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

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The plains e ffer a sparse;, rugged and enticing heauly of I hair own. a loveliness demanding a sensitive n;adjuslniant of a backpacker ' s p ;rcep- lions In the ' high plains ' ecology.” — John Knight ' 12 Oprninn

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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.

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m The Spirit of Adventure To II y like a bird, to race against time. to go where no mini has f ' vcr goni ' — Miss is I hr spirit c 1 1 adven- ture. Man has traveled by soiling ship lo cnrnr to America, by cov- ered wagon to reach the untamed West, to (he moon by rockolship. Kven though the vehicles for the adventurous spirits have changed, the desire of man to do the daring continues to he tin 1 norm. There has been a trend toward a return to (he adventurous life. Fori I (ays State si udents show growing interests in activities such as [jack- packing in Kansas, hang gliding, ballooning, skiing, rodeo and motorcycling, just to name a few. The change in society has brought some differences in what is con- sidered adventurous — there are very lew regions in the l J,S. that man has not explored, but they arc? still being rediscovered by people who wish to commune with nature and live in harmony with it. 7 SSL , - r I t+r - S£. 4 Wi