Park University - Narva Yearbook (Parkville, MO)

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number of fields of service, and Honorary Degree recipients from other institutions. Our most recent example of a Park success story, was on campus for the Soccer match between Alumni and Varsity last weekend. Chris Perrone, who was chosen as the Outstanding Man in last year’s graduating class, won honors in athletic events, in his chosen field of studies and gained recognition from his classmates and faculty. His example we hope to see emulated in the lives of many as individuals Work, study and live to be, as the slogan says, ‘The Best That We can Be.’ We recognize the presence of the following students. (33 states) Alaska.1 Arkansas.1 Colorado.6 Florida.1 Georgia.1 Idaho.1 Illinois.4 New Jersey.2 New Mexico.1 New York.5 North Carolina.1 North Dakota.1 Ohio.2 Indiana.2 Iowa.2 Kansas.41 Louisiana.1 Massachusetts.1 Michigan.12 Missouri.238 Montana.4 Nebraska.7 New Hampshire.1 Oklahoma.4 Oregon.3 Pennsylvania.1 South Dakota. 1 Tennessee.1 Texas.6 Virginia.1 Washington.1 Wisconsin.3 (18 Foreign Countries) Australia.1 Canada . 1 El Salvadore.2 Federated States of Micronesia.29 France.2 Great Britain.1 India.2 Jamaica.1 Jordan.1 Liberia.2 Libya.1 Malaysia.1 Mexico.1 Netherlands.1 Nigeria.2 Puerto Rico.1 Saudi Arabia.5 Turkey.1 Venezuela.1 With this diversity which is one of our strengths, we must recognize that the difference imposes upon us the responsibility for developing some common goals that will allow us to become a community and, hopefully at our best, the Park Family. To do this, we must go beyond facilities and funds and academic successes to the acceptance of basic goals to which we can respond. At Park, that in- eludes respect for individual rights, but also, there is the imposition of acceptance of community and institutional responsibilities. We have become increasingly aware of the threat to our society of illegal drugs, alcohol and tobacco. I believe we have waited too long in the academic community to recognize the wholeness of human life and to take a public stance against practices that are destructive of the health of individuals -- for this neglect imposes heavily upon the balance of our society. All colleges who have membership in the NAIA have been asked to develop a policy to deal with the issue of drugs among athletes on college campuses. Clearly the problem is larger than just illegal drugs, which are forbidden at Park, and alcohol, which has not been invited to the campus. Recent medical studies highlighted the hazards of tobacco. With these aspirations then: Stronger academic programs; Enhanced educational facilities; Greater , economic resources, and More productive personnel and community life due to better health and deeper moral spiritual persuasion, I invite you to join in the quest. It is my hope that this can be for each of you the best year of your life! I am sure that this will be so for many of you. And I pledge the support of Faculty and Staff to make this so!

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President’s Convocation Greetings. I am pleased at this opportunity to add my welcome to those of you who are returning this year and to say “Glad you’re here” to those who come new to membership in the Park Family. Park College has an identity of its own and a unique mission of service to quality young people. We recog¬ nize that our students come from variety ofbackgrounds — some from families of wealth, and some with limited financial means. Some who come here have experience in the large high schools of metropolitan cities, and some may come from schools with graduating classes of fewer than a dozen, where every graduate is known by name and called friend. This diverse community is a part of the special quality of Park. For here, too, we are small enough that every student can be known, personally serv¬ ed and cared for. But knowing one another also assures that each one pays part of the price. The motto, “Fides et Labor” — Faith and Labor — has a fuller meaning if each one is involved. For those involved with Park College, Harry Truman’s words, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch,” is most fitting. We’re all in this year together—we want success for all. The College was built for students. And, students were meaningfully involved in the building process. With saws and axes the students helped to clear the fields for planting and cleared these Missouri bluffs for building. Students were involved in open¬ ing the quarries and digging out the stone with which many of the buildings were constructed. Mackay Hall, the administration building in which you were registered, was one of these. And now with this generation of students we are building again. In those early days, Park was operated both for and by students. They provided the labor for a farm, dairy, can¬ nery, generating plant, waterworks and 1 aundry; tended orchards, gardens and vineyards; and per¬ formed most of the day-to-day functions of the college, from operating printing presses to peel¬ ing potatoes. But always there was the understanding that these experiences were a part of the stage setting for acquiring academic strengths and strong credentials. Harold L. Condit Beginning with a few adminis¬ trators and a handful of students now known as“The Original Seventeen,” Park soon expanded to earn a national reputation for academic excellence. Today, we continue the hopes and aspirations of the founders of Park College, en¬ visioning a college uniting the values of the liberal arts, a Christian life-style, and an abiding desire to serve a threatened humanity in a new age of technology. We aspire to provide the kind of quality education which prepares each student for service to society while at the same time offering the opportunity to achieve success in his or her own life. Linking concepts of responsibility, personal integrity and productivity enhance the value of our graduates to potential employers. Park graduates know the meaning of accountability, and hopefully they gain or enhance those qualities that mark them as “self-starters.” Park provides for higher educational opportunity in a setting that holds fast to the American dream of private initiative, an environment that is an alternative to fully tax-based public education. We are joined with those who believe that in a free society these alternative opportunities must be maintained. The lengthy list of Park graduates include many in the ranks of Academic All Americans, the Na¬ tional Academy of Sciences, ‘Who’s Who’ among a

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J -V. LETS TAKE A LOOK!!! ATTRIBUTE.2 FALL SPORTS.12 FALL PLAYS.26 HARVEST FEST.30 ACADEMICS.40 ADMINISTRATION.70 PIX.80 THAT WAS THEN.96 CLUBS. 104 SPRING SPORTS.124 SPRING PLAYS.138 STUDENT LIFE.142 MOVING ON GRADUATION.156 THANX.162 S r