University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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14 There are just so many more lstudentsl that therels bound to be more of them who donit come to school to learn. When Iwent to school lat the University of Mis- souri-Columbial, the school was so much smaller then. I donlt know how much smaller, I donlt actually remember what the size of the school was. Because it was so much smaller, almost all of them were here because they wanted to learn. Now I think it has become the custom to go on to school after high school. A lot of them are here just because they are sent or because it is the thing to'do. I donlt know that the percentage has changed, but the numbers iof these studentsl are greater. I think the outside influences are the things that cause trouble among the students. I donlt think it is the ones who come here from the neighboring states and our own state for serious study who caused the serious trouble last spring. lCambodian Invasion Demonstrationsl I think that was outside influence. A lot of them come for just that purpose . Another thing, I think there are so many young radicals on the faculty; more than there were in my day. The young professors here now are more different from the young professors of those days than the students are dif- ferent. The older professors - they are the same as ever. But itls these younger ones who have There are so many young radicals on the faculty . . . come in - so many of them are radicals, it seems to me. In the old days, that wasnlt true. So, I can look back a good many years and see the changes. I donit know all the changes because I have lost contact with students in general. One reason why we moved out here - away from where we did live very close to the campus - is that the students were so thick in the fraternities behind us and they were noisy and such undesirable neighbors that we were anxious to get out of there. Thereis an ordinance on this street that you canlt have but two students staying in your home.

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But it seems it has quieted down some all over the country, so I think that is good. I dontt know why. It seems that they have. Everythingts going pretty well this year. Of course, when spring comes there may be an outcry, but maybe not. Maybe they tuniversity policy makersy should emphasize trades more, because that is something we seem never to have enough people for. This year we have an overflow of those who are just educated in an academic manner. In the engineering there is a lot tof emphasis on tradey and thatts good. That,s the thing the university is going to have to do more of . Therets going to be a lot more changes in the next few years than there,s been in the last few. Columbia Housewife 15