Rock Valley College - Rock Valley Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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A Letter From the Editor THIS HAS BEEN a year of change for our college. The school is now situated on a new campus; the faculty and student body have more than doubled in size; courses and curricula are more diverse than they were during the college ' s first year of operation. The yearbook too has changed to a great degree. It boasts a new name, and a different cover in appearance and in composition. It is also divided into sections using a new format and it contains more pages, more copy, and, most important, more photographs of students and faculty. All of these innovations and modifications of last year ' s initial RVC yearbook are designed to demonstrate that the annual is one representation of college life that also ought to be revamped from year to year to conform with the ever-chang- ing face of the school. THE SPIRIT OF ' 67 has endeavored to capture the school ' s growth and rapid advancement on all educational fronts. The photographs and articles in this year- book are intended to reflect those many memorable moments that took place during the year. We, if I may speak on behalf of the entire staff, hope that this material will serve as a vivid pictorial record of this year for those associated with RVC today and those who will follow us on this campus in years to come The title of the annual will continue to undergo some revision as time goes on. The name of the book will be changed to correspond with the year in which the book is published. However, it will always retain the SPIRIT theme in an attempt to maintain the rustic, frontier character of the college as a whole. Let me close by taking this occasion to welcome you to a picture book that we very much hope will offer you many hours of pleasant recollections as you look through the Rock Valley College yearbook, THE SPIRIT OF ' 67. HENRY T. KOERNER Editor-in-chief 13

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Congressman Anderson Exhibits Continuing Interest in RVC THE HON. JOHN B. ANDERSON, 16th Congres- sional District Representative from Rockford, spoke for the second time at Rock Valley College in late February. The talk was sponsored by the Social Science Club. Anderson was present earlier in the school year at Rock Valley for the flag raising ceremony. Anderson discussed in full the present draft system. He was on the side of those who voiced anger at being drafted because they did not agree with the present system. However, he was against those who burned their draft cards and refused to serve in the war altogether. Following the speech, Anderson encouraged students to ask questions. 12

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NOT ONLY has the number of students kept growing at R.V.C. but also the faculty has increased in numbers and in calibre since the college first opened its doors two years ago. An addition of many new, widely-experienced but basically youthful instruc- tors at the beginning of the 1966-67 school year has swelled the faculty ranks to about 75 members, a figure that is more than double the total of teachers during 1965-66. With the enrollment expected to increase still more in each ensuing year. Rock Valley students can look forward to the presence of even more well- qualified instructors on campus in the near future. And as the curricular programs become more diverse and the teaching staff progresses in quality, the students will reap the benefits in being able to obtain a better general and vocational-technical education.