Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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Students supply home addresses, parents ' names, telephone numbers and information on living accomodations to the University on IBM computer cards. Mug shots taken during enrollment are filed with students ' records in college deans ' offices. IMustrating a point with his own experiences, an orientation ing the summer and weekly sessions through the fall semester leader tells his group about University life. Correspondance dur- introduced freshmen and transfer students to the campus life.

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Lines of students whose class schedules had been rejected by the new IBM 1410 data processing system, stand waiting to resend cards through the computer. Lengthening the lines were 2.000 who had not completed the pre-enrollment process. Computer enrollment debuts during fall registration Introduced at the University fall semester, com- puter enrollment eliminated the former time-con- suming registration process for many students but caused confusion and frustration for others. Of the record 11,285 students who enrolled, about 1,800 had to revise schedules rejected by the computer. After re-arranging classes with an adviser, these students stood in line for hours waiting for repro- cessing. For those whose schedules were accepted, the procedure required less than 30 minutes. With en rollmen tfiguresat6 04 more thanthe previous fall semester, six of the eight colleges regis- tered gains. Arts and sciences showed the largest growth with a 200-student increase. Graduate School gained 120 students; agriculture, 100; com- merce, 80; home economics, 80; and veterinary medicine 10. Engineering and architecture enroll- ment figures remained about the same. Spring registration was swift and systematic for all but 150 of the 10,446 students who enrolled. After picking up grade cards and class cards, stu- dents fill ed them out, paid fees and received their schedules. Only two percent of the 9,512 who pre- enrolled in December received rejection slips. 18

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Away from classrooms, new students seek out and enjoy the quiet solitude of a secluded campus pool. Places such as this one behind Justin hall are often passed unnoticed by students competing for a niche in the growing university community. One of ten acts selected from auditions for the Freshman Tal- ent Show, Barbara Mader entertains with a guitar and a song. Students plan schedules for fall Orientation Week Freshmen and transfer students planned their own orientation schedules for the first time during fall enrollment. Designed to introduce the new stu- dent to the University, the program included talks on campus life by student leaders, professors and administrative officials. A watermelon feed, movies and bands, sponsored by campus groups, enter- tained new students in the evenings. Seminars and discussions for freshmen, directed by upperclass leaders, were changed to meet once each week through October instead of remaining part of regular Orientation Week activities.