Tufts University - Jumbo Yearbook (Medford, MA)

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How soon We forget the world that revolved about our miniature college world. This section is a kaleidoscope of the happenings, the fads, the personalities of this life around us during our four years at Tufts. geqand Me 7165! When We entered Tufts in the fall of 1951 the Korean War was beginning its second year. The truce talks had been resumed, but some fierce fight- ing continued. Soldiers still bled and died, American casualties increasing 20,000 in two months, bringing the total by December Well over the 100,- 000 mark. However, With better rota- tion programs and the diminish- ed fighting, more American boys Were returning to the United States. But it was not a homecoming of band playing, cheering, dancing in the streetsg it was rather like . . .

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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.

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Homes had to be furnished. Chairs, like the butterfly-type below in which Julie Harris is seated, reflect the striving for that compromise between casual comfort and modernistic styling. Korea created no butter lines or ration stamps, Americans were as ma- terially well-off as ever. And as as- sembly lines gushed television sets, people used their leisure viewing such new TV personalities as dynamic Bis- hop Fulton Sheen, who soon eclipsed Uncle Miltief' On the homefront, life was going on as usual, as this scene of some people waiting for a bus on a Pittsburgh corner depicts. The Korean conflict, which General Omar Brad- ley called the wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy, was having difficulty find- ing space in the nation's newspapers. Amer- icais mind was busy elsewhere. One of the cleanest diversions was the chlorophyll craze, soon everything from toothpaste to dog food had the green stuff in it. IHIURUPHHllllxlliizii it ...uve -'31 . Ui-P':,1..i...1' 'Iva 'mmm -,M