University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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MW 1, unnum- 10 I im not going to be a leader long . . . Today,s student is much more involved in the future of Columbia and of our nation than students were 10 or 15 years ago. They have become con- troversial and more outspoken, but the students have added a good atmosphere to our town. Col- umbia is a younger town because of the university and the colleges than it would be without them . I think some townspeople think all students are crackpots, but I donlt think this. I know that some adults are crackpots, and I am convinced that some of the students are crackpots. We have undesirable students and un- desirable townspeople. But by far, I think that our students are a really fine group. I think that the ultimate purpose of the university is to fit, equip or develop a student so he can fit into our society, and also come up with new ideas for society and be a leader. Pm not going to be a leader long. Other people who are leaders today are going to have to step down. Certainly we want students who are leaders, not just fol- lowers, and not just a person who fits into society. They have got to be society. I am hopeful that we can maintain along the line of the thinking of the future generations and not go way out and forget that America is still probably the best place in the world to live. Herb Jeans, Mayor of Columbia

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Sometimes they donlt. Therels where the problem starts. You never remember the good guy, the one who didnlt'cause you any trouble, the run-of-the-mill, the average. You remember the exceptionally good person or the exceptionally bad person . If you have interviews with ten people a day, and one gives you a whole lot of trouble and har- rassment, when you get through at night youlre shook up, and youlre mad, and you donlt remember the nine that were good and treated you fair, you remember that one who gave you all the trouble. The first year I was here, we rented to undergraduates, and were not renting to under- graduates anymore. It used to be that freshman and sophomores had to live on-campus, and then juniors and seniors could live off-campus. Theylre just at the age when they can start buying liquor. This is bad. Those are the two years I see most of the kids having trouble. They aren't used to freedom and donit know how to handle it. It takes two years for most of them to find out that if they use those two years right, then the next four are going to be good, and if they didnlt use those two right, why theylve wasted the two before. Itls self-discipline for each one. Some can stand it, and some people canlt. A businessman going into business for himself has to self discipline himself to get up in the morning and go out and work. You have to apply yourself or you arenit going to be a sucess. Those first two years off-campus, away from home, will be the years that will tell you if that man is going to work for somebody else or work for himself . Iwould give this advice to students. When they first get their freedom, go into it easy, donlt mis-use it or abuse it . Gene Schultz, Owner, Broadway Apts.

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