The new swimming pool is finished with the help of student pledges.
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1965
On 2 November, Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl gives a public lecture at PLU and receives a Distinguished Service Award.
Walter Schnackenberg publishes The Lamp and the Cross, a 75-year history of PLU.
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PLU goes on the air as a 10-watt station by installing
a 50-foot-tall FM radio tower on the roof of Eastvold
Chapel, and is able to transmit signals for 11 miles.
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1966
A panel of six students fire questions at Vice President of the United States Hubert H. Humphrey on 29 September when he visits
PLU and gives a speech in Memorial Gymnasium to an overflowing and mostly student crowd. Floyd B. Hicks, a representative from
Washington's Sixth Congressional District, sponsors the event.
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Louis Armstrong plays for the Homecoming concert.
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New dormitory Stuen Hall is built and dedicated on the site of the old family homes of Ole J Stuen and J.U. Xavier,
which were burned down both to clear the space and as practice for the fire department.
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The Kiosk is demolished, having fallen into disuse and disrepair.
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1967
Tingelstad and Ordal Halls,
2 more dormitories,
are finished.
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Also completed, after years of planning, is the new Robert A.L. Mortvedt Library.
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To move the books to the new library from Xavier Hall,
the library closes at noon on 2 December (a Friday). Student shelvers spend the weekend rubber-banding bundles of books
together and labeling them. On Monday, morning classes are canceled. Despite the rain, students and faculty carry bundles of books
across and put them on the correct shelves. Head librarian Frank Haley provides candy for all. The vice presidents and
administrators later that day remove the rubber bands. Student Jim Ross '68 plans the majority of the event.
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On 22 Sept the Rev. Dr. Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, visits and receives an honorary Doctorate of
Divinity degree. He tells his audience that even though he is not Lutheran, he feels completely at home at PLU.
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Homecoming takes place on 2 November with a concert by Ray Charles.
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During this summer and the next, the Robert Joffrey Ballet of New York stays in residence at PLU,
bringing many people to campus who formerly knew little about the university.
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1968
The 4-1-4 school year is approved on 25 October; courses instead of credits become the basic curriculum units.
The following April, the core curriculum is revised.
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On 14 March the Choir of the West is chosen to present the premiere performance of William Bergsma’s new choral work
to the American Choral Directors meeting in Seattle. They receive a standing ovation.
Chapel is no longer mandatory, due to the size of the student body and to student wishes.
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The University Students’ Social Action Committee (USSAC) is founded; this group goes on to start many programs,
including a program to teach mentally and physically disabled children how to swim.
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1969
Clifford Olson is in attendance at the groundbreaking of the new Olson Auditorium.
Construction of the auditorium is completed later in the year.
Eugene Wiegman is elected president after Mortvedt’s unexpected early retirement, and is inaugurated on 16 March 1970.
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In November, Food Services honors students’ requests
to support the California grape boycott.
The cafeteria stops serving grapes.
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