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

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JogI Moss 7

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This book is dedicated to Joel Moss, artist and teacher, in the hope that its style at least partially approaches the degree of originality he demands in a painting. A man whose works will continue to bring recognition to himself and his department, Moss is an artist of the modern school Clearly not a follower of paN terns, he is an ardent advocate of the original 11 and instills his own love of experimentation and creativeness in his students. Coupled with his artistic ability is a directness and honesty that has won him friends on and off the campus. Dedic 6

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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