Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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As the student seeks his role with- in the University and his relationship to a larger society, programs such as the annual Symposium widen his perspective to the problems ot the age which con- front the old and young alike. It is against the background of such timely and timeless questions that the college student ultimately spends his tour years of thought, activity, and effort. Though he spends countless hours organizing, planning, entertaining, and being entertained, when these hours are sifted apart, there remains the valuable core of study, lectures, discus- sion, and research. Long hours spent on a term paper . . . labs done, redone, and finally completed ... a heated after-class discussion . . . blue books filled by the score . . . postcards re- turned all too slowly or none too 21

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long questions appearing so sharp!)- during the college years. The fall Symposium brought to the fore ideas on this same theme from others outside the University com- munity. The Individual in Mass Soci- ety provided the Symposium topic. Speakers this year included Joseph Fletcher, of Episcopal Theological Semi- nary; Norton Long, Brandeis professor of economics; and John Roche, National Chairman of the Americans for Demo- cratic Action. These three authorities in their tields expressed their ideas on the freedom oi the individual in today ' s mass society, and the students had a chance to question, challenge, and support the speakers during the panel discussions which followed, and at several coffee discussions on a more personal basis. 20

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quickly . . . transcripts, recommenda- tions, and applications sent to grad school, Med school, and Law school. These are the symptoms of perhaps the most vital part of college life. Throughout the days of classes, study, and activities, the years seem to repeat themselves. Fall brings the brilliant change ot the North Carolina forests, the occasional cloudless sky for an afternoon of football — more often a Durham downpour or smells of tobacco across the heavy campus air. With the beginning of the academic year new plans are laid out, for individual, group, and University. Fall merges into a winter cold, with term papers and exams following closely on the heels of Christmas tinsel and carols by candle light. A semester break is filled with partying, skiing in the mountains, or battles in the usually late, but heavy snow. Then the whisper of spring brings the ap- pearance of wisteria in the Duke Gardens, and suntans are mixed with booking it in legal places and other- wise. Frantic plans are made for summer r r . «♦ j mgfk- , 22