Photograph of Josie Gallardo Cantu at a desk. Cantu can be seen looking at the camera, wearing a button-up shirt. Cantu (’63) was a journalism major from San Antonio and editor for the 1962 Yucca during her junior year. She was tasked with documenting the excitement of the institution’s “University Year.” Cantu and her team of Yucca staff diligently recorded all of the momentous firsts; including the largest fall enrollment of 8,638 students, the establishment of one-way streets in downtown Denton, the use of student pictures on ID cards, and the first Big-Little Sister Skit Night.

Photograph of a student performing a dissection on a fish in his biology class. He is wearing gloves and the fish is cut open in front of him.

Photograph of two female students performing a cat dissection in their biology class. they are each wearing one glove and have small tools. A third male student watches from behind and is also holding a small tool.

Photograph of a male and female student performing a cat dissection in their biology class. It is lying on a tray and the male is using a tool to look at it. The female is wearing a glove.