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Reflection and Revelation |
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What In the World...? |
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| While yearbooks serve primarily to document the most local of local history, i.e., a few acres that enclose a particular college campus, the books reflect the wider world perhaps even without intending it. Evidence of international events appear subtly in the content, design and imagery chosen for a particular year. Lists of "Those Who Have Served" cue us that military conscription disrupts a young man’s education. Red, white, and blue - rather than school colors - decorate the covers during times of intense patriotism. Less lavish books, and probably smaller runs, are produced in response to economic downturns and tightened school budgets. Evidence of fashion styles are captured in black and white, no matter what the year’s "hot color" was. And social issues addressed by blacks and whites in response to "the color line" are permanently recorded between covers that look deceptively plain and undisclosing. | ||
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| Page last updated on July 17, 2000. |
