Wesleyan College - Veterropt Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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Campus Organizations Entertain Freshmen Every fall, new Wesleyan students are kept busy attending the many parties and special events planned for them by different groups on campus. In 1928, social life opened with a Y.W.C.A. prom (manless, of course) and the loggia was transformed into a gypsy camp for the festivities. This year, freshmen were honored at a tea planned by Wesleyan Christian Fellowship to introduce them to WCF activities, invited to an ice cream and swimming party at Dean Schafer’s pool, and entertained by a concert sponsored by B.S.U. One freshman respond¬ ed to the events by remarking, “orientation is not only helpful in getting you acquainted with the school, but it keeps you from be¬ coming homesick.” 21

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Registration Finalizes Fall Schedules Wednesday of the Orientation Week is al¬ ways an exhausting experience of waiting in lines — at registration in the gym when classes are being closed out every minute, at the book¬ store when everyone on campus tries to buy their twenty books at the same time, at tele¬ phone sign-ups in the Rec Room when South¬ ern Bell requires three forms to be filled out for a single phone. But by the end of the day students felt settled in, at least for a semester. For freshmen, Peer Counselors provided en¬ couragement, answers, and support during the “adjustment period.” Thursday was more relaxing with the Mer¬ chants’ Festival during the day and a picnic supper at night providing an opportunity to meet Macon ministers and to sing together by the lake. H wo alumnae remember their feelings on arriving at Wesleyan as freshmen when the Rivoli campus was new: “l arrived by train at the Rivoli Station. It would have been humiliating had my parents driven me to college. ” Dorothy Quiliian Smith; ’32 “I remember well the feeling of awe as the train pulled into Rivol my first year. But then, there were those precious Juniors who met the train and welcomed me with warmth to the new brick buildings. The sidewalks had just been laid and were covered in many places with piles of day; however ; the Sophomores saw to it that we Freshmen corrected that on Sophomore Day” Lillian Pafford Tate; 32 20

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I Fall Convocation Opens Year The Golden Hearts had their first chance to dress graduation-style on September 5. Fall Convocation was moved back a month earlier than usual at the request of the Faculty Coun¬ cil. Following remarks by Dr. Boyd and Lou Bender, Dr. Strickland gave the address on the concept of higher education. ' oHirfw 1 Hq 1 V “ | ' ll i y? 1 H r