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

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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]

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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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■ fck 1 P F- g ii mi tf A rare, quiet moment in the student center- Changing books for the next class. We wore ready for more relaxation after our strenuous trip to llie art ciepart- nunl. and Bingo knew just wliere to go. Have you heard of our student center? hv in([uired, as we eanie back to the first floor. This, I soon found, is something of an annex to the bookstore. Many students who seek a few minutes of i-est between classes come to the student centtr. . spe- cial committee is delegated to supervise the rooms and select hosts and hostesses lor it. Hingo told me. Several students were groupi ' d around Ihe desk at tlie entrance of the sludint cen- ter when we walked in. I ' our l)oys were ])laying i)ing-j)ong in an adjoining room. In Ihe otf.er room that comprises the cen- ter, students were scattere i around on tlie lounges and benciies enviably carefree — gossiping, sleeping, loafing, and a few were actually trying to study, though that is considered extremely out of place. There are study rooms on tlie second and third floor, too. hut the student ctnler is the most popular place for between-class gatherings. These students seemed to nie to liave thi ' knack of comi)ining work witli l)lay in a most satisfactory manner. Meet me at my lockir. is a familiar l)l:rase -and many students do liasty chal- ting at tiieir lockers, when tiicy don ' t use tlie hookst ire or tlie student centir. [16]