Brigham Young University - Banyan Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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Leaderihip Committee, Blaine Seamons, Jan Tables laden with delacacies tempted the tongue Charlene Johnson and Dasid Jacobs reverted to Lundgren, Jeanne Merrill, Bob Standing, Susan and will power of leadership delegates. Food and their childhood for a noveltv number during the Fields, and Chairman Lowell Benson, planned calories unlimited expanded wastlines and caus- entertainment presented by the Program Bureau, activities. ed a stampede to the dining hall at mealtimes. JACKSON HOLE BECKONED FALL CONFAB Studentbody leaders Destined for Greatness assembled for a three-day pre-school conference at Jackson Hole, Wyoming to plan activities for the com- ing year. Official visitor, Elder Howard W. Hunter of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, delivered an inspirational mes- sage and announced the decision of the First Presidency and Twelve Apostles to discontinue social units in June 1962. Freshman students arrived a week be- fore registration to become orientated to the vicissitudes of college living. Place- ment tests, lengthy lectures, and social mixers exhausted these early arrivers. Returning students joined them in the hassel and confusion of registration — closed classes, group-fillers, unexpected prerequisites. That first hectic week of classes was also filled with Hello Week activities. Highlighting this week, the traditional assembly produced the usual amount of California exuberance and Utah retaliation. Chairman Jim Beatse planned events to acquaint the students. Student leaders from over 250 organizations converged in the lobby of the spacious Jackson Hole Lodge to generate enthusiasm for the coining school year ' s plans.

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COSMOPOLITAN STUDENTBODY CREATED FUN Students converged on campus in the Fall from all parts of the world and all walks of life. They discovered college to be a many-faceted experience. Al- though studies consumed much of their time, they still found hours to devote to rounding out their education with non-academic study. For culture they had the latest sports magazines, fashion news, and child care manuals, and for exercise tliey had water fights, pillow fights, and snowball fights. They made frequent trips to the library and occasionally braved the elements to venture to forums and devotionals. Sports meets, particularly basketball, en- ticed them to the stadium and ficldhouse. Studentbody elections stirred up enough emotion to motivate over 6,000 voters to cast their preferences for student gov- ernment representatives. Married students watched the rising spires of the new housing project as work pushed the buildings toward com- pletion by September of ' 62. Unmarried students enjoyed the less responsible an- tics which were constantl) ' carried on in both dorms and off-campus facihties. Diligently they tackled the problems of securing a date with their ready-refer- ence student directory and Banyan close at hand. For casual dates, the parade of Provo restaurants included recentl) opened J.B. ' s, which hungry Southern Californians espctiall hailed with de- light and which quickly acquired a staunch following, but for more formal occasions, trips to Salt Lake wore fre- quently on the agenda. Perhaps the most popular new place to take a date, how- ever, became the much discussed librnrv Positions in organizations and jobs to augment finances finished filling any spare hmir students might have left.

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iidents waited their tuni to pick up their registraUon packets while others ahead of them were receiving direcUon and information from their advisers. OVER 11,000 REGISTERED IN THE FALL During Fall Semester registration over 11,200 students processed through the two day affair. During Spring Semester nearly 10,700 students completed regis- tration procedures. In order to keep reg- istration operating smoothly, the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse was roped and channeled to keep students going in the right direction. Registration aids were planted along the route to remind stu- dents of the procedure to be followed. Batteries of cash registers, advisers, class cards, and forms met the students as they journeyed through the fieldhouse. To add to the frustration of the students who registered the last day during the last hours, the large board which report- ed classes which had been filled was completely full. As they muddled through the catalogue looking for a new schedule, a voice came over the speaking system suggesting that you could register for Evening School classes. Students crowded around the advisers ' tables seeking help in making up a satisfactory class schedule and college program. Students used the thousands of chairs placed throughout the fieldhouse to advantage in fill- ing out myriads of forms during registration.