University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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IP Framed against a striking background of snow-capped alluvial fans, eager geology students take to the proverbial hills seeking know- ledge in general, fossils in particular. Equipped with genuine un- breakable hammers, they slowly make their way up to the icy wall of the Grand Ledge Gravel Pit. A two-way trip via University bus. - , rt n ir Who thinks that he shall ever see a botany student without a tree? Clutching notebooks and clippers, botany lab sections perenially field-trip the campus in search of common trees with Latin names and complicated descriptions. Returning with fist-fulls of wilting leaves, they later learn that the most staid oak has its sex problems. 16 . - -

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We do have a section that meets Tuesday, Thurs- day, and Saturday at eight. You can thwart registration frustration just change your last name twice a year with the rotation system. Located on the main floor of Angell Hall, the Hopwood Room is an integral yet informal part of every English major ' s erratically scheduled career. The atmos- phere is literary, the furniture comfortable. Both conditions are favorable to re- laxed reading of the latest reviews, or to catching up on departmental attractions. 15

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local natior Election night at the University television station. Weeks in advance, the staff familiarized themselves with the national picture in order to broadcast complete coverage and analysis. Here is a professional devotion developed in an atmosphere of tension and teamwork. Here is practical and artistic experience within the Lit School where students bring the University to over half a million people in Michigan. Born and bred under closely controlled conditions in the Mason Hall experimental psych lab, rats run through mazes suffering bumped noses and electric shocks, but are happy in revealing important factors in learning that will implement scientific investigation. To really know and appreciate art, one must be continually exposed to it. This often entails virtually taking up resi- dence at Alumni Memorial Hall for a more detailed study of color and line. 17