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

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By Marilyn Mutti Ms. MuUi. pictured far left, page 28, left school in 1953 to get married. She returned to NWMSU in 1970 to complete her education. The years I ' ve spent as a full-time college student have been among the happiest and most rewarding of my life! I enjoy my roles as wife and mother, but after the youngest of our three children started to kindergarten, I felt the need for some outlet other than the women ' s groups, bridge clubs, and church- oriented organizations which a small town has to offer. I ' m just not a - III joiner , and I despise the triteness of most women ' s groups! So, 1 started back to school. My husband and children tease me about being a peren- nial student, because I keep delaying my graduation to take more courses, but I don ' t believe that, in my own case at least, expediency is the single most important consideration. So often one subject will open the door to another, until there ' s really no place to stop! There are only two fields I dislike — science and math. Those were real struggles, helped only by the fact that I was lucky enough to have good instruc- tors and excellent tutors, one of whom was my eighteen year old son. I don ' t believe there have been any special problems adjusting to persons of another age group. The students at NWMSU have been very friendly and open with me, and I ' ve made some wonderful friends among the students and faculty. There have been some funny moments. My fifteen-} ear-old daughter ' s interests arecheerleading, boys, basketball, foot- ball, and lessons, in that order, and one of her first thoughts after I started back to school was that as a full-time student, I would be eligible to try out for cheerleader! She also wondered if I would become an active member of my sorority. Well, I don ' t think the Bear- cats really need an overweight, 39-year- old cheerleader any worse than the AEA ' s need an active with my qualifications, so I ' ll forego those op- portunities! What ' s it like being a full-time college student, wife, and mother? Well, it com- bines the best of several worlds and the only real problem is in lr ing to do justice to each of them. But. it ' s worth the effort. 29

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A year in the life of the NWMSU student. What things concern the student — entertain, enlighten, serve, and divert the student? Fall semester opens with new friends, new activities, or old friends and old routine. Freshmen orientation began August 27, 1972, and for the next four days the bewildered new ; students were subjected to a seemingly endless bombardment of new facts, most of which were happily forgotten at nightly dances. Over 4,200 students crowded the halls of the Ad- ministration Building during the first week of September to register in the new Northwest Missouri State University. For