Murray State University - Shield Yearbook (Murray, KY)

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This is fhe year fhaf was . . . Thaf is fhe monfh fhaf was, fhe day fhaf was, or fhe hour fhaf was. If was fhe year of five schools, a Judicial Board, fwo new dormifories, an all-fime high enrollmenf, new professors, fuforing commiffees, losses of foofball games, Kenfucky Lake, bond issue, fwenfy years of service given by our disfinguished leader, fhree in a room, and draff cards. lf was fhe day of elecfions, regisfrafion, and lecfures. Then fhere was Parenf's Day, Homecoming Day, graduafion day, Senior-Send-Off day, drill day, College News day, and Derby Day. H' was fhe week of finals, fhe week of Spring Vacafion, Greek rush, educafion week, and Campus Lighfs week. Then fhere were fhe nighfs-nighfs af Ben Woods, language lab, a blankef parfy, open dances, fhe library, 7I6 Elizabefh Hall, fhe baskefball game, fhe unfinished floaf, and College Farm Road. If was fhe hour of a calculus fesf, fhe Kingsfon Trio concerf, a blind dafe, a 7:30 class, submiffing an applicafion, a cheerleader fryouf, a club meefing, or I2:3O on Safurday nighf. Yes, fhere were hours, days, nighfs, weeks, and monfhs fhaf divided fhis, fhe year fhaf was. To some fhe year was iusf anofher year, buf fo many MSC sfudenfs fhe 365 days hold a mulfifude of memories-memories of fhe fime spenf playing bridge wifh your besf buds, drinking Cokes in fhe Huf, lisfening fo fhe froubles encounfered by your roomie, scoring 96 on a pop quiz, dancing af your favorife parfy, cheering fhe feam fo a glorious vicfory over Wesfern, walking fo Wilson Hall in fhe rain, sfudying English unfil fhe sun peeks up over Woods Hall, laughing af leffers from home, falking fo fhaf special friend on fhe phone, waifing in counfless lines, hoping for a dafe for fhe weekend, sleeping 'fil noon on Safurday, singing af Chrisfmas fime, winning fhaf covefed frophy, or crying on fhe lasf day of school. All fhe memories of fhis, fhe year fhaf was, will never be forgoffen. Each will fade and will be colored again by fhe dye of fime. Sfudenfs will remember fhaf Murray Sfafe played a large role in fhe producfion called life. Each fall begins a new life af Murray Sfafe wifh fhe moving info dormifories and fhen in fhe summer packing up fhe old fennis rackef, souvenirs from dances, and a fon of ofher obiecfs accumulafed fhrough fhe year, all fhe while hoping we haven l' leff anyfhing behind. ln a sense, our lives as collegiafes are much fhe same. Every fall we move info fhe hearfs and fhoughfs of all fhe people around us, sharing fheir problems as if we had known fhem all our lives. Then comes summer, and we pack up our memories and again feel as if a parf of us is leff behind. Buf life af Murray Sfafe cannof be freafed as a pair of old shoes. We can'f go back, pick if up, and forgef fhe whole fhing. Memories are all we have of fhis shorf inferlude of life. Whefher fhis inferlude be four years or more or less, we discover opporfunifies as numerous as fhe number of hours spenf here. We mafure, learn, express, and accepf. We develop and formulafe ideas fhaf will lead us down fhe pafhs of life. We live fhrough roufines and love a change of pace. We never grow fired of fhe frue rewards of a shorf college life. And when our college days driff info fhe pasf, we are forever reminded of fhe monfh, fhe week, fhe day or nighf, and fhe hour fhaf made up I966-fhe year fhaf was!

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Whaf makes you feel more needed and wanfecl fhan anyfhing? Parficipafionl And whaf makes you Feel deieded and lef+-ou+ more +han any+hing? Lack of par+icipa+ion, of course. This is one of +he mos+ impor+an+ phases of college life-par+icipa+ion. No+hing boos'I's your morale more +han being asked +o par+icipa+e in some funcfion. There's iusf no+hing like i+. A+ Murray we have a chance +o parficipafe in church ac+ivi+ies, in all our courses, and in oufside ac+ivi+ies. Truly some of +he mosf valuable words ever spoken +o a fellow s+uclen+ are Come on over, or loin fhe group.