Northwest Missouri State University - Tower Yearbook (Maryville, MO)

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Toi ei To Dr. J. W. Jones- -- In recognition of his twenty-six years of thoughtful labor for Northwest Missouri State College and in observance of his retire- ment, the 1964 TOWER is dedicated to Dr. J. W. Jones, President. Dr. Jones came to Northwest Missouri State Teachers College as dean of the faculty in 1938. Seven years later he became the sixth president of the college. What changes have taken place in these past nineteen years! The college, its name changed to Northwest Missouri State College, has expanded in enrollment from less than a thousand students to nearly three thousand and has seen the erection of the J. . Jones Union Building. Colden Hall, the Lamkin Gymnasium, an addition to the Industrial Arts Building, all-steel stands and facilities at the athletic field, and dormitories increasing accommodations for resi- dent students six- or seven-fold. A fine arts building is in the initial stages of construction as the 1964 TOWER goes to press. Truly. Dr. Jones has earned the title. The Builder. And so the 1964 TOWER hails the achievements of the president we have known during our undergraduate days as our friend, and bids him a fond adieu with the hope that we will meet him again and asrain at the college reunions that we all plan to attend. Ill

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Now Comes The Hour — Robert Flowers, A.B.. 1943 Now comes the hour when we must say farewell And let familiar things fall softly down Into the half-twilight where memories dwell With rich associations, the starlit crown Of night above the campus, and the warm Siveet breath of lilacs after passing rain. And robins singing gaily, ivith the storm Long since forgotten . . . like laughter after pain Of little sufferings such as we have known In our brief friendship, which too soon draws near The parting hour, a shadoiv darkly thrown Over last days of pleasure: yet I feel no fear At its approach, for can there be an end To beauty, while I remember you. my friend? President Jones has freqnently quoted this poem by Robert Flowers at alumni meetings according to Miss Mattie M. Dykes, author ot Behind the Birches.