Word: barrows
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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President Patty may feel that beards, Levi's and mukluks are out of place here, but here are a few of the unquashed beard wearers on campus. Civilization, with its group conformity, has not taken over this campus yet, and we are neither shaving nor going to Point Barrow...
...Point Barrow. The University of Alaska might dismay some Outside purists. "I wouldn't send my son here," concedes one faculty member privately, "but I enjoy the work immensely. What a challenge! It's like working in a slum." One reason: the university is obliged to accept any Alaskan high school graduate (at free tuition), has a 40% freshman drop-out rate. Unlike most state universities, it also has twice as many men (545) as women (274), no solace for half the men on 30-below winter nights...
...dormitories and hang the carcasses outside the windows. President Patty has even clamped down on beards, mukluks and Levi's; slacks and jackets are now fashionable. To those who protest, Patty snaps: "Fellow, civilization has caught up with you. I advise you to go on to Point Barrow...