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

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Moving in is often a cumbersome process, but it ' s just ,i matter of until things fill into place and dorm becomes home for another academic Upperclassmen Return Eagerly to WF Campus Upperclassmen straggle in toward the close Oi orientation week, moving into now -familiar dorms with much less domestic upheaval. With rare leisure hours to spend, Deacon old-timers check up on summertime developments, look up old friends, and manage to meet several new ones. Picnics, teas, and receptions set the social pace, and all agree it ' s great to be back — for the time being. 22

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Newcomers arriving in mid-September find mass testing procedures on hand to measure each facet (it their academic development. For incoming- male students, physical fitness tests evaluate each individual ' s strength and skill. Before returning home in strangely empty cars, interested parents make a tour of Wake ' s magnolia-dotted campus. Warding orf homesickness taxes the ingenuity of com- mittee leaders, hut orientation activities in- clude recreation as well as testing and coun- selling, to please everyone concerned. Frosh boys undergo the extra ordeal of motor ability tests, which determine placement in physical education classes. Parents and younger sister admire ilie modified Georgian ciinptis that will be the second home oj the family ' s collegian for the next four years.

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Frequent box-checking for mad shows tell-tale signs of fresk?nan homesich Handshakes and introductions abound at Orientation ' ' i where faculty and ne wcomers become acquainted teas and receptions, relaxed atmosphere.