University of Oregon - Oregana Yearbook (Eugene, OR)

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ngages Students' Time LECTURES, POP QUIZZES, mid-terms and fi- nals all went together to make up a significant part of college life at the University of Oregon- scholastics. Studying was an activity common to all Ore- gon students, whether it be the drowsy reading done late at night or a noisy seminar at the Side. The library, of course, with its open stacks and inexhaustible number of sources, was the head- quarters for most students' studying. However, everyone would agree-even the budding Phi Beta Kappa-that there was no place like the McKenzie for Sunday afternoon studying during spring term. l to the studieslat hand. This scholarly background was appreciated when dealing with those extra tough assignments. .an wr' , 51.7, -1 ,,,... .7 1. dj of this bull-session found even academic pursuits amusing. distributed points ofthe group to the individual for the benefit of both. This hashing-over threw light on the less clear aspects of such obiects as Principles of Econ or Twentieth Century Lit.

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I A!'. lv 4 1 ..i 'nn .,.g?1 Through these portals pass- welly the conscientious students. Many! thousands of books, the recording library, the study rooms and the other features of the university library made it a one-stop market for education. Sfudyi 4 Burning the midnight oiI -or a 100-watt light bulb-was sometimes necessary in even the best balanced study program. Fortified against sleepiness by black coffee, the student hoped to make those extra hours pay off in better grades. 14

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Aciivifies Fill Up Oui-of-Class Hours 'is f jg. l. . Y. HURRY TO THE 4 O'CLOCK meeTing, Then There will be Time To make iT To The 4:30 meeTing. Thus wenT The day of a person on campus acTiviTies. BUT serving as general co-chairman on a commiTTee wasn'T The only Type of exTra-curricular acTiviTies in which UO sTudenTs engaged Their Time. AThleTics also played a maior parT in The non- scholasTic side of Oregon life. Besides The regular aThleTic conTesTs, There was a highly compeTiTive inTramural program Tor boTh men and women. Those who were paying Their own way Through college counTed Their jobs in Their exTra-curricular life. Some had iobs on campus or in The downTown area. A few managed To Tind an acTiviTy and iob combined, such as publicaTion ediTors and business managers or aThleTes wiTh granTs-in-aid. A Christmas tie for father? Cuff links for the boy friend? Students, like this sales clerk helped pay school expenses with spare time jobs on the campus or downtown. Here was where that retailing class really paid off.