Democracy's College, 1967 version Part 3

any student here at Iowa State has tremendous freedom and how and where he'll live and there he's got the opportunity of identifying with a much smaller group of making closer and firmer relationships while he's here in the midst of a very large school community and this carries over as well into the resident system which is broken down into houses which are much smaller groups allowing the student again to associate and identify with people people of his own tastes people with wish you can so she ate as closely as he chooses of course the fraternity system here in Iowa State is one of the strongest in the nation and here again the student has tremendous freedom first and choosing the house in which he wishes to live and then as close as friends with in that house nearly every campus church organization provides many opportunities for students to get together they have a study room for students and on weekends there's usually a recreational activities planned and Sunday nights are set aside for group meetings and discussions there's no limit to the to the events that you can see and this is something else I think you'll learn in Iowa State every night of the week there were five or six or seven or eight or nine or ten things you could do besides study well you're never going to be able to take these in but they'll range all the way from classical music to handball tournaments or something and within this area there's bound to be something that you would like this is becoming more and more true I think as the years go by in fact there are weekends when it's a painful choice to decide what to do there are so many things going on and often so many very different kinds of things you may have a concert and a lecture and a dance and a party and several other things happening all and a short period of time and so they're really often more than enough to do considering the responsibilities one has also to worry about in the way of not only day-to-day assignments but long-term projects and papers that's something that seems to go on forever and ever sports seem to go on you're around at Iowa State being a member of the Big Eight the unit allegiant picture is one of many different sports besides seen just teens from Iowa State you get a chance to see many of the finest teams from across the nation facility wise it's it's an excellent campus i think you have places like by our hall where you have fine facilities for swimming and gymnastics the football stadium has just had on addition and now there's room for quite a few more people as far as adequate facilities for sports to be played in or for people to watch him the intramural program probably has some of the finest facilities of of any school that I've seen it's a tremendous place to meet people and do enlarge your area of friendships so was one of the biggest advantages of intramurals is that it's just a simple release of tension after long hours of studying you can get together with a group of guys and go bowling or play softball or do something that's housed maybe in buyer hall or the old man's gym in the area of basketball or something like this and the facilities are quite adequate to handle the vast number of students to do participate one big advantage in clubs is that you meet students who have interests similar to your own and outside of the club work you can get together with these students and share your special interests this can be singing or dance or just getting together and maybe expressing ideas there are committees which students can work on together or there's just the opportunity to attend the activity I think the biggest advantage of Viva is that after working together during the year preparing for visha students develop a sense of pride and showing off their University during this particular weekend working together with other students is the best way to come to know them and this causes a strong feeling of unity students spend much time planning and building the floats that the admirers from all over the state come to see not only is their strong feeling of competition in winning and having the winning viche afloat but just to have a float completed and in the parade gives you a strong sense of satisfaction keisha in my estimation well I wish I had done it sooner I dabbled in it for two years ah working a little bit on the stars over visha performances also at the same time then I was head of the department displays which was good and yet in building the department displays you work only with your own people I think the good point of it was the fact that the two and a half days of isha then that i spent in my building i met people from all over Iowan from many many other states this was the rewarding part of it this was the part that was tremendously enjoyable but the activities give you a chance to come out to meet people to get to know people on the university to get to know the faculty of the administration and if you want a personal relationship you can achieve it while you're at school but you meet people of other majors of people who live in different residences you meet people of all kinds all over the campus who are interested in things that you're interested in when you join different groups and you it takes your mind off of your studies at times which we all need well I would imagine also the money that is given here in grants and fellowships and things comes in bigger quantities again leading to a little better building or a little better test tube or a little better microscope or a little better instructor with a little more background which in the long run should lead to a better education a better education you and your future how does the university president view the role that Iowa State misplay if it is to continue to move ahead for a large student body firm its diversification and enrichment of program and curricula but because many other universities will also be large size can no longer be the distinguishing quality which makes for a strong and dominant university in other words it is tingling characteristic which marks out the strong dominant universities of the nation will be excellence for the prime purpose of a university indeed a University's very reason for being is the education of the individual for the fullest use of his capacities this is not only morally right and proper in a free democratic society such as ours but it is also this is Iowa State proud of its contributions to the land-grant idea proud of its record as a pioneer and extension proud of its position of leadership and research yet Iowa State continues to have uppermost in its philosophy a genuine concern for you the student you