Southeast Missouri State University - Sagamore Yearbook (Cape Girardeau, MO)

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Fifty-year-graduates reunited at Homecoming Alumni luncheon My spirit yearns to bring The lost ones back--yearns with desire in- tense, and struggles hard to wring Thy bolts apart, and pluck thy captives thence. Change: the constancy of change. Where the end and where the beginning? Evolution of the individual accompanied by the simultaneous transformation of the tangible and ethereal worlds. Neither the college nor its alumni con- form to the multitude of idyllic, sacred memories. Once after the attachments of devo- tion have been severed, change comes through artistic fingers that mold and shape an instant of time into memorability. Then, does change exist as a force, or is it only perceived through a host of discolored eyes? If Q, M, s ,, ' Y H -if W Xxx 'Z' f, fs' ,, MSVLQ- ,Q W writ 793145 f 7' fl , f T' 'K ' ' ' fill 3 4 -5 .- '1' if in ., lt ,, T ssls fi c iftla' AU if I M I g sg '-'aaa qrf.4g,5f,,,,f,y - 1' ,, y. fs .wf'.'-H - i. Q 9. A - 1 . - 45, fww 'Y , ' 'tc . ff.-?:f ,,,f 1112 .- q -- f l ,ff-fl if if - ,Li 4 'll Wilt' flw if l c ffwff, weft-f T' ffl- to f s f aff frm . s - ff -. , . vw , , .. - fm. 1. 1 ,t Elk, if , ,st K A 5' ff'-'Q 71' ,ff it fl . T ef, , 2 'f ' qw ix 'ww .. f 52-:fini v - --nm V lhzaw. 4 . .V A 4- ,- sm 1 :fig fm , gl I X r -- is r- Mix 14 .g - VI I e 1 N Ja T l we? s i Q T s-ffl at , u M51 - ,, rf ' .sl I, ' tg, , i nf, 4, L tp iw,-I ff i 2 4 - 1, . . ,qi ff ,wi,,, , W , , , ,Q qi, in A dx ,VX ig, . 9 My my . 5 ,',w gs 3 j I 5 V, 1, ' . Centennial 3

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Thou unrelenting Past! Strong are the barriers round thy dark domain, and fetters sure and fast, Hold all that enter thy unbreathing reign. The Centennial year: a unique time of remem- branceg a century to review, to cast a long wistful look backward, over the span of a hun- dred years, but all the while, the year itself moves forward. From Normal School to State Teachers' College to State College to Univer- sity-all this, a steady procession and transi- tion from era to era. Homecoming christened the yearg Homecoming-where graduates through the years, the wealth of the institution, heed the call to relive a portion of their lives. Former foreign exchange student Leta Quilfeldt and husband Thou hast my better yearsg Thou had my earlier friends, the good, the kind, Yielded to thee with tears- The venerable form, the exalted mind. Alumni: They return, retracing the wayward steps in their life's journey back to an oasis, their alma mater. The summons so compelling that Leta Quilfeldt trouped to the throng of her classmates from her home in Oslo, Norway. Why this retreat to one small niche in the far-flung and limitless expense of space and time? The alumni become migrants, wending their way along a path of remnants, with visions of the people and of the college, both as vivid in their minds as in the time within which they livedg native pilgrims that return to kindle dormant affections and loyalties among themselves, and to revive a sense of pride and honor for the institution that served as the nucleus of their attention for one segment of their existence. Yet, the renewed warmth inspires them to press onward once more against the realities of a volatile world. SEMO president Walter W. Parker 1933-1956 2 Ce tennial 55 xlz'-5:2113 'ft 1?5s.-:L 1 .: ' .w A' v ,. 3Atv33A.'f?s, ' 7-' f- QM: ' Y?-fsf 9,443 'l tibia- 2'

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They have not perished-no! Kind words, remembered voices once so sweet, Smiles, radiant long ago, and features, the great souI's apparent seat. Fleminiscence: a mingling of common emotions, of fleeting moments recaptured, but ones that lapse into fleeting recollec- tions. Expansion and maturation of the self reduced to one sliver of the whole being, each person a universe within the un- iverse-each the filter for his course of life. A memory may snatch and snag at familiar harbors, old ports of recognition. Reflec- tions-those intangible components of the individual-gather and cloud the mind, veiling it in the security of sentiment. ,aid-6 N '. All shall come back, each tie of pure affection shall be knit again, The past: The Past William Cullen Bryant's nostalgic summation of mortality. What power breathes through yesterday to regenerate today and chart tomorrow? Like the silent touch of an unseen hand, the past gropes through the relics of ex- perience, searching for unity among kin- dred spirits. The Centennial, launched by the reunion of the alumni, blends the changes wrought in each and all to spice the savor of reminiscence-to gain perspective, at the juncture of a hundred years over the past, through the present, and toward the future. Nostalgia by Darrell Jones e enn al n . vt nu :tau , mg A4 gig, a . , ' 'airw- Q ,Q Q J 0 ll 'f' 1-no i Q rm I. 11.1 'T -- 3 .fm . yt, . fi'1 ' ' 'gr F TQ. , 2. it li i ivffgtn y ,ff , w Q Z ' 5