Black Hills State University - Eoicha Yearbook (Spearfish, SD)

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r-u.w . ' ' 'Pv Ml. ' a ' 7 45' .' av; 9:9 .... . . ' :. l'. '90 q. u From myriad even+s +ha+ conspire +0 shape it e ? e::-:.v: +he hisfory of Bhack Hills CoHege. . 5 1m:- Triad Reporfs accen+s +hose endeavors +ha? ' ' ' seem +0 franscend all o+hers. The in+en+. here, is +0 record th memories of +he pas? a view of Hue hopes for ?omorrow expressed by +hose who cons+i+u?e Black Hills College.

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His good remembrance, sir, Hes richer in your thought than on his tomb. Ali's 911 That Ends '91! 1.2.48 Perspective: But Let Us Begin President Johnson I beseech your grace, let it be booked with rlze rest of flzis days deeds. 2 Henry IV 4.3:51 My fellow Americans: Ask not what your country can do for you- ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: Ask not what America can do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man. John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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u - We became a gleam in H'Ie eyes of Iegisla+ors who vofed. February 26. I88l. +0 es+ablish a normal school a+ n Spearfish. Buf +he gleam grew dim. Again. Hue eye grew brighf and hope flared for a Spearfish normal school. And so +he l88l legislarion was renewed b l883 le isla+ors. B Herculean per- y, u - siZ+ence. mgulish barrieyrs were pushed M aside. Affer a near-disashous begin- , , p - ning. Dakofa Normal School and Fay- 1?, e++e L. Cook were firmly unHed. - e, ,V And we have persis+ed eighfy years. Our forward +hrus+ has occasionally faHeredesomefimes due +0 our own in- adequacies. somefimes due +0 discour- agemenf rrom o+hers. Ye+ have we per- sisfed +0 become Sou+h Dako'ra's mosf '1 ' rapidly growing ins+i+u+e of higher learning. ' On Hue occasion of our eighfieih an- J niversary. l963-64. SouH'I Dakota legis- ,, L Ia+ors again looked our way. Their looks were me+ wifh cons+erna+ion by some, hopeful aniicipaHon by o+hers. Lawmakers deba+ed whefher +he ' Spearfish ins+i+u+ion for higher learning should become a branch of a grea+er .. i UniversHy of Sou+h Dakora or merge ' W, h M b wi+h +he School of Mines in Rapid CHy and be known as Black Hills S+a+e Uni- versi+y. lncomple+e dafa and poli+ical pres- sures resuHed in uncer'rainfy. And so, in Hue manner of legisla+ors. +he pro- posal wenf +0 commiHee for fur+her s+udy. The Legislafive Research Coun- cil will repor+ i+s recommenda'rions in I965. Black Hills personnel, in I955. began a campaign +0 drop feachers from +he college name and replace 1+ wi+h s+a+e. Efforfs were renewed in I962 when +he s+uden+ council forwarded +0 +he Regen+s of Educafion a factu- sfudenf pe+i+ion for +he name change. Wiih +he greafer universify and H19 merger proposals shelved for +he year. I964 legislafors approved +he change +0 Black Hills S+a+e College. , to shape To be or no+ +0 be a sys+em of ad- coMP're Vanced learning in Wes+ern Soy'rh Da- Conege. Hm kofa rer:nalns perhnent Changing our ndea 0'5 s+a+us wrll perml+ advancemenf of learn- bose e h infenh ing: maintaining +he s+a+us quo wrll ln- neH' ' e ; the pad hibif our po+en+ial. p 0 Se eXpreS pmo '3 r slls 00 99 Em Fayette L. Cook, 1885-1919 I! lms been our purpose to make the srhool truly professional in character. 23