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

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were required before one could even begin. Next in the pro- cess came the stampede to get up to the tables where regis- tration cards were kept, only to be informed that the class was closed. Add-drop was a student ' s only recourse. Preregistration. begun three years ago, was initially devel- oped for juniors and seniors only. Two years ago it was expanded to include sophomores and second semester freshmen. New problems replaced the old for the entire student body. Any class could experience the dismay of receiving the green slip of paper informing them that they were only registered for six instead of 15 hours or had been closed out of a course required for graduation in the spring. After waiting in line oaring book prices C caused many students to turn to the SA bookfair looking for bargains. Two hours before it started, students began to line up in the Campus Center, filling the halls and stairwells and continuing outside. Despite this imposing mass of people the lines moved through quickly due to an increase in the number of check-out booths and streamlined or- ganizational procedures. Registration for selling books was changed. Such in- novations enabled the SA to offer better services. STUDENTS fill the halls as they wait to pay for their purchases. to validate, students faced add add-drop lines. Even though the newer system of matching students with class schedules was plagued by ap- proximately ten thousand add- drops per semester, it was con- sidered successful compared to the earlier methods by those who dealt with both. It saved students from the nightmare of arena style madness. BEFORE getting yearbook pictures taken, students fill out index cards to give to the typist. Registration 29

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Lines, lines, lines n Ithough registration pro- LLI cedures, room assignments, and classes changed from year to year, there was one pheno- mena sure to greet the return- student — the great wait. Once again it tormented stu- dents as they prepared for the beginning of classes. Lines made their usual appearances at validation, the bookstore, and add-drop, as well as new performances at the caf and yearbook picture sign-up. Although students cursed the heat and their aching feet as they waited, most took it all in stride. Just a decade ago the plight of their prede- cessors was much worse. During the late sixties, preregistra- tion, now an accepted mid- semester crisis, was unheard of. Registration was, instead, VALIDATION proves to be a time-consuming affair for upperclassmen. a two-day process held in Blow gym for the entire student body. When William and Mary hall was completed in 1971, the registration process was moved there. Many experienced the agony of waiting to regis- ter while watching the list of closed classes grow. Adding to the ordeal of arena style reg- istration was the fact that faculty advisors ' signatures THE TRICK is to add-drop into a class that fills your empty time slot. ARENA STYLE registration is a bewil- dering initiation into the life of a freshman. 3 CW- ' P H 1 I Mttf ' H B ' ! ' ' ! r y| 1 R w H 1 mt E l H 28 Registration

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THE ALLTMNAE BAND joins the William and Mary band in half time festivities. DESPITE THE WEATHER, spectators remained to watch the Indians in a narrow loss to Rutgers. Even the rain KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA ' S winning float, Run Rutgers Raggedy, never made it off their porch due to the cancelled parade. WILLIAM AND MARY INDL NS score six points on the way to a 21-22 loss. 30 Homecoming