Fort Hays State University - Reveille Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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Response from alumni was also favorable, As 1 see it, as an institution grows, its name has to reflect that growth. Personally I like the name as it stands and I am pleased to be an alumnus, said Mrs. Fred Gleue. But if by good fortune it should outgrow the status that name implies, then I think we should be happy for it and accept the change gracefully, she added. On October 15, 1976. the Kansas Board of Regents voted unanimously to ask the state legislature to change the name of the state colleges to universities, and on April 21 , 1977 a bill was passed to change the three state colleges to Fort Hays State University, Pittsburg State University and Emporia State University. Western Kansas needs a focal point — a center about which it can unite educationally and culturally ' said Or, Ger- ald Tomanek, college president. As a university, Fort Hays State wifi be in a better position to provide this kind of leader- ship. Western Branch, Normal School, Teachers College, College, University — What ' s in a name? A lot of history. 3 | 4 1- Boating on Big Creek, President Lewis is at Ihe far right. 2, 3 — g and 4. Classroom candids from 1914. 6. ' The Normal Jitney” carried 25 students and was used as a traveling classroom and a means of transportation for picnics, outings and trips to surrounding towns. Fori Hays State History 1 9

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Coping . . . or Copping Out? In the next 12 pages, the Reveille staff has devoted in-depth research to issues that took on renewed relevance for Fort Hays State students during 1977 These features deal with problems concerning threats to life, individual freedom and peace of mind They also offer solutions or alter- natives that could make the difference between eoping or copping out.