University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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I lie l niveisity of Arkansas al one time occupied one hill and was housed in one building. Since that time the University has grown to cover more than a hundred acres in Fayetteville and spread experiment stations and research centers throughout the state. Along with the physical growth has come diversification. The agricultural program attracts students from all over the world; the engineering college is one of the finest in the United States; and the fine arts building is recognized as one of the outstanding centers of culture in the midwest. Kvery yeai in September several thousand people move onto a campus that is struggling to keep pace with its enrollment. The students that are freshmen look around and begin to try to make a place for themselves in this environment that is new and, to some extent, challenging. Some of them accept their responsibility of independence and a few of them refuse to. The older students renew acquaintances and begin to follow patterns of living that they have previously made for themselves. The patterns that guide a student through four or more years at the University have a purpose; the purpose itself, however, is vague and nebulous, the definition lost somewhere between the freshman year and graduation. This book does not attempt to define the purpose, but only to reflect these patterns that are familiar and the people that follow them, and the progress of a year that grows in importance as it slips further into the memories of those that lived it.

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The Razorback band is a vital part of the spectacle of fall . Marching onto the field before the opening game, the band reflects the spirit of the crowd and the excitement of the weekend; for several weeks the tenor of the University depends upon the fortunes and talents of eleven men on Saturday afternoons .