Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Accurate note-taking is an essential aspect of good performance in a class. Students clarify a point stressed during a class discussion. T1k. modes of study at Temple Uni- versify were as diverse and individual as the student body itself. Some prefered the quiet academic atmosphere of the library. Others found the hustling chaos of the mall condusive to their particular studs habits. Regardless of the study environment, there existed among Temple students a common desire to learn, and to share this knowledge with others. It was this assimilation and communication of thoughts that gave the academic community its unitv .uid its purpose.

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The Samuel Paliy Library provides Temple students with a quiet atmosphere for serious studying. Studying: a diverse, individual process Classes demand attention and concentration from co-eds. “iii an intensely educative environment... outside the classroom and in continuity with events in the culture at large.

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 ... the fundamental raison d’etre of a university; the fullest exercise of rationality in the pursuit and elaboration of the truth.” —The Temple Plan for University Governance ,A puzzled student pauses to re read a crucial exam question. A time runs out. students strive to organize their last paragraphs Final exams measure assimilated knowledge Exhausted students pour out of the gyms after a final exam Tin paths of Temple University led each student to discover more about himself as well as the world around him. The University offered each student the opportunity to pursue numerous and highly individual fields of interest. In return, the University expected each student to demonstrate his personal intellectual gain. Final exams were the ultimate test of knowledge gained during the semester. The months of classes, labs, and lectures were over. The time for framing endless amounts of information was past. For the procrastinating student, it was too late to regret a semester s worth of wasted time and misspent effort. For the diligent scholar, exams were the proving ground for a semester’s worth of assimilated knowledge. For most Temple students, finals meant the end of a difficult and challenging term of learning. With the revision of Temple’s calendar, exams also marked the beginning of a full month's vacation before the start of the new semester.