University of Nevada - Artemisia Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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M Man MuAt Know. rr Those words of beloved poet Carl Sandburg, spoken last year at the University of Nevada commencement, should be our guide for the future. We leave a decade when to call a man an egghead was to insult him, when many suspected intellectual excellence, when education was woefully neglected, when an instructor risked the epithet of subversive when he dared voice an original thought. We enter the decade of the 60 ' s, where the threat of an alien ideology, emphasized by foreign successes in rocketry, has restored education to its rightful place of prominence in the American way of life. The flash of the Sputnik has America more fully aware of the value of higher education. Our citizens realize the achievements of tomorrow are based on the schooling of today. Nevadans are pleased with their University, its repu- tation and progress. The past several months have seen a giant facelifting of a proud old institution on the Reno campus, as thou- sands of dollars have been spent for expansion. At the branch campus in Las Vegas, a massive building program continues, transforming what was once a barren desert into an attractive, bustling center of education. The University of Nevada faces the future with a sparkling new appearance. We are proud of this new look , which reflects the great economic and population expansion of the state. We are also proud of the modern spirit of freedom of academic thought, which has made much of this transformation possible. The demand for higher learning becomes annually greater. I am certain our citizens, our lawmakers and our educators will continue to work together to insure Nevada meets that demand. GRANT SAWYER Governor of the State of Nevada

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QuidinCf Oub Qnxiwtk The University has experienced another year of continued growth on both its campuses. Most apparent has been our physical growth, as evidenced by increased enrollments, totalling thirty percent in two years, and by the impressive number of new buildings under construction, climaxed by the great Noble H. Getchell Library. The new Library in itself symbolizes an even more impor- tant aspect of the University ' s growth, that in intellectual stature. A new seriousness of purpose characterizes the University today, for this is truly an era of accent on excellence. This is not to say that University life will not and should not continue to provide a healthy amount of fun and relaxation, of social and extra-curricular activity. Rather it means that we are giving dominant emphasis to the basic purposes and concerns of the University. Above all, we are a community of scholars — students and faculty — who join in a mutual adventure of the mind and spirit. The issues during the year which have occupied student government, and students generally, reflect this attitude. Dis- cussions in student meeting and in the student newspaper have been vigorous and spirited, with a healthy quantity of disagree- ment. Constructive disagreement leads to clarification and understanding of the issues involved — and this is of primary importance. Renewed devotion to the cause of learning, of human understanding, of human freedom and dignity, will enable us best to do our part to strengthen ourselves and our country for these times of world crisis, and for the conflict in which we shall continue to be involved for many years to come, a conflict which in the ultimate analysis is a struggle to capture the minds of men. Charles J. Armstrong President Board of Regents ... (1 to r) Weld Arnold, William Elwell, N. E. Broadbent, Fred Anderson, Miss Terry, Louis Lombardi, Raymond Germain, President Armstrong