College of William and Mary - Colonial Echo Yearbook (Williamsburg, VA)

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Why William and Mary? That's the question 5,031 students had to answer or re-answer before their arrival in September. For some it was easy-seniors with only 24 credit hours left before graduation found it simply expedient, transfers with an eye toward degrees in History or Biologizf were drawn by the excellence of the departments, those who li ed it last year couldn't wait to get back. For others it wasnit so easy-incoming freshmen found a myriad of forces shaping their decision. Even those-who finally did end up in Williamsburg were hard pressed to cite one overriding reason. Some came for the prestige behind the second oldest college in the nation. Others were lured by low tuition rates, or the colonial charms of 18th century Williamsburg. Some even came because Dad was a proud member of the Class of '46. U In 1974--75, there were 3,609 William and Mary students who hailed from Virginia, six from Belgium, two from Nigeria, one from Idaho, and a lot more. With them, they brought at least as many different expectations as there are names listed in the images from high school, while some hoped for a different party every night. Some came looking for that special someone , others expected to find a campus ful of Joe Colleges. Some came hoping for a liberal environment, others fully expecting to flunk out before December. Almost all were surprised. The important thing is that each began the year with his own idea of what a William and Mary experience would mean. Registrar's Office. Some expected to maintain their straight-A-scholar fr L..- Lake Matoalca is the perfect spot V 'A4'fffl if:f': .Q,L1gR,N 1, X, 'RK for canoers John Chirgotis and TY: 2 Pat Harkin. -fr Musical Ice Buckets competition I ,Qggx jf, 4 if at Derby Day draws a pained re- Ljff ,'.' ' s' x 3,3 i sponse from Cheryl Smith. if' .-ef-. . .- .4 Q. 4' 1'i 5Yf9ff . pf 51 ' f I X' -..- I -,-, gnu gf -.vi .ul 1 -- - y, y - . '--. .Ef -'W . 1.3 0-,.u: kv.- E. iv 1 1 0 .f I o 0.0 Vijxjh , , , 01 S YI I C 2 'i'0 have you have i iigg, g,. p X i ,. .., f . ., ..-, vid

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