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

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Time does not stand still. All across the campus t h e scene is changing. Change is progress. Leaves turn gold and brown to leave the trees bare and ready for new leaves. The seasons pro- ceed as campus life is moving al- ways into the future, leaving the past behind but not forgotten Symbolic of progress at Fort Hays State this year is the con- struction of the Memorial Union building, long a cherished dr eam, now a reality, ready for the stu- dents upon their return to the campus in the fall. On these pages, the Reveille staff has tried to capture the stages of progress as the year has come and gone and the building has progressed from the turning of the first spadeful of earth to the skeletal structure to the out- ward completion of the building. The doors are closed. The story of progress is not complete until the furniture is placed, the drap- eries hung, and the coffee pots filled. When Fort Hays Staters return in September for enroll- ment, the doors will be open. The best is ahead, for you, for Fort Hays State. THE STAFF j

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FORT HAYS KANSAS STATE COLLEGE MEMORIAL UNION

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Social Building Pickeri Hall Rerick Hall Built on historical land, the cam- pus is part of the old Fort Hays mili- tary reservation. The military post was abandoned in 1889. In 1900 Congress granted land for use as a state school and an experiment sta- tion for agriculture. Due to contro- versies in land titles the college was not started until 1902. The old fort hospital served as the first building until 1903 when Picken Hall was provided. Here the campus was born. 6 Sheridan Coliseum