Loras Academy - Log Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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ORIENTATION If lil IJXIIMH nv- Mn , ' S This year's Orientation program, as last year's, was conducted in the individual classrooms in- stead of the chapel. The program, which consisted of talks de- signed to help the students now and in later life, was carried on during extended homeroom periods. The talks given to the freshmen were HYour Dignity as a Catholic in a Catholic School, written by the Rev. Ernest Englerg Your Natu- ral Equipment to be Improved, compiled by the Rev. Charles I..aBargeg Your Teammates-Pav ents, Teachers, and Fellow Students, composed by the Rev. Norman White and the Rev. Paul Grace, and Learn by Doing, prepared by the Rev. Eugene Weimer. Father O'Brien registers freshman George Newman. E Y 5 AQQ.. pa 3 I W 1-ff :M f f W fare HF' Above: Bishop Lane gives the last tation Week talk after Mass in Christ King Chapel. Left: Faculty and student body rec Holy Communion at Mass in Christ King Chapel which closed Orienta Week. The talks presented to the upper classmen were as follows: The Student Vocation, by the Rev. Robert I-lirschg Students Living with Other Stu- dents, by Mr. Patrick Kehoeg Students Living with the Faculty, by the Rev. Eugene 'Kutschg Students Living with Their Family, by Mrs. Dan Lenehan, Mrs. Max Wiehl, and Mrs. George McCarten. Orientation Week was brought to a close Fri- day, Sept. IS, with a Low Mass celebrated by the Most Rev. Loras T. Lane, president of l..oras Col- lege, in Christ the King Chapel. The subject of Bishop I..ane's talk was The Dependence on Others. Following the Mass the student body was given the rest of the day free. REGISTRATION Two months of a well earned vacation were interrupted by the call for registration. On the Hrst Tuesday of August the seniors and juniors registered in the library and literally swamped the registrars with the largest classes in the history of the school. When all heads were counted the seniors totaled I46 and the juniors I 54. The sophomores appeared the next day with I67 registering. The freshmen took their first official look at Loras Academy a week later when 234 future Lorasmen heeded the call. When all the tallies were taken, a total enroll- ment of 70I students was discoveredh which ex- ceeded Iast year's by I9 per cent. page .YI..1ffCFlL