Fort Wayne Bible College - Vine / Light Tower Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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A thoughtful atmosphere pervades as freshmen work interest tests along with LQ. tests constitute a major through a two-hour, special interest test. Special part of freshman pre-registration preparation. zn plannmg ana' prepamtzon, Waiting in line to register is an anticipated, time- Ceeeilia Whiteford, Ardene Smith, Bob Liechty, Lester consuming feature of registration day, but returning lkleisenheimer, and others do not seem to mind. students. Vernon Haller, T.A. Strater, Patty Pier,

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Affer much time has been spent e N Visions of Fort Wayne Bible College flood Richard Hersha's mind as he scans its catalog trying to decide in which course he will enroll on Registration Day. Fort Wayne! Alma mater of students from many sections of the world! And in those same sections, many more young people sit starry-eyed at their desks, dreaming of the day when they too will roam the campus of some college. For many of them, dreams find fulfillment early in September as they arrive by scores at FWBC with suitcases in hand. Before they realize what is happening, they are swept into the flurry of Freshman Week. Friendly greetings are exchanged, rooms are brightened with rugs and Mom's curtains, and room-mates swap experiences and the warmth of the B.C. family begins to glow in hearts. Then it is time for freshman testing. Follow- ing an interminable three days of wading through all sorts of questions and prob- lems, when freshmen have started feeling that they will be blacking squares in their sleep, suddenly it's registration day. Waiting in the endless line isn't really bad, for many friendships begin right there. After new schedules are worked out and text- books purchased, freshmen realize with anticipation that they are now ready to launch into college life. 6 I

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At no time during a day does peace and quiet reign over a dorm asjust be- fore alarm clocks start theirjangling cho- rus announcing the beginning of another day. Bare feet hit shivery floors. Doors begin banging. Drowsy voices sound in the halls. Soon, by twos and threes, sleepy students begin to drift in the general dir- ection of the cafeteria where hot breakfast quickly disperses the foggy expressions on sleepy faces. During the next busy hour. Finalb many a mop is shaken against the mop tree outside Founders, while brooms and dust cloths quickly restore neatness to various buildings. Brrrrrrring! Classes begin and stu- dents are plunged into a flurry of note- taking, leafing through books, and listen- ing to professors explain truths from Godls Word and from related subjects on the curriculum. In the middle of a busy morn- ing, time is set aside for chapel - devo- tion, testimony, spirited singing, Bible study, fellowship with the college family. After chapel, behold the mob scene in the bottleneck in Bethany lower hall! It,s mail time! Push and shove, squeeze and push again. Finally students get near enough to their mailboxes to dial the com- bination and reach for those welcomed letters and not-so-welcomed mandatory memos. The last period of the morning is spent in an effort to hear an instructor's lecture above the rumble of empty stomachs, while the smell of hash wafts tantalizingly through the ventilators. The Light Tower camera records a day on cam- pus with Vernon Haller.