University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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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.

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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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Herein future Newtons and Raleighs pursue their experi- ments in light and sound and electricity. Students from al- most all the professional col- leges learn the intricacies of the physical world. Minute particles are weighed upon deli- cate scales, ohms and watts and amperes are measured and ap- plied, sound and light waves are analysed, and molecular ac- tions delved deeply into. The insufficiently but well-equipped laboratories and classrooms give students opportunities to dis- cover for themselves the basic foundations of science — founda- tions upon ivhich are built the achievements of life, which translated, interpret modern civilization.