Woodrow Wilson Junior College - Profile Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Art Institute our respective futures, giving us each a goal to strive for and a more definite notion of how best to achieve it. You might say that actual observation is worth a thou- sand pictures, which, if we follow through on the original, automati- cally gives it equal rating with a million words. But don ' t think that it always re- quires organized trips to lure Wil- sonites into exploring the various nerve centers of our campus. Our own initiative and curiosity are usu- ally sufficient. Press members can go through the Daily T ews building; Bi Sci students have the stockyards. The Merchandise Mart, Union De- pot, Adler Planetarium, the Wrigley Building, all are but a sampling of the limitless number of willing guinea pigs the inquisitive student has at his disposal. What traditional college campus could give us opportunities like these? Certainly Champaign, Ann Arbor, or New Haven have nothing to compare with Chicago, where one can go down to the Chicago River and see such sights as the Norwegian Fjell Line ships fresh from their blockade running trips across the Atlantic. We also see an endless array of interesting peo- ple here on our campus. Sit in the ball park bleachers sometime, or ride a midnight street car and you ' ll notice the amazing variety in appear- ance, action, and thought possible in the human race. We are constantly observing people not just of our own kind, our own age, but of all kinds and all ages. This everyday exposure to a large and heterogeneous group of people is, according to psychologists, one of the most valuable experiences one can undergo. It gives him the necessary tol- erance and understanding so essential to a harmo- nious intermingling with all types of people. Demo- crat and Republican alike. You see, our campus teaches us how to live. BOV-AFreR. DWNWWC- M AU.TMIS cucryRB. Yoy M » »7 ViM L TZALWIE AND HVS %UOt)V A(iE V«ETTV DWr. WEU, n EV AttB. SO, WftltE WAUONfr B CK FBOM THE v u g PP? ' ., j:y j-u u .-x W ' H iii i | fi I I ij M i M i imii i m ii wi i M i iiiiiiim iii m i m u w iw i iium i h

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THE SHEPP KQOARIOW , WHtiiE VW€ %B HE«6 E AND eAlPHit mEV4TLY CTUWlWG TH£ V Aft NE UFB. APT R G-A»N N( FISH COHUte , HEC-Bm AND RALPHIB ' iET OUTT POR. BOOVCS - LlBB-ARy Boosts, -mev VISIT T tB ?osiAo u8Bar.v, tw zations have been quick to realize how im- mensely valuable Chicago can be in this mat- ter of providing models of all sorts, and they ' ve acted accordingly in the form of numerous and widespread field trips. Our embryo chemical engineers, not con- tent with theoretical textbook knowledge, have organized excursions to, among oth- ers, the modernistic Kraft-Phenix and Sherwin-Williams experimental laboratories. Here they can observe at close range some of the nation ' s finest chemists under actual work- ing conditions, see how a real in- dustrial lab looks and how it func- tions, learn from their guides the background and complete story of each operation about which they are curious. All the knowledge thus gained can be applied with good effect right here in the all- purpose Wilson lab. Another facet of Chicago ' s end- lessly varied personality was taken advantage of by the Retail Execu- tives ' Club, who rose at dawn to be special guests at a fruit auction. While this may sound somewhat dull and prosaic at first, the rapid- fire barking of the auctioneer, the pent-up excitement of the bidders. and the swift transference of gaudy carloads of fruit really make it a highly colorful spectacle. Our number one gadabouts, however, have been the members of the Commerce Club who have de- scended upon the Federal Reserve Bank, the Postoffice and its branches, the Borden-Wieland Dairy, and Don- nelly ' s Lakeside Press, to name a few. Seeing Chicago at work in this manner is quite an inspiration for all of us. It ' s sort of a sneak preview of Chicago Public Library

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GeNTUBMAM. BES t)eS, te AND Hee E HAVE NO MDNSy. KAtPHIETW 5S LEAVE OF HeftBV, AND iWe LEAVE HIM OM A DOWNT0WV4 COWtC. TIQED OT CyLTO«ED, WAlTtHO FOtt HIS J1ftEETCAR. Not only that, but it enables us to live pleas- antly. Any special event at Soldier Field will find us al most as well represented as will a special event in our own spacious auditorium. Some of us will even be selling cans of beer or Sen-Sen, or be down on the field singing in some music festival. We go to the beach to exercise the talents picked up in the walled-in Lake Michigan of our vest-pocket Chicago and very often find brawny Wilson students acting OS lifeguards. The downtown and neighborhood movies give us an endless cinematic choice and like as not we ' re escorted through the bizarre picture palace inte- riors by Wilsonite ushers. When we dance, it ' s not unusual to spot a class- mate glued to the mouthpiece of a trum- pet or clarinet or to have one fizz up a few sodas for us after the dance. We also see them in grocery stores, behind department store counters, at news- stands, in waiter ' s outfits; in fact we see them at work throughout the city. So you see, our campus, instead of merely furnishing us with a two year vacation from life, keeps us right on the scene of action and furnishes us with all the opportunities to equip ourselves completely for the coming struggle. We appreciate fully our privilege in having Chicago spread out before us like some monstrous mechanical genii, forever at our service with all its institutions, knowledge, and vast stores of experience. And we show our appreciation by incessant usage of the muse- ums, fruit auctions, jobs, libraries, theatres, people, laboratories, and all the rest. Yes, there can ' t be much doubt about it. Our campus is definitely no ordinary campus. a-l- ' - ' ii ' MiHlllilifflli: ' :-. ' - ii:. .« ••■•••Il ' j ■■•■■■ .■•■■•••■■ Jl . ■ .■•■■■••■■■II-- - .•• ---•••■■»■■■--«•-- ■■■■■..- ■•■■•■■■•-■■■- ,.-•.•••«■■■■■• --- ■ ■ ■ . n ■ a MMJtA «•••■■ II