University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Amid tall, graceful trees, crowning the green hills of the agricultural campus, looms the Dining Hall — dusky, yellow, vine-covered — a traditional structure within whose walls guests are welcomed, banqueted, entertained. The low pillared portico with its well-propor- tioned doorway stands a silently significant invitation to friend and stranger alike. The gather- ings held from time to time, when congenial souls gather about the board, and under the subtle magic of contentment, talk eloquently and well, sym- bolize the atmosphere of the building, lift it somewhat above and beyond mere architecture, and grace it with a fascinating enchantment held high by those who knoiv its possibilities.

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Someivhat back from, the street, behind tall, gnarled trees, is the College of Pharmacy, a home-like looking structure flanked on one side by the small but well-equipped con- servatory. Within, students learn successfully to compound medical remedies and to be versed efficiently in the compo- sition of scientific pharmacol- ogy. Housed in the same build- ing, the botanists study the structures of plant life, and ex- periment on pollenization. Un- der the glass roof of the con- servatory a variety of flowers and special plants are culti- vated for experimental pur- poses. The tvide, well-kept laivn, the gracefully ivinding ivalk, the glass roofed conserva- tory tvhich reflects the warm sunshine, combine to induce affection and sincere apprecia- tion.

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Across the campus knoll — • the most beautiful spot on the most beautiful campus in Amer- ica! Beneath the low, gnarled oak trees, over the slightly roll- ing ground adorned with a thick, smooth carpet of green, historic processions have passed since first the University began. For years, the solemn, robed lines of Seniors have marched to graduation; for years the very innermost heart of the in- stitution has been centered about this one place. Out upon it, men have looked for inspira- tion and comfort; under its shady trees, trysts have been pledged and kept; under its magic influence, students and faculty members have been ever spurred onward to the at- tainment of the ultimate and the abiding satisfactions of the great.