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

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The individual is important at FHS. Being able to release one ' s expres- siveness is given to those who are daring enough to let go of the inner self- In academics, athletics or daily experiences, just being on your own develops your inner self. 4

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Table Of Contents I Organizations 42 I Athletics 122 I Academics 178 I Residence Halls ... 222 I Greeks 236 I Seniors 260 I Underclassmen ...284 I Index 326 r i We adjusted to walking to class in the dark and not going everywhere we thought we had to. If we did travel, we went slower and not always by car. Fewer students attended FHS. More moved into dorms, Vern (Miller) didn ' t forget FHS and proved if with an exciting (and productive} drug raid. Streakers caused more excite- ment and drew more spectators. Apathy ruled at most sports events (though other colleges seem to have enth usiasfic cheering sections.). 3

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The Individual. While 96 per cent of the students at FHS come from Kan- sas. individuals enroll from the four corners of the United States and rep- resent every continent. Each person is his own man — not just a number. There ' s a closeness spanning the age gap as we all face problems and five out the school year together. During the fall semester of 1 973. tor- rential rains and high winds caused extensive flooding and damage in eastern Kansas. Hays was more fortu- nate and escaped the finanical disas- ter. However, many students were concerned for parents and friends who were forced to evacuate homes, leave crops in the fields to rot, or who suffered other losses. Then came the winter with heavy ice and snow, snapping power lines and poles, leav- ing vast areas of Kansas in cold and darkness. For some students, it spelled eco- nomic disaster and altered college plans. For each individual it was a crisis of some sort. 5