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

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,I I- ii N I v 'W-. b- Huddlecl in seats or milling in front of booths, students register for another term of classes. Some students find that the floor of the Aud is the best place to sort class cards. J After a somewhat grueling exposure to this mass education, the student turns to the se- lect, smaller classes of upper school. Indi- vidualism manages to survive as each student goes his separate way. Ag Hall looms im- pressively to the farm boy from Cedar Fallsg at the same time the Journalism Building beckons to the future newspaperman. 21

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Freshmen bend over grueling examinations that test their educa- tional abilities before beginning their first year. ' .. 44 r , , . F A V' 'IVQL ' g' Y .i V ' Q . 'S - 1 . .. 'i-g,,,...--4-4 QQ ,. ,.., ,' ' ' ,' ,Jt'Sg. , f pi Y fgz. .- o,. . A-' L' SKK? . 9.1324-1 I i L. . M - ll: V ,ff 5,--. ' . 1,114 U I-. .a.' . 4 :P--a ll .. 1 agviii.. P we 'nf X lflvlfl' Hu. - 12 V' -flmal Qs' 5 in f i Ag Council members serve Spartans picnic style at the annual Ox-Roast-one of the most unusual student activities. 20 Regzktmtion N zlgbtmarer The whole college routine is rather over- whelming for the freshman when he finds that his individuality is reduced to a student number. The horrors of orientation tests, end- less lines and registration nightmares seem quite discouraging. No matter what major the freshman chooses, he must share four basic courses with his classmates. ln the Natural Science building he calculates combinations of elu- sive genes, atoms and the theoretical implica- tions of Darwinian evolution. He enters the Communication Skills series to perfect his writing, reading and speech abilities. Social Science exposes the workings of politics, economics and related fields, and Human- ities offers a history of civilization, arts and philosophy. 1 z V l l V A new coed unpacks for her first term of dormitory life and trics to find space for all of her things.

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Lecturer Term Paper! Junior and senior years are a blur of re- quired courses, electives in allied fields and possibly one or two 'csnapv courses. There are eight oiclock lectures, term papers, field trips and classes about careers or marriage for Spartan students. When it's almost over, some students re- alize that each course has been the crossroad for a potpourri of diiferent races, creeds and faiths gathered from dissimilar pasts. And all are bound together in their search for learning, education and a degree. Perhaps one of the best things about col- lege for each student is that it gives him a chance to live and mingle with a variety of people. He learns to evaluate and to modify his prejudices. He expands his social and educational experiences and by so doing, eventually achieves maturity. When he is graduated, a Michigan State University student has not been molded into a stereotyped pattern but has learned how to develop into a free-thinking individual. He probably won't be enrolling at MSU until about 1970, but this young fellow had a chance to see the animals during the Farm Openhouse sponsored by the College of Agriculture. A jammed, but friendly meeting place, is the first lloor of Berkey Hall where students stop to talk between classes. 22 l