Stephen F Austin State University - Stone Fort Yearbook (Nacogdoches, TX)

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Forestry Class Bookstore Football Game Basketball Game J[ Record of... Stephen F. Austin began its first classes twenty-five years ago in borrowed rooms at the Nacogdoches High School. Its sole build- ing at that time was a small shack situated on the high school campus. Today, ex-students of only two or three years will be amazed at the growth of the physical plant of the college. One main addition to the college facilities is the athletic field including the stadium seating 6,000 spectators. New buildings will be noticed on every hand, the two newest being another men ' s dormitory and the Student Union Building. w APIECE £ Kangaroo Court Picnic Band on Parade Pep Rally

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ti New Boys ' Dormitory From tha t very first turbulent day in September, otherwise known as Registration, until more confusion with mid - year examinations in January, a resourceful student body on the SFA campus provided ample entertainment for itself. This included everything from masquerade balls, picnics, parades, and pep rallies to kangaroo court, basketball and foot- ball games. And last, but not least — Bearkat Day! Just a stroll across the campus would have been incomplete without a pause to watch the progress of a forestry class cutting down an East Texas pine. Rush parties, in such varied forms as hayrides and teas, made the annual Rush-Week memorable. It may have been turmoil in September, but it was the be- ginning of a great year at SFA. Ill

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Christmas Dinner-Dance ...AND ...PERSONALITIES, ACTIVITIES Women ' s Recreational Center Aikman Gymnasium