students Picket”
   2. Marines came to recruit students for Vietnam War
   3. Antiwar slogans were marched by students around the student union

5. New residence hall: Aug. 13, 1965
   1. Rall was near completion
   2. Was only for upperclass women
   3. The ribbon was cut by Dr. E. E. Rall

6. New dining hall: Nov. 19, 1965
   1. Kaufman was only for Rall, Seager and Geiger
   2. “Balcony seating” was the main feature of the dining hall
   3. The students complained that the food was cold

Contributors: Halle Olson, Jonna Sekowski, Raiha Akram, Kaitlyn Paschke