Washburn University - Kaw Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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Class cards are parcelled out by student helpers who met the flood of students during the two long enrollment days. Another line, but by now it's routine as enrollees pick up their nametags and are photographed. . . . and Orientation After picking up their duplicate record cards, stu- dents proceded to the library where they met with their advisors to work out their fall class schedules. Upperclassmen checked their correlated courses and credits in upper division classes, while the lower class- men struggled with group requirements and closed classes, some of which were already filled by Tuesday noon. Class cards had to be picked up and filled out in quadruplicate, and with these and other forms, the student spent the next forty-five minutes writing his life history and his name until he could have done it in his sleep. Then, picture time. Of course, there was a line as he picked up his name placque and waited to be captured in celuloid for Public Rela- tionls use. Scholarship receivers stopped by the President's office to receive authorization to pick up his check, and he then joined the others to have his statement made out. Last stop was the Business Office where he signed his name to a check or made arrangements for tuition payments, and picked up his activity ticket. lt was over and wouldn't have to be repeated for an- other four months. Last stop is the Business Office where that hard earned money or Dad's neatly signed check is left.

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Enrollment . . . Orientation week was officially opened September I4 with a picnic scheduled for the Pine grove south of the Union. However. the uncooperative Kansas weather hampered Sunday night's activities. and the picnic was moved inside where freshmen and transfers munched on hot dogs, potato chips, and cokes. After a short program. Gerry Barker showed his collection of Washburn slides. Monday morning there were placement tests for the freshmen who had not already taken them. and they met with their advisors to become more acquainted with Washburn's academic schedule. There was a break in the rigorous schedule Monday night when the Student Council sponsored its first Activities Fair in the Union. Campus clubs set up booths around the lchabod room to display literature and pictures. More than 350 students took advantage of the colorful and attractive displays to learn more about the activities of the school. A program including a Hawaiian dance, piano selections. a Modern Dance Club number, and a dramatic presentation from the Westside Story kept the crowd entertained. The Merits of the Freshman Beanie was given a humorous slant by two debaters. The hectic schedule began again Tuesday when the enrollment process commenced. First came the tuber- culin testing procedure which was made available to all students. Then came the task of enrolling which, al- though now familiar to the upperclassmen, was still bewildering to the new students. w ,ff t ii N'ia It doesn't hurt--much! Receiving the TB test was the first step in the enrollment process. What problems! Conflicting hours, group requirements and closed classes confront the harrassed advisor and his despairing advise-e. Ml.8l0STflN TMNT X54 .iz t ,A .-ta.. -1 7

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Fill First Busy College Week Books were the next big problem. Students emerged from the bookstore slightly disheveled, lighter in the pocketbook. and loaded down with stacks of books, some of which would never be read. Freshmen were still taking their physical exams. The movie, The Benny Goodman Story had been shown Tuesday evening in the Union and had given the students a chance to relax. The Independent Stu- dent's hour dance had also helped them forget their first harrowing experience with college enrollment. The meeting of all new students in MacVicar Chapel Wed- nesday afternoon made them feel a part of the Univer- sity. That night the Greek pledges took over the Union for their last pre-school coke party. Classes met for the first time Thursday, and old students began to get back in the groove while the beanied freshmen hunted for the right classroom and even the correct building. Instructors were again con- fronted by a mass of nameless faces of sleepy-eyed freshmen who were already learning a rule of prime importance--never take an eight o'clock! Orientation fun was not yet over. The Don Rose band provided the music for a Friday night Howdy Dancef' This event gave the new students another opportunity to meet each other. Intermission enter- tainment included two skits. Another first for Wash- burn's orientation program was the Splash Party held Saturday afternoon in Whiting pool. The Vesper Serv- ice in MacVicar Chapel Sunday afternoon with Student Council President Harold Geer giving the address closed the orientation schedule, and the following full week of classes shifted the students' minds from the social to the studious. When the final tally was made, Washburn had be- come the collegiate home for 1,583 students. The Cosmopolitan Club displays articles from Activities Fair, a new event in the expanded orienta many foreign countries and the members discuss tion' program. with new students the activities of the club at the