Belmont Abbey College - Spire Yearbook (Belmont, NC)

 - Class of 1981

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BELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE Roman Catholic. Liberal arts coeducational col lege. Founded. 1876, by Order of St. Benedict. One mile north. if ■Mm WmmM

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Orientation 1980 was a meticulously planned event in which thirty-nine volun- teer student leaders coordinated with ad- ministrators and faculty greeted 300 new students to the Abbey. This was no small task; Orientation ' 80 greeted the largest Freshman class that the Abbey has ever seen. This endeavor was surely a credit to the admissions staff, but the true feat which was achieved was by the residence life staff. These new students were not only faced with the typical plight of all incoming Fresh- men classes preceding them, but because of limited on campus housing some rooms were tripled. Also, Belmont Abbey being once an all male school saw the male to female ratio reach one to one proportions for the first time in the history of the college. The whole orientation program did not consist of just eight days but was the culmi- nation of months of planning. Three days prior to the Freshmen arrival last minute preparations were being made by the entire orientation staff. The scheduled arrival of Freshmen on Au- gust 20 between noon and five ran relatively smoothly with Abbot Walter conducting a slide presentation for the early arrivals and their families. As students said their good- byes and began settling in, the assimilation process into the Abbey community turned into full swing. Thursday, the second day of orientation was an important one, which began with a battery of tests to assist each advisor in the placement of their advisees. That afternoon the orientation program proceeded to the gym for a program designed as a vehicle by which individuals could discern value clarifi- cations and communicate them to their peers. Friday began the formal academic orien- tation with the assembly of faculty, adminis- trators, and students in the Abbey Cathe- dral. The Freshmen were then divided into f Up

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