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

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RICHT AND CLOCKWISE:One of the lale night spots of Maryville is The Shady Lady. Limited downtown parking forces many shoppers to walk. The Nodaway County Courthouse shows it ' s age. Renovation and expansion seemed to occur throughout the downtown area. The Bottle Shop stocks up. Rainy-day shoppers head for home as the stores hegin to chjse. Businesses on the south side of the square, enjoy a husy after- noon. 4 MARYVILLE

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•„■ mv m I Published DRFH e T MISSOURI SrAre Teachers COLLEGE MA WILLE Missouri In commemoration of the Tower ' s Sixtieth Anniversary here are a few scenes from Towers of yesteryear. Trivia helps one to iinderstanil his past, be awake to the present, and look with con- fidence to the future. Styles and values may change but the stor remains the same. LEFT TO RIGHT: Mary L. Macleod. 1Q22 Physical Director for Women and graduate of Boston Normal School of Gymnastics, lakes a break from her ten- nis fiame. I el VI. Lanikin ser es as Presi- dent durinfc the early years of Missouri ' s Slate Teachers Gollege, now known as NWMSll. Portrait of W.A. Rickenbrode, 1922 registrar. Title page from 1929 TOVi KR. Aesthetic Dancers from the roaring 20 ' s show fluid form. In 1923, tar Jane Baile , a Junior, was elected Tower Queen by purchasers of the year hook. ■■■ I ■H HM H ■ R H H B B fWI E ni ' p k s rim H k v ' ' u Pv il iMikH m 1 kA i QM 1 Ai ' .sTH r.Tic Dan (I ni, 60th ANNIVERSARY 3

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But merely opening up to a mul- titude of experiences and perceptions in life is not enough to satisfy the ex- istential curiosity of mankind. Trust yourself to be the interpreter of your life, to he the captain of your ship, to stand alone if neccessary. Destiny is what you make it. You have opened yourself to this university . . .not merely a com- puterized, beaurocratic machine in- capable of understanding or compas- sion, hut an organization of real men and women who think and feel as you do. College offers the most profound opportunity for the individual to open up and express the self, both academically and socially. The oppor- tunity to .see, speak, hear, feel, smell, cxperien« c the real world. Look inside to where the answers lie. Within the hearts and minds of all people are qualities of truth, knowledge, and understanding. Life offers the gift of understan- ding, the ability to look beneath the shallow, superficial aspects of our world into a deeper, more meaningful relationship with ourseUcs and all others. ithin each person is the potential to move might) mountains of doubt aside and chart the navigational course his life will take. Inside every person is an uncharted wilderness. . .what he wants most, but MARYVILLE5