Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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0ur Umverslty Too self conscious to be smug - too progressive to be modest . . Southern has suffered growing pains the last few years. She has adjusted admirably, however. Oh- jects of the offering of dollars to the academic gods often seemed misdirected, lout slowly evolving was the finished product - a modern complete univer- sity. There are, also, aspects of the university that cannot he improved with finances: its intellectual- ism, its awareness, its sensitivity. The problem, at times, seems not to he one of progress, lout of adjustment.

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The Medici for Social Outlet Are Many No college presents the front of all work ancl no play. Southern is no exception. Many stuclents actually spencl twice as much time in outsicle activity than they put in on the hooks. The Southern stuelent is, in gen- eral, a social fellow. He often procrastinates. Selalonz really puts his best foot forward. His outlook is often a little narrow. The year 1953 was one loaclecl with great events: a queen was crowneel, a majestic moun- tain conquerecl, a homh of cleathly, unlzearfl-of power exploclecl, a nuclear sulJmari11e lmilt, anal much aclo about a novelist lost anel regaineel. But none of these things were oliservefl with any great emotion hy the Southern stuclent. For the time lieing at least, he was more ahsorlveel in himself anal the campus worlel arounil him.

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Southern Grows and Learns ln '53 - a new magnificent library begun, a life-science building and a girls' dormitory completed, an agriculture lauilding in tlze offirzg. Ou tlze academic and cultural levels, new tlzings developed: in searclz for answers to age-old prolalems, a series of five pulalic lecture discus- sions, Mans Control of Mau, was presezztedg a student creative-writing cluli pulvlislzed a new caufzpzis ufzagazine, i'Tl1e l1zf1pulse g azzotlzergroup pul9lislzecl a lzuuzor magazine, King Tutng aud tlze freslmzeu were treated to a once weekly lec- ture via required attendance. And always, not really affected lay tlzese clzarzges, campus routine continued. Researclz, reaclzing into every plzase of liuman activity, continued witlz daily discov- ery of practical application of study.