Montana State University - Sentinel Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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riity ramr to nnmlrr in thr l Kt(fs why (IS stitdrnt llwy n orc not an artit e fHirt of xM-ivty. n ity their vnvrfiy and in ' trllificnrc shtuihi not hv used in the in- terests of s H-iety. n hy they should wait for firtiduation tit live real life. Students had been told b) ' their ciders for gencfjimns thjii u|x)n (hrm. Jtfter their radtatioM. would rest the ucl fare ( f Hxict). that the wmld be in the driver s m u This was an inescapable condition, of course. The) ' tame to wonder in the 19f 0 ' !» wliy as students the) were inu an active part of society, why their energy- and intelligetuc should not be used in the interests of s«xicty. why tlicy should wait for aduati .x) to live real life. Must education be a thing, apart from living; actively? Gradiully tl)e realized that security in life is not pi sstble. That life i challen and not acceptance That to be in the driver seat th ey must posscvs self kiMiwled e as well as ktvowU.-ilj;c of society aitd tl»e world. They came to ask. NX ' ho are we. anyway. ' Who am I. ' X ' ho is everybody, black and white ' and red and yelJim . ' ' What is nKicty. What is education. ' By artd large, the prt)gressiiMi of students was from a protected, self-satisfied and self-confident perstm to .1 questioning, dotibiing pcTson. to one craving security, to itK thinking of life as impernuiKni, to one finding society uns jund, to one knowing that a new society is today in the nuking H C. Mini . The students of iho ' e day lot ed fun. a huhhliiifi and irresponsilde fun, a gaiety that u as almost unknown to stu- dents of the lOfUTs.

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MILITARY ■■ I ir t rirnins n ' turnitift homo for an rdttrniinu. rs H ' t itilly from I or ICar II. uifluvnrt ' il stuflrnt iillitiiiivs ami so- hrrtul llti ' r iffi ;« . ' liiCf did Ihar no iroudev - tubrnts! from antiniutp Dunn ; the ycmrs aniund 1920 Mudrnts were in culir til Mqviirc knowledge. c ilturc. «arus. They felt arvl were erKinirji ;e(i by «xiety xo feel ifut Jhc tud not « bejiun to live, that teal life «xiuU begin ftcr gradu tKm TJicy wxirricd litik- about tiukiiig a living; when real life heipin. tidixamn. urging y ua|( peijple to f t to lollege. autired them, quoting stjtisticv fh« the would then earn triore tnnnc) than p T«.in5 without a college cdukatioft Students accepted ilut fact contplakentl). They had. a« a KaimiH cdjtur pot It. mo»e than an rven chance The) therefore auutncd a bearing; of u-lt lonfidetKr. were not up«ci or confufrd and not bent on attertiny their iitdependence They conformed unque%noninj(iy to tocteiy s regubtl In and tntiratity 111. . a.r.ii . ..tl.J Wai 1. Ill ihc ' X Stmtmti editor, briviloi with war tKws and pfii liJ colutnns were demoted to Mustard Gas ai d S iulf, ' such interest passed with the end of the war rrtiors wxindered why students in So«th Amcricj I . rope were thoughtful abotst and active in jiku; ■ pctially political affairs and students in the ' ••itcs seldom venmred. physically and intellcttualU ■! f campus It ti¥»k X ' orkl X ' ir II ami the Ki rca: icmam Wars, the invention of the A aitd H bomlv ■Air mtvvles. prolonged fear of rjommunLsm and imme ■Ai fldw»de communication to brtn students in the I n Mrc to their present concern about life and society . - fid even ts and conditioiL NX ' ar v«cTan returning home for an editcarion. espcciall ru m X ' i rld X ' ar II. influenced srudenc attitudes and - Sctevl the campts They freed the campus of traditMin« ;kc freshmen wearing green cap like many hitlicrt iiiLiified aiki unimportant trailitioav Tl e veterans wtrre i.Jcf persons They were men and women of a certain Mfi! expcrietxe To them education was all-imporunt itic) had no time for foolishness, even for mosr stxial •trivitics. TraditHins however silly or unimportant die hjrd: we find in 7 ' Kjimim as late as l ' M8 writing jNuit lack of loyalty to the L ' niversjty as shown in cheering at games, about littering the lawas with coke botiUrs. The Great Depression of 1929 and jears of tlic catl) 19K)$ came as a shock to students, as to people generally It made aitciKiing college financially difficult. It forced many, nuny snidcnts to work for their expenses or ptui « f them, and such wxirk trade going to college riHire ot a reality than it had formerly been taken to be. The ! mating dnire of students was for securirv Like v • in general, they were frightetwd Oiocern about m • a living after graduatNin ran «tn ng. Some students to feel that society owed tlicm a living All student. coj tied themselves with little veil -con