College of Wooster - Index Yearbook (Wooster, OH)

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Fall At 4:00 p. m. September 18, President Wishart delivered Woosteris seventy-first convocation address, and school machinery, thus formally bidden, rolled into action. Six new instructors had been added, and a new field, aviation, had been opened up through the CAA flying course. Registration over, 279 new students began their orientation. Freshman week whirled newcomers into college activity. Monday night, Big Four showed frosh Wooster's social side. The freshman mixer aimed to acquaint REGISTRATION RAMIFICATIONS begin as Max an- swers the personal questions on his schedule card. Max has had other experiences at registering, hav- ing enrolled previously at Prague University and at New York University. The student registering at his lett is Eileen Shank. A Refugee Comes to Wooster MAX HELLMAN is Wooster's refugee student. Through a student exchange service which arranges trades between American and foreign universities Max was able to enroll in Wooster. From Prague. Czechoslovakia to Wooster is a big iump, but the refugee student readily acclimated himselt. Max likes America so well he is taking out United States citi- zenship papers. Here director oi admissions Racky Young tleftl and registrar Arthur Southwick are helping Max choose courses. the newcomers with each other. Tuesday morning frosh were forcibly aroused, exer- cised and fed in preparation for the numberless placement tests which they had to undergo. Saturday night frosh met their instructors formally at the Big Four reception, and weary yearlings walked home blind dates their big brothers and sisters had made for them. The following Friday an all-college walk-out and sing was intended to rouse spirit for the com- ing football season. Coach Boles, John Hess, and cheer leaders led festivities. DEAN WESTHAFER helps Max decide which courses he should take. Students at Wooster must average fifteen and one-half credit hours per sernester to graduate. To take over sixteen hours students must consult Dean Westhafer for permission. Hellman received permission, signed for seventeen hours.

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SOCIAL: The Christmas formal dance was the climax of a busy yuletide social season. Students glided to the music of Larry Gx-ayson's orches- tra. This dance was tradition break- ing, the first dance ever to be held on a: school night, Formal-clad dan- cers were doubly-treated. Prof. l.ean's reading of the Christmas Carol in the chapel preceded the dance. fA ygdlf' Four facets combine to make up the complete picture which is Wooster. Academic culture is, of course, the chief aim of this liberal arts college. A back- ground for business, for social life, for living itself is afforded the student. A religious institution, Wooster is most certainly. An intelligent view of religion is encouraged and college fac- ilities are Wide in this field. Religion courses and extracurricular activities dovetail toward the formation of this view. Athletics are considered a Way toward developing the third of the all-important triumvirate-mind, soul, and body. And at Wooster eight major athletic squads and many intramural teams provide a means of physical education. Socially, the field is likewise wide. Dances, dramatic offerings, musical pro- grams, and dozens of other social-recrea- tion opportunities are afforded. In this, the High-Light section, the outstanding events-academic, religious, athletic, and social-are presented as a forward to the book proper, a more complete record.

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,198 Al. THE FROSH MIXER is always a gala affair. The Big Four planned this year's mixer around a nautical theme-the gym became the S. S. Green- hom. First Mate Gale Weaner is leading the Wooster opened its season by outpassing Manchester 13-7. On Saturday, September 28, Ross Hallamay's orchestra played for the first all-college dance in the gym. Sophomore court, in the meantime, com- menced activities. Cocky first-year men gar- gled soapy water and counted tombstones. College trustees turned down petitions for off- campus dancing signed by several score of Wooster students. October 5 marked the debut of the Cruisers, a new orchestra destined to newcomers in a song session. Frosh got blind dates home when the girls lined up on one side of the gym, the boys on the other, cmd the two lines marched out of the door together. become college favorites as Larry Grayson. In the chapel, Dr. Henry Seidel Canby, ex- pert on Thoreau, was the first guest speaker, October 10, Two days later Wooster visited Cleveland on Migration Day to see a stubborn Case team drive to victory 7-0, and several days later Big Four squads initiated an equally strong drive for funds. Male students over twenty-one hied to the Grill, local registration place, October 16, and received draft cards instead of cokes. I. REGISTRATION at the beginning of a new session is a tumultuous timc+students at- tempting to fit unruly courses into sched- ules, weary taculty attempting to straighten out confused neophytes. Freshmen and sophomores register with the counsel of their advisers, iuniors and seniors with the head of their department maior. Students register in tiers: seniors, the privileged, go first. while Irosh are last. This year. regis- tration fell off slightly, with the women students gaining sharply over men. Of an enrollment of 906. women exceeded men by thirty-eight.