Virginia Commonwealth University - Cobblestone Wigwam Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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' . Editor . . . Janice Foster Assistant Editor . . . Joseph Ebhardt ' SSI Art Editor . . . Eugene Taylor, Jr. Copy Editor . . . Bruce Ryder Business Manager . . . Elsa Perry Introduction . . Administration Features . . . '

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In today ' s world of the conformist, the Cob- blestone 1969 breaks out as the individual. Instead of a single volume, the book has been divided into six separate but homogeneous volumes. The change from the traditional year- book design was made in part to be different, but for a greater part to facilitate production. Previously one person had to do most of the work on the book. The division has permitted the work load to be divided between six peo- ple. The division will increase the quality of the volumes to a more professional level. This year ' s book is like a new leader. New leaders at first appearances seem to be radical and unusual. As more time passes the new leader will be judged and the final appraisal will prove the leader worthy of copy. The Cobble- stone is the only book of its kind in Virginia, and it will become the model for many of the other schools. The publishing company has chosen our book as a sample of what can be done with imagination, cooperation and hard labor.

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' a- - •♦ ■ ' • • • .■ ■ ' » iMiii»»li Mmi» Mmm«im j i -j; ; n?j .. S; ;:, ir ' r V: The University like the yearbook is a stran- ger — a new leader. The campus is not the typical rolling hills of green grass. Our cam- pus is more like dirty slopes of asphalt. The student life here is different. We are not per- mitted to be an academic entity to ourselves. We are, in contrast, a living force acting and reacting to the city which surrounds and blends with us. It should naturally follow then, the yearbook, which is a yearly statement about the school, should also be different. No other school in Virginia would attempt to have a yearbook like the Cobblestone 1969. Every annual has two basic and fundamen- tal duties. The first is to give to the students, who own the book, something that they desire to have. The yearbook visually depicts the school as it was for that year. The book must catch that .fleeting mood of a moment and make it live again. The second is to present the material in the most artistic fashion pos- sible. This requirement has been fulfilled. The art work contained in these small six books is presenting the school to the students. One other factor also enters into the equation of a great annual and that is the courage to be different. Hopefully, both duties have been ful- filled to the ultimate degree. ' ■ t iii fg S ii M iii i i ■ifiC :,