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

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' wm,wmm..mm..mmw. of lite Magic famp You will undoubfedly recall Aladdin and his magic lamp-how Hue liHle ur- chin inadverlenlly released a genie sub- iecf +0 his command. There is a allel be'rween Aladdin and +11e sludy group appoinfed +0 examine flue fu+ure of Black Hills 1Sfa+el Teachers College Like Aladdin. +11e group gof more. +han if anlicipa+ed-+he genie released from +11e lamp lowers over +hem awe- somely. Unlike Aladdin. +l1e commiHee can'f be cerfain +ha+ 11 will be able 10 influence 1118 genie of H19 fufure. Mem- bers hope +11e lufure is +11e1rs +0 com- mand; bu+ +11e Jtask is n01 simple. The college should confinue 10 em- phasize leacher educaHon and a1 1he same fime provide opporfunifies in hiqher educafion for 1hose inferesled in ofher fields. defermined flue sludy group. To implemenf +1115 obieclive 'lhe commiHee examined +11ese aspeds: Sludenf enrollment number of fac- tu, sludenf-facully rafio, adminisfra- five organizaHon. curricula. buildings. food services and housing, library needs. and special services. Increased u+iliza+ion of presenf facil- ifies was eyed by +11e group. By adding fwo periods 10 +11e curren+ daily class schedule of eighf and wi+l1 +he addifion of Safurday sessions. classroom uliliza- par- 1. :- Hon would be up fwenly percent A Ten -Year .. - Greafer u+ilizalion will no+ minimize . +11e need for addifional classrooms. . ' ,1 l Nofed firs+ on +119 expansion plan sub- PrOJeCtlon 5 miffed by 1118 college presidenf 1who worked separa+ely 1rom +he sludy groupl is a large classroom s+ruc+ure es+1ma+ed of Growth, Needs a1 111011101615. He 711910995 eliminafion of +119 old laboralory school and ifs sife +0 be used for a library . 1: :1 1 cenfe1. at BIaCk HIIIS :3 Presiden+ and sludy group disagreed '1 : ', relafive 10 library cons+ruclion. The ' presidenf recommends con+inued addi- +1ons lo +11e presenf library: 1oward +11e end of +119 len-year period 119701. +l1e possible cons+ruc+ion of a separale li- brary. . . n . Annual Enrollment PrOjeCtIO Enrollment by AcademIC Year Projected symbol represents 2336 Symbol represents 990 students 1963- 1964 990 1968- 1969 1964- 1965 1089 1969- 1970 1965-1966 1198 1970-1971 9 -1956 1966-1967 1318 1971-1972 l 55 1953-1954 315 1958-1959 1954-1955 446 1959-1960 571 1960-1961 . 9 7 639 1961-1962 1967-1968 1450 1972-1973 1956 l 5 1957-1958 657 1962-1963 128E, 913511118311, 31333.1 ?1 11151516115.

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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

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GVCI'W Jaw ll We 4an in Me m: 3,650 4W2; doubledly recall Aladdin 5' ow +h ' e llH fly released a le Ur- mmand. There is Aladdin and +heasfiz; e ?o examine fhe fume lea+fel Teachers College v e rou I aled-W: gfnsfilelgii ' lOVEFS over +hem awe. . Aladdin. The commiHee m +haf if will be able +0 enie of The lufure. Mem. fulure is Theirs lo com. fasl is nol simple. ' should conlinue lo em- r educalion and al The revide oppor'runilies in -n for +hose inieresled in delermined +he sludy Iemenf +his obieclive lhe mined +hese aspecls: ollmenf, number of lac- ctu ralio, adminislra- on. curricula. buildings. nd housing, library needs. rvices. . ilizafion of presenl lafll- by fhe group. By delng . +he currenf dailY class hl and Wilh The addition ssions. classroom Ul'l'la' up huenW percent. . zafion will nof mlnlmlze addifional classrooms. +he expanswqdphn :llho college preSl e l ely from +he s'rudy'gro'JP +ure eSl'maha oom slruc +icipal95 dollars. He an alory SC 00 he old labo;r a library T be used 0 group disagreed I sludY ucllon- Te consfr '. r:wzrwds confinued addl h .senf library; Togas: lh: ear period U9 $9 Ii. then of a separa cademic Year 19531959 If +he s'iudy group could command +he genie of The fufure, separafe library facilifies would head +heir preference list The presenf library areas would be converled +0 adminisfrafive offices. In preferred order. +he group would ask for separa+e indus+rial ar+s facilifies. new heafing and mainfenance building. separafe fine ar+s for The +hea+re and all olher fine ar+s curricula. conversion of +he audii'orium +0 classrooms. in- creased science faciliHes. and conslruc- fion of a field house for physical edu- cafion and recrealion programs. The factu sfudy also cifes +he prob- lem of low feacher salaries. Salaries are lower af +eacher colleges +han a+ o+her sfafe insfifufions of higher learning. lm- proved salary s+a+us for Black Hills would also include re+iremen+ and in- surance benefifs and more liberal sab- bafical policies. Sfudenhfacully rafio now slands af fwenfy-one +0 one. The group recom- mends a fwelve +0 one rafio by I973. The commiffee also advocafes an aca- demic maior in each +eaching field. Beyond The undergraduafe program. +he proiecfion commiHee recommends expansion of +he masfers of educa+ion program. Grealer varieiy of academic major and graduafe insfruc'rion during +he academic year are among requesfs. The presenf program is resfricfed fo summer sessions. Now and Ten Years Hence. a re- porf prepared ioinfly by +he adminis- frafion and a faculfy commiHee a+ Projecfed faculfy: 206 llZ-l sfudenf-faculfy rafiol Presenf sfaff: 48.2 ac+ual insfrucfors Projecfed volumes for +he library: 70.000 Curren+ volumes in +he library: 40.000 Projected library seafing capacify: 770 s+uden+s Currenf library sealing capacify: I80 sfudenfs 400 Hungry Jackeis Currenf Food Service BHTC. per year: $820 Na+ional. per year: $2.000 Black Hills. safisfied a requesf issued by The Regen+s of Educafion +0 each of +he Sfafe's ins+i+ufions of higher learn- mg. Members of +he faculfy sfudy group were: r. Keifh JewiH, chairman; Dr. Vicfor Weidensee. Mr. Vern Backens, Miss CharloHe Forsberg. Mr. Maurice Fifzgerald, Mr. William Fullefon. Mr. Frank MaHern. Dr. Russell E. Jonas. president represenfed lhe adminisi'ra- five viewpoint 800 Hungry Jackels Proiecfed Food Service BHTC. per year. I970: $l.230 Nafional. per year. I970: $3.000 Current, projected education costs Projecfed housing for l.000 s+uden+s Curren+ housing 300 s+uden+s