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

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In Memoriam Margaret McGimsey 18940954 Walter Wallerstedt 18900 954 9

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A young man ' s life lies all ahead of him. For this reason, perhaps, he is less interested in what has been done than in what tan be done; his affections are aroused less by the traditional than by the experimental. This is a young man ' s yearbook. The 1955 Reveille is frankly, even proudly, experimental. We wanted to see what could be done. To emphasize the forward- looking nature of our attempt, we have grounded the design and composition of the book in the principles of modern art. Much of any yearbook must follow certain traditions, imposed on it by the nature of the subject and the limitations of space. We have not attempted futilely to fight these conventions, but we have tried to see what might be done within them. When compared with previous Reveilles, this book displays obvious dif- ferences: it is larger in size and has more pages. But the innovations which mark the 1955 Reveille lie even deeper. The colors— black and heliotrope— are untradi- tional; they were chosen because they are the fashion of the minute. Forma! or symmetrical balance has been rigidly avoided wherever passible, in favor of a dynamic balance, appealing to the kinesthetic sense as well as to the esthetic. A functional use of line and free form has been attempted. Each page has been approached as a complex problem in design, to be solved only by as simple and graceful a composition as it was within our power to devise. Relationships be- tween the subject matters of individual pages were studied, so as to enable us to proceed upon an organizational principle which provided even for transitions Throughout the book it was our endeavor to provide pleasing rhythms of design, which would be made yet more pleasing by variations as skillful and as subtle as we could create them. We feel, perhaps vainly, that the product, the 1955 Reveille, is a work of art— of modern art. Despite the hard work, despite the obstacles, our reward has been the joy of the creative artist as his materials take form under his hand Our earnest wish is that you take as much delight in the 1955 Reveille as we have in bringing it into existence. The Staff of the 1955 Reveille

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■t Picked Half wai the first building on the campus. Except for an auditorium odd some of the administrative offices, it is largely a class- room building., at present housing the departments of economics and business administration, languages, political science and sociology. Sheridan Coliseum is an all-purpose building housing the gymna- sium; the administrative offices of the president, the dean, the registrar and the business manager; the departments of music and health and physical education; and the college print shop. Cody Commons, the college cafeteria and dining hall, is used con- siderably for social functions as weft as for its primary purpose of serving meals to students and faculty. R jtrk Half, formerly the Industrial Arts Building, was redecorated after the completion of the new Applied Arts Building and now contains the education and psychology departments. Tarsyth Library primarily houses th£ libraries of the college for which it is particularly well-planned. In addition, however, ft furnishes quarters for the history department and the college museums. Science Hall was originally planned and built for the departments of chemistry, physics, astronomy, botany, ioology, and agriculture, to which have been added the departments of geology, mathematics, and nurse education. , '