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

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Started in 1917 as a pro|ect of the senior class, the first yearbook of Northwest Missouri State College was published as the tower, the name chosen from among a number submitted The next year, and for the two following, the ambitious publishing effort was not continued, perhaps be- cause of the war and its aftermath Reorganized as a junior class activity in 1921, the tower began an un- broken history of publication that will reach its fifty-first volume with the 72 book Special credit should go to the yearbook staffs during the 1941-45 war years that the tower continued to be published even though paper was scarce and film was almost non-existent, forcing a reduction in the books page size and number of pages During the twenties the yearbook work was variously attributed to the junior class or the students of the college, becoming the juniors sole responsibility throughout the thirties. From 1940 on, the staff has been recruited from the college population at large As school enrollment grew, so did the book, reaching its greatest size in 1969 with 404 pages. Feeling the book had grown inordinately large and awkward to handle, and that space could be utilized more advantageously, the 71 staff chose to reduce the book to 288 pages. In 1955 the yearbook ' s name was shortened simply to Tower. The 1972 staff IS restoring the yearbooks original title, including the article as part of the proper name.

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Co-editors . Layout Editors Photography Editor Index Editor Staff Adviser Mary Kay IVIeintel Michael J Oliver Greg Brantman Thomas Niemeyer William T Session Tess Hilt James Braddock Thomas Dimig Kathy Duncan Connie Hansen Larry Johnson Owen Long Jeff Peters Evelyn Quam Sandra Smith Carol Snyder Muriel Alcott

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Traditional in its functions throughout the 51 years, the tower continues to serve as a memory book to nostalgic alumni, a history book to serve as a record for many purposes, a volume to present the values, functions and traditions of the college — an image maker, and a journalistic report of student life, a reflection of themselves in all their important (and un- important) activities in and out of class As the years passed, unidentified (and unidentifiable) snapshots gave way to the more polished photography of professional photographers coming on campus to take formal group pictures and individual shots of students and personnel in recent years photography has returned to the student. with a difference As dedicated camera buffs, they know more and work harder at learning more of the total process They not only use profes- sional cameras with precision attachments such as various types of lenses, they also develop and print their film with critical pride A greater effort IS made to interest the yearbook s owners by a greater variety of subject matter in the picture and by seeking different approaches, replacing the unlifelike posed pictures with more action and informal shots Such is the case with the 72 tower staff That any yearbook does not live up perfectly to all its traditional objec- tives does not minimize its value Each years staff tries, placing em- phasis perhaps on one of these functions more than another, subject to the value judgments of a particular staff