Illinois State Normal University - Index Yearbook (Normal, IL)

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Kay Payton and Paula Martinie are certain that the book gets longer every year. For 1100 freshmen This year ' s Orientation Week activities for ISNU newcomers began with the convocation program at McCormick Gymnasium. Shortly afterwards, an ample picnic supper was served to the new students, their families, and the attending faculty members. In the days that followed, these students toured the campus, took numerous placement tests, and became ac- quainted with their department heads, their advisors, and other members of the faculty. Moreover, Orienta- tion Week gave the freshmen a chance to become friendly with other new students during the Fresh- man Mixer, the Watermelon Picnic, and the Sing and Movie. Other activities, namely individual church re- ceptions, the All-School Mixer, the Journalism Open House, and the Co-Educational Play Day, provided the new freshmen with an opportunity to meet many of the ISNU upperclassmen. At the end of this full Orientation Week, the ISNU freshman class had hap- pily found their home away from home. Ron Moews. Dick HackL Pat Patterson. Carl Larson, and Guy Dier- couff slice the melons for the hungry crowd at the Freshman picnic. Pat Kline, Judv Darby, and Pat Caliendo chat with Mr. Pa iie at the Fell Hall freshman reception.

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Your friend is m newcomers in sons friend Dr. Peith the ISM ' Four years begin On the second Sunday in September, hundreds of new students arrive on the campus of Illinois State Normal University. These freshmen are filled with anxious excitement rather than with the worries of facing a new situation, for ISNU has begun the Orien- tation activities several weeks before this initial day of college. At approximately the middle of the summer, the various organizations begin informing prospective stu- dents of the customs and current practices on campus. Two of these services are sponsored by Women ' s League; one is the publication Campus Cues, which states the acceptable attire for various occasions, and the other is the Campus Sister Council, which pro- vides for individual counseling before and after ar- rival at ISNU. The dormitories, also, provide lists of campus-living essentials, so that the freshman does not come to college and then remember his check book still waiting to be packed. Thus, the student is adequately prepared for the first days of college, which will further orientate him to the many aspects of his new environment. Betty Veldman, Gwenda Miller and others are all victims of those long white blanks on Registration Day. IS Which of these papers do you want? asks Norma Wolfer of Dr. Reitan while Dianne Teasdale, Thelma Todd, and Hull Wieneke wait their turn.

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Entertaining musically One of the most memorable programs of the as- sembly series at Capen Auditorium during the school year was the presentation of Brigadoon by Betty- anne Clayton and Herbert Lane. The couple narrated the wistful tale of the old Scottish village that could appear on earth for only one day every hundred years. They vocalized many of the popular songs, such as Bonnie Jane and It ' s Almost Like Falling in Love, that have captivated audiences all over the country. Soprano Bettyanne Clayton and tenor Herbert Lane sine; liltingly of quaint Brigadoon. Ailcnc Urquhart and Ron Schultz compliment the French troupe on their performance Les Compagnons de la Chanson, a group of nine singing Frenchmen, were enthusiastically received by ISM students when they appeared here in October for the first program of the Entertainment Series. The group, which is well-known in the United States and Europe, presented a diversified program, including songs rendered in both French and English. The songs in French were clarified through the clever pantomiming and the English songs were emphasized by the singers ' facial expressions. Folk tunes, popular songs, and classical arrangements were performed with equal skill by the Companions of the Song, as signified by the thundering applause at the conclusion of each of their numbers. 20