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

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The campus is like a different country, a country with its own set of customs. We are its citizens and so never realize the strangeness of its character until we are gone. We smile at the surprised faces of visitors watching the fraternity mascots playing on the diag, the initiation antics of the honoraries, the stunts which amuse and entertain, the hundreds of bicycles parked in mass chaos in front of the buildings. We smile because they think it so odd this, our commonplace campus life. I. Jf

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The myriad experiences of daily campus life become ingrained in the student ' s very being and command little conscious attention. The savor of idle spring hours spent on the diag, the air of quiet desperation in the libraries as finals approach, the contagious gaiety of a Friday afternoon- all these are so deeply imbued in the student s pattern of existence that he soon begins to lose the singular flavor they give to his college days. Only after long years have passed and everyday things have become memories does he reallv see the campus. When he returns to Ann Arbor for a football game and takes that solitary walk through the campus, he may finally realize the precious thing he has lost, so unappreciated then, so unattainable now . . .

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The tone and character oj the campus is always changing and it afjects our moods. The bleakness of a dark, snowy day causes us to plod to class, lost in our own world of reflection. The campus is deserted and lonely. The day when spring comes makes us raise our heads and notice the world around. -. - , . ,- r-.--..-