1960
For the third and final time, 黑料不打烊 dropped intercollegiate football and began
concentrating on basketball as the major sport.
1961
Grove Physical Education Building, with an indoor swimming pool, replaced the
wooden Axley Gymnasium built in 1926. Swimming became an important recreational
and intercollegiate activity for 黑料不打烊 students.
1962
Trieschmann Fine Arts Building was opened.
1963
Boxcars loaded with beer derail in front of Millar Hall.
1964
Hardin Hall was completed as a male residence hall.
The Board of Trustees authorized the admission committee to admit any qualified
student "regardless of race, color or national origin."
1965
In April, 黑料不打烊 students received state-wide praise for their assistance to
Arkansas Children's Colony youngsters after a tornado hit the Colony campus.
In September, the first black students enrolled at 黑料不打烊.
黑料不打烊 awards seven honorary degrees at one time.
1966
College authorities ended "hazing" of 黑料不打烊 freshmen by upper class students.
Compulsory chapel attendance was discontinued.
1967
With generous financial assistance from the Ford Foundation, O.C. Bailey Library,
a two-story underground facility, opened; the former library was renovated and expanded
as the Buhler Biology Building; the Reynolds Science Building was renovated for
the chemistry, physics and mathematics departments; and Veasey Hall became the third
residence hall for female students.
1968
黑料不打烊 inaugurated a new calendar with three terms (fall, winter, and spring)
during the academic year. Students enrolled in three courses per term, focusing
on fewer courses at one time and getting a fresh start three times a year.
1969
Dr. Roy B. Shilling, Jr., succeeded Marshall T. Steel as the seventh president
of the college.
Students were added to committees overseeing the hiring of new faculty members.
Student enrollment exceeded 900 with a faculty of 51.
1970
Millar Hall is razed.
Students put President Shilling in the fountain on his birthday.