Ball State University - Orient Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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Tra 10 nquility Students looking for entertainment more aesthetic than AM radio found it at the Renaissance Fair, on June 16 and 17. On the ebanks of the White River, students as well as Muncie citizens had the chance to dress in time period costume, sample renaissance | dishes such as “foul legs,” and engage in barter. Gondola rides, historical dialogues, and a chess game using people as pieces were some of the highlights of the second annual fair. While Ball State students enjoyed the hot and hazy summer days, other groups invaded the campus. It was hard to tell the difference between the college and high school graduates as hundreds of high school students from all over the country participated in numerous conferences and workshops. Staying mainly in Johnson, Woodworth, and Studebaker complexes, the students studied everything from cheerleading to newspaper editing. It was the first taste of college life for many, and they made the most of it. Within the week or two of their stay, they were oriented as quickly as the incoming freshmen would be in September. All of the important spots on campus and off, from Benny to Barnaby’s were frequented by the workshoppers throughout the summer. In limbo between the college students and high schoolers were the incoming freshmen. From the second week in June to the middle of August, approximately 3,500 high school graduates attended the two-day freshmen orientation programs for a crash-course in college life. Waiting in line, a soon-to-become routine experience, was one of the first lessons taught, as students registered for the orientation itself and later for their first quarter classes. The I.D. “mug shot” that would haunt them for the remainder of their college days (you mean you looked like THAT when you were a freshman..), an undergraduate catalog, and blistered feet from the campus tour would be reminders of the first days spent at what was to become Students attending the two summer sessions found plenty of wide open spaces in which to study. The number of students attending summer sessions was down for the third consecutive year. The shady duck pond became a popular study spot. --photo by William E. Vance 16 | Summer “home” for the next four years. Along with the incoming freshmen, Student Orientation Corps leaders learned more about the university than they had ever dreamed was possible. The 340 SOC leaders, who attended training programs throughout the spring quarter, played older sibling to a group of 10 to 15 students. In addition to being tour guides and walking encyclopedias, the SOC leaders put new students at ease, arranged entertainment, and held a popular mini- session entitled “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Ball State University | but Were Afraid to Ask.” Summer brought a new dimension to the lunch break for employees of the Administration Building. While these employees were busy handling admission and financial aid papers, 340 SOC led nearly 3,500 in-coming freshmen across campus during orientation. --photo by William E. Vance

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T il On Saturday afternoon, August 25, forty members of the United Incoming freshmen weren't the only new ty, 0! Assen ut. a ten-block niarch: these nee kids in town. Jerry Anderson, the former vice Muncie. The photos on these pages were taken during the Klan’s . y f x rally which was held after the march. --photo by William E. Vance president of the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, took on the presidential duties at Ball State on July 1. President Anderson, who said he wanted to be visible on campus, planned an open administration with meetings, informal sessions, and forums. Everything was proceeding according to schedule when the tranquil summer atmosphere was almost shattered. The few remaining students were thrown back into the ‘60’s as the Ku Klux Klan marched through Muncie on August 25. In spite of predictions of rioting and arrests, the tone of the march was relatively calm. Media representatives from both the national wire services and the Indianapolis television stations seemed to outnumber both the marchers and counter-demonstrators. The march seemed to be representative of the whole summer session--the promise of a big bang that ended up fizzling. But regardless of the emptiness of the sleepy summer days after studying was finished, students found them to be a more than adequate preparation for the fall quarter which would begin all too soon.--by Beth Sharpe This sign invites the white public to attend the UKA rally held in Blackford County about a mile off Highway 3. Nearly 75 people were in attendance. including the Ladies Klan Auxiliary who sold refreshments. --photo by William FE. Vance Alansmen wearing sheets and helmeted Klan honor guard members stand before a burning cross, Although there was no violence during the march, 120 police officers were on hand and three groups of anti-Klan demonstrators. --photo by William E. Vance 18 | Summer