Northwest Missouri State University - Tower Yearbook (Maryville, MO)

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Ho was ri ' fcrriii, fo tlic i)r()jcction room, from wliich llic auditorium htlow (.-ould be sfi ' ii through tin- openings used for the showing of fihiis. The audi- torium recently was redecorated, I was told, and we got the full effect of its harmonious creams and tans from our u|)stairs ie v])oint. On the way down to first floor (Bingo was thirsting for a coke and had me headed for the bookstore) we heard the frantic clickcty-clack of fy])ewriters emitting from a room tiiat was labeled Xort Invest Missourian. Student iditors and reporters are in there, explained Bingo. They cover the campus — and no sooner is the ink dry on one issue of tlie paper than tliey start on another. Cokes and studies mix well in the bookstore, apparently. When Bingo and I walked in, the tables were all full, the whole place resounding with youth-let- ouf-of-class. Endless coke-sipping, cof- fee-drinking, casual note-reviewing, vis- iting and general relaxation contribute to the magnetic atmosphere. It ' s like pulling eyeteeth to get them out of hen ' at closing time, laughed Bingo. Norttiwest Missourian editors cover the campus. Bookstore cokes and coffee aid concentration. Dave Murphy prepares to drive the new station wagon to town. [14]

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■itll our limilcd kii() vli(l,i r of physics. vc (lidiTt slay |o si ' c liow llic pliysics cx- prriTiU ' iit liiriud oul. l)iit we (. ' ould Icll l)y the sitaiiud looks on tlu ' i ' acrs of one r()iip of sliidciils liml somcllum rnllui ' friK ' ial was al stakf. l,ca ini lliis lalioia- lory. I ' iiitjo imirmurcd. This way. (his way. and gnidcd nic lo Ihc opposite end of llic iiaii where, as hv put il. (hdiiions odoi-s wi ' iH ' waftin on the acaih ' inie air. l inoi) t ' ideiitly iuid known liie joys of Hcking cake pans and spoons, judging by b.is enthusiasm over what was cooking. Ignoring us. tlie home I ' conomics girls con- tinued to level ofl ' cui)fuis of this and spoonfuls of that, an i as far as we e er knew tlu ' ir culinary efforts for the day were highlv successfid. Next we found future agriculturists pouring U]) (hll ' erent kinds of soils for close scrutiny. It wouldn ' t surprise v in the least. said Uingo to me. if liiey knew exactly how many husheis to liie acre this soil or that woidd yield and why. We drop|)ed in next on Mr. ( aullield ' s geography lahoi ' alory. wiiere lie st ' cmed lo he I ' overing a lol of lerritoiy on thai globe of iiis. Vt ' found advanced students in the chemistry laboratory mixing some sort of l)owerful pcjtions. 1 wanti ' d lo stay and see what happened, but P ingo hurried me away from tlu ' |)lace btcause of ids sensi- ti e nose and his fear of c([ualions. Something more you must see. he con- tinued. It ' s on second floor, but strangely enough we remain on third floor to see it. Easter Assembly — the Chorus sings Handel ' s Messiah. [13]

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No fair looking at the keyboard. A fine arts class in session. Suddenly the 1x11 rang, and almost as siukknly a new shift took ovei the book- store. Most of those who had been there when we first went in now dutifully left to attend classes. We gave the new class period time to get under way and then set out on another lap of our visiting tour. AYe stopped in to see fledgling typists who were serious about learning to type without looking. Leaving the commerce department, which is down the hall from the bookstore. Bingo suggested a trip to the art dejiart- ment. A wonderful way to take olf a few |)()un(ls, ' lie said, is to enroll in an art course. The reason, apparently, is that the art department is on the fourth tloor. We were putting and panting by the liim we arrived. While Miss DeLuce was holding the at- tention of a group in the front of the room, other art students were in the rear of the room drawing and painting. Interesting examples of artwork done by the students were hanging around the walls of the de- ]iartnient. You can always find some kind of in- teresting art exhibit out in the hall next to the classroom, Bingo informed me. Peo- ])le who don ' t know a thing about art come u]) here, take a course in it. and the next thing they know they ' re watching for such exhibits and wanting to know when there will be a new one. That ' s one nice tiling about college, Hingo suddenly became philosophical, it makes students discover new things to en- joy — things tluy otherwise might have considered stully and too niucli biyond Ihcm. [15]