Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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S Indiana University, like any other great institution, is a combination of day-to-day events, and the high traditions of western civilization. For nearly a century and a half, black shrouded graduates have left the University and entered a world which was very much occupied with its problems of the moment. This year . . . auto production 5% less unemployment . . . Southern drought H-bomb . . . high price of beef. The University, through its educational tradition, has helped its people to see these problems, to worry about these problems, and to solve these problems. Because of tradition, the same things tend to happen from one year (or decade) to the next . . . Indiana 1954 is not outstandingly different from Indiana 1953 . . . and we don ' t expect many changes in Indiana 1955. Possibly this is our University ' s strength. H , « -- ■

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ir -i :--- i-,. ' f ' ' ■ ' i Z i m A giant sprawled over irregular land that once fed cattle and produced firewood. Indiana University sits atop 1,392.06 acres of red, infertile clay. With summer ' s foliage, few buildings lack a certain seclusion. Neither the eye nor the camera can record any significant expanses ... for both are soon arrested by an intervening hill, building, or group of trees. It is difficult to maintain this rural charm. Steel, stone, and cement are massed to form new buildings . . . America ' s autos demand more parking lots and wider drives. Summer sends the student home and smothers Bloomington in uncomfortable heat. Grass, flowers, and trees prosper . . . again, fragments of campus look like corners of farmers ' meadows.