Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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New Thursday August 31 was the beginning for the new Augustana Freshmen. Moving in. meeting roommates, and getting acquainted with the new surroundings took up a better part of the treshmen's day. After the welcome and convocation in Centennial Hall. the new students met for the first time in their orientation groups, The group lead- ers. many dressed in strange garb. made introductions and distributed the infamous Augie beanies. The groups then met with their advisers, took reading tests. and discussed registration procedure. Following a tour of the campus, including a lesson in how to open a union mailbox. the freshmen experienced their first school meal. That evening each orientation group performed in 3 Gong Show which was complete with a beanie raid. Finally the freshmen were given time to get to know their new neighborst and get some badly needed sleep. The second day of orientation thrust the freshmen into their first encounter Wlth college academics. The new stu- dents said goodbye to summer vacation as foreign ian- guage tests. music auditions. and tong group meetlngs on class scheduling brought the realization that the school year was really underway The only relief for each orienta tion group was a picnic at the advisor's house. Saturday was the day the Freshmen dreaded most, All their nightmares about scheduhng procedures came true as the new students faced closed classes. teacher changest and the whole confusing procedure of first time registration. Reliet came when that nlght the orientation groups enjoyed events such as a hayrack ride or a night of disco at the Apollo. Outdoor Education was. to many treshmen. the highlight of orientation. Few had ever experienced activities like the trust fall, or the trust walk up the hiH to the picnic at President Tredwayis house The plants was one at good food and good times tor everyone who attended. CUBOM's showing of The Other Side nf the Mountain that evening provided a relaxing end to the eventtui day, Monday night, the freshmen gathered at Centennial Hall to watch their beloved leaders perform in the Orientation Leader's Talent Show. Some of the tatent displayed was a surprise to the new students, but the entire show was a delight to all. The Freshmen Talent Show held the follow- ing Monday, was a chance for the freshmen to show their own talents and to pay back their leaders for a job well done '4.