Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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from a rough element of nature to finished brilliance of a breath-taking gem, a diamond, like the entire world, can be captured in a has fascinated mankind for centuries. Admired for its clearness, strength and brilliance, it projects an eternal newness age cannot tarnish. As a product of nature, a process must be taken for its creation. These progressions, once completed, result in the most magical and breathtaking gem — the diamond. For the 1984 Royal Purple, the diamond symbolizes the yearbook ' s 75th reflecting progressive changes in a book that through the years has reached for a peak of beauty and perfection. For a diamond, a yearbook, the University or merely an individual to reach its peak of beauty, it must be worked with, formed, cut and polished. -The year has passed with a subtle feeling of expectancy. This expectancy can be paralleled to an uncut diamond, the rough and jagged edges only hint at the wonders hidden below. But when polished to high degree, the diamond becomes priceless. When this expectancy is combined with the excitement of a game or a night in the result is a fiery brilliance of college life. K-State has been through change. We have been cut and formed, worked and We have traveled and grown by following a set of progressive patterns. One can think of the diamond as what we would all like to become. In our hope and in our reaching, we posses a progressing strive for the perfection of the diamond; its beauty, its mystic, its sparkle. SPARKLING SUNSET The glow of the sun off the water at Tuttle Creek provides a relaxing tone of serenity. —Photo by Hurriyet Aydogan

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FIERY WARMTH The heating glow of the fire warms a lone canoist while another racer relaxes in his tent. — Photo by Jeff Taylor NATURAL BEAUTY — A different perspective of Anderson Hall is accented with well-kept green lawns blanketed with an array of fresh vibrant flowers. — Photo by Hurriyet Aydogan

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A walk on campus, a day at Tuttle or an evening game under the lights all become more pleasant with that freely given smile and that hello to often begins with a single person. Then two, three or maybe four people stop to see what has captured their curiosity. Gradually, many people gather, people you may have never seen before, but a closeness or a bond is felt as the individuals slowly become one. So many times you get pushed in line at registration, shoved, into a group at or mangled by a crowd at the football games. But remember all of the times you saw that friendly smile or heard that happy hello from either a stranger or a friend on the fall canoe trip down the Kansas River you haven ' t seen in a long time? It ' s called togetherness. Each person feels a closeness. A closeness that is obtained by sharing a common goal of growing and learning at K-State. It is this togetherness that enables that person whom you have never met to say I have got something in common with you. This common bond expands pass the realms of the sporting event s, such as the togetherness on the hill at the annual K-State-KU football clash at Lawrence, and the backpacks full of books. A feeling of loss, and even a feeling of unity, struck Americans after hearing that over 225 U.S. Marines were killed in a suicidal bombing attack upon the barracks in Beruit. Togetherness not only lies within the University community, but the world community as well. A person could probably count the number of times he has been completely alone on the fingers of one hand. Being alone may need its share of time, but the sharing which occurs by being together is much more warm and beautiful. New friendships and new adventures are just as important as the knowledge and educational growth that prepares us for our future careers. And these friendships blossom right in front of our eyes, nearly every minute of the day, just waiting to spread and share its warmth of togetherness. ON THE HILL — The KU-K-State rivalry always provides incentive for celebrating, even though the ' Cats lost the ballgame, 31-3, to the Jayhawks. Photo by Andy Nelson ENLIGHTENING COMPETITION — Installation of the stadium lights enabled K-State to be the first Big Eight school to schedule evening football games. — Photo by Hurriyet Aydogan A JOINT EFFORT — The annual Canoe Race hundreds of students the opportunity to get their feet wet in both the fields of canoeing and new friends. — Photo by John Sleezer 4 togetherness