University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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hf Wm ri-x Wmi Hui WWW am What is a Universiiy? A University is a place, if is 6 Spirit ii is men of ieurning; if is u culieciiun cf books; it is Iahoratoties where work in science goes forward; ii IS Hie source of i'he teaching a? Hm bemiiics of liicrutuie and the arts; ii' is. i'l'ie center where ambi'iious youth gathers iho learn; ii protects ihc 'n-srliiiunsl honors His new and tests its values; ii believes in Truth, pioiests ngainsi' criui and lends men by reason rai'her than by force. -i1icVey Tins is UK? Well, maybe, but The University is more then this, and if sometimes falls short of Presideni MLVey's definition. The University is a mmmuriify of about I0,000, Q commuriiiy oi siudentsl Hi 'essors, and ociministmiors. As a Student you have Speni, or wili spend, most of iour years Oi your iife in ihis Community, Yoy siLidy, party, make your best iriends, uhd perhaps find a muie here. Here you learn new values, pick Up a new idiom, and perhaps get on education. in earns UK is an insi'i'rulion of higher learning; i0 some, a place to social- ize prior to getting Ci job, entering ihe service, or getting married. There are few dedicated scholars among the undergraduates 0i UK. To most the Uni4 versity is a Combinariori oi the above, and it is sometimes 0 strange mixture indeed The makeup of tho Umversiiy i5 05 varied as the makeup of the stoi'e. ii is m ohcc rural and Cosmooolitoh; Country and sophisticated, which moni- fcsis itself in an elugive idcniiiy, a lock of integration, and extreme differ- ences of opiniom It is difficuit to represemt The iife of such Cl community. Different groups frequent different places, subscribe to differenf mores 0nd standordsi and ii is not likciy that the Buiiolow crowd is acquainted with the BSU Crowd. This seciion represents a crOSs-scciion of the University student body There are undoubtedly gaps and mis-emphasis, but you'll find yourself in it somewhere.