University of Wisconsin Madison - Badger Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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A Last Stroll Through BADGERLAND 1956... The great clock in the Music ll.-ill tower faithfully droned out the hour every day, and on the early winter evening when the tower stood outlined against the sky old father time stared out at those passing on Park Street. Badgerland 1950 was a mighty wonderful place. Although the tremendous campus rambled along nearly six miles of Lake Mendota shoreline most of us came to know the layout relatively well during the year. In our last stroll through Badgerland 1956 we shall pause . . . to remember the scenes which became so familiar to all ... to meet again so many of the friends we knew . . . and to recall, with a chuckle perhaps, some of the things we did. A sunny fall day made the t’nion steps a likely chat between classes.

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ZPZt: AKm,1,,ofMu loMt1 i K,k timeout between cla ,he freshman-sophomore Kxtension: Center at Racine. ' Golden Anniversary spondence courses to become a professor of marketing at Columbia University. Over the years he has been joined by nearly a million Wisconsin citizens who have responded to the idea: If you can't come to the University, the University will come to you. In a typical year the Kxtension Division could report 90,000 correspondence study students, 13,000 special class students, 30.000 institute participants, 2,400 freshman-sophomore extension center students, and 700 communities reached by special services. ‘•Girl’s State planned by the Bureau of Government and the American Legion auxiliary, brought hundreds of high school students to the campus every year, as did the music clinics coordinated by the Kxtension Music department.

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Famous okl Bawom Hall, tin- first and most imjiortant building in all Iiadgcr-land. was the most familiar sight of all. There was hardly a day when we failed to notice old Abe starring down the hill as we passed by. More Than Just Familiar Sights... Yes, certainly these scenes will always be remembered. For they were more than just familiar sights. They meant different things to different people, but to all they represented a way of life—a marvelous period of achievement in each person’s lifetime which can never be replaced or duplicated.