Arizona State University - Sun Devil Spark / Sahuaro Yearbook (Tempe, AZ)

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When cards are lost, classes are full and time is out, it does not matter whether you are standing, sitting on a chair or sprawled out on the gymnasium floor; the ordeal of registration is just as bewildering from any angle. While standing in line for a class card, you thought you ' d have to wait forever, but you finally made it to the front. Too bad the class you wanted was full. It was your major? Oh, well, there ' s always next ... or drop-add.

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Mixed reactions on the faces of freshmen show that not everyone is able to muster up enough spirit for a lively pep rally at the end of an Orientation week full of advisements, tests, assemblies, tests and registration. Want to be popular on campus fast? White- washed Chris Jones muses about her claim to fame. Dr. Durham extended his personal greetings to freshmen during the traditional Reception which was held in the MU Ballroom. 19

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I have only written my matriculation number 15 times .. . Necessary but nonetheless hectic, registration ushered in the usual endless waiting lines, filled classes and stacks of varied forms to fill out. Due to lack of writing space, students sprawled unceremoniously across the gym floor in order to complete the required cards. In the course of registering, matriculation were repeated so often that, quite frequently, they became memorized. Nearly a half-million I.B.M. cards were swallowed up in the process of enrolling the unprecedented number of 19,259 students. Permanent identification cards, designed to last the student ' s college career, made their debut as weary students completed registration by smiling, though reluctantly, for the photographers. A week later, after the of registration were a mere memory, cards were returned. Judging from the facial expressions of the students as they were handed their permanent mug shots, the cards were things to be stashed away in a secret compartment which even friends couldn ' t find. Students lined up to receive their identification cards in the Memorial Union. The wives of faculty members handled the task of looking through over 12,000 new cards to find that certain one requested by each student. New permanent plasticized ID cards were hilariously received as the mug shots provided students with a humorous treasure for all time. Several unlucky had to have their pictures retaken which caused consternation in some, apathy in others.