Olivet Nazarene University - Aurora Yearbook (Bourbonnais, IL)

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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

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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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Classes Begin 7:30 Monday Morning Orientation and registration completed, the student becomes occupied with inevitable class schedules and study habits, which are his daily routine. How hard it is to awaken for that 7:30 a.m. class those first few days. Classes throughout the morning and aft- ernoon seem to leave no time at all for diversion. Blue- books and unannounced quizzes become grim realities and grades loom as all-important. The A and B grades are somehow much more elusive than they were in high school. It takes more than a little effort to get and keep them, and steadily the mountains of homework accumu- late until students despair of ever bringing their work up to date. The week-end is looked to as a chance to catch up on everything, but usually it is only a chance for the student to catch his breath before facing an- other busy week. Students check the bulletin boards daily for class schedules, test schedules, and gen- eral announcements. Supplies are a necessity. The bookstore is swamped with various requests for everything from books to paper clips. L