Memphis State University - DeSoto Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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Memphis State University has long recognized her respon- sibility to produce healthy, well adjusted citizens who will take their places in society. Thus she has the nation ' s larg- est Air Force ROTC Cadet Corps (right) and an active physical education program (below left). Civic freedom and responsibilities are em- phasized in the various campus elections (below). Discipline and regimen- tation are needed in this world of confusion and conflict. They enable Man to have control, if not of his surroundings, of him- self. But with the freedom Man cherishes so dearly comes many obligations and responsibilities. While the university strives to ed- ucate the mind, it also seeks to instill in its stu- dents a sense of responsi- bility which is fundamental in maintaining a dynamic society. 20

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f r -i jti Man as an element radi- ates from a nucleus into the veins of learning. Af- ter long hours of serious study there come times when he must put aside the world ' s problems and his personal worries to en- joy the relaxing atmos- phere accompanying social intercourse with beings like himself. These mo- ments are a balm to the weary student, and it is through them that he is able to resume again his battle against the many pressures of university life where he must stand alone and face his fates with a stoic exterior but a vibrat- ing soul. 22