Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

HEADLINE-Special Services Help Students At College Dean Machmer Greets New Students. STUDENT advisory service, orientation Week, an employment bureau, a health service, and a student aid committee are evidences of a strong determination that each student shall receive individual attention so that his life at college may be interesting and profitable. Springfield Union Students at M. S. C. E a rn e d t350,00tl A More Than 60 Per Cont Shared in Money Last Year, Report Shows AMHERST. .Xbril ST KAPF'-ljxitlew graduates at Matssaclittsetts State Col- lege earned 5250.000 during the last college year, the institution reported today, announcing' formation of a con- tra! ww:-ltttc on student aid to servo 35 Li "c'le:tri.tgg house" for scltolarsliirrsg loans and undergraduate employment. More than 60 per cc-nt of the stu- dents earned money, the college sal-l, and average earnings per student were 550.12 A Springfield Republfazn PLANS MADE F 'R M. S. C. ORIENTATION WEEK Amherst, Sept. 19-"How in .bccotnc 8. College student in one week" 'miaht well bc the title for the diversified trogittni of activities which fresh- men at Massachusetts State college writ tal-Le r-art. in beginning' Monday. "Orientation week. which begins three days before college opens for the upnor classes, will help the fresh- men to bridpre the difficult period of adjustment to new surrountltntgs, new conditions of study, and unfamiliar rules and regulations," Dean Nvilliarn L. Machmer said today in explaining the proxrram. "Conditions at college are markedly riificrcut funn those which the aver- age iraslnnuit has become accustomed to in secondary schools," he added. "ln these few days of readjustment we hope to introduce thelfreshman to the social life of the campus, in- struct him in the difficult matters of schedules and credits, explain to him the various student organizations in which he will be asked to participate." An innovation this year will be a short summary of the history and the traditions of the college recounted. to the freshmen by Prof Frank Pren- tice Rand, head of the English de- partment and author -of the latest college history, "Yesterda.ys." Orientation week will not be all speeches and social events, however. After-registration each freshman will be given a physical examination and a. series of mental tests' and then photographed for the college files. Each freshman girl will he taken on" a. tour of the campus, while freshmen men are to meet with their proctors in dormitory groups. Students Enjoy Their Dormitory Recreation Room.