Illinois Institute of Technology - Integral / Lewis Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Through science, man has learned to control his environment in order to make life more pleasant, but for all his scientific and technological training, the student can do little to alter the physical environment of the campus. No matter how unpleasantly warm it gets in Chapin Hall, no matter how difficult the climb to the fifth Hoor of Main, these things must be taken stoically. The student must have faith that there are agencies 'working for his welfare, such as the Land Clearance Commission Qresponsible for the removal of most of the nativesj, and fate and St. Louis Qresponsible for the diminishing of the stock yard odorsj. Others who have less ability to grin and bear things like this, who have less faith and are less able to look for the good things most generally leave before very long. And those that remain usually do not remain long enough to get the full benefit of the improvements. XfVe all know that next year there will be a new student union, we all hope that some year there will be a new gym, a new library, and a replacement for Chapin Hall, but until then we have what we have.

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What is this thing called a campus? Is it just a collection ol buildings new and old, with grass and shrubbery and trees and keep off the grass signs bor- dering the sidewalks, or is there more? Can it really include the tradition and nostalgia of the area be- tween Michigan and the railroad tracks from 30th to 35th Street? And what about the night the old nostalgia burned down? There is no real division between the classrooms and the rest of the campus. True, there is a phys- ical dividing line in that all classrooms are located west of State street, but the aspect of the classroom is omnipresent. Even for the commuters, the class- room is omnipresent. The textbooks, the notes, the slide rule, the trigonometric identities, and ah yes even the straight line, are ever present reminders of the classroom. What are these, these buildings of yellow bricks and painted I-beams and aluminum window frames, with dirty windows and too hot radiators and non- functional radiators and dust and dirt on all the desks and chairs. Hillel bfi ,ard ill' dll Nmi1a 111 li1011Uldithe I Imp It I ' 0 Iwwmi iiln1111'l10l' It 1 .lialalgf , 4 udlf mlflmm 'I11 ifl1'0i Ill05e l - Il mil i1 bllf' Thfrelff Clilll but II even lille OU . 4 ' 5 ,PHL fill Lllflll IW 1101 T0f I rofl las H0115 lllllf llf piers 0 i111iP mm, 011e0f Ill mjpui lora cons is idfquateli' wear Ulhff, is lll Ll kdm high and Il lllf stat Now 1 B is l Il I0