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

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H Advanced Second-year Academy student Mackenzie Sweeney prepares for her Calculus II exam with other students dur- ing Fnals Week. Academy students earned an associate ' s degree after two years of study, phoio by Meredith Currence institution Academy students given a collegiate opportunity. Working lo give exceptionally bright young people a head stort into higher education, The University offered the Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics and Computing. The Academy was a two-year program in which 15- to 18- year- old high school students who were especially talented in science, mathematics and or technology studied at on accelerated pace. It took the place of their last two years of high school. Second-year student Neil Thowani, who looked forward to persuing a pyschology degree after the Academy realized the advantage he gained by going to the Academy. It ' s let me take psychology courses, Thowani said, and it ' s opened up doors to let me take courses that wouldn ' t be ovailoble in high school. According to Dr. Cleo Som udzi, dean of the Missouri Academy, when students completed the two-year program, they gained on associate degree of science and their high school diploma, The expectations are high on academics as well as personal accountability, Somudzi said. High schools don ' t have as high of expectations. Students develop strong study habits and do well here. Somudzi also said that the camaraderie that young people gained from studying at the Academy was also a benefit to them. He said when it came to the students coming here to study, it ' s usually them pushing the parents to let them come, rather than the other way around. These are very, very bright kids, he said. They ' re the ones driving the process in wanting to come here. Being accountable for minors in the absence of their parents was a concern for the authorities in charge. Academy students weren ' t allowed to leave campus without checking out at the office, and when they left campus during the day, they hod to leave in pairs. If they left at night, there must be four to their party. They were oil required to be in their rooms at 8 p.m., and were not allowed to enter residence halls rother than their own without the supervision of a staff member. It ' s meant two years of changing relotionships, difficult decisions, and more stress than I ' ve ever experienced in my life, Thowani said, but it ' s been fun. Writer | Alec Jennings Designer | Ashlee Mejio 024 025

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As the time for their final exam approaches, Kat Four- man. Kristi Cassaday and Neil Thawani study history in the common area in the Academy. The area gave students an area to chat and ptay games, photo by Meredith Currence Lydon Chen and Jay Augustin take a minute from their studying to chat. Other students in the room spent their evening studying for their Calculus II final, photo by Merediih Currence

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Voice of The Stroller rings from the past. I I Jan. 9, 1918 The Stroller has come. Bewarel This mysterious person is evanescent and omnipresent. His eagle eye sees everything. Darkness to him is as glaring as noonday sun. hluman frailties are the breath of his nostrils, or as the sawdust trail to Billy Sunday. No one is exempt from his merciless pen, not even the hitherto sacred circle of the faculty. In fact, he has unobtrusively courted their society v ' ith the result that his first comments ore on our bachelors. Ov ing to the scarcity of men in the school, vve feel that it behooves the girls not to neglect the faculty bachelors. We have taken their temperature, symptoms are favorable. The latest information on this case is: Mr. W — , i am sorry to tell you that v e are going to move away, said Mrs. S — . — w-what is going to become of me then? inquired the professor. Oh, Mr. W— , why don ' t you buy this home and have a bachelor ' s apartment? asked the young miss of the home. That is not the kind I am looking for. Late one night during th e Christmas holidays. The Stroller heard mysterious sounds issuing from a well-known house in Moryville. Not being above eavesdropping, he crept to the window and discovered that the S. S. K ' s were having a reunion. They were discussing the fair sex. What did they say? Ah-there ' s the rub! lan. 31, 1929 [excerpt] B Saturday will be Ground Hog Day. It hoped that the ground hog will H be so soundly asleep that he will fail to come out-that he will be as sound B asleep as Mr. Cooper must have been last Monday morning at eleven o ' clock. The Stroller merely takes for granted that he was asleep since he forgot to show up for a demonstration lesson down in the College Elementary School. A demonstrator for traffic lights was seen at Residence Hall one day ' , this week. He was trying to get a set of lights installed over the fireploce in the living room and in the front hall. The green light is to stay on until nine-thirty; the yellow light is a warning to being leave-taking; the red flashes on at ten. No regulations have been made for weekend dates. jNo definite information has been given out as to whether he affected a i sale. Dec. 12, 1941 [excerpt] Time certainly marches rapidly once it gets started. The trend of world affairs since Sunday hos changed so much that the Stroller ' s feeble brain is going around in circles. From the happy carefree campus of last week, we hove changed to a solemn thoughtful campus. Last week students were all wondering whether or not they should ask that new boy or girl in school to one of the many Christmas formals for the college. This week they are all wondering whether or not the army will get the boys before that date or whether perhaps, the formal will be called off. 1 r, hi Haf May 9, 1951 (after the Residence Hall explosion) This week the Stroller did his strolling at a dead run. However, did make god on his boast to reach the third floor of Residence other than on visitors ' day. The events of Fateful Friday night brought little in the form of humor, but there were a few happenings worthy of being remembered. Miss Hottie Houp fled from the building earring her most prized possessions-a dictionary and Emily Post ' s book of ettiquette. Roberta Cronkhite, absent at the time of the fire, returned to find onl one possession of hers had been saved-a bowl of goldfish. Arriving on the scene within a few minutes after the explosion, thi Stroller joined others in saving the girls ' belongings down the stairs. As soon as property had been saved, the Stroller set to work gettinj interviews with those near ot hand. A few of the most noteable comments ore as follows: Joan Lynch: Where ' s Norman? Herb Hinton: I wouldn ' t go near there for a thousand dollars. Shirley Jennings: Eeeeeeeek! Ed James: (still carrying poker hand) I hod a flush-ace high. Joan Lynch: Where ' s Norman? Mr. Dole Blackwell: Onward, Menl Dean Knodle: I carried the telephone over to the Library in case anyone wants to coll a taxi. L Joan Lynch: Where ' s Norman? Bob Grobelch (after being hit on the head with a radio thrown from a third floow window): I say, up there, you really should be more careful. Roberta Walker: I woke up and smelled smoke, but I just thought it was Donna Slottery and Jean Overstreet smoking cigars again. Air Corpsman, who had been helping girls out: I wrapped a blanket around me but it caught fire; I got another blanket but it caught fire; I got another but it caught fire. About that time I figured I ' d better get out of there. Monday morning saw students and faulty trying to carry on as usual. Lefty Davis exaggerated the situation to a point by giving a test to his first aid class. Shirley Collier described the predicament perfectly, but unprintobly. June 18, 1971 [excerpt] This is the time of the year that millions of college students are relaxing j and enjoying life in general. Summer vocation is here. As you ' ve probably noticed, not everybody is vacationing. In fact, the campus seems to be fairly crowded. High school kids are popping up in every corner of every building on campus, and a few dedicated teachers ore working hard to further their education. Then there is thel college student who makes studying a year around occupation. ' By the way, one high school coed was so eager to get to her workshop Monday that she arrived on time but with her dress donned in reverse.