University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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AUTOMOBILES ore no rcspcctors of final week, big doles, or zoology tests; they'll refuse to function ol any time. But the dorm resident doesn't hove nearly the problem thol the commuter does when tho problem comes up—school, ot least, is within wajking distance, and nothing else is as essential. IT TAKES most of one's freshmon year to leorn how to work a pants presser, but it comes in handy ofler you've learned. WHEN he thinks ho should be studying, it's lots more fun wotching the cord gome in the next room, dorm resident wishes he lived clone. 26

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FROM one side ol the counter to the other, ond to o few more dollar . Few student know the compui a well a those who reside, study and work within its boundaries. IT ONtY take a few of those spare minutes to stroll over to the drug store, just a block owoy. Thore one con skim latest periodicals ond decide which ones to buy and take home. BULt session topics range from girls to exams, from daily frustrations to dreams of the future. Out of these sessions come friendships, and plans for mutual rccreotion such as intra-murol boskctboll teams. Whot l-M teoms lack in skill, they make up for in hord practice and a strong esprit de corps. 25

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IT'S difficult (or ihe dorm resident lo corry on private telephone conversation when other ore Handing by, to use Ihe phone whon he i» done with it. DATE (or the basketball gome ond preparation (or it arc tho same (or all college men, be they dorm residents, Grookj, or commuter . Thing like this, which all studonts hove in common, provide bond o( mutual interest between all people who go to school hero. 27