Wake Forest University - Howler Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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Lucky enough to have gotten into the Registrar ' s Den to get their transcript copies and to fall heir to a ream or so of paper in the shape of administrative forms, Frank Wyatt, Jack Bailey, and Bob Johnson start the registration marathon. Registration Brings Confusion There is one station in the registration rigmarole that all the initiated hate to visit. Bill Beach takes a fiendish delight in handing out the little pieces of purple-smeared paper at the Ditto Card Station. Instr.-ul of t,,i1iiiv clianiliers at Wako Foivst a sy-,ttin kniiuii as iTn ' ist r.itioii w.is iiist.ilk ' d luaiiv y .-irs a d. ' I ' liL ' wIkiIo tliirio is irally vny Niiii|ilc. TIk ' fii ' Nt |HT|-f(iui itc is t(i v a iii.-istur jnoMln-. . ft.T tniir L ' ais Iii.-iiiy sludi ' iits Iwtx- liccoiiic |iliifi ' ssi()iiaU. ( )iic must ni.-in.am ' clu ' i ' khoiik, t ' laiiitaiii |h ' 1i, |iiiik slips. wliitr slips, liirm slictts of |i.-i|ur, .■iiid (■ tiriiK ' i ' tinv liits (if pairliiiKMit all at oruv. ' I ' lif first stop is the |{rii|st rai Otfi.c. Simply liy tclliuii yiiui- iiaiiic yon .-ire i;i rii appnixiiiiatflv sixtx slu ' i ' ts of p.-iptT lu ' iuiiiii ' ,aiioiis ami suii(lr clioicc liits of iiifonnation liclpfiil to the studiMit. Hv inist.iki ' oiiu studi ' iit ;is handed n racnm ' foi ' in. . (-(HipK ' of li(Uirs ,it tiu ' Hnrs,-ir s ( Itticv. and then to the n ' viii «liere fnn really liet;ins! l ' ' iist. find (iiii ' .idx iser. wliieli is in itself a r.are .aeeoinplishnieiit. Tell him wh.it yon winld like to t.ike -he tells yon wli.at yon will take. Then siun lip for voiir courses, lint rememher all ix ' i|uired courses are taiin ' ht the s.niie ptriod. Iliuirs pass — finally when dusk .itheis .mil the first st.-irs .■ippe.ar, N ' oii have all voiir cl.-isses assiuncd, .■iiid the end seems near, lint iio-- oii must li,-i e .1 Chapel seat assit;n- iiient. So yon h.ave performed all these feats of skill with- out :i miirmnr. Sonieone savs. Th;it s .all! Von are overcome with emotion .-ind staencr out of the door. .Inst ;is yon re.acli the hottoni step. s,,iiieoiie rushes out. ur.-dis von. dr.ies yon li.ack .and siniis (iii lip for Miiir llowi.iai pictiiri ' .appoinhnent. Craw line ' on all fouis (in leave- dead.

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5. s M Showing the new students around the campus, making them feel at home, and answering their puzzled questions are some of the duties the Freshman Orientation Committee are faced with during the days of orientation. Seated on the steps, first row, Doris Craven, Kay Arant, Pat Alphin, Jim Abernathy ; second row, Bruce McDaniel, Joe Hough, Jim Greene, Dick Gordon; third row. Rick Cousineau, Jim Stines, Bobby Gaddy; seated on the ledge, Charles Reid, Bill Burris, Coy Privette, Johnnie Hendren, Carwile LeRoy, chairman; and Bruce Thompson. ; Absent: Gene Boyce, Wilfred Winstead, Sylvia Messick, and Pat Mast. Freshman coed Joan Pierce staggers back to the dorm under a load of newly purchased textbooks. The initial visit to the book store usually shocks the new student into a realization that he is at last in college. Freshman meets freshman and friendships are made at the dance given for new students by the Student Council as a part of the orientation program. For the first time new students have a chance to meet their future clas.-iniates First Impression v l. 13

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Publications Get Underway The ul.li ■,■lti(lll HdanI i- an oiMaiii atioii uliich allows all litrrai ' N and Hiiaiicial wi aiiK to nu ' rt and talk .sli(.|i. It i-, .•(Mii|i(,M ' .l (if thr (llt(l|• and Imsincss managvis (if tlu ' tliixr stnd(. ' nt |iiililirati(ins. and the station inanafi ' oi- and Ijusinuss iiianaiix ' r of W ' I ' DI). jMeotings are held monthly, at which tiin ' . ' the potential hut willing ' Ildiace (lieeleys. Hill Sterns. Georgia t ' larks, juid ' I ' nnnan ( ' a|i()tes aii- their mutual woes. They niaki ' niajdi- deeisKins (■(incernnin ' thvir (ii-- ganizatidiis. At the first nieetini; ' m Septenilioi ' the major decisKin made for the eai- was that four o ' clock as a lietter hour to meet than three-tliii-t -. In January there was still i reat hope for dccidmi; ' wiiicli day of the »eek wovild lie most agreeahle on which to hold this four o ' clock meeting. Former memliers of our I ' uli Hoai ' d have covered themsehes with honoi ' and glory in their chosen literary and liroadcasting fields. ,V lecent editor of the Student mag is now cliautf ' eui- for T. S. V ' .liot, and a more recent WFDI) Station .Manager is no« holding an important technical ]iosition with a well- known broadcasting company. lie plugs in all the microjihoncs each morning and iniplugs them at night. It is hoped that cui-rerit editors and station nianaii ' ers ma - do as well. Faculty Advisers to ttie Publications Board examine a contributed article. Prof. McElroy, WFDD; Prof. Drake, STUDENT; Dr. Wilson, HOWLER; Prof. Brown, STU- DENT; Dr. Folk, Chairman and OLD GOLD AND BLACK. The Publication Board concerns itself with directing the student publications and the college radio station. Seated, Gene Boyce and Byrd Barnette; standing, Dave Garrett, Glen Garrison, Taylor Sanford, Jr., Guy Revelle, Bill Beach and Elbert Greenway.