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

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. %v Frequent in campus life are days drenched in rain and sleet, sidewalks coated with ice and the cutting cold of a December day. Girls bundled in thick coats scurry to class. The campus is lonely and unsociable; people are lost in their own thoughts; the friendly smile is gone. In the warmth of the coffee shops students relax over steaming cups. Spirits slowly begin to rise; laughter is heard. i Someone enters and a gust of wind sneaks in the open door and strikes those inside. A resolution is broken, people linger; there are empty seats in the ten o ' clock lecture. 10

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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-.--..-

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College years slip by so quickly that we, in a moment oj Miltonic reflection, may consider time to be a subtle thief of youth. Yef many an undergraduate wishes he could hasten the jlight of hours which lie between him and the magic age of twenty-one, when life opens to the student. His franchise extends to the ballot box and perhaps of more immediate interest, to the P-Bell after eight o ' clock. After an initiatory celebration, he can settle down to an occasional evening with tall schooners and old friends at this revered oasis. Furthermore, he can drive a car legally, perhaps proudly displaying an E sticker on what used to be clandestine transportation. No longer does he fear the wrath of the M Patrol. In fact, his attitude is changing. He ' s heard they ' re fond of parties . . . 11