Caption: Book - First Year at University (1935)
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\ Student Activities T HE average student spends from Foul to n hoin ich day in classes, depending on Ins coll< e ami curriculum, It he is not v. iking ioi sel ipport, he will have everal hours each day which he can devote to i moil and activity • many such activitu in An Illinois U: Dance outside the classroom. Tin are a great which students may participate it inter< d. These activities I iy take little time Or t h e y m a y take a great deal of time. Their r < ;nition and super vision by the University makes them a part of the edu itional pn ram. F of these extra-curricular activities have direct connections with clasi i \ >rk but many have indirect r e l a t i o n s w h i c h m a y give t h e m definite lu< mal It is only at a great university such as the University of Illinois th acurriculai activities may attain this variety and be developed to the point where definite values m a y he derived from t h e m . Student living quarters form one basis for student activity and sorority houses c o n s t i t u t e s e p a r a t e living u n i t s w h i c h take . The frat nity it in campus social life. Organized rooming houses and organized groups of independent men and women form another group, and dormitories still another. A gra t d 1 of < the life of the s t u d e n t c e n t e r s a r o u n d his living q u a r t e r s , w h e r e he not only studies but also associates with his friends. N u m e r o u s activities are d i r e c t l y c o n n e c t e d with c l a s s r o o m work. P r a c t i c a l 1) every university d e p a r t m e n t has certain clubs and professional societies related to it. The activities of these organizations are usually professional in charactei and tend to further interest in the particular field. Many o t h e r activities and s t u d e n t affairs have no conn, tion with the curricula—athletics, p u b l i c a t i o n s , d r a m a t i c s , music, and many, m a n y o t h e r s . T h e individual can c h o o s e his a c t i v i t y as an avocation, for his recreation, or for the practical benefits which he may s ure from it. The importance of student < activities is indicated hy the fact that almost every student a t t e m p t s to e n g a g e in at least one t y p e . Senior Ball the Climax of the Social Season
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