Riverside College - Tequesquite Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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Blissful Tranquillity Ends .l-iJiJ CAMPUS CROWD-A familiar sight between classes is the swarm of students rushing through the Quad, burdened with books, but from the sound and looks of things obviously concerned with many things besides studying. DAY Rich IS DONE— Tom Hoffman holds up the Terracina archway as Terry Johnston and Contreras leave after a long hard day hitting the books. As Studies IT WAS ALMOST A RELIEF to begin studying. Regis- tration was a bit hectic, but the time finally arrived v hen for better or for Vi orse the program was set, books were purchased, and we were committed to a schedule of classes. Getting ofF to a good start had its own kind of excite- ment. It was fun to size up the class, pick out who were to be the eager beavers, who the quietly competent students. It was fun to size up the instructor, too. Was he to be the kind you could con out of a deadline with a sad story? A sadist who took delight in the low grade point average of his classes and pretended to himself this was maintain- ing standards? Or would he be that paragon whose lectures were always inter- esting and relevant, who was firm but flexible, and who insisted on and achieved quality work.

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and Waiting THE COUNSELORS meant well, and doubtless they were a help, but we had moments when we wondered. There were so many nice courses we wanted to take, only to be told we didn ' t have the prerequisites, or there was a conflict, or the course wouldn ' t meet the University of California ' s Re- quirement No. FX81B. Student Body dues were a jolt, but of course everything was all right when we found the payment covered the Tequesquite. (Whatever that was.) Finally the big day arrived, and we strolled off to our first college class, hoping our nervousness wouldn ' t show. Suddenly, during a lull in the first lecture, just about the time the instructor was telling us how easy it would be to flunk his course, we were seized with the realization . . . .We ' re In! TEST TIME— Counsalor Evan Vail stands in a sea of prospective students taking those infernal placement tests. This particular group happens to be made up largely of future evening students. MONEY PLEASE-Mrs. Lenore Campbell trades a copy of Tiger Tales and an ASB card for 15 of Pat ' s hard-earned do II a re. COUNSELOR William Wiley helps Pat make out her schedule. At right, Pat finds her way to her first class. It was more than a bit crowded.

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-t •w ' ' r , m THE CAMPUS, at first so strange and confusing, soon acquired a complfcx personality that varied with tlie time of day. For those who arrived early in the morning, it was a quiet, rested place, cool and clean and sweet in the fresh morning air. The click of heels on the sidewalks out- side, the slamming of car doors, the salutations called across the Guad — all gave promise of the activity that soon would descend upon the campus. By mid-morn- ing the campus was a busy, friendly spot. Students swarmed across the Quad, pausing in clusters for con- versation or cooperative study. In the Pit, they gathered at tables, com- muning over a cup of coffee, a bummed cigarette. In the Tigers Den they lined up at the snack bar, re- treated to tables to lunch and chat. in Earnest MAN ' S BEST FRIEND— Wuppy the Puppy surveys the noontide Quad. This is a dog ' s life? S«: ' ' 5 ' i! i5: yfif SS? - mt s .