Case Western Reserve University - Lux / Differential Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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In 1826 Western Reserve University was established. It consisted of Adelbert, Flora Stone Mather, and Cleveland Colleges. In 1880 Case Institute of Technology was founded. During the past century Case has become one of the country's leading schools of engineering. In 1967 these two institutes of higher learning federated to form Case Western Reserve University. It was believed that this feder- ation would increase the educational experience of liberal arts and engineering students . Let us hope that the University continues to enrich its student body through its broad curriculum and the interre lating activities between Case and Western Reserve. WESTERN RESERVE CASE INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Adelbert Road circa 1930, 2 INTRODUCTION

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Nhs O DU CaO Nie asa cur a mi re) PIE Ge STINE SINS IRG CS =, oy ate INTERSESSION . 64 SPRING SEMESTER .. 82 SENIORS 156 WG. ADV ERIS EMEN TS ealo9 EDRWORSSaNOl oem 2 OG THE YEARBOOK OF CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY 1975 EDITORIAL BOARD MARTIN L. ORGEL Editor-in-Chief YALE |. PAPRIN Business Manager RICK SCHNEIDER Layout Editor DAVID LEHMAN Photo Editor 1 AS oat-of-arms ee eld which i ald ms | repres He es ith, Wi sdom and ho e symbol iz Zedby the ago se n The Seat epresents e-and the ¢ rossed laurel branches sun. resen | symboliz ANE eme me ae ademic honors.

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THE 1974-1975 DIARY OF JOE SPARTAN Call me Joe Spartan. (I've been waiting for a chance to start a book that way fora long time now.) | am 21 years old and entering my senior year at Case Western Reserve University. In all likli- hood | am either from the East Coast or Ohio. | probably started as pre-med or pre-something. Right now I'm as likely to be confused as anything else. When I entered this university | had high hopes. | felt that | was coming to the Harvard of the Midwest . This University appeared to offer as much as any school | could have gone to. For that reason | didn't feel as bad about not getting into or being able to afford that dream school | didn't get into or couldn't afford. But things changed here. The baby boom ended and all of a sudden the administra- tion found themselves with empty dorm rooms on their hands. The university started to have financial difficulty and | found myself wondering if I'd get any financial aid next year and which department would be the next to suffer cutbacks. Four years ago we were witnessing the tail end of the student revolution. Morale was high. We still believed in the better world that would be made if everyone just got out and gave a damn. Now slogans are cliches. Morale and ideals are at a low. Freshmen and sophomores worry about getting good jobs. I'm worried too about jobs and grad school, but | wonder what happened to me during the last three years. They've really gone pretty fast. Despite what I've said I've never really been much of an activist or a real join- er. Like | said it was the tail end of Vs Y, ¢ VL Q Mf x Sy . Y, ay a 4, Ne ” aq “ . : ROWS the movement. People and trends were al- . WN Van, ready changing. We had coed dorms and NOS ; ; unlimited visitation and all was right NS yy P Ve with the world. “a “LY . 3 But I've always tried to make the most NN AO : of the opportunities that presented themselves in the way of activities. As a matter of fact, this year, | intend to sample everything that | haven't paid attention to in past years. Call me Joe Spartan. This is my 1974- 1975 diary. INTRODUCTION 3