Brigham Young University - Banyan Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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REGISTRATION brought an increased enrollment over last year as students crowd tables to fill out class cards (left). Overall view of registration shows every- one is busy (above top). Student places sign which designates this as the place for students from North Africa (above bottom). Hello Week Assembly gathers in an atmosphere much like that of a national con- vention as students from every part of the nation and several foreign countries meet under their various signs. This year was no exception as students came from many places to unite at BYU (right).

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♦iAJa;. . .v STUDEa T LEAOEStS sat on split logs and absorbed sunshine and instruction during the three-day conference held at Bryce Canyon. Frosh Orientation Preparation for college life baffled students. Wandering around confused, but eager to learn, more than 3,000 freshmen attended three days of orientation exercises the week before classes began in order to take aptitude tests, listen to advice from student and admin- istration leaders and to get the feel of college life. By having all this activity condensed into such a short period of time, the new student has a preview of col- lege ' s hustle and bustle and is broken in by the time studies begin the next week. Some freshmen had attend- ed an early orientation session during July. NEXT PLEASE, is heard several hundred times a day as the new students line up to have pictures taken for student cards which will admit them to the various activities of the school 25

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Fall Registration and Hello Vlfeek Enrollment rose ten per cent over previous year as it hiked to nine thousand mark. Hi became the word to everyone as teachers and students ended Hello Week with assembly hour. Two days of registration, Sept. 26 and 27, saw more than 8,600 students file through the streamlined system, with another 400 completing their signup later. Final tabula- tions brought the total to a record-breaking 9,000, a 10 per cent increase over 1956. The streamlining of pro- cedure by Bliss Crandall, dean of admission, allowed students to complete the often-tedious task in record time. An hour and a half seemed to be average registra- tion time. Students then passed out of the registration lines into the traditional Hello Week friendliness. Themed Hi-ways To Happiness the week stressed sociability and urged all students to make new friends on campus by saying Hi to those they met in the course of a day. Highlight of the week was the spectacu- lar annual Welcome Back Assembly in which students sat in state groups, loudly and energetically proclaiming their geographical loyalties with cheers and state songs. Other activities during week included two Hello Week mat dances, a Friday evening assembly and a Hello Week dance Saturday night. Dance was held in three large halls. 00% ,