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

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“In colonial days, it was quicker to send a letter from Baltimore to Boston by way of England than overland using the colonial postal system.” 10 Opening

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FHS Changes, Grows Changes — physical, environmental and academic — occurred on the Fort Hays State campus with vary- ing degrees of importance. The removal of the old power plant smokestack and the Mere! Train, and additions to Albertson Hall gave the campus a changing face. Alumni were asked to contribute money for a campanile. If a proposal before the Kansas legislature is passed, FHS may experience its fifth name change in 75 years. The administration, headed by new college president, Dr. Gerald Tomanek, feels this change will reflect the fact that the college has grown to univer- sity’ 1 status. Divisions within the college, previously designated as faculties, are now the School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Education and the School of Nursing, Opening 9

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Words, wires, woes “Break One Nine for a Smokey Report” was one of many new phrases which became common com- munication as the CB explosion climaxed in 1976. The Federal Communications Commission became so backlogged with license applications, it contemplated issuing “temporary” operator’s per- mits in an effort to catch demand. The telephone as a communications instrument celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1976 and Southwestern Bell asked for its largest rate hike in Kansas ' history. The phone company continued to remind its customers that their friends were only a phone call away.” Neither rain nor snow, etc., could keep the mail away — but financial problems at least slowed it down. Even raising postal rates 30 per cent did not end problems.