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91.1 °  News From the Y: Daily Universe in the 1950s
  
Historical Editions Recall Paper's Last 5 Decades
To celebrate 50 years as a daily publication, The Daily Universe is taking a stroll down memory lane.
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For more than 50 years, The Daily Universe has been a source of information to the BYU community. But one of the principal differences between today’s paper and the edi-tions in the past are the ways the paper covered news.

Columns Cover Campus
Jerry’s Jargon. Pratte’s Post Script. Hartt to Heart. These are just three of the many clever column titles The Daily Universe used in the late 50s, a time when the lead article was more likely to be an editorial on the stealing of the “Y” bell than the election of President Eisenhower.

United Through All The Changes
In 1891, the students of Brigham Young Academy banded together to start a new tradition.

BYU Outclasses LA Staters (September 22, 1955)
Brigham Young University brought out their hip boots and rain slickers and sloshed through the mud to an easy win over Los Angeles State College Saturday night 33-0 at the BYU stadium.

Better, Daily Coverage (Sept. 22, 1955)
The student newspaper, the Brigham Young UNIVERSE, heretofore a twice weekly publication during the school year, will be published four times a week during the academic year.

IOC Honor System May be Set Up (Oct. 20, 1955)
PENAL COURT, judicial body of Inter-Organizational Council, may be abandoned in favor of an honor system if such a plan is accepted by IOC and approved by Brigham Young University administration.

Administration Okehs New Rush Procedures (Sept. 22, 1955)
Approval of new rushing procedures for campus social units was granted by the university administration this summer, it was announced last week by Karl Snow, Inter-Organizational Council president.

Queen Candidate Disqualified (Oct 21, 1955)
BARBARA HART, Oakland Calif., was disqualified as a Homecoming Queen candidate at an elections committee hearing Wednesday night. Elaine Peterson, Portland, Ore., another candidate, was reprimanded by the committee for a violation.

Wide, Wide World Brought to BYU (April 13, 1956)
Brigham Young University is getting to be quite cosmopolitan. Information from the foreign student office shows that there are 283 students from foreign countries attending BYU now.

Clayton's Corner (Feb. 16, 1956)
The announcement of Harold Kopp as head football coach was well accepted by intermountain sports circles in general and BYU in particular.


 

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