The 1970s
1970
- In the decade from 1960 to 1970, Stout enrollment grew from 1,493 to
5,080.
- Blue Devil wrestlers capture WSUC title.
- WVSS -- the Voice of Stout State -- signs on the air during Parents'
Weekend.
- Stout begins education specialist degree program in Guidance and Counseling.
- The Science and Technology Building (now Jarvis Hall) and Child Study
Center constructed.
- Stout's Sigma Tau chapter earns national Chapter of the Year award.
- Student protests of Vietnam War result in killing of four students by
National Guard at Kent State University in Ohio.
- Paris peace talks end second full year without progress toward peace
in Vietnam.
1971
- The Wisconsin State Universities and the University of Wisconsin campuses
merge to form the University of Wisconsin System.
- Bachelor's degree program in Child Development and Family Life begins.
- "You Know I Can't Hear You When The Water's Running," a comedy
about sex, sparks large crowds.
- Stout's keglers roll past La Crosse to win the WSUC bowling championship.
- Charles Manson and three co-defendants found guilty of Sharon Tate murder.
- First segments of "Pentagon Papers" appear in "The New
York Times."
- Cigarette advertising banned from U.S. television.
1972
- Stout begins bachelor's degree program in Vocational Rehabilitation,
constructs Applied Arts Building.
- A bomb scare forces presidential candidate Sen. George McGovern to speak
in the Ballroom instead of Harvey Hall auditorium.
- Track team captures share of the WSUC outdoor championship.
- President Nixon visits China and Russia, re-elected president in near-record
landslide.
- "Watergate" scandal begins when District of Columbia police
arrest five men inside Democratic National Headquarters.
- Arab terrorists kill two Israeli Olympic athletes in Munich and take
nine hostages, all nine killed during shoot-out.
- "All in the Family" leads TV shows in United States.
1973
- Several Stout students stage 30-hour protest of non-tenured faculty
member's release.
- The SSA goes on record disapproving fraternity-built snow sculptures
titled "Kiss A Beaver Good Morning" and "Blue Moon."
- Wisconsin and Minnesota approve tuition reciprocity.
- Dorms undergo "liberalizing" with extended visitation, movable
furniture and beer in the rooms.
- Cease-fire agreement signed by United States and South and North Vietnam,
fighting continues.
- Watergate trials begin.
- "Secretariat" wins Triple Crown.
- Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns.
- Skylab III astronauts spend 59.5 days in earth orbit.
- Arab oil embargo triggers energy crisis.
1974
- New Home Economics building dedicated in homecoming ceremonies.
- Stout begins master's degree program in Safety.*
- First streaker appears on campus in cold March dash from North Hall
to getaway car on Second Street and 13th Avenue.
- Pressure from Watergate investigations leads to President Nixon's resignation.
- Gerald Ford becomes president.
- Henry Aaron betters Babe Ruth's 714 career home run record.
1975
- Master's degree program in Marriage and Family Therapy* introduced.
- Basketball team captures WSUC crown.
- Two attempts are made to assassinate President Ford.
- Former Teamsters president James Hoffa disappears.
1976
- Stout offers two new master's degree programs -- Education,* and Hospitality
and Tourism.*
- Stout alumnus John Peterson wins a gold medal in freestyle wrestling
in the Montreal Olympics.
- Students offered free swine flu innoculations.
- The United States celebrates its bicentennial.
- Jimmy Carter narrowly defeats President Ford in presidential election.
1977
- As fall classes begin, 150 students are without housing.
- Harvey Hall undergoes a $1.2 million remodeling project.
- Disco fad hits Menomonie, the "Flame" opts for disco dejays
over live bands.
- In response to energy crisis, President Carter calls for changes in
consumption habits.
- United States and Panama sign new canal treaties.
- Oil flows through 800-mile Alaskan pipeline.
1978
- A 10-year project to convert the library collection from Dewey Decimal
System to the Library of Congress System is completed.
- Internationally famous fashion designer Emilio Pucci speaks at Dimensions
'78 sponsored by the department of apparel, textiles and design.
- United States and People's Republic of China establish full diplomatic
relations.
- Soviet cosmonauts set endurance record in orbiting space station.
- First "test tube baby" born.
1979
- Ayatollah Khomeini establishes Islamic government in Iran -- students
storm U.S. embassy in Tehran, seizing hostages.
- Cuba frees last of four U.S. citizens held as political prisoners.
