Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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Social Barriers Dissolve In I. U!s Melting Pot At the University, status barriers are dissolved in the melting pot of social and academic activities. Across the campus, through the Commons, and in the classroom, one encounters people from every phase of the social, economic, and cultural structures of the world. A common goal, the pursuit of knowledge, erases the antagonism between the millionaire ' s son and the debtor ' s son, the Catholic and the Jew, the Orien- tal and the Caucasian. People are accepted at their own value, not on the basis of their cultural or social backgrounds. In few, if any, otlier settings will the free flow of ideas between different nationalities and classes be so flexible as it is at the University. Within the University melting pot are some 600 foreign students from 72 different countries. Their native costumes, different accents, and social values impart a colorful image of the life in various sections of the world. These people come to the University for an education, yet often the knowledge they impart far exceeds that which they take with them. From the far corners of the earth, they come to learn and to teach. Nigerian students celebrate their country ' s independence. Foreign journalists interview Gov. Matthew Welsh and learn more about Indiana ' s political system. 25

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Dating customs in Tehran are differ- ent from those here. 24

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A book is forgotten as a budding romance gets more attention. 26