Indiana State University - Sycamore Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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Elizabeth Ramsey gave sisterly advice to Alire Stoutenberg. What, no studying! Was this a typical evening, boys? Freshmen Met Doctor Riggs MANY NEW STUDENTS were in- itiated to a completely different world --l.hat 0f dormitory life. Big sisters aided incoming girls to adjust to the change and to learn more about cus- toms and systems at Indiana State. That evening card game made ac- quaintances for the boys at Parsons Hall; donat worry, they managed to plan their programs and usually to pass the courses too. All freshmen were greatly aided by the fall term orientation program, which included a medical examina- tion by Dr. Floyd Riggs and nurse, Mrs. Frances Witty. Dr. Riggs and his nurse checked freshman Bob Taguds blood pressure.

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SOME OF US WERE NEW t0 the campus in September When we ar- rived with full train and baggage. There were places to go and things to see, people to meet and proper adjustive responses to experience. Some 01' us were already well- heeled in the practice of making our way on campus. We returned to our newly more important jobs with the hopes and middling expectations of maturing students, filled with a know- ledge of our duties, successes and dreams. Girls wearing September cotton dresses and carrying their luggage through the ivy-covered gate to Womenis Residence Hall are left. to right. Barbara Schultz, Marilyn McElroy, Marilyn Kleinschmidt, Mary Mason, and Betty Kuster. 66Hello Dahling, Y0u9re Back,9 Freshmen learn that textbooks are more expensive than dates. We run the gauntlet on registration Ilay.

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Freshmen held a mixer during orientation week. DANCING AND FUN and a lecture on nutrition were both part of fresh- man orientation week. In the eve- Him,r at the freshman mixer, summer clothes and winter clothes, Hoosiers and oul-of-statc fellowa and girls, Illingled to start the social year. Dur- ing the day lectures on good food and its relationship to health were presented to various groups of fresh- men. However, Freshmen wcrenat always enjoying,r themselves or listening;r to advice; tests, tests, and more tests which were given them were proh- ahly the least popular, though most extensive, part of orientation week for new students. Other get-acquaint- ed services included a brief tour of the college library. Freshmen Learned the Hokeypoke Mrs. Anne M. Lee, Chairman of Home Economics Department, presented facts about good eating habits to this group of freshman girls. gt , i,miw ML t