Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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fxw ,Z ix I A FRESHMEN WOMEN TAKE THVIE OUT FROM BUSY NEIN STUDENT WEEK T0 RELAX WITH THEIR BIG SISTERS The annual Tech Terrace Dance, part of the New Student Week pro- gram, provides an opportunity for new students to be introduced to both Northwestern campus life and its former students. f' 1m11. vm. , w,,.

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New students are introduced to Northwestern Uni- versity in a maze of activities and tests. NEW STU- DENT WEEK, sponsored by the university with the help of the Wildcat Council to acquaint new students with the campus and campus life, begins as soon as the bewildered newcomers arrive. Numerous social functions make the week preced- ing classes a maze of new faces and new names- more than any person could humanly remember, but somehow does. Each new arrival is assigned to din- ners held either at the Northwestern University iff' X xi Nr--N L, ,m,,g.., , f, , pl at ws, M My M, .s . M , I Men's Interhouse Council and Women's Interhouse Council hold smokers and informal parties for the new students, and the university sponsors an open house in Scott to better acquaint newcomers with its facilities. Climax of the week's social activities is an all-univer- sity dance and pep rally held on Tech Terrace, this year on September 24. In order to integrate the students into the univer- sity's academic life, a general scholastic aptitude test as well as placement, aptitude, and qualifica- .rzffiw , ' I' 'L . . it QVW it ., it iflfi aifri--a , NORTIIWESTERN STUDENTS ASSOCIATE UNPAID BILLS WITH THE RED BRICK ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. Apartments, Sargent, Shepard, or Willard Halls. Members of Wildcat Council attend these dinners and discuss campus activities while eating with the new students. Associated Women Students also hold coke parties for new women students. Previously big sisters have been assigned for each of the new Coeds, and it is at these coke parties that the girls meet together for the first time. Questions concerning campus activi- ties fmost frequent one is apt to be datinglj can be answered by experienced upperclasswomen. tion tests in English, methematics, speech and ro- mance languages is given. Individual schools hold assemblies where the students meet their professors and learn more about their future classes. Meetings with advisors are also held, and tours of the library show new students how to use the facilities. A university chapel service on Sunday morning, pre- ceded by a Go to Church Breakfast, conclude New Student Week. Name tags are discarded forever, and new students relax and begin the first phase of their college career at Northwestern.

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l'm so tired of smiling, my face feels stiff, yawned an exhausted freshman after her first day of RUSH WEEK. This comment was probably echoed by most of the 1180 men and women who Went through rush. During the dizzy round of rush week parties, fresh- men women literally dashed from one sorority house to another, rushees hurriedly sorted through their invitations at Panhellenic Mailbox, and actives be- hind the scenes frantically rehearsed the evening's entertainment. Rush began with the hectic whirl of open houses, went through the usual nervousness, chatter, ciga- What school are you in? or Where're you from? provided good rush week openers, but when girls tired of chattering or got stuck for conversation, the next question was, See our scrap book? rettes, and punch at informal and invitational parties, and ended with impressive, sometimes tearful, candlelight ceremonies at formal parties. On Pledge Sunday, 495 out of 682 rushees jammed the mailbox to pick up their bids and happily become pledges of one of N orthwestern's 18 sororities. Men rushees attended luncheons at different houses, shook hands, looked at trophies, and desperately tried to remember names. They also lived out of a suitcase the entire week, as they stayed in a different fraternity house each night. Popping Hashbulbs, grinding movie cameras, and buzzing reporters-these activities centered around SCENE FROM A TYPICAL BULL SESSION WITHIN CONFINES OF A FRATERNITY HOUSE DURING RUSH WEEK. Q'