Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

Page 10 text:

Going to classes An alarm clock rings. A voice groans from the upper bunk and an arm gropes through the darkness for the whining nuisance. Sleep is ended and the day ' s work has begun. There is a mad dash for the dining hall then to grab the books and get to class before the last bell. From the early hours of morning to late eve- ning there is the daily procession of students hustling to classes along the paths and over the white bridges that stretch and wind across the campus. Couples gather on the building steps be- fore classes for a brief conversation and a ciga- rette. After classes students congregate in the Com- mons for a coffee hour. Over the coffee cups drift bits of conversation, products of maturing young minds. As addicts feed nickels to a brassy juke-box and dunk doughnuts, campus politics is discussed, letters are read and dates are made. Military classes are a part of Joe College ' s schedule. The khaki and blue uniforms that dot the campus scene every Wednesday are proof of this. In the evening students plod home across the white bridges. For some it will be a stop-off at the library for a brief cram, a coke-date at the favored habitat or perhaps going to work. Then home to eat, study and to bed, for tomorrow there is a 7:30 . . .

Page 9 text:

Homecoming festivities Sports — the activity where college students in one accord release pent-up emotions and drive themselves to hysterical frenzy screaming for the team to win. Streaming from all directions and packing themselves tightly together on straight, Jwrd boards in all kinds of weather, they come to see two teams clash in ath- letics. Game time is one time when studies are forgot- ten and the uncertain future doesn ' t matter. With championship material from Indiana playing the other Big Ten squads, the most important thing is to win the game — the other things slip into the back of minds for a while. The Homecoming queen, the decorations at the housing units, the Old Oaken Bucket, the Fire- bell, the trip to NCAA contests, track, wrestling and the baseball diamond are all a part of the sports of college. They are the recreations which bring together the student body as one unit to cheer for the team and relax at the same time.

Page 11 text:

The Auditorium is a symbol of the most talent- ed, most inspiring personalities of our times. To the student, the Auditorium represents the in- structor in the world of imagination, genius and inspiration. It is the workshop of student inge- nuity and talent. It is the stimulator of new standards, the renewer of old ones. It symbolizes the creators of new tastes and new appreciations. As the student lives the productions of imagi- native genius and is stimulated by the words of thinkers, he wonders: Will he ever reach the top? Arc the parts contributing to the ivhole? He tries to sliade his eyes from the enclosing light of the Present and look into the distance of the Future. It disturbs his complacency. Sometimes he feels the goal is out of sight — he has com- pletely lost track of it. Then he is prodded in the back, Walk a few feet further, a great mind counsels, you ' ll find your goal again. But will I ever achieve it? he insists. The future will tell, the future will tell, his mind repeats. The stage will be set, but will you be playing? his heart whispers back. Christmas on the campus