Prairie View A and M University - Pantherland Yearbook (Prairie View, TX)

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foreword College days are priceless days. They will become more priceless and invaluable as the years roll by, and we can only dream of them as days-gone-by, days that we met our friends, teachers, and loved ones, days thot we worked and played together and the day that Prairie View girded up her loins and plunged into the space age. Stored away in the volume of this treasured chest, lest you forget, are the memories of the days that you will later embrace and fiercely guard as the remnants of the golden days spent on the Hill. And as you reminisce through these pages, we of the Panther staff, sincerely hope that you vividly recollect the friends that you knew and loved so dearly, the teachers that you cared for, those that you couldn't stand, tho clubs and organizations with which you wore associated and regarded so highly. You will stop and take a deep breath as you relive through those tense and suspending football and basketball games. Oh how unconsciously boisterous you were in cheering the boys on to victory, and how dejected and silent you were when they were losing! You will also see again the nights of those wild bonfires and pep rallies when school spirit was riding high. The now student union building now in construction promises to be one of the most fabulous in the Southwest, but will it ever take the place of the Panther Inn, the Rec ? Doesn t the Rec remind you of a student rushing to the snack bar to hurriedly get his cup of coffee or hamburger, then on to the TV room to catch his favorite show, or to go to the game room to argue all afternoon over a game of whist or ping pong? You will wonder if your three years spent in Suarez, Alexander, and the other dormitories were as enjoyable as your freshman year in Lucky and the Vets. The Education, Science, and Engineering buildings will remind you of those long and lonely nights when you had to stay up and cram for either an A or F. You will remember the pie man and the midnight snacks, the shrill and squeaky radio, tho loud and booming record players, the telephone ringing, the matron and proctor. You will long for those days under the trees, and then you will stop and think of good old Dean Evans and Fuller. You will wish for just one more date night or college social, most especially those swinging general student dances (wrestling matches). The KOB fashion show and the Black and White Ball will never be forgotten. You can't help but get tickled when you think of the dining hall and good old lady Carpenter. We were always complaining about tho food! Yet you were always cutting line to get it. Chapel services will remind you of Rev. Phillips. Vesper will remind you of the President's Annual talk to the student body. The senior garden reminds you of Jean or Tom. Say! What happened? Why didn't they marry? Or did they? The 1958-59 school year was a wonderful one. We had the best of time, and had the worst of time, our successes were many, and failures few. We will always be proud of a great administration and competent faculty and staff that were so dedicated to a greater Prairie View. In conclusion, we hope that your school year was a wonderful adventure. And some day when the reality of it is all over, the annual staff invites you to droam pleasant dreams of your golden school days of long ago. THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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