Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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M ' H ' - , .1 , ' On an APO horseback trip, President Morris, his son and Alpha Phi Omega mem- bers check progress on a topographical map. A camp counselor helps a brace-wearing child pre- pare for the water in the crippled children's summer camp program sponsored by SIU and the Southern Illinois Association for the Crippled. More than 150 youngsters from Southern Illinois attended. Bob VValker, Peggy Vallett and Bill Turner rehearse Finian's Rainbow, first SIU musical summer attraction. SIU speech students and faculty go into rehearsals for the folk drama, Sheperd of the Hills at Southern's summer stock theatre at Branson, Mo., on Lake Taneycomo. It was the second and last season for the theatre. Alter the decision was made to close the Branson project, planning began for a similar venture lor future summers at Cairo. Some 320 students graduated at sum- mer commencement, rained into Shr- yock for the first time in many years. 21

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Wifi Swim suits, towels, a fast trip... in the summer : 'Jw . 3 V 2.3 X . 3 I . warm sun, cool water, picturesque rocks, the lake. .. and on the way home, a root beer. In the summertime, Southern justifies its name. The temperature shoots up, and the humidity goes even higher. It's a time for casual clothes and as few as possible. Heat shimmers on melt- ing pavement. Grass Withers and turns brown. A tormenting sun glares from an infinite blue sky. Classrooms are ovens, books as unintelligible as sanskirt. The campus scene changes. Teachers working on advanced degrees make up much of the population. Crab Orchard beckons.

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in the Q W mm A boy gives a girl a helping hand up L gf ' V , ff- 'l U H Gif' tm' :Q sign - H H N H . H w fi - . 1 ' fn ty, , Y.. H V M ,. , 4 g ,Nt iv f X ,i -at it ta, , ,N tl, , Q ,A ' alone together, across fields, a horseback ride amid lingering beauty that is fall. I ,,,, N7 Fall In the fall, excitement is in the air. Crisp, cool nights and warm days shading off into jacket weather make for a stimulating atmosphere. Southern Illinois puts on its fancy dress, and it's quite a show indeed. Reds, yellows, browns, in every hue, run riot across the earth. It's a time for returning, for coming back to familiar haunts after a summer away. For many, and to them most exciting, it's the beginning of a whole new way of life, living at college.