Concord College - Pine Tree Yearbook (Athens, WV)

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ORIENTATION Summer is over, and it is time to go back to school. But it isn ' t like returning to high school. No, now we are entering into a completely new environment, a totally new experi¬ ence. Yes we have finished high school, but we are still students, only now we are college Freshmen. It seems strange entering into this new world. For the first time many of us have finally experienced a sense of complete freedom. We have reached adulthood and no longer have to be tutored and coaxed along by the stiff hands of our parents. For some of us it is the first time that we have been away from home, for others home is but a few miles or short drive away. We experience a sense of fear and anxiety, but we also feel the warmth of happiness and friendship. Now we are college Freshmen. We have much to do during this period of orientation. There are so many new faces to meet and new names to remember. Through our shyness and fear we somehow find that it is easy to make new friends, and we find that people from other sections of the country are really no different than we are. Orientation Week goes by quite rapidly. The schedule has been very busy. Some of the program was interesting, other parts were quite boring. At last it is time to go to the final activity of the week, the Orientation Dance. Oh the tortures of going through that recep¬ tion line. We expect to see stiff-collared professors glaring at us, often with a look of hate in their eyes. But you know what? They are really human, just like us! Orientation was an experience, some enjoyed it, others did not. Finally the week is over, the upperclassmen return, and we prepare to register for the first time. 5