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

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Costumed coeds bounce across the Diag with en- thusiasm, in a peppy sales pitch for a campus show. Kilted bagpiper bleated strains of MUSKET ' s Brigadoon across campus.

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Freed from the classroom ' s air of formality and tension, students meet with professors on a secluded bench, to chat casually or exchange opinions. Grove of Academia The central campus area, criss-crossed by diagonal walks, Changes moods as quickly as a chameleon changes colors. This is the site of quiet conferences with professors, Who impart wisdom from a bench beneath spreading trees. As Aristotle met with his students in Athenian groves, Professors hold classes on shaded lawns in the spring days ' , Students trekking home for lunch pause to watch diag stunts, Costumed singers warble from the general library ' s steps; Or a group of flappers dances a frantic Charleston All to advertise a forthcoming campus stage production Elsewhere, an honorary may be holding its initiation. Weirdly costumed, the elect gyrate through Surrounded by throngs of delighted spectators. In the evening, all is silent, lights blink sleepily At oblivious couples plodding homeward, weary but happy. The sun filters through smoky haze, smiling a benediction upon preoc- cupied people who bustle across the Diag on their individual missions. If re . ? xv m m J, tt r I E

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As the term paper deadline looms close, the process of dragging heavy tomes from dusty shelves and scrawling volumes of pertinent facts begins. Although some students manage to do last-minute studying in the Mason Hall alley, most succumb to temptations. Baby ' s antics ore more interesting than bluebook cramming, pausing to watch provides pleasant break.