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| Title | Houstonian 1960 |
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| Date | 1960 |
| Description | This edition of the Houstonian, published in 1960, is the official yearbook of the University of Houston. |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Location | LD2281.H745 H6 v. 26 1960 |
| Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b1158762~S11 |
| Digital Collection | Houstonian Yearbook Collection |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/yearb |
| Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections |
| Use and Reproduction | This image is in the public domain and may be used freely. If publishing in print, electronically, or on a website, please cite the item using the citation button. |
| File Name | index.cpd |
| Title | History |
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| File Name | yearb1960009.jpg |
| Transcript | University of Houston — A Miniature City Like Houston, the University of Houston is a complex community. It possesses many characteristics that are typical of a municipality: POPULATION—The University's population consists of students, faculty, administration and staff. Though their interests are many and their stations in life varied, its citizens are compatible for they have a common goal —education. They are a busy people. Eighty- three percent of them work full or part time to finance their educations. GOVERNMENT AND MAINTENANCE—The University has its own code of laws for campus conduct, a student government that legislates and allocates funds, and a campus police force that patrols the streets 24 hours a day. It is self-sufficient in that it has its own power plant and maintenance system. LEARNING AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES—University citizens may avail themselves of its many educational and entertainment vehicles. The school community contains a band, orchestra, chorus, theater, four magazines, a weekly newspaper, a yearbook, a TV station, an FM station, a printing plant, a library, movie-making facilities, photography darkrooms, two auditoriums, a gymnasium, swimming pool, and tennis and handball courts. Services available to students include an optometry clinic, a speech and reading clinic, a medical office, an employment agency, bookstore, cafeteria, two snack bars, a guest house, several spacious dining rooms and a nursery school. Students learn from practical experience with driver education cars, a nuclear calibration unit and a dry oil well. M. D. Anderson Library provides modern, comfortable setting for efficient study. |