fidencc. An alunuiusi of the i ' iO s. s -aking at a Scboi»l of Journalism meetii in the I9(i0s. wuisdcrcd how he atkl his nintem iiraries in college could have been so frightened and injciive. sn d» nu hing. Students of the late 19)0s and the 19Hlv. gave themselves to fun with little buoyancy. Sen. ■ editor wrote. As I tememba 1951 it was a winter ot {lair, ' bur fell com}ielle i to add, but it was the vprin hope. and Tlicse were the best and wnrst of time . the best seemingly a bow to convention. Students werr beginning to question aisd doubt. Still, in the 19-lO ' s and I9 0 s they accepted (wuprieties. - were polite, dressed conventionally, went to church, and used the bad four-letter words only in moments of as- sumed daring. Genuine questions »tre being asked by studenrs in the I9 0s about student government tlut « tild genuinely be theirs an l about meaningful partaipatMin in their ed- ucatuia In w« rld affairs titey were dominated by fear of G rofnunisni The whole country was beyorsd all reason disriubed by C tmmunism and the disease had been caught by studentv As earls as 19 0 Th KMnun cditorulMrd on •langcrs i f subversive elements m this country. ' y-xx did not abate until the I(V 0 ' s Thar fear

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in defense of winter... Mimy i i lis inrt ' tid to get outdoar in iht v. jn[cr, bur riimet liti. In cxd remain ojohnoJ, gninj; imm one arfn sbt El to unmht-tr. IfwsS; iut and (rcad tht st-Ason. How kwlish ' . For «t htyojid dK- hutiL-d und t-lt:- viccJ liiH ' s of clwtrit ind as out btj ' on { rhe last pjLWfd mad is j land fj( wlqkc, trisp anrd Jcticirt cold. No iirdsc is capabk of tarvmg, rn jldin and rran toritiing water into a singk- sSiape [u p t;jllf l J fnjst iinttt fftv, tKiw dttfecd loroM wind bkH n ridgt or kt lined river bank. Then: h m miij;nifi- tenet to tomprt- wnh vtiiHur. i» singular. Winctr drivfs iis in, Ie h1 planned linn; of quitf. A time of fvfkxmm, rimt for indm r LTift, nd reading. One scastMi H. D. TlKJrcaii rcflttted, Win- Etf, with its inwar lnt-ss, is upun u i, A m.m is con- strained to m down iind rhinl: Wt- do well m hi low [1T5 isibm. And j ' tt at ihe same time don ' t be fooltsi into thinking th E nil of winter l uld be spent imla r!». arc threatened with a coutinLKHLS Jifc of tccli- aoloj-y. Wn as wc tr vtl into the country e taLt- it with ui. Part a! the reasqn w fear. learn early thai Eherv at t; toj nianj ' dangef s in the wild. Dangers of frt eJi- ing, betiii hut, iir brt-jifcfni! a bont in a fill, Un fottiinatt ' l}-. for many of usi thi- aUsvt: h irue. Vt have proj res®t?d into jt state oi dependence. DLpLnJ- ence upon technolo4?j ' . ft! few htiinans, even gjovtrn- mcnts. However; There wrncs a tirtii itt one ' s life, .li well as Jn the life man where lie muiit IirtZard lum a-lf to the elrnjent of naiurvs or els ; butMtje kast m ,1 Mtm permanent W3 . We nec«i rbest dani TS cuf the wild. X ' c tieecd to know firxihani) tlw: h r(,e of winiet. It is mtt-ssat} to Itiirn how, inaiiinEfitant vve an u a wtnter iiofni, ire n;on ' fragile than the inn dtlitatt jte LffSfal. In the niidsE of a winter furi.-r we are a single liny black dot. Niatbin irwrv In tribute to winter, on the fallowing pa gei have gathert i i|i;eibet kntJ ' w ktigt.iblt artirlesi 4 downhill skiitig snowshot fii;. $ki htkinj.;, and mr ter tampiti ;, Perhaps the iirtiifes will enonir.L.i:-: some at leaiit to intend to take of! into the u nm r wilderness. Oi course our mformfltiofi h not complete ' ; 1 onij ' intendecf as an intrcKluition. t.il raries and K. 3i sio res nire full of manusils trn leibnique. One we ' d espectally like to ttconimtnd is THE SIHUKA CH [i MAMLJAL OF SKi MOf JKTAIMFERING. Fnt 9= . jot! can ' t go wrong. Remember, w inter ni.vxl not b Jiwdtlcn plunt L If your outdoor wi$il!om is lirniteti, lust tratnpje.L litrlt beyond ctvi fixation Do not burty. A trek itsto thv high twntry i- n snow j-ou sydde nty. Montiio.i peaks freY|uentiy experience sudden antic condiiionN. In the suniniiT am makv many mistakes rt |x a edlJ Jn the winter you get but one. Do not be on unfrti ndly terms With winter. Treat it neither as a force to be conqucretl, nor as a phc jumien in to bt ridden thniugb in u math] tie, Taat and love w ' tnttr lor wliat ir is. glorinus, glorious winter! You wj|l iw;vtr master winter, Insiead lean to ma ter the art of stirvival under bb rd coiufi- tions Equip ynurself proptrly. Learn tite Jor and wisibn) of the mountain men, Eiach winter scjs jn y m will become enchanteil and drawn dei:per and deeper into winter wtldeTness. And slowly, not all at onu, w Enter will eomt .thve, with you, Ycrti will find yijur eff, free as the ind blows. tiod, bless wintcrl