Brigham Young University - Banyan Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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DIRECTING 8000 voices, Craw- ford Gates led opening singing. COMMITTEE workers were, front row: Janis Hull, Mona Boyden, Joy Beckstead, Mary Decker. Back: Bryan Drennan, L ' Dean McCue, Mark Fullmer . . . hard workers all. WELCOMING COUPLE, president Taylor greets LeRoy and LaRae PeeL hello was the best word Brigham Young University became the largest church affiliated university In the ' nation in relation to full time students when the results of fall quarter registration were tabulated. A total of 8116 students registered. With an enrollment increase of 72% since 1950, the University launched into a new program of streamlining graduation requirements to handle the load. The increase has also resulted In a $16 million building expansion program. One healthy sign of the increase was that it was con- centrated In upper classes while freshman registration continued about normal in Increase. Registration pro- cedure at best is hectic, but necessary, as students check with housing, traffic, or counseling. Efforts to streamline the procedure were boosted when Dean Bliss Crandall was placed in charge of registration and assumed his duties as Dean of Admissions and Records. WELCOME BACK assembly is Univer- sity ' s official greeting to returning stu- dents, who are seated by home state or country in year ' s biggest grouping. 26

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v PUS TOUR is led by Parker, who explains to 3US frosh that the oJd •II Is sounded by IK ' s after a Cougar victory. a week of orientation A record 3191 freshmen faced a bewildering battery of psychological exams, placement tests and intelligence quizzes during this year ' s Orientation Week. Incoming students were taken on campus tours in between exams, or were shuttled from one orientation meeting to another as upperclassmen explained the functions of the honor code, the student government, and everything connected with the efficient running of a complex university. A pep rally preceding the first football game, an outside dance hela in the Fieldhouse parking lot, and an assembly themed around BY wants You were planned activities for them, while Frosh Talent night gave them an oppor- tunity to participate in their first college assembly as they sang, danced . . . and juggled tables. SIGNING UP newcomers, Mar Johnson receives Betty Clark and Carol Gleason during the week. COMMITTEE MEMBERS were, BACK ROW: Dr. Henry L. Uaksen, chair- man; Chuck Hobbs, Gene Twitchell, Verlin Nicholes, Seth W. Swann. FRONT ROW: Diane Henry, Carolyn Wallis, Eugenia Bliss, Jaimee Nor- ton, Cheril James, Rex D, Pinegar. Chuck Hobbs was the chairman. BALANCER Heinz Hubler awed students by balancing on his chin tables, cups, chairs, even bicycles.

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PICKING UP CARDS, a new freshman comes to the end of one long line. She has eliminated one, but still must try to find her way out of the building. CONFUSED BROTHERS, Dave and Dicic Terry, ponder schedules outside before being admitted into the Fieldhouse for Autumn registration. INSIDE FIELDHOUSE, students form thoughful lines as they slowly move forward to pick up registration forms. forming lines at registration The largest enrollment of students to ever attend the University received their first look at each other during Hello Week ' s Welconne Back assembly. A total of 8116 students from 28 foreign countries and 47 states of the union sat in separate sections to hear the University ' s of ficial greeting. Sponsored by Intercollegiate Knights and Y Calcares service units, the week was themed by You Gotta Say Hi at the Y. Incoming students received their first impressions of class life and university activities. The first dance of the year was held. Non Campus Mentis, was theme of the week ' s assembly which was held in the evening. After leaving the assembly, couples en route to the dance watched IKs light the Y on Y Mountain for the first of five times during the year. ATTENTIVE, Stephen Sorensen receives advice from Harry Hodson.