Elon University - Phi Psi Cli Yearbook (Elon, NC)

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o g N Monday, September second, a group of upperclassmen arrived at Elon to welcome the freshmen. They received their instructions, and adjourned to meditate on that all-important subject, the new students. Tuesday morning, bright and early, new students began to arrive, hopeful, homesick, defiant, and in a variety of other moods. It was the business of the receiving upperclassmen to carry bags, answer ques- tions, point out buildings and do the host of other things always neces- sary during the first days of school. Immediately on getting settled, they registered, most of them coming through that orgy with colors only slightly rumpled. That night in the Y.W.C.A., the student officers and the religious activities cabinet gave % % % the Freshmen a party to make them comforta- bly acquainted with each other. Different mixing games were played, and they went home satisfied that they knew a few fellow- freshmen for a beginning. Wednesday, their classes started, and again there was that tradi- tional scramble to find the right room at the right time. By then, the upper classmen began coming in with their tales of the summer, and their gay and boisterous greetings to people whom they had not seen since the preceding May. And how the tongues did fly ! The fresh- men gazed in horrified amazement at this display of conversational powers. When on Thursday the old students began to register, the fun began. There was the counting of hours, the conferences with pro- fessors, the long discussions on the merits of this course or that. Every- where one went, he could see cards, schedules, checks, and other official looking documents. Even the most easy-going students looked har- assed. This was no simple matter for those who had not planned in the most efficient way. With the business finished, however, the real purpose of school came home to all the students, and they started to classes with a ven- geance. Each had a clean slate, so to speak, and the whole affair was in his own hands.

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m lEPTEMBER 5ih The O p e n i

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l VVp SEPTEMBER 7th Faculty Reception The faculty reception, a delightful affair teeming with charm and good will, officially opened the social year at Elon College on September 5. Do you remember? The evening was mild and balmy, the Reception Hall beautifully decorated. The campus was once more the enchant- ing background for Elon youth out for an evening of pleasure. At the door of the hall the students were greeted by Marcella Acken- hausen, who presented them to Pres- ident and Mrs. L. E. Smith. For upper-classmen the enjoyment of be- ing received again by old friends among the faculty was heightened by meeting those who were newly as- sociated with the college as profes- sors. As is usual at an Elon gather- ing, a joyous spirit prevailed with all and many a Freshman ' s idea of The College Professor was radically changed by the cordial manner in which he was greeted. As a final de- light of the evening, punch was served by girls of the Senior class. Annually this reception, the first of the year, is unsurpassed as a means of promoting friendship and coopera- tion between faculty and students. Dean JOHN D. MESSICK