University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Salwa Niazi is a foreign student. At first she found the University a busy mass of hurrying, scurrying people. Now she is more settled and is enjoying her life as a student in America. To a 5-year-old, school can be an awesome venture. Not to John Caster. John has been in school since the age of 2. He attends class at the University's Child Welfare Institute. John isn't a student in terms of what we usually refer to as a student, but he is a part of the University's educational program. Through his participation in this program he is contributing to the development of education throughout the United States. 5

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During the years a student is enrolled at the University of Minnesota classes, textbooks, classmates, instructors, bells, bills and finals are very much a part of his life. In fact obtaining a college degree becomes the guiding force in the student's life, and all else becomes secondary. Each year the University welcomes thousands of freshmen. Each year the University graduates thousands of seniors. During the interim the University transforms wondering freshmen into self-assured, educated adults. University life isn't easy. To most it's the key to a better future. To some it's a four-year playground, to others a place to find a mate. To all, the University makes itself felt in one way or another. On these pages, University life is portrayed by the married student, the foreign student and a 5-year-old boy. Gerald Johnson is a married student. To him the University means a stepping stone to a better life for his wife and two daughters. At times he finds the life of a student a little difficult to reconcile with the life of a family man, but he and his wife realize this is but a period in their lives. They are willing to work hard now in order to have a better home for themselves and their girls. Minnesota’s students different problems, same goal 4

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A recent study revealed that approximately 18 per cent of the students at the University of Minnesota arc married. Early to bed and early to rise makes for a sleepy morning. Because of his job, Jerry is an early riser. I lis 4:30 alarm summons him to another busy day of work, study and classes. The life of a University student is not particularly an easy one, but when you compound studies with a wife, two young daughters and a business of your own you've got your hands full. Gerald Johnson, business junior, husband, father and business proprietor is, indeed, a busy and ambitious fellow with an eye toward the future. “I’m sure I don't lead what most people would consider a normal life, but then a University student’s life really isn't normal. Jerry is talking about the University, about his studies, about his plans. Three people are very much a part of Jerry's plans. They are his wife, Barbara, and his daughters, Susan, age 3 and Julie, 11 . “I'd like to have more time for the girls, but I have so much to study, so much to do and so little time that I feel guilty even if I take a little time off from my school work, says Jerry. G