Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

Page 32 text:

f1lIC'l'l1f1'0lI lZllY1lISf0lI Buckets Replace Book for Uperation Evanston 'l'1-xt Iiooks were laid aside, replaced In p.1i11t lvrushes. lmuekels. and niops. 'lihe QltlIlllPl'tll,lS Nl' coed and stylish lllilll-.llltllll-l'JIll1lJl1S exchanged ivy lt'.lQllt' .ittire lior lllllt' .ieans and sweat shirts. lhe date was hlay -l. l'J3H. The tll't'LISlUll NL s Operation lfyunston. Oli is lflltlllltlllillly scheduled on Ll spring Sillllfflilk' when the student liody gives its lllllt' to Chicago area charities. XX'ork. liowexfer. really lmega ll intlanu- urx when preliininarx' plans were niade. Carol Cieithznnl. Clllllflllilll of the pro- ject. llllil her coininittee IIICI through the winter and spring. co-ordinatinq work and workers. .X few weeks lmefore the event. there were liresides i11 housing units to lirief students o11 UE. lYhen May 4 finally arrived. 1.354 participating students gathered in the south quads for last-ininute instructions and pep talks hy Dean Mclieod and the OE directors. '11 i , Q lllg ,I ff? 1 gf!! 1 N fgttlll ' F luilgllt 1 1 f X ,llll lim i!! 'K N ' .. Hey! Away from that ladder! Sleepy Hill lxIIllJl.itl joins Nl'it1-s tor spring' eleanup. 28 By donating their tiine, energy. and y special aliilities. Nklites annually relieve niany organizations ofthe linancial laur- den ol' spring cleaning, allowing thein to satisfy other needs. XYork hriqades went to give aid to over 97 charities in the Ex'anston-C1hi- caqo area. .Iohs included scruhhing. painting. repairing, window washing- and even haliy sitting! Picnic lunches and a work-filled after- noon coinpleted the day. Students re- turned to cainpus with aching feet, and calloused hands, hut with the sense of satisfaction and inner glow that coines froni helping others. A gift ot yourself. is the way the Christian Science hflonitor described the project in a recent article. They took their cue froin the connnents of a student who said checks are a part oi' charity, hut to ine it should he a gift of yourself . . . your time and energy, and your own special abilities. Polish until they shine: An order and part of the job at Operation Evanston cleanup. Dean McLeod calls Operation Evanston together on Saturday morning. By donating their tiine, NU students lent a hand to over 97 coinmunity and charity centers.

Page 31 text:

pring Activities lN1einories were inade spring quarter at NU. Operation Evanston-an annual spring cleanup. Trying to get Waa-lX4t1 tickets at the last minute. Spring elections, with plenty of political fire- crackers. Baccalaureate: for seniors, the end of the begin- ning. Graduation . . . Spring quarter was all this and inore. Spring is the time when NU coincs to life after an icy winter. Wfarinth returns to the campus and sun-wor- shippers crowd the beaches to loaf, study. take an icy dip. The vines on the sorority houses turn green, while the BlNl0Cs change winter togs for trench- coats. The Grill is crowded ee this is the activity IHE1giOl'iS quarter. Activity, for this is the quarter when the cainpus coines back to life. And these were ineinories to be cherished eineinories ol spring quarter.

Page 33 text:

M 'nl'w -,Is ' xi nw.. I NX lg, 1 One of the nearly 300 NU international students, Vietor .XlJlerdeppy, ofthe Gold Coast. spends the afternoon in a Paris, Illinois hitfh school ehein class. He was one of the guests during the Thanksgiving holiday annually sponsored by Paris residents for foreign students. International Students Forei n tudents Learn American Ideal at NU X g X 771, 5--,,,, S 4-f ' E X. 'HHN XL -f ,frlfj fel.. QM JFS' -V - - ! -- ' -f International students show Dr. Miller their own globe atop the cake during an open house. homes on the Broadening their seope of understanding is the reeip- roeal experience of lioth foreign and .-Xnieriean students under the International Student Program. Through open houses. tneal scholarships, diseussions. and a 'IilianksQ'ix'ing least. NUR foreign students learn ol' .Xineriean ideals and share their own Cultures and eustoins. Friday niqht open houses at Chapel house. sponsored hy the SGH international student eoxninittee. Qive ample oeeasion lor foreign students to ineet .Xineriean students, Speeial attractions include nationality nights it-iitttrimt the eustoins. dances. lood specialties, and dress ol' a partieular Country. The approximately 275 international students are also ollered nieal seholarships hy sorority and fraternity houses, Leisure time may he spent participating in the aetivities of these houses. To start the tall program. YXYCLX sponsors an orienta- tion weekend at Forest Beaeh eainp. International stu- dents and College students ineet together to, work. listen. and learn front eaeh other. To cap fall quarter. llaniilies of Paris. Illinois open their hoines to the students during Thanksgiving vacation. A spring farewell party and pienie euhninate the year's aetivities. hlany of the students return to their own eountries. where they tell others of the Aineriean ideals learned at NU 29