Brigham Young University - Banyan Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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Tall broad-shouldered athletes; studious intellect- uals with furrowed brows; green freshmen; smiling poised blazer boys; and various others— men of all types, shapes, and sizes were to be found at the Y 9 562 strong. Of this total, 2,500 indicated their marital status with an M . Slightly half of them were returned mis- sionaries, having taken two or two and a half years out of their busy lives to donate time for a self-imposed obligation of helping the proselytizing efforts of the Church. And so it was that upper classmen at the Y were as an average, slightly older than their counter- parts m other universities and accounted for a more mature studentbody. Even those who had not been on missions were influenced by the many young men who traveled m foreign countries; meeting and talking with the common people, learning their language, and learn- ing to love them. In all, BYU men came from 60 coun- tries and added to the cosmopolitan air of the campus continued 21

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17,800 Students continued 9,562 MEN J i)

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17,800 Students continued