University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Above Left Students register for the draft on September 15. 1940 in the University Auditorium. Above Right Custodian removes a Japanese Merchant flag placed December 9, 1941 by what college officials termed either pro-Japanese elements outside the university or students with perverted senses of humors Left Campus policeman issues first traffic violation at the UA. fhe wondrous part is that they choose ;o many different ways to express themselves

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E 3 17 SLC ENTER GATE ROW SLAT A To Portal f New Mexico Aggies vs. Arizona 22 en BUOZjJV ' SA S9I33V 00|X3W M3N 01 31VO H31N3 1V3S MOd ' 03S LI 3 Above Left: Admission to football games in 1941 was $1.65 about $3 cheaper than the price of admission in 1971. Above Right: Here to attend that football game in 1941, eleven members of the first class to attend the UA in 1891. They are seeking to express their individuality. It ' s not mere rebelliousness but an awakening of their souls. They want to live and show their own identity. They want to shout, Hey, look. This is me. This is the way I really am! The wondrous part is that they choose so many different ways to express themselves. And the wonderful part is that you ' ve got a place for all of them. You don ' t make value judge- ments, either. You accept the young man from a small town who learned to love Emily Dickinson in his high school English course. And you provide an academic atmosphere of literary apprec- iation where he won ' t be term- ed a sissy for his sensitivity. You accept the unshaven sandal-clad drama student. You give him professors to help him, whether he ' s trying to interpret Shakespeare or Garcia-Lorca or if he ' s writing and producing his own play. You guide the engineering student. Some want to build great bridges and some want to work our nuclear problems. You embrace them all in your field. You accept the debutante who is on her way to becoming a young socialite. With your wide range of social activities you can help her along the way. You aren ' t culturally bound. You accept the exotically dressed woman from India, with her flowing silk sari. You

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Below: Vice-president Swede Johnson tells a student to move enduring the 1964 panty raid that did so much damage to campus buildings and police cars. Right: UA Medical College Hospital. 24 Right President Harvill, left, and Alumni Association President Tom Diehl, right, attend ROTC Army commissioning. accept the young prince from Nigeria with tribal scarrings on his face. And the swarthy young man wearing a turban, and the girl from Galesburg who wears a madras wrap- around skirt. You welcome the conformists and give them a group. And you welcome the non-con- formists and give their be- loved solitude. You accept not only the peo- ple, but you accept their ideas. You provide forums and talks and discussions on such widely diverse topics as death, athe- ism, politics, fashion and prop- erty insurance. You give all of us an area in which to let our spirits express themselves in our work and you give us all a way to play, too. There are poetry readings and symphony concerts; and there are football games and boondockers. Yes, dear University, we will watch o ' er and keep you. All hail, all hail.