New Mexico State University - Swastika Yearbook (Las Cruces, NM)

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June 20

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summer Summer is a quiet time, the university ' s winter. Growth is a silent process, taking place beneath the surface. The campus is almost barren, the exceptions being the ever- greens, the year-round students going to summer school, faculty members to teach them, and administrators preparing for the next year. On the grounds, out-of-class activity is nonexistent and buildings stand forsaken, alone. 19

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UNIVERSITY STORE summer is different, more casual Spring finals and graduation were over. Every- one packed and went av ay ... to travel, to work, or just home, except the skeleton of faculty and administration who had to stay and prepare. Occasionally a student who did not leave for the brief week between the academic spring and summer wandered through the campus. There was some life, a high school journalism institute, a homemakers ' convention, a state police meeting. The next week the campus was suddenly busy. Registration for the first summer session was the usual confusion although there weren ' t nearly as many people as expected. The frustration of closed classes was gone. Then came the time to buy books. It seemed a waste to spend so much on a book to use it such a little time, but with so few people around it was difficult to find one to borrow. The thirteenth of June classes began. Old friends appeared unexpectedly, to get those one or two classes out of the way. Everything was more casual in the summer. People were different, friendlier. Secretaries smiled more. Campus cops didn ' t give as many parking tickets. Sleeveless shifts and bermuda shorts were the standard uniform. The sub was being remodeled, so between classes everyone gathered in the Hubert Room or the cafeteria to have the morning infusion of coffee. Classes started at the early hour of 7:00. It really was too hot to walk back to the dorms or apartments off campus for a few hours. UPPER LEFT Casual, comfortable dress marks the campus. LOWER LEFT Recon- struction of rfie snack bar makes service impossible. CENTER The ordeal of book buying proves hard on the pocketbook and arms. 21