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"Buck-a-Month Club" organized to fund athletic training table
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begin domination of baseball and are conference champions every year except 4,
1950-1975 | |
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Enrollment dips as male students are drafted for the Korean War CJCC
becomes Empire Conference with expanded membership
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| Mesa sewing students modeled their creations at a tea and fashion show.
From left: Alma Sue Watkins, Terry Garing, Joan Balliger and Marilyn Paulek. |
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Maverick basketball squad is first Mesa
team to reach national playoffs
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| Typing Class | Machine
Shop | Dick Clark hosts the first American Bandstand. Telephone
areas codes are introduced. |
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Over 1,000 students enrolled in evening school
On-the-farm training program is the big seller
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The final scene from Mesa's production of "Death Takes a Holiday." |
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Lathe turning class |  |
Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay reach the summit
of Mt. Everest. Experiments with mice link cancer to tobacco tar. |
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Mavericks
Empire Conference titlists in wrestling and baseball
Baseball
legend Hank Aaron joins the Milwaukee Braves Elvis Presley records That's
Alright Mama
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| Practical nursing program established in cooperation with St. Mary´s
Hospital. | |
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Registration
of automobiles begins
Parking permits required
Study shows
Mesa students spend $750,000 in the community each year
Campus appearance:
Louis Untermeyer, poet
Best Picture:
Around the World in 80 Days
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College accredited by North Central Association | | |
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Grand Junction becomes site of national JUCO tourney
"Hell
Week" for freshmen terminated - Replaced with "Welcome Week"
Mild hazing continues
Best Picture: Gigi |
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Men students outnumber women 2-1
Mesa
and Rangely College merge -- continue until 1970
Men´s basketball
team in national playoffs
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| Mesa Vocal Group |
| Alaska becomes the 49th state. Hawaii becomes the 50th state. Barbie
makes her debut. The U.S.S.R. launches a rocket with two monkeys onboard. |
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