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

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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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0 During the period of planning, when progress appeared to level off to us. ideas were being formulated which would change the whole concept of the university's existence. We were becoming an urban university introducing far-reaching and significant ramifications. There is an important lesson in the Greek legend of Daedalus and Iranis told above, one which students on ibis campus should accept. Our flight, the change from a small college concept to that of a strong urban university, demands careful prodding, a middle course trail and pace. The concept, process and conduct of education is a vital element to even- man, community. and country, too significant to be hastily or recklessly guided. Unlike Icarus, we move cautiously, careful not to throw ourselves into the sea or in our ease the vast body of mediocrity. Like Daedalus we move swiftly toward our goai: unlike him. we can never completely reach this because there is always another farther reaching one to take its place even bforjwe achieve the first. Education is a continuous process measured by the quality and success of our flight and by the distance we gain. Only upon realizing this can we appreciate the cautiousness of those who govern our growth. To sas we have and are growing only physically would indeed be a grave error; our curriculum has been expanded, varied programs broadened ami revitalized, and most important of all our students somehow been injected with a greater sense of responsibility toward themselves and their education. Our graduate program has been expanded in many fields including advance studies now offered in English and history; the education graduate studies have been expanded, while others have either been revitalized or are in the process of lie-coming realities. Similarly, the effective night school program has bbeen developed to better serve the community through advance formal training in both cultural and academic fields.

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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