College of William and Mary - Colonial Echo Yearbook (Williamsburg, VA)

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prior to registering. lf fresh- men were asked to come to William and Mary in the summer for an orientation weekend, out-of-state students would have been at a clear disadvantage. lt appeared that arena registration would re- main the only practical system for the first semester freshmen. Although the registrar's office appealed to the admin- istration, faculty and students each year, no changes were sug- gested forthe upperclass regis- tration system. Therefore, for the future it was projected that preregistration would continue. By the time freshmen reach departmental tables, many classes are full and the students have no choice but to sit down and find another acceptable course. The only store where prices canit nf-lake a difference much more W8tlVl shirts jackets erhaps every student at the college could look through old cancelled checks and find many made out to the William and Mary Bookstore For unlike other stores within the Williamsburg area it was un avoidable lt was in the book store that professors were men tally cursed by students for assigning so many books at such outrageous prices it was in the bookstore that one waited in line at the start of each semester only to find out that a particu lar book was either sold out or had not yet arrived and it was to the bookstore that one ran five minutes before a test to buy a forgotten blue book ln addition to required texts the bookstore offered mugs and pennants were available for the school spirited student and the souvenir hunting tourist Albums or posters were great for last minute gifts Cliff notes were always appreciated by the procrastinating English mayor and best sellers were available for those who felt they had time to read for fun Bookstore lines are inevitable at the start of each semester REGISTRATION 15

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DDR S: Nor ho E b T close m hy did 3,519 students en- dure hall telephones, rau- cous parties at three a.m. and winter firedrills? Often a dorm was not a study paradise or the picture of privacy, but it was maintained at the coIlege's ex- pense, and with the exception of JBT and Ludwell, did not neces- sitate a car. Dorms furnished the essentials of bed, desk and dresser, and most provided a kit- chen, laundry room, t.v. and stu- dy Iounge as well. There were few dorm regulationsg as long as one remembered his card key, he was free to come and go as he pleased. Still popular was the type of housing which deviated from the traditional one sex dormitory. Though Monroe and Old Dominion were among the first dorms to fill up during the lottery, co- ed Bryan Complex was not far be- hind. A successful experiment in Chandler placed men and wo- men on the same floor but on sep- arate ends ofthe hall. The en- thusiasm for co-ed special in- terest housing led to the estab- evil. It was a tense situation for those eliminated, but neither the Administration nor the stu- dents could find a more feasible solution to the problem of lim- ited space. Other dorm controversies in- volved James Blair Terrace, the old campus dorms of Hunt, Tyler and Taliaferro, and the Yates- DuPont switch. Designated as an upperclass men's dorm, JBT posed definite transportation and so- cial problems. With the new bus ?i H135 3-ill a s E ,ff-C411 4 t 5 I I lf., ifvr-fait system JBT residents had a choice 2 of leaving campus by 11 p.m. or walking the three miles home, putting a social damper on guys without cars. Also separated from the mainstream of activity were those freshmen housed in I-lunt, Tyler and Taliaferro. Freshmen housed in these dorms could choose between a thirty- minute walk to the cafeteria or an indefinite wait for the bus. Commented a Tyler resident: l don't eat half the meals the cat serves, because I don't want to walk that far three times a day. A switch from the traditional new campus housing placed freshman women in Yates and freshman men in DuPont. The Administration initiated this change to ensure the equality of housing for men and women, a concession to Title IX. Jeannie Meyer, a Yates resident, comment- ed: There's not that much dif- ference between DuPont and Yates . . . You can sure tell that guys lived here, though! Everybody had their complaints Everyone has a common 3 3 , A interest and cares about -J others, something I don't think happens ln larger dorms. lishment of the Italian I-louse. Resident Leslie Fry observed: Everyone has a common interest and cares about others, something I don't think happens in larger dorms. Moncure l-louse, I-loke House and the newly-renovated lodges offered an at-home at- mosphere for small groups of people. Jefferson Hall was put out of commission for most of the year due to continuing administration renovation efforts. The dorm renovation program created a lack of dorm space, making ran- dom elimination of students from the room lottery a necessary H ' L..l ,x 59222536 - QW Q f7l.0!lll5'lllWJllZll Qff' . . APA' -K if IL? ' N is 3' 'VS . N .jx Q d with the dorm system, but the ma- jority of students continued to apply for college housing. The proximity of dorms to academic buildings, the facilities and maintenance of dorms, and the close relationships formed out- weighed the lack of privacy and the occasional inconvenience of dorm regulations. Parties, cook- outs, study breaks and pancake breakfasts offered an added so- cial dimension to campus life. As one student put it: With all the pressure at this place, l'd go crazy without other people around! DOHMS 17