Union College - Stespean Yearbook (Barbourville, KY)

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will study and learn and the opportunity will come, said Lincoln — a motto we might well adopt as our own. The Union College student soon learns that he must put aside Foley ' s, the Hub, and the horsing around that dormitory life invites for several hours of quiet study each day. We realize that our four years here cannot be considered an end in itself; how successful we are in our academic career, how attractive that tran- script appears will spell the difference between the kind of life we desire and the kind that will be ours if we are poorly prepared. Though we remember long evenings spent studying for a French Literature quiz or a Biology mid-term— evenings in which we would have more willing- ly whiled away the hours watching Peyton Place, listen- ing to Joan Baez or simply talking to friends— our ultimate realization is that college is more than the shallow exis- tence we often attempt to make of it, that it is a place of discovery of ever-widening intellectual horizons. The clean, well-lighted rooms of the new dorm provide a pleasant atmosphere for study. As A Student Studies So Does He Grow A not uncommon object of frustration for flying fingers. Some people find it easier to study outside than in a noisy dormitory. The quiet (?) of the li- brary is preferred by many stud r •

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8:00 A.M. trampoline classes start the clay off right! -,-9-i - j ' Student teachers Jim Thompson and Frank Babcock find it ' s not always easy to hold the attention of a junior high class. Laboratory training is an essential part of science instruction. A session with Gatlin and Goldsmith provides sophomores with a more thorough understanding of English Literature. The work of the administration and staff is unceasing, often frustrating. Enlisting the support of parents and benefactors, even attracting dynamic speakers for Thurs- day assembly programs are not the simple tasks that is often imagined. One of the central concerns of the College, however, faces those whose specific duty is to care for our academic welfare. It is their lot to see that we have the best course of instruction possible, to push the already high standards of which we are gen- uinely proud even higher. Thus, new courses are period- ically added to the curriculum, giving us a chance to plumb new depths of knowledge and better fit us to live in our complex society. Also, steady attempts are made to improve the conditions under which we must learn. Lakeside Residence Hall, the Physical Educa- tion Building, and the new Student Union Building each serve to render more agreeable the world of ideas and fun which the groves of academe create. 21

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Sandy Gallagher experiments with charcoal sketch- ing. Jon DeFrees expresses himself in picturesque water colors. The creative student at Union discovers several ave- nues through which he may express his peculiar individ- uality. Some of the media which enable him to capture and make concrete the world he feels are oil and water color painting, sketching and modelling. Though he may conclude that he is anything but a Da Vinci or Picasso, he finds the passion to tell his own story no less real; not uncommon, too, he may find abilities of which he was not aware. The department ' s frequent exhibitions demonstrate to the student what has and may be done, while the art major proudly displays his work to his fel- low students in an individual exhibit during his senior year. The Graphic Arts Offer the Student A Chance For Self-Expression Winn Douglass finds the time to do some clay modelling. 23