University of Denver - Kynewisbok Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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Ay' Jw Contemporary col- lege life eddies around its campus, a random accumulation of buildings, and fuses imperceptibly with the past, as these structures echo to each generations tempo. The Mary Reed Library, a huge monolith to education mounted on a gently sloping knoll, contains within its pressed-brick walls the treasured and scholarly knowledge of past decades. The salient thrust of its octagonal tower, runneled with carved stone, broods over the cam- pus. And, beneath, the building proper spreads into an- elongated rectangle with small finger-like paral- lelograms pressed to each end. Through the library's revolving doors, students, bent on various er- rands, scurry or saunter along the corridors. Those who pause at the central library desk are, as a r-ule, greeted with:' That will be a five- cent fine, please. HO. replies the student, toss- ing the coin on the desk, but this is the last time. Many collegians entering into the paneled classrooms raise or lower the Venetian blinds before posturing themselves in various attitudes to listen as the professor, treading the marble floor, recounts the cardinal points of the day's lecture. In the basement of the library, in the front section of the right parallelogram, is the Anthropology museum. Here are found all types of prehistoric relics collected by various University expeditions. Specimens of weaving, pottery, stone-work, and human skulls, encased in glass exhibition cases, are the object of much student attention. The library of the Foundation for the Advancement of Social Sciences, on the second floor, occupies the back wing of the right parallelogram. The arts of diplomacy, the methods of imperial- ism, and the histories ofiwars are neatly disposed of in a numerous collection of weighty volumes carefully stacked in cases around the room. Within the second floor's Renaissance room, students embedded in the luxurious chairs, or draped in numerous postures on the couches, marvel as they remark: You know, Ilike this place. It's so secluded. Even the wall coloring blends in with a quiet, studious mood. Looks as if a light, pastel green shading was used. 080

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BEAUTY IN ANGLES . . . is the Mary Reed Library Tower as it catches the rays of the noonday sun. and registrar's offices forced the recitation rooms to the third floor. During registration, a queue of students coils through the main hall and down the left to the buildings entrance. ' lust like going to a bank, offers a fresh- man. l Wish those student officers would hurry up. Who do they think they are, just because they're behind barredlWindoWs? Quit your shoving, frosh, commands a 0100 senior. Then at random, This place is too small to handle a crowd. Why don't they adopt another system? Wonder who that 'cop' thinks he is, shov- ing us around into line? 'queries a sophomore. Say, points out an underclassman, have you noticed those steel bars running through the walls? Yes, replies an upperclassman. 'Prof' Hecht told our astronomy class last year that