Tufts University - Jumbo Yearbook (Medford, MA)

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Standing before the Miner-Paige Arch looking out over the Memorial Steps, one sees the industrial skyline and imagines the sea beyond. One of the most widely used tests for high hlood pressure is known as the “step-test”. The individual is required to climb up and down stairs, thus creating body reactions which mean something to the doctors. Any number of doctors could save themselves the expense of building such stairs by merely setting up shop at the top of the Memorial Steps. For throughout the day and night hundreds of students loaded down with books trudge up that ladder that seems to continue on forever. The stairway up to paradise for some, the stairway down to a hamburger or a trip into Boston for others, hut to all the cause of much puffing and many red cheeks when the summit is reached. 16

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Many times, cultural discussions arise at parties. With thoughts flowing freely, the upper hand shifts often but there is always a winner. Such conversations often continue when a couple leaves the party. The talk usually ends shortly after arriving at the girl’s dorm. In spring, a young mans fancy turns to thoughts of grassing. Young ladies’ thoughts do like¬ wise and soon a wholesale switch to grassing is in progress. Whether it be French classes on the library steps or just relaxing under the trees, it’s Tufts’ favorite outdoor sport. 15

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At night the city’s lights make intricate patterns and as one looks out at them, the urge is to play a mental connect-the-dots game. 17