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

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The Lit School student pursues a wide variety of studies . . . . some far from literary. ALMOST every underclassman has some contact with Lit school: a smattering of liberal arts before specialization, attempting to take notes in crowded auditoriums, distribution requirements, freshman English, Psych. 101, the lecturer who parrots the book he wrote, and the apathetic quiz section. His success is sometimes determined more by luck and the curve than knowledge gained. He complains of botany labs when his interest is literature. Then one day he discovers poetry in a cell. He begins to have a vague sense of intellectual growth. A concept is grasped, and it fits. 18

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i: I As incoming students, we all face the problem of choosing courses from the diversity of University offerings. Choices can be based on a desire to prepare for the future, on a desire to get good grades or to get passing grades easily, on a desire to help humanity, or simply on a passing whim; but once made, the choices in turn have their effect on the chooser. The type of professor, classmates, the field of study, even physical surroundings all have their effect on each slowly developing blob of humanity.

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Angell Hall ' s steps provide the atmosphere for spirited discussions on everything. The small, informal class is too rare in the massive Lit School . . . . but individual conferences help. 19