Chicora College for Women - Nods and Becks Yearbook (Columbia, SC)

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 To Change group meetings, going to Discovery Place to see life in the beginning and lumping out of buildings at Woody Woodward’s Outdoor Center. |j Orientation introduced the freshmen to the beginning of new life and started them on the road to maturity. They were on their own, trying to make new friends and decisions about just what they wanted to do and how they were going to meet their goals. But. in the end, they discovered . . . Queens Is It!! Eva Hill Freshmen, shepherds, and orientation leaders climb aboard as the WBT Fun Bus prepares to take them to the alumni picnic. Take me out to the ballgame! During the Charlotte O's baseball game, Angie DeBord, Toni Merritt. Pam Reynolds and Sarah Thomas attempt to prove they have the most spirit for the prize of a hat — a Charlotte O's hat, that is. Orientation 1 1

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A Beginning FIGHT! During the alumni picnic for the freshmen, shepherd Elian Thompson battles . . . wrestles . . . and goes down with the killer inflatable snakes. Round and round and round they go — when it will stop, no one knows! Michele McGurk and Toni Merritt wait patiently to be let off the spider ride at Carowinds. Step right up folks! Freshmen relax in the after- noon sun as they stand in line for drinks during the alumni picnic. Orientation — a freshman's first col- lege word. Its true meaning, however, came from the experiences that all new college students go through. Orienta- tion began on August 21, 1985, as freshmen lugged all of their prized possessions up to their new rooms. Then came the long-awaited moment of meeting that special person who was awarded the honor of being your room- mate. Then everyone climbed into their bed and awaited the new days of college. Freshmen met new friends through such activities as the alumni picnic, 1 □ Orientation

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Back to School Event Here's your yearbook and do you want MCI? Tracy Curenton and senior class president Alicia Rigney start off the senior fund raising during fall regis- tration. Extra hands make the load lighter. Hometown neighbors Cathy Dolan and Suzanne Manzer move back in with the help of Mrs. Sally Dolan, Rick Dolan and Mrs. Louise Manzer. The feeling of new beginnings — isn’t it funny how each and every year at the turn of August people go all out prepar- ing for the back-to-school” event? Though almost all students eagerly count down the seconds until May arrives and school will be out, the ex- citement of a new start with school is still felt by all each time it comes around. Even through the changes that might have been made on campus, familiar sights as well as some familiar faces greet each woman as she arrives for yet another fall term. Whether it is a first time entrance for the freshmen or a hard-to-believe-this-is-it” senior class, students welcome back the warm familiar feeling. Registration day, August 2B, saw Everett Library come to life with students busily starting off their new school year. It required much paper Donlyn Utchford Mary Beth Kay 1 2 Moving In