Brown University - Liber Brunensis Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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Those who have been on campus the last few years can sense it. There is a New Brown. It is not unique for institutions to develop and change. Past generations of Brunonians have also proclaimed new Browns. The difference lies in that almost every aspect of campus life has been radically altered in the past few years, not just the curriculum or the residential system or the social rules. Most of these changes, building up both outside and within the university, con- verged in the late sixties. Unlike other schools who sought to prevent or stall progress, our community met the chal- lenge of the future and within the past year transformed Brown into a potential leader in American higher education to- day. But leadership comes in inspiring others to follow your example, and although major changes have been approved, many have not been implemented. They stand on paper, indelible marks of a seemingly progressive academic community. The challenge comes in bringing them to life; but this is the task of the seventies.

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EDITORS' PREFACE A brief note on the box bit. The two volume approach is not arbitrary. Book I, the present volume, concerns itself with events and impres- sions of the year taken in a broad chronological order. The introduction affords a capsule view, which is elabo- rated throughout the spring, fall and winter sections that follow. Cur- riculum, for example, is considered seasonally, as are sports, the coed movement, and the problems we see on a continuing basis. The volume closes with a short section highlighting major changes in life at Brown in the past decade. Book Il, by contrast, focuses ex- clusively on individuals. In the opening sections we present profiles of ad- ministrators for their role in univer- sity decision making, faculty for their devotion to teaching, and note- worthy seniors not implying, of course, that other seniors are less worthy of note. Also included in this volume are the traditional fraternity, senior, and senior index sections. We are acutely aware that the 70 Liber is an issue-impression oriented yearbook, rather than the standard organization oriented book. Again, this is not arbitrary. We feel that what we have sacrificed in terms of repre- sentation we have more than made up for in terms of literary, thematic, and graphic flow. The reader, naturally, will judge for himself. CONTENTS Introduction Fight for Utopia Mainstays of Life Time out Collage The Two of Us A la Carte DECADE

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A girl steps into the hall in curlers and a bathrobe and says hi to her roommate's boyfriend without blushing. In what used to be a fraternity lounge, Coed College residents tell yet another bunch of the skeptical that they're getting to know each other as people instead of as Saturday night dates. Girls get mailboxes in the post office lobby, seats at Cam Club, and top billing in extracurricular activities.