Tufts University - Jumbo Yearbook (Medford, MA)

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preferred more by the girls, but the Jacksonites had quite the opposite feelings regarding Westerns, which were preferred by twice as many men as girls. Museums afforded more pleasure to the females also, who enjoyed both art and science exhibits. The boys showed a definite preference for science museums over art galleries. Sports were an important part of our college lift. Most of us were spectators to all-school athletics, and football was by far our favorite. Basketball drew us in large numbers also, and the majority of our class found baseball attractive. Hockey was popular too with the men and with some of the Jacksonites, while soccer and lacrosse had followers in about a third of the class. We liked to participate in sports too, not just on teams but for our individual pleasure. Swimming was the favorite sport, especially among the girls, and tennis ran a close second. Sailing was very pop- ular with more than half the respondents. Golf was enjoyed more by the men and horse- back riding was enjoyed by about half of all the students. Of the winter sports ice- skating ranked first, and al- most SOW of our number liked to take off to the mountains for skiing. Fishing and hunting stand out clearly as men's sports and they enjoyed quite a bit of pop- ularity. When we moved indoors bowling was a favorite activity and about a third of us rated roller-skating highly. Dating was a very big part of our college life and best of all We liked to don our dancing shoes. We danced a lot while we were at Tufts, at all the school affairs, at the hotels and clubs in town and the more artistic souls among us footed it in leotards and tights. The foxtrot was far and away our favorite dance with the old- fashioned waltz not far behind in popularity. The girls in our class were lots more adventurous on the dance floor than their somewhat conservative Tufts partners, and it was not an un- common sight to see the men standing self-conciously on the sidelines while their dates tap- ped impatient feet to the South American rhythms they liked so well. Nearly half the girls liked to Charleston too, but few of the boys would try it, and though a third of the Jack- son gals were eager to jitterbug they could only find partners in a very small number of the males in our class. The Bunny Hop and the Mexican Hat Dance were played at all the dances, and more than half of us enjoyed these a great deal. Passing from the ballroom to the studio or stage we showed some interest in modern dance, but here again the Tufts men were more reluctant. Going to the theater on a date was also rated highly by the large majority of our class, and movie dates were very much enjoyed. A musical even- ing was the choice many of us made, either at symphony or, for a different type of ear en- tertainment, listening to jazz. Sports events were considered good date destinations by most of us too. The picture of the college student spending the better part of his time drinking, proved to be a false one, for only about one-third of us cared to spend an evening with a date in that way. Most of all we enjoyed being with people, though the craze for big wild parties was tem- pered by desire for pure talk by the time we reached our Senior year. Few of us rated fraternity parties high on the list of what we liked to do on a date, though a large majority greatly enjoyed parties at the homes of friends. Perhaps it was a sign of maturity that, as Seniors, our ideas of good times had developed to a stage where the evenings we most enjoyed were those we spent just sitting and talking with people we liked. S we reach the end of four years of living within our college it is difficult indeed to give an objective an- alysis of what it has meant to us. At best we can abstract a generalized feeling about our school, and that feeling is a good one. The great majority of all students, 707 of the L. A. respondents, 78W of Jack- son and 877 of the Engineers, have been highly satisfied with the total picture of four years in retrospect. The degree to which we were satisfied with our own college training is reflected in our feel- ings about sending future children to Tufts and jackson. On this account we find that among the L. A. students 5575 would encourage a son to at- tend Tufts assuming he would want to go and 4-255 would encourage a daughter to attend Jackson. Among our female re- spondents 477f would encour- age their son's attendance of

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houses, but that the dormitory life itself at Jackson is the more satisfying. It is both noteworthy and gratifying that very few of us replied Don't known to ques- tions concerning the extra-cur- ricular program, here we have a good indication of our parti- cipation in activities. And, though we may have joined them just for fun, three-quar- ters of the L. A. respondents, 78? of Jackson and 65? of the Engineers find that their activities have to some degree contributed to our maturity. The personal faculty con- tacts we made also helped us to mature, according to the state- ments of 73? of Liberal Arts, 72? of the Engineers and 71 Z3 of Jackson. The very fact of living away from home, which many of us did, seems to have had a large effect on the maturing process. Again recalling those who com- muted from their homes, we see that 70? of Jackson, 46? of Liberal Arts and 44? of the Engineers considered the separa- tion from parents and home beneficial. College has of course caused certain changes in parent-child relations to come about, and these have mainly been for the better. Without a doubt we be- came more independent of our parents, 78? of Jackson, 74? of Liberal Arts and 60? of the Engineers agreed on this. The fact that 92? of the Engineers, 83? of the L. A. respondents and 59? of the Jackson girls, or a total of 249 students, have Worked to earn part of their way through college, has prob- ably been a major factor in our establishment of ourselves as independent individuals. Along with a growing free- dom, 88? of Jackson, 79? of the L. A. respondents and 77? of the Engineers have also become closer to our parents in the sense of being more able to enjoy their company at an adult level. College seems to have had very little effect on our reli- gious beliefs. Though some measure of change did occur, we tended to remain pretty much as we were when we en- tered Tufts. 46? of Liberal Arts, 40 ? of Jackson and 39? of the Engineers are not at all more religious, and 45? of Liberal Arts, 44? of Jackson and 51 721 of the Engineers have not become at all less religious while at college. OLLEGE afforded us a wonderful opportunity to do the things We most en- joyed and to find other people to share them with. We de- veloped many new interests here and discovered for our- selves things we'd only read about, while we were at Tufts. Music hath charms it is said, and we all succumbed. Though our taste for its different forms varied widely, uclassicaln sym- phonic music was enjoyed by the largest number. The more modern symphonic music was enjoyed a great deal by about half the seniors. Opera was ap- preciated more by the girls than the men, and the same was true of ballet. Jazz, especially Dixieland, caught the fancy of much of our class, and here the men were more enthusiastic. Progressive jazz was less popular, fewer than one-third of our class were devotees of this brand, and folk music, the original jazz form, was enjoyed to a high degree by about the same number. The ever-changing popular songs of our four years were a source of pleasure to over half our class. Theater was a very popular form of entertainment to us at college. The girls enjoyed drama more than the men, but all bore out the adage that people go to the theater to be enter- tained, for comedy plays were rated the highest and musicals ranked next. Dramatic plays too were enjoyed a great deal by the majority of Tufts and Jackson. Whether better than ever or not, we liked going to the movies. Particularly we en- joyed dramatic pictures, and about three-quarters of the students found historical, musi- cal, and comedy movies very enjoyable. Foreign films were

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Tufts, and SSW would urge a daughter to follow in their own footsteps. Three-quarters of the Engineers would highly encourage a sonis application to Tufts and 3275 would en- courage a daughter to go to Jackson. O we stand, the class of 'S 5 looking alternately for- wards and backwards - un- sure of what lies ahead and not yet fully aware of what we are leaving behind. Most of us have some plans and goals before us, and these are as diversified as the person- alities that conceived them. Oc- cupation-Wise our Engineers are most set, though 5'Z2 of them are planning on going in- to manufacturing and sales. Among the Liberal Arts men a quarter of the class are entering the field of medicine, 219? go- ing into the business world and 1272 embarking on law careers. 1071 of the men want to teach, though only one-tenth that many majored in education. The Jacksonites are the least certain, 2075 are still undecid- ed as to future occupation. Five times as many as majored in it, 27W want to teach, HW are going into Biology and 976 in- to Social Service work. Although working fits the future of most of our class, the thirst for formal education has been whetted by the college ex- perience, and plans for graduate school occupy our senior minds. Of the L. A. respondents 7892 want to go to graduate school at some time and 467' want to go right after graduation. S67? of the Engineers have grad school aspirations, SW for the next year. At Jackson 3778 of the girls Want to attend grad- uate school and a third of these plan on going on in September. The matter of military ser- vice of course affects many plans for jobs or further school- ing. The seniors are well aware of the highly uncertain age in which We are involved. About 70? of the class feels it is quite probable that another world war will occur during our lifetime. Despite our somewhat shaky position, marriage remains one of our central concerns at pres- ent. 25 of our class are married already, 40 are engaged and an- other 7 5 are either pinned or going steady. 25? of the class from Jackson, 2172 of those in Engineering, and 1670 of Liberal Arts are planning on marriage within a year after graduation. And Whether the prospect is far-off or imminent, we all have some very definite ideas of what we want in our future mates. Intelligence is considered a necessary factor for our spouses by most of us, but it is partie- ularly important to the Jack- sonites, 9219 of whom rate this very highly. About the same can be said of our desire for well-educated mates. 6971 of the Jackson girls want men who are intellectually superior to themselves and, convenient- ly, more than three-quarters of the Tufts men and Engineers do not seek that quality in their wives. Common interests are also important to well over three-quarters of our class. A similar socio-economic background is more important to the girls than to the En- gineers and L. A. men. About Vw V V - .-xi Q s -4 ff- 4 1 fi r-l -, EV .Wwe 4? N5-Jfv 1 1:4 ' r 1- V 1' .V '4 i Jr! l' T i K ' , f 'B -, 1 .. I . , I -L fa in 5 th? 5 I 4 1 ii N ,i l - v . ' ' ,A 1 1' 7 1 I Nl lib 1 Q ,- . 5 1 1 l tx al g .P ' Y T 1 Xt ti K .- I i V i . 'Y - X L Q x sw A ' 'e l E ,G K L ': i V ,r A 'f X , ' 'V 'Q 1 , j. ix If-.ml K' half the respondents want mar- riage partners of the same re- ligion as themselves and less than a quarter do not feel that this is at all important. There is a diversity of opinion on the gen- eral question of mixed mar- riages with twice as many sen- iors from Jackson and the En- gineering school approving as disapprove. Though specific beliefs need not be the same, the great majority of us feel that similar ethics are vital to successful marriages. It is of very little importance to the majority of our class to marry into money, though the group that finds this most important are the Liberal Arts men, 16?f: of whom feel it is very necessary that their wives be wealthy. 86? of the Jack- son respondents, 5372 of L. A. and 3072 of the Engineers are looking for some financial security in their future mates. Practically all our class feels the necessity for a. sexually at- tractive marriage partner, but though the majority of the men want good-looking wives, this is an unimportant factor to 8272 of the Jacksonites. Nearly all of us Want mates who are understanding of others. A large degree of social skill is important too, to about three-quarters of the L. A. and Jackson respondents, while the Engineers rate this as some- what less necessary. Strength and self-sufficiency is impor- tant to some 97? of Jackson and more than three-fourths of the male respondents place a high value on this quality also. We have reached the jump- ing-off place now and the background we absorbed at Tufts provides the momentum to propel us ahead. For though we have learned and developed here to the extent where nearly every one of us expresses con- fidence in our ability to adjust to whatever the future may demand, the growth process goes on and We must move for- ward with it.