Olivet Nazarene University - Aurora Yearbook (Bourbonnais, IL)

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Fall Before autumn ' s first leaves fall, Olivet ' s campus is alive with activities. From the first September days on through spring, the student is caught in the inevitable whirl of college life. Class elections, football under lights, adjustment to studying, and social activities color the busy days, creat- ing in the student various moods and emotions. The student enters the new school year anticipating the best, but the outcome realized is contingent upon the student himself. 27 L

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The Ambassador Quartet, composed of Jack Proctor, Keith Powell, George Baker, and Ted Griffin, will be the school ' s representatives at the Iowa District Camp Meeting. They will tour several districts and visit some of the assemblies. Summer Representatives Under the supervision of J. W. Swearengen, Field Secretary, Olivet promotes an extensive program of stu- dent recruitment. During the summer months faculty members and musical groups travel over the entire edu- cational zone representing Olivet. This summer Rev. Swearengen with the help of four faculty members and three musical groups will attend youth conventions, tour various districts, and visit district ass emblies. They will present concerts and school serv- ices and will talk personally with prospective students— a most important part of the student recruitment pro- gram. As college representatives they enable pastors and laymen to see and hear what the college is doing and how it is progressing in various ways. The Carolaires, Beth Hatcher, Marilyn Kremer, Roberta Cosner, and Lee Bolland will be singing in several assemblies and youth conventions and various churches. The Crusaders, Ovid Young, Darel Grothaus, Roger Kennedy and Roger McMurrin will be youth work- ers at the Central Ohio District Camp Meeting. This group will also tour districts and visit youth con- ventions and district assemblies. 26

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The new freshmen spend a large part of the day during orientation taking tests to de- termine their courses and to aid the counselors in helping them choose a vocation. Orientation An Adjustment Program The freshmen have a chance to meet the President and Mrs. Reed at a tea. Adjustment to a new way of life is necessarily a com- plicated endeavor, and Olivet does her best to lend a helping hand through the orientation program. The aim of the program is to extend a personalized welcome to the new student, and to acquaint him with some of the regulations and processes of the Olivet campus. Every possible method is used to make the bewildered fresh- man feel that he is among friends. To the entering stu- dent, attendance at college is essentially a withdrawl from the familiar environment of home and family. To him, college is at first a mere hurried routine of academic procedures. But soon he realizes that life in a Christian College transcends the purely academic. He discovers that here Christian fellowship and diversion are a part of the Olivet daily program. He learns to choose features of Olivet life that interest him . . . and suddenly he feels at home. The faculty meets each new student at a faculty reception. 28 t ,♦ t» ' »■ »•«, =gssg l J ■ zt % M , ,. ,» »■ ' £a w ■ y MM HV P h m ' ' - W 1 ' « ; % «£ 4 MM