University of Northern Iowa - Old Gold Yearbook (Cedar Falls, IA)

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The youth collection . . . here elementary maiors spend much of their time. Evening. A yawn stifled determinedly . . . . . . heads bowed intently in the curriculum lab. The bustling, friendly library claims many evenings. Heads are bowed in deep thought . . . intent eyes scan the page, attempting to pull out the meaning . . . a hand shields a stifled yawn and an occasional voice or step breaks the si- lence. Upstairs, th e bright books in the Youth library beckon to th e elementary maiors and to anyone inter- ested in browsing back to their younger days. All in all, the Library is more like home than the dorm at times and will seem, as days go on, to be the focus of our study and the center of our college life. The sight of the full shelves and the long, long tables will always bring memories.

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Concentrating in the dorm , . . . undisturbed on the lawn . . . Classes began . . . study began. It was a rare night that we didn't have something to do. The hard part was finding a quiet place to study. Some stayed in the dorm, wrapped in con- centration. Gthers sought the peace and serenity of the open sky and lawn. Only the birds disturbed them here. Still others settled themselves in the busy library, to make islands of intensity in the flow of traffic. No mat- ter where it was, the order of the day was study and more study. lt looked like a stiff year ahead. A good start was important. . . . or an intense island in the libraryg study.

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In The lab or our of doors . . . . . . in painting classes or home economics, we worked at learning, and we learned. BuT classes aren'T all sTudy, we were To find ouT. There were Times of crea- TiviTy, when The painT seemed To leap from The brush To The canvas. There were gym classes, held ouTdoors in The magical fall weaTher. IT was a ioy To feel The bow pull and sTrain againsT your arm. There were The absorbing Times in The laboraTory when all eyes were focused on a minuTe balance be- fore careful noTes we re inked in. There were The niceTies of place seT- Tings and The knowledge of forks and spoons. IT was a rich Time and a busy Time . . . a year of acTiviTy, of learn- ing, and of The warm feeling we had, knowing we were a parT of all This on The busy life of The campus.