Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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. . . And yet too bi to be l'?,.- fi N 'x' 'fl ,.,, - ' H' ., ,nf-' ' ,- :Ar ' asf fihi-e h as Construction results reached a new plateau this year with the opening of the new Agriculture building and the Thompson Point residence center and cafeteria. Students gathered at tables in every corner of the Student Union when card-playing in the Oasis was discontinued. 8 Many buildings were near com- pletion, but construction didn't stop.

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enou h to be smu Bicycles are becoming a necessity as the campus continues to spread. But add a tandum bike and a couple, and the picture presents itself differently. Within a World of its own, the University leads many lives. A lot of activity . . . and more than that. The studious realm of the library, the quiet campus of late afternoon, the early morning mass movement from dorm to classroom, the frenzy of campus elections-all belong to the stream of activity which is the Universityis life. As the campus tosses away its misty morning blanket, corridors fill, benches lure occupants and students gather at the small oases along the classroom route-an infor- mality with a heart. The moods of the campus are varied-elation, solitude, anticipation, contemplation. The joy received from a job Well done, the loneliness which seems to creep in about exam time, the hope for a successful year which hides under the laughter and despair of the registration line. It was all here at Southern-perhaps more of it this year, as the University's expansion seemed to ex- plode. And yet, not too much. The University isn't that big yet-and if it is, the formality that accompanies growth has not yet appeared. Snow at Southern is a rarity. but a light dusting now and then is a spirit-lifter E. ,Ai imb- -r-tim. N--. 'Fj- 'Q 3 VQHQJB, av 75- x 1,

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modest 0 . s or .iw swf' 2 tg vi 1 3, v M , l 1 ,,..tW..,.m ,,,.,W 1 I A 2 I I The face of the University is her people, for a structure is void without life. To Southern Illinois University came aspiring young men and women from multifarious walks of life. From many states of the nation, the Far East, Middle East, Europe, South America, and United States territories came people ot every race and creed. They-each person remaining an individ- ual -arrived collectively at the University to form the student bodyg they were intent on enriching their lives by working with one an- other in classrooms and campus activities. There were more of them this year than ever before -almost 7,000 - and when a group of such proportions comes together, the meeting and sharing of new ways to live compels momentum. The intricate design of an individual per- sonality is woven into the emotional tapestry of a college campus, and the tapestry at Southern is no longer one of modesty, but of pride. With a freshman class of about 2,000, convoca- tions were scenes of mass activity.