Concord College - Pine Tree Yearbook (Athens, WV)

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REGISTRATION Oh the agony of it all! First they tell us to go to the Registrar ' s Office to pick up our packets, then we have to fill out all of those silly information cards. After all that trouble, of which we thought there could be no worse, they send us to the library. There we have to run around like complete idiots just to find that the classes we need have all been closed. After we have finally finished in the library, we drag our weary bodies and disheartened souls up the stairway to have our cards checked for the final time. This should be easy, but alas, the line is backed up for as far as the eye can see. We feel like crying. Finally we reach the entrance to the checking station. Nothing can go wrong now. A man comes to the door. He closes the door. What is he doing? What do you mean you are closing for lunch! Do you know how long we have been waiting in this line? Oh HELL! There is something mystical about those lines during registration. They just seem to go on and on. When you have gone through one line, you go immediately to the next one. The lines move slowly, like a giant serpent slithering through high grass. Finally you make it to the last lin e. You feel like you are about to drop in your tracks, but you continue for¬ ward. You continually press onward and onward until you reach the doorway of the Busi¬ ness Office. The Business Office, what an unusual place. There you find a group of very charming secretaries, happily smiling, and eagerly reaching out their hands to take your money. There seems to be something about money; the Business Office is drawn toward it just like a honey bee is attracted to nectar. Now that they have your money, they straighten out their record books and send you out the door. You are finally enrolled. You have be¬ come one of the 2,000 numbers filed in the records of Concord College. 7