Nicholls State University - La Pirogue Yearbook (Thibodaux, LA)

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While getting adjusted to the hectic pace of registration, one week brings the university together for another semester by Kevin Fambrough Whoever said the first week of anything is the hardest must have been a college student. From the time the dorms opened on Sunday to the closing of the week with a happy hour at a night spot, the emphasis was on endur- ance and patience. At the 2 p.m. opening of the dorms for the fall semester, students driving on campus found themselves backed up on Louisiana Highway 1 and swamped with other residents to register in the lobbies of the dorms. Parents carrying boxes, suitcases and pil- lows sticking out from groping arms were a casual site at the five dorms. Residents of Meade Hall Cthe male varietyj found they were being phased out and trans- ferred to the other men's dorms. The single coed dorm on the Nicholls cam- pus was being converted to a women's hall to handle the overflow of applicants for campus space. The disorientation of the first day was slightly dispelled as the Pi Kappa Alpha fire truck made a tour of the campus, complete with blaring siren. Cuenca J' x - -...I ...r if 5 Q K at . .NV 1 J 4 ' 4 2 I x C lim-.F ' lik? will I V W ld in .. y V , iw, 4 ' X 155' If ,N - u 'gif -Kiwi! it tl 5 T . 'MQ' . g AQ, M I .V I X ,tr is 1-wf,.r if 3 1 T ts- 0 gtg- S The first weeks are usually In a short time students were already playing tennis, riding bikes, visiting friends or the Stu- dent Union game room. Freshman orientation on Monday morning brought over 1600 into Shaver Gym, an indica- tion of the record 6,400 students Nicholls would enroll in the fall. Dwight Boudreaux, director of housing, was cut short in his welcome when the electricity in Shaver Gym failed and he was forced to direct alphabetical groups of freshmen to their stu- dent guides. Following single file into the August heat, groups walked to pre-arranged meetings with President Vernon Galliano, other administra- tors, their academic deans and students of importance like the student government presi- Housing Director Dwight Boudreaux uses a bullhorn when the power failed in Shaver Gym. Volunteers seated in the front took groups of freshmen through a series of wel- comes and tours. 1? The Hardest Weeks . ... .,Y . 33, I ,,. V -ix . 'Pup Q .. g l

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A a I 1 ,-af' L Y l el ' 1' fl 3 N J . Boredom, curiosity and attention were on the faces of freshmen during orientation in Shaver Gym. Over 1600 'Showed up, grouped alphabetically to be introduced to Nicholls. a shrug and a helpful mother, one resident of Meade .Hall prepares for the semester, the first one with the dorm going from co-ed floors to an all women's dorm. i il T T '1f'fi'f't'i , Ol'l - ..-...,.... -, 1 l.'l'l5w I- V ' I i i ,fW' vi dent, newspaper editor and entertainment board director. Registration for classes began the next morning. All persons, undergraduate, graduate and night classes were required to register at the same time. Non-moving lines, closed courses and advi- sors trying to change schedules re-enforced many myths about college registration. All difficulties and uncertainties of the first day of registration were perfected for the sec- ond day. The week closed traditionally with students having a chance to meet with professors of the Tuesday-Thursday classes and Monday-VVed- nesday-Friday classes once. Both days were unexpectedly cut short, Thursday by a power failure which was the first of four during the first week of classes and Fri- day by the appearance of Gov. Edwin Edwards. The governor was supposed to appear for ground breaking ceremonies of the proposed swimming pool and Allen J. Ellender Memorial Library on Thursday, but was called to Wash- ington by President Ford for a meeting on the energy problems. the hardest ones The first two days of class: cut short by a power failure and a governor Edwards made it back to Nicholls Friday to combine his tour of Lockport, in the lower part of Lafourche Parish, with the ceremonies. Classes were canceled on their first day for students to attend the affair. By the end of the day on Friday, many stu- dents took up the business establishments of Thibodaux on welcome back celebrations. lt was a celebration for the businesses now the college dollar had returned and it was cele- bration by the students that the first week was over. Buying books, adding andfor dropping classes, getting off a noisy dorm floor still awaited some, but the week was down and another semester had begun. The long wait to find out the chances of returning, students on academic probation didn't find out until the first day of registration. The procedure is usually done the week before. The Hardest Weelfs 'S