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

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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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You ' ve come a long way baby! The traditions and academic goals conceived in 1905, the founding year of Northwest Missouri State College, have been chan- neled and changed, and are visible in the productivity of the NWMSC community today We hope that the 9x9 size of the tower, 1972, and the pages within, are memorable reflections of the 1971-72 semesters. the tower staff 197 2

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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.