Gonzaga University - Spires Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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It WHW The academic year-two semesters-250 days, a short time in 'the life of a student but ever so important for his development. The year begins its work with registration when it pulls the student from his summer stupor and throws him into ci malestorm of deci- sions, an eternity of lines, and an infinity of forms. The year grabs hold of the timidly outstretched hand of the freshman and leads him into a mad world of orientation sessions and initiation pranks, of cruises on Lake Coeur d'Alene and the awkward dances that inaugurate the social season. The timid grip grows into a grasp of strength and assuredness as the freshman is pulled further and further into the spectrum of the college experience. What first was frightening becomes familiar and the initial apprehension gives way to exuberance and excitement. The upper classman greets the year as an old friend that will bring with it the excitement of the first kegger and the pleasure of comparing summer experiences with roommates and friends. The year holds forth the promise of the joy of an intramural victory and the satisfaction of mastering organic chemistry. The year also promises its share of sadness along with the joy and excitement. There is the despair of the first poor exam and the anxiety of neglected assignments. There is the burden of new re- sponsibilities to parents to teachers, to self. There is the emptiness of the defeat that must come sometime, in the classroom, on the playing field, perhaps in the heart. V Bitterness and joy, happiness and defeat, all help to make the year what it is: a formative process that turns aspiration into achievement, that replaces impulse and confusion with maturity and understanding, a process that opens to the student a new and challenging world-the world of the adult. i Tom Ti lford

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Come with us for a walk through an outstanding year. Before you lays the Spectrum of the College Student. . CONTENTS Introduction ......... THE YEAR ............ THE UNIVERSITY .... Faculty .................... Classes ................. STUDENT LIFE .... Activities ........... Sports .............. Organizations ..... Law School .... Florence ...... Mike Cohen, Editor-in-Chief Staff: Photographers: Eleanor Britschgi, Assistant Editor Linda Coupez John Hough Mike Masterson, Sports Editor Michelle Doyle Dick Thwaites Sherry Paulsen, Calendar Editor Marilyn Potter Pat Reed Janice Wells, Senior Editor Ann Manorgan, Copy Editor Gail Patterson, Art Editor Jim Gallazzo, Art Editor Mike Halligan Georgene Arneson Cheri Goold ..2 8 4O 42 50 IO4 I O6 129 I 52 164 l7O On our cover is the eye catching Arms of the Borough of Banbury. An insignia such as this was common in the Renaissance Era to identify towns and cities. - I

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