Michigan State University - Red Cedar Log Yearbook (East Lansing, MI)

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ROBERT endemic Lite Students Lite nt Classes and Study lfleqins with llegistretinn They call it registration. You sign up for your classes here . . . not the classes that you Wanted per- haps, but classes are classes. So what if you have Zerbology 202 at eight o'clock every Monday, Wed- nesday and Friday. You're only one of 16,000, so accept the fact. It's easy. You stand in the wrong line for half an hour. Then you get your pink treasurer's card and go upstairs. Cards checked, cards stamped, money paid -if you've still got it, and you rush for the main Hoor entrance. It won't be l long now. You U, 131-A can probably make it in four hours with just one conflict. By N this time you a r e c a r r yin g an armload of assorted liter- a t u r e w h i c h must be filled out and sorted properly be- fore you are t h r o u g h. B y the way, have you taken your flu shot? 'I7

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