Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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ACTIVITIES Among our most valuable experiences in learning to meet later life are those we share outside of class and lecture room in participating in activities. Temple University offers us an almost limitless variety of clubs to join and things to do. Department clubs, dra- matic organizations, political clubs, language and science groups, publica- tions, honoraries and professionals, ath- letic teams, sororities and fraternities, and student government groups are some of the types of activities available. Not all of us took advantage of the opportunities in this area, but for those who did the time was well spent in en- riching and broadening our personal experience. Tylerplayers ' Harriet Schwartz in Pygmalion. All minds at work in the Temple News city room. Ten

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Social life at Temple University is but another of the ways in which the University helps us in learning to live. Center of social life is Mitten Hall with its Auditorium for dances, mixers and dinners, with its Great Court and Alcoves for every- day talking and socializing and its Cafeteria and Grille for meals and snacks. Among the functions presented each year are the class dances, Homecoming, Carnival, mixer dances, the White Supper and Candle- light Concert, Brotherhood Dinner, convoca- tions and a host of affairs sponsored by the schools of the University. Because of the size of the student body and the difficulties in establishing friendly relations between so many people, much of the job of providing social enrichment falls to organizations, departments, and sororities and fraternities. These smaller groups within the University are often best able to help us in developing social skills for later ife. Hillbilly band at Alpha Sigma Alpha ' s rush party. Elementary Education tea. SOCIAL LIFE Nine

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Baptist Temple As an urban university in the heart of the city of Phila- delphia, Temple University has no grassy hillsides and no gleaming lakes. The campus consists mainly of side- walks and row houses with several giant halls in their midst. And the students are largely commuters, many of whom work part or full time. This environment, this urban situation, affects all that Temple University is and does. Its spirit has a touch of the throbbing pu se of the city with its crowds of people. There is the intellectualism that thrives in a city where cultural advantages abound, and the feeling of brother- hood that grows as understanding grows. With these goes a spirit of liberalism, and the realization that change will occur and must be guided. The city offers material things in its relationship with the University. It offers jobs at close hand for those IP need. It offers entertainment, stores and transportation. And offers a laboratory of life for the social scientist and the artist. In our year s at the University we have come to over- look its faults and disadvantages and have sought out the good. We have taken the advice of Russell Conwell and have looked for our acres of diamonds where we are. We have found that in its surroundings, as in its pro- gram of studies, religion, aesthetics, athletics, social ife and activities, Temple University has helped us not only in learning, but also in earning to live. Sullivan Library Mitten Hall SURROUNDINGS Eleven