University of New Mexico - Mirage Yearbook (Albuquerque, NM)

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here we are. I ss I'd better start er here . . . oo broad and sweeping to catch with a camera, U.N.M. 1955-56 has just swept past in a blurry Hash. The minutes now are only phantom memories -they sped by too quickly. Too often it's only the hours that are remem- bered. The events of challenge, triumph, or despair overshadow the infinite number of minutes spent building toward those hours of significance. or many, U.N.lVl. 1955-56 started with the monumental task ol turning a bleak dormitory room, stacked with the belong- ings ot a lifetime, into a home . . . a home for four years. And though at times seemed that the time would never end, t too long until the job was finished. lust a few more bags and r it'1l be unpacked. s ss is mr ,.. ,N 1 .V is is we mwssrm, , 5. - i is an 1 ,saws ass sums me H 'g. Home was this V is M me - an .. me . . N mn. -sr , 97 , 4,5 is -fi --- .. if .. ,----v-Ya .., , --R :iii W, i X QQ ii .:. is 55 .Q km X 1... .-.y'- 'WB su Y fig- , t' .:.

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lt's not easy to lool: baelcwarcls. VV e are muglit to lool: foiwaicl. Tomofiow is ioclay zmcl the clay after, if only lleeiiiig secoiicls ziwziy. VV e liuiry iowziicl the end with little time to savor lilie niezzus. Caught in Elie wliirl of iomoriows we seldom have time to linger over flue magic of ioclay. Ulloo sooii we breast tlie tape :mtl foo late i'e21.lize ilie fun lay iii 'Elie Illl'll7lHg.77 lilere is 21 gmpliio Ieeoicl ol lfll2lf mmiiiig . . . l?l'CSl'lH1CiI facing 3 new life of ioutiiies, biiicliiig selieclizles and ilie ziwesoine taslc of 'zleiiriiiiigf' Seniors, staicl wilili flue lciiowleclge Elieyfve glezziiecl from Ll.N.IEill., face Elie future with assurecliiess and Coumge - and may be in later years, sepamtecl fiom the joys of college life by time, can retuiii for a few lingering monienis through these pages. Leizing bacl: l'.l21'OUgl1 21 life of college is not sis pleasant as living iliroiigli tlizaf life, buf still if lzelps. Wfe pause, ilip amoiliei page of time, iimybe sliecl 3 bear, laugli H.llfflC2lHCllJGSfOl:Zlll1'CH7C1l1lDCi' ....

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Ili T? . X in Maybe a shower and cleanup will wake me up. Ylie clamoring of an alarm cloclc is an effective Weapon. But i a clamoring conscience is more effective. At times dorm life was one alarm to another and then it was often a cold trndge through the snow to class-big cleal! Brr, All I can say is wc'cl better have exam. Too, too early. Couldn't study anyway. But I just gotta get up! 4: :-2 f ,. ' Q :X I Ill -..,. 4, 'W' 5 5 2, ' l l i ig .Vp ' X ' Q? . 7 -.af f Who said study in the morning was the best way? And, gosh X S S! fl PM uq sa if 'il I . in M 'll' ici- 1 A if -1' ,i ess , it's time to eat or I'1l be late to class