University of Colorado - Coloradan Yearbook (Boulder, CO)

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i- ¥ $ A The wide-eyed, anticipating freshman; the bold, undaunted sophomore; the activity- minded, satisfied junior; and the decided, thoughtful senior. We present this 51st Coloradan, within whose covers we have tried to enclose the essence of the spirit that is the University of Colorado. Dedicated to you individually and to your futures collectively, we hope that this book will help you to recall the memories of this particular year — that it will hold for the comparison of your future lives.

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IN MEMORIAM Ralph L. Crosnian, who for more than twenty-five years furnished a combination of ideals, practical knowledge, and inspiration to students of journalism at the Uni- versity of Colorado, died in his home on the evening of May 2, 1948, after a prolongeil illness. He was a friend of the newspapers and the press. Head of the Journalism Department at the University for twenty-seven years. Professor Crosman believed in a responsible press, and in its ultimate emergence in American society. To these beliefs he added an outspoken courage that placed him in the front rank of journalism educators in the country. Having served in the capacity of chairman of the Board of Publications for over twenty years. Professor Crosman was instrumental in establishing editorial freedom as a policy for editors of college publications. In his service to the University of Colorado, to the press, and to the nation, Ralph L. Crosman erected an enduring monument to his memory.