Northwood University - Northwood Yearbook (Midland, MI)

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Hugh Downs, radio-television personality and host for NBC-TV’s TODAY and CONCEN- TRATION shows, visited Northwood and spoke at a meeting open to the public in Dow Commons. On his two-hour, five-day TODAY show Downs in a familiar friend to an estimated 12 million Americans across the country. Launched in 1952, the show is one of the long- est running attractions on television today. Among the viewers are an estimated 50 per cent of all members of the Senate and House, plus cabinet members, ambassadors and government officials of all levels. A typical week’s program on TODAY in- cludes a discussion of world population con- trol by physicians, a film report on a New York tenement, advice on what to tell children about sex, entertainment ranging from Rus- sian-born jazz musicians to a British review, plus the usual news and weather reports and the ever-present commercials. Downs’ eminence as a television an- nouncer is such that he has won the right to approve all commercial copy he is assigned to read. Authorities agree that his soft sell and sincere approach wins the confidence of his audiences and moves merchandise.

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There Is One Activity on Campus That We Must Include— Registration Registration is a day looked forward to with horror by all. Students get “‘Stuck”’ in more ways than one on Regis- tration Day. No one escapes... Days after Registration students are still working on programs, itseems like the term will never begin, let alone end. Not even the faculty. 125

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Students Engage in Less Official Activities on the Campus too... Students find time to enjoy the snow... Eating dinner together... Students relax and watch T.V. Students just enjoy the beauties of the campus 127