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

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As the 60 s slip over the horizon of time and 1970 casts its sunrise shadow, a new figure stands to guide the destinies and steer the course of action of Fort Hays State College. A Minnesotan by birth and edu- cation, Dr, John W. Gustad becomes a Kansan by adoption as he accepts the Presidency of Fort Hays State and becomes its fifth president. I want to make this the best col- lege in Kansas, he said, and he set about to inaugurate changes which he feels will help him fulfill his goal. Reassessing the curriculum, reor- ganizing the academic structure and raising faculty salaries were the first endeavors to which he set his at- tention. Kansas has something very spec- ial and that ' s their people, declared Mrs. Doris Gustad as she and daugh- ter Anne joined the new president in Hays to establish their home on the campus.

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1970 Ushers in the Gustad Era for Fort Hays

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College Dignitaries Witness Gustad Inauguration BELOW: Many speakers grace the podium during inaugural week Among them are Dr Walt Rostow, Steve Ray!, Dr Neil Walker and Dr E Laurence Chalmers. FAR BELOW: The investiture of a president is not a completely serious matter BELOW RIGHT: Dr. Gustad enjoys a humorous remark made by Dr James McCain. FAR RIGHT: Faculty from various institutions pose an impressive procession