University of Wisconsin Milwaukee - Ivy Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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Stop into the Art Dc|iartm nt for a few moments and feel the underlying, almost electrical feeling that pervade the atmosphere. Cheek into the Education classes ami listen to students' comments; note the l eRinnings ol professionalism. How much card playing is found on campus compared to oilier yean? Notice how reluctant students are to participate in extracurricular activities lest they interfere with their studies. There is a change in us wherever you look: it appears to be maturity, half the rcnli a-tion of more worthwhile values and half an increased hunger for adult intellectual food, a needed craving for students. I

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I-ook at how our staff has grown! Within the span of a few short years, over 265 additions have been made to the faculty staff alone, according to the office of Joseph W. Kenny, secretary of the faculty. This number is far in exeexs of the number of resignations, replacements. or retirements accepted. A larger, better trained faculty is needed to develop and put into practice the expanded curriculum. Civil service workers have increased over the years until this years records show an all time high. But what of the students? Aren't they the ones for whom all these changes arc being made: a university grows carefully as a string of ivy. twisting, bending, stretching and molding to the needs of its students. How has the student, in turn, reflected the success «»f these changes? There has been a change in student attitudes, not a magnifident one. hut significant if considering that more than just the r« oi of students potentials arc now being ap|Kil.

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Education seeks to advance man: ii attempt to assist him in adjusting to the life constantly altered by the very progress it fosters. To do so cucccssfully. l'W M must improve and readjust too. But why to an urban university concept? One reason is I he significant number of students from this area that compose the student body and the far-reaching impact it will have on providing this community with qualified professional people; IJW-M can increase the overall caliber of her city through education of tlic citizenry. It can provide facilities for civic use of educational value, just as it makes readily available opportunities to expand and develop cultural and intellectual interests. What is most exciting about our growth is that wc are moving forward, steadily, with little sign in the future of stopping or even feeling stymies!. Bring a part of this institution makes you feel a lot like Daedalus must have felt as he glided majestically and safely to Sicily. Wc not only have the potential in our hands, the knowledge of how to fly. but we have the sense and the leadership to control it. 9