University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Warm summer Joys were in the majority, and they brought students outdoors to study and relax. Above, Toni Jenkins finds Coffman’s sunny terrace a good place to study. Right. a student finds time to show the campus to a possible future graduate.

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I Summer Session is . . . Ever sleep for two uninterrupted hours on the cool grass of the mall? Or, how about having your pick of the reserved classes that you need? If you have, then you have probably attended a University summer session. Summer session is comfortable and slow; however, it is not easy or lazy. The courses are condensed, meaning that assignments arc doubled in their length and frequency. There is no test week in which to catch up on your reading. And. there are seemingly an infinite number of distractions that cause time to seem unimportant; thus it slips by quietly, rapidly. Informality marks the campus during the two 5-week summer sessions. Activities vary from a student art sale (above and left) to the summer graduation exercises. Below, President and Mrs. Wilson congratulate graduating seniors. Right, the summer concert hand, directed by Mr. John Zdcchlik, performs in the comfortable outdoor setting of the Union terrace.

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14 Summer music at the University combines teaching and pleasure Meredith IVUlson conducts the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Summer Music Concert Hand, the Summer Session Chorus and 76 high school trombonists during his concerts. Summer music at the University received an added dimension this year with the expansion of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra’s season. The orchestra combined with the University’s music department to present a unique four-week teaching program, “The Meanings in Music.” The program, which was offered for credit or just for pleasure, marked the first time that a major university and a major orchestra had joined in such a music education project. Throughout the four weeks of the program, nine major concerts were performed. They included the violinist Norman Carol, the New Christy Minstrels, composer Meredith Willson, a man-and-wife team of mimics known as The Yakims, pianist and comedian Victor Borge, clarinetist Pete Fountain, composer-conductor Hugh Ross, the Andahazy Ballet Borealis and the Minneapolis Symphony directed by Maestro S t a n i s I a w S k ro wa rze w sk i. Willson, of “Music Man” fame, signs an autograph for one of the many summer music students who participated in the unique concert featuring Willson's marches.