East Texas State University - Locust Yearbook (Commerce, TX)

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motions of college life that can never be pictured with a camera or describ- ed with words and a typewriter. Yet, to give an accurate picture of college life, this must be attempted, despite the certain failure the editors foresee. The college student is a unique phase of modern society, and students of East Texas State take a place as a proud part of this group. Last fall, as classes started, sports and club activities took most of the spare time of stu- dents before mid-semes- ter grade reports called l attention to the neglect- ed books. To supplement the twang of the hillbilly ballad, and earthy plea-

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by a fraternity or a sorority all of these are e- To propose to cover a school year in words and pictures, as a school yearbook tries to do, is only an ad- mission of naivetef Life in college is so much deeper than the surface picturing of classes, dances, political campaigns, dates, and graduation, that it defies any attempt to be portray- ed in publication form. Yet a yearbook must try to do this so that students y may have a visual record of their year. The pangs l of dread that you might s have failed an admission examination, the joys of accomplishment as you get a glimpse of a new frontier of knowledge, the bitter ache that follows a turned down dance invi- tation, the all-important ambition to be accepted

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sures of the paperback novel, Forum Arts was in- troduced. The responsewas extremely favorable M A an A as outstanding people in various fields brought a program of knowledge and insight to the students. A blue or red card was a headache to the dean's secretary but they meant adventures in new learning for East Texas' students. i Western Week was as welcome as j a dirty sneaker and was overshad- dowed by the rush of local clubs to go national. Greek words like Chi Omega, Alpha Phi, and Delta Sigma Phi began to be importantsounds on the campus. Meanwhile the ping pong room floor was recovered as it wore dangerously thin, and the campus began to echo with chimes. A new library attract- ed attention, and television radiat- ed glamor from the new audio-visu-