University of Detroit - Tower Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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for] NG buildings embellish the old as U-D has taken on a new look. The campus is filled with a growing number of students who add more noise to the Union and crowd the parking lots. They fill the library constantly, aware that so much rests on what they learn. Snow and rain add confusion to this campus, yet they cannot cover up its constant activity. Felt best by the dorm students, a casual glance at U-D reveals the never ending pace. A glance cannot, however, tell the whole story. Few outsiders see beyond the Tower as it looms above the campus, and into U-D. Few beside the students see what the Tower stands for. Many do little but accept U-D as a Jesuit institution. They do not question its ideas; they do not explore the meaning of its traditions. For many U-D is little more than an urban university. Perhaps this is because they have not bothered to look in beyond its outer physical boundaries. The outer part of U-D is made of those things which appear at a quick glance. It includes not the whole University, but those things which the outsider sees first: the construction of new buildings, a Town and Gown performance by Stan Kenton.

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Settled amidst Detroit’s bustling streets, in a heavily populated area of the city, U-D has become an impor- tant part of a vast metropolitan area. It does more than educate its stu- dents, for it adds to the lives of the people in Detroit. U-D does not stand alone. It is not an isolated institution devoted only to learning. For, though education is its main purpose, the University also at- tempts to convey the spirit of its stu- dents to others. It does not reflect only buildings and classes. Instead, in an indirect manner, the tradition, the ideals, the spirit of U-D are transmitted. In this way, those not associated with U-D see it not in a stiff, formal way, but in the way it is. They see sports and plays as a part of U-D, as a service to the community and as a reflection of the University. They are able to look beyond the out- side of U-D—within—to see it clearly.