University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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IT MAKES not a greot deal of difference whether one is a commuter or live on campus, there is still the problem of the toll line each quarter. And it doesn't seem like long after that thot it is time for finals, and hours ore spent in catching up on reading that should hove been done long ago. FINALS ore no respeclors of work schedules. Students working while attending school find thot they hove the additional problem of dividing time between school and thoir work.

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Greek Portfolio If you arc- a member of a sorority or a fraternity, you live close to campus, you walk the few short blocks to the campus and classes and join the stream of students. You study, light the library and lines and dread finals just like commuters or residents. But being a Greek makes a difference. Carny and I Ionic-coming are not just passing events, hut occasions on which to don grease paint or climb onto a float. Parties, dances, philanthropic projects, meetings must be wedged in between books and classes. Being a Greek means being a part of things. It means less chance for solitude. It means striving toward individuality by development within a group, rather than by introspection. TRANSPORTATION always provides a problem when the student hat to commote between St. Pool compot and the main compos. The time element is important, and mony students find themselves ot the for end of compos with very little time to catch their bus. MEMBERS of fraternities ond sororities living on campus have the advantage of being close to facilities of the University. And while the short walk across campus con seem like miles on o cold wintor morning, the problem of a place to park with the additional expense is not one of prime concern. 16

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GROUP octivit —or learning to live with others—is what count in o- A PARTY i planned and amolcur carpenter-decorators go to work. Hanging rority lifo. It include midnight chit-chat over a hot cup of coffee. those crepe paper streamers is olmost os much fun as pulling them down. CONVERSATIONS, some serious, some frivolous, mark on allgirls party, reflect varied interests and create much noise. 18 MEN make o difference. At mixed parties the girls' ottire is opt to be more feminine, their conversation more sedate. And the atmosphere, while relaxed, is often moro subdued.