Northwest Missouri State University - Tower Yearbook (Maryville, MO)

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The sign was erected on College Avenue by the service drive between President Foster ' s residence and the college pond. It was bright yellow, and across the top, in bold black letters, was the legend: The Air Conditioning of Golden Hall. Below the legend were listed the names of the contractor, the architect, etc., like a glaring commercialized cornerstone. In the dark warrens of Golden before November. Further down College Avenue, the art students were having an un- official field day. The east side of Martindale Gymnasium was being demolished in order to add a new dance floor, classroom and office space. Much of the debris was soon recycled into avant-garde sculpture and brick-and-board bookshelves. The women ' s P.E. Department, mean- while, had moved into Perrin Hall for the duration. southwest of Phillips Hall, attempting to level it for a new baseball diamond and intramural athletic fields. Smaller pro- jects included landscaping around the student union, the installa- tion of ramps for paraplegic students, the construction of new sidewalks, and the replacement of damaged curbs and guttering. While no projects on the scale of Martindale Gym renovation are currently being contemplated, plans 3- - F ' . -v tk kZ V., ; .i ; r ' l .. -Kr »-w Hall itself, students were slowly becoming accustomed to dodging the showers of sparks from arc welders and to finding coveralled bodies dangling half- in and half out of restroom walls. Teachers, after rescuing their books from amidst the stacks of pipes in their offices, gathered in the lounge to discuss their joy at the prospect of teaching in a cool classroom, even though it soon became apparent that the job would not be completed Other renovation projects, less prominent but almost as extensive, were being carried out elsewhere. The floors of the Administration Building were completely retiled, while new offices were added on the fourth floor and five new home- economics kitchens were installed on the third. Renovation of Hake Hall was completed, and Wilson Hall was redecorated for use by Institutional Services and the I.S. Program. Earthmoving equipment battled mud all spring in the field are being made for such tasks as the replacement of the roof on Wells Library, the remodeling of McCracken Hall, and extensive safety programs including the installment of more ramps, stair rails and fire extinguishers at various locations. And somewhere in the uncertain future lies the possibility of a new football stadium. NWMSU, in 1974-75, may not have been a growing University. But it certainly wasn ' t a stagnant one. AM Construction 29

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... and all the responsibilities and privileges thereof . . . And so President Foster gave to the NWMSU spring graduates the responsibility of attacking the job market. Black- robed graduates responded to the occasion in manners that varied as widely as their views of the ceremony. Some, high-heeled and solemn, dutifully smiled as grandmothers ran rolls of film through their Kodaks. Others, blue jeaned and sandaled, flashed glimpses of Bud cans as their sleeves fluttered in the strong wind. a dluisulliiOiiL The ceremony, held May 11 in Rickenbrode Stadium, attracted most of the Spring 74 graduates and scores of friends and relatives who came to see sons, daughters, boy friends, and great-nieces-in- law end four years of studying in style. Speakers at graduation included President Robert Foster and Dean Leon Miller. Bachelor ' s degree candidates waited patiently as master ' s degree candidates individually received their hoods. The ones who had waded through eight semesters of tests, projects, and term papers stood and had their degrees conferred en masse. It was the protocol that counted, though, and the graduates, duly approved by the powers that be, were loosed, diploma in hand, to face the world. DR 30 Graduation