Furman University - Bonhomie Yearbook (Greenville, SC)

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Dialogue 71 was a cooperative effort. Designed to help freshmen become a part of the Furman community, the program consisted of groups of ten freshmen with a faculty member and an upperclassman as facilitators. The activities of each group depended on the individual members. Some groups enjoyed outings to Paris Mountain, the Greek Restaurant, the bowling alley, or the professor’s home for dinner. Other groups found open discussions beneficial. No matter what approach, the goal of each group was to help freshmen make the transition into college life by giving them a place to air their feelings as well as form new friendships. Was the program successful? The opinion is varied among freshmen and facilitators. Success, much like the approach and activities of each group, rested with the individual. The person who participated, contributed, and worked found his group experience rewarding. For the individual who never attended or attended only once, the program was a complete waste of time. Perhaps more than any other activity at Furman this year. Dialogue 71 was a program designed for, and dependent upon the individual. 20 Dialogue'71 —Virginia Vann

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Minority groups establish their own activity patterns, touching the pattern of the whole through individuals. Eager foreign-study groups set out culture-bound, only to return culture-shocked and uncertain about just where to look for the previous identity they had established at Furman. Activity at Furman is hardly noticeable on the surface. In a day when traditions of all types have been rejected and a gradual change in the academic environment parallels the emergence of a more serious student, individuals simply won't take the time for activities for their own sake. The result is a community — if one may call it that — where action is on a person-to-person level. And in this sense the Furman community is very real. —Carol Andrews Activities 19

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