Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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Here is one of the scenes of untamecl beauty dis- covered and cltartecl by a geography field trip group wlzile touring Canaria last Summer. The students made the 3,300 mile trip in three weeks. CAMPUS BEGINS AT THOMPSCN The University's area of influence is far- flung. Groups go out on field trips nearly every week, and in the Summer geography-geology classes in recent years have toured most of North Ameri- ca, last Summer visiting Canada. An archeological campsite is maintained at Durango, Mexico, and foreign langu- age groups visit that country once every two years. Closer to home, the school,s Division of University Extension main- tains a residence center in Belleville and arranges many classes in nearby towns. Recognizing its ohligation to its area, the school is active in area services, par- ticularly in the newly created Depart- ment of Community Development which assists Southern Illinois towns in recon- ditioning projects. The University is act- ive, too, in making its facilities avail- able to off-campus groups for meetings and conferences. The learning process is not confined to a campus classroom.

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UTHER You 1-an see Southern-s sm' if ymfvf: luffln lwrf- as long as four years. fefxl it-slunglu-l'1n'cym1reavln it. It sits on lln' vc-ry edge ol' tlw glut-iul fleposits, WllCl'l'f the llills nwvt lllf? plains. It is f'UllllNDllI1flPd of tlnf rural South. the industrial North. It c-untains nun-li lrmn tllc vity lnut is p1'ffmlm11i1u1tf'ly just plain folks. lts town is Carlmmlale-. easy going, contvnt to llave Stblllllftfll as its prinvipal inclustry-aml proucl of it. You Illlglll say that tht- svlmol is the tuwn you wuuldn't lie fa 1' frmn wrong. Fur, llltlllgll SUlIlllC1'll is edging towurcl lnig- ncss, it is ff-vlilig its way1-ulltimlsly-f eloing its lwsl to keep growth il IllZlllt'1'Of lwim-ks and steel, st1'ix'ingtolwvp laig vn- rullmvnts an nlattcr of stutisliv. not at lllllltlitllllly. It evlmvs tl1vz11'vu frmn whit-ll it sprung. Tllill.H the lvcst tlling ulmut SUlllllt'l'll. lt's ke-pt its ht-in-1.

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X A 'ffl we '11, ' .K yn.. U A - .g ,I ' , I - - 'li ' ' W 0, L , Q z if -D WA., M. -M , y k S1U,s Community De- velopment plan is rap- idly helping rid South- ern Illinois towns of scenes such as this. in POINT -- REACHES CANADA High school journalists meet at University School for a session in their annual SIHSPA convention. They and many other groups use University facilities for fre- quent meetings. , Q A-aff . ' A Q - ',. ,-1 5 . , Ugg - - . A , if ..:.ir'nsaiu -1-1. -- 4 4..:- Mir.: Q I ! :ffl ,of H '55 E f'g xy, ' -Nfl' 'QVA ' Students from, Southern and four other schools excavaterl in the Cache River val- ley near Cairo last Summer on an anthro- pological fielfl session stnciying Indians from 10,000 to 2,000 B.C. ' T 1'W P-Kurs., -.9 A .. Sl.. 5 -4