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

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Instigated ana lea by students of the universities, protests and uprisings have shaken many nations. American students have been traditionally blase ' and apathetic toward the world around them. But times are changing and the student s attitude changes as well. The bounds of the earth are shrinking; it is no longer possible to remain detached from the issues which mold the future. Professors and books have challenged or even destroyed the student s beliefs and his mind seethes in turmoil. Now he wants his voice to be heard. Politics on all levels have real meaning to him. no matter what his viewpoint is, he can find a group actively interested in promulgating it. Presidential candidates made a point of visiting the major institutions to appeal to this newly awakened force. No longer does the student regard himself as a passive pawn, but as a power which can help put foundations under the castles he has built in the air.

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The campus is made up of people, people who have diverse personalities and complicated natures; its character being a summation of these personalities. Because of this, the individual finds in campus life whatever he expects. For some it is an active and interesting phase of his life; for others, it is rather cold and lonely. From the beginning to the end of his college education, Burton Tower continues to chime the hours. Unnoticed, taken for granted, it looks out over the campus. As the minutes tick on, youth and its joy go with them and campus life goes on.

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SUUXi ROLE 4nu ELITES : INTELLIGENTSIA, 11IUTARX TRADITIONAL ECONOHIC DEVELOPMENT SOCIALIST CAPITALIST Voicing the heightened interest in vital issues, new groups have been born to articulate differing outlooks and bring them into the focus of campus attention. Challenge, one of the most vital and far-reaching intellectual movements in college circles, came to life at Michigan this year. Authorities such as Sir Hugh Foot, former British Governor of Cyprus, and Arthur Goldberg, Secretary of Labor, have visited the campus to take part in the program. Not a remote, pedantic exercise, Challenge brings into the spotlight the problems which shake our lives. It provides the basis dissimination of contemporary knowledge and opinion, Veefe y discussions and housing unit seminars with interested members of the faculty have further intensified the meaning of Challenge, personalizing it, bringing its impact directly to the individual. But this is not the only outlet the campus provides for the intellectual ferment gripping the world. The informal air of discussion when the Diag is transformed into Hyde Park, debates on the crises in the Middle East and Cuba, a model United Nations, these too reflect the attitude of Michigan. Not a groundless vision, but a fervent hope that through mutual discussion and understanding we can effect a brighter future. 14