Chaffey College - Argus Yearbook (Rancho Cucamonga, CA)

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Next came the bookstore . . . you shelled out dinero till it hurt for the indispensable books . . . socy . . . poli sci . . . home ec . . . English lit . . . chem . . . typing . . . math . . . French . . . and for notebooks . . .paper . . . slide rules . . . syllabus . . . drawing equipment . . . pencils . . . pens . . . ink . . . and you were ready to go? Then during the year you purchased from Ralph Almquist, Velma Wolfe, and the other members of the staff everything from . . . Panther stickers . . . gum and candy . . . belt buckles . . . sweat shirts . . . stationery . . . hats . . . more books and paper ... to Shakespeare. Left to 20 . . . twice around to 32 . . . left again to 21 . . . it didn ' t open ... go demand a refund on the 75c . . . lockers, a between-period rendezvous . . . supposedly used to keep those precious books, papers — valuable and otherwise . . . and noon lunches. The ordeal of registration . . . meeting the adviser . . . hav- ing the picture taken . . . filling out scores of blanks . . . buying books ... a student body . . . locker completed you follow the crowd to the Kampus Kitchen for the first taste of Ma Maxey ' s food, and you started a year of saying . . . I ' ll meet you at the Kampus Kitchen in 15 minutes for coke . . . here you fought your way through the masses at noon or between classes for that reviving bite of food . . . and you discussed the day ' s latest gossip over a malt or hamburger . . . perhaps you were one of Ma ' s special group who ate all your meals there at cost . . . and spent incidental times washing dishes. H

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or the coming semester SEPTEMBER 12, FRIDAY, . . . Registration day at Chaffey ... you found that there was more to it than talking to the directors . . . first thing, you were snapped for posterity and the permanent record files . . . and handed a very business-like looking paper which turned out to be your guide for the day . . . picture . . . fill out your blanks. . . see your adviser . . . buy your books and locker . . . and purchase a student body ... it was all there in black and white, you couldn ' t miss. The place was swarming with people . . . mostly strangers as bewildered as you . . . oh, there ' s someone you know ... so you ' re going here, too? After you talked to the director or someone about your schedule if you hadn ' t done it during vacation or before you left school last spring, you v ent to a room marked A to C, F to J, or maybe T to Z, and sat down with a roomful of other people to fill out dozens of cards which later found their way into the PRESS office, permanent files, class files, class rec- ords, and so on . . . you met your adviser that day . . . you were given a hand- book and probably started out on a tour of the campus if you were a fresh- man or gathered with the gang to talk over the summer if this was your sec- ond year here. After buying vour student body ticket, books, and lockers you inguired at desks in the halls about clubs . . . the W.A.A. . . the Y.W.C.A. or the Y.M.C.A. and others. You ' re finished, free until Monday . . . then classes. Baffled, as were Jack and Eleanor, you began to write . . . where were you born? . . . when? . . . from what high school did you graduate? . . . what is your intended profession . . . what is your church affiliation ... do you earn while you learn ... by now you ' re wondering how much information it ' d be wise to divulge . . . what is your major? . . . where do you live? You manage to get something in each blank and you leave — the biggest task completed. You shell out $7.50 for your student body ticket . . . this business of getting an education is getting costly . . . but this ticket is to be your key to a year of social activities and fun — loads of it. Now you are ready to buy books and other supplies. 15

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Faculty boxes The routine of classes, labs, and club meetings began Monday when you made unexpected friends for You Met the Faculty