University of Detroit - Tower Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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As perspective becomes clearer, a longer look at the University reveals events that are shared by Detroiters as well as by U-D students. These form the middle part of the look at U-D Performances by the U-D Chorus and Titan basketball games attract many Detroit- ers and act as a bridge to give them a look deeper into the spirit and life of U-D.

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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.

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From inside: a deeper look df many, U-D is but a university. It pre- sents little more than the image of a Jesuit institution. It is buildings and people and pro- fessors. Few bother to explore the expanding, progressing image of U-D. A look inside will reveal this and much more; it will reveal the true U-D, a new breed of students caught in a search for perspective. Much about the University will never be evident to any except U-D students. Only they will really know U-D for they are the only ones who are a true part of U-D. Their environment is diverse, their minds are open, their goals are high. This can be seen bya casual look at their school. Only they, how- ever, can see U-D not from the outside in, but through the University, from the inside out. To students, U-D is a feeling. It is an at- mosphere, a smile from a friend, a cigarette at the Union. It is more than a complex of buildings which turn out 2,000 college-edu- cated men and women each year. It is dozens of exams sweated out each year. It is joy at good marks and inner dissatisfaction at bad ones. It is the first snowfall that blankets a sometimes fairyland campus and a muddy springtime that turns the campus into pud- dles. U-D is more than an image and tradition . Developed on these, based on these, growing through these. U-D is also the little things known only to its students. 10