Emory University - Campus Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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The Real Camp Emory? There's More Fun In The Summer Sun By midsemester spring, nearly every student at Emory is counting down the days left until summer vaction. As the days gradually get warmer and sunnier, we invariably invision that forthcoming 3-month period of bliss . . . no more having to get up at 8 or Q AM no Calculus, Chemistry, Biology, Psychology, Sociology, Reli- gion, English or History tests . . . no more term papers . . . no more all-nighters and last minute cramming which leads to an overwhelming l'm going to fail this test anyway attitude . . . NO MORE EMORYIII Those days are waited on with eager anticipation by almost everyone. Almost everyone, I say. Everyone, that is, except those students who choose to go to summer school Qughy. For the students who make this decision, all the wonderful visions of a relaxing, carefree, days-in-the- sun summer are clouded by other less pleasant images more books, .. . more tests . . . more studying . . . MORE EMORY CUC-Hy!!! . . . BUT MORE FUN . . . Yes, that's right, more fun. What most people take for granted is the idea that Emory is as much a rat race in the summer as it is during the year. Nothing could be more inaccurate. I attended summer school last year, and much to my surprise I found that Emory is entirely a differ- ent place during those summer months. I found that the absence of the regular bustling activity was both relaxing and refreshing. The courses are less intense, even though they span only a 5-week period, because the professors are more relaxed in teaching and can usually create a one-on-one relationship with the students. Since everyone is housed in the same dorm QTurman Westj, I got the chance to meet a lot of students that I otherwise would not have known. Everyone has a lot of freetime, since the normal load is only one or two classes. The same people showed up at all the activities. There were cookouts, band parties, ice cream parties, trips to Six Flags and the Braves games and many other events. One of the most popular events was the demolishing of thelold gymnasium. I heard about one student who, in an ironic gesture of the pains of past drownproofing exper- ience, took pride in the case of retrieving a five pound brick from the depths of the swimming pool Qeven if it was emptyj. Other students managed to search the gym and walk away with material nostalgia - arrows CArcheryj, swimming paddles and floats CSmyke's swim- ming classy, and even a pamphlet of Coach Mary Alice Clower's bowling class - More Pins, More Fun. In essence, many summer school students found that Emory can actually be a very fun and enjoyable place. Harry P. Russell sums up his feelings about last summer: It was very laid-back. The campus seemed somewhat de- serted, but this allowed me more opportunity for recrea- tion and outside activities that I probably could not have had during the rigorous schedules of the regular aca- demic year. - Gary Griffin is 2? I ENS ': . , x - ' . if .541 .JI i -wg.. . 1: , ,BX ifgggfl Q Q .UM wil-LA Youngling Summer X27

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H The Physical Planr of The physical educafion depart- menl is The best of ifs kind in The Soufh, as affesled by The many favorable remarks made by college person- nel fhroughouf The area who are waiching The Emory sysfern. This sToTemenT was prinled several years afTer The 1949 opening of The Emory Field House. The Field House was The core of The aThIeTic deparTmenT, which adopTed The slogan AThleTics for all when The gym was opened. The commiTmenT To aThleTics for all ThaT was firsT expressed in The 4940's is obviously sTiII a main concern of The adminisTraTion as evidenced by The opening of The George W. Woodruff Physical Educa- Tion CenTer. T , A Z 1' : , , 3 1 53: