Odessa College - Branding Iron Yearbook (Odessa, TX)

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v s Registration Figures Sei There is a standing joke around most college campuses that if you can get through registration, you can graduate. Those entering OC for the first time found perhaps more truth than humor in that statement. Registration for the fall semester was held on September 7 and 8. The process began in the morning and continued on through nine each night. For most, registration was a series of lines punctuated with con- fusion, tension and closed classes. For the sophomores it became a kind of game where one tried to get through the lines in the shortest possible time using the experiences gained in past semesters, as a quarterback might use a fake or an option play. Fortunately, OC has a Pre-registration system that does help to elim- inate some of the confusion connected with the filling out of countless numbers of IBM cards and the selection of courses. Under this system, students counsel with advisors during the semester to map out plans for the next semester. This makes the registration procedure somewhat less formidable. Enrollment figures for the fall semester reached new highs with the total day and evening figures reaching the 2,800 mark. Enrollment for the Spring semester was handled in one day and night, January 22. The total figures took the traditional drop experienced by all colleges. Nevertheless, enrollment figures did pass the 2.500 mark. 'X There's probably many a student who wishes his bill at the bookstore was only 31.10. but in the case of this student it was only the beginning. It started with the simple process of filling out a packet of many IBM cards. It ended with the simple process of fill- ing out a check. Records Both Term Dean Sid Holden and Mrs. Dolly Harrold counsel a student during the hectic process of registration. zi

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rf' Connie Stotts gives Harrell Floyd a hotfoot in a scene from An Italian Straw Hain by Marc Michel, Charles Stallcup pleads with Father Nonancourt, .Tames Buchanan, for the hand of his cousin Helene, Liz Whilenton. First Drama Production Presents French Farce This year the drama department opened its seventeenth sea- son with a French farce entitled NAn Italian Straw Hat by Eugene Labiche and Marc-Michel. This was the first of four plays produced by the department under their new name, the Odessa College Theatre. The Theatre initiated a new performance schedule running the plays over two weekends as opposed to the Thursday through Saturday runs of past seasons. The Straw Hat production was under the supervision of Joe Downs, drama director. He was assisted by Ramona Peebles in wardrobe and Durward Jacobs in public relations and house management. Heading the cast were Dean George as the harassed bride- groomg Elizabeth Whitenten as the reluctant brideg James Bu- chanan as the humbling father-in-lawg Charles Stallcup as the bride's devoted cousin and Vic Kinney as her deaf Uncle. Other roles were played by Nancy Gelner, Harrell Floyd, Con- nie Stotts, Bellinda Myrick, John Walker, Doug Elliott, Don Vaughn, Karen McKiearnan, Sandra Cunningham, Ronda White- field and Carlton Sanderson